Premier League Preview - Gameweek 8

Here’s a short preview of each of Saturday’s matches in the Premier League...

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Santi Cazorla and Mesut Ozil - match made in heaven for Arsenal?

Arsenal fans don't usually have a lot to cheer about after an international break, except from the fact that their beloved club returns to action. International breaks usually mean, injuries, injuries and even more injuries. Perhaps broken up by the occasional fatigue factor when players travel as far as the South Americas. Santi Cazorla, for example, often returns from some exotic location or island floating somewhere far away from the comfort of Europe and he also doesn't return until it's too late. 

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3 Teams Battling Relegation From The Premier League This Season

Once you’re in there, it’s hard to get out. This applies to the 3 Premier League sides currently sitting in those relegation spots. Just 7 games in, it’s a certainty that Crystal Palace, Sunderland and Norwich will all endure a fight for survival, one which none of these clubs have had much experience of escaping.

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Premier League summer spending sprees not quite coming off, yet?

This summer we saw cash splashed around like no other. What was particularly unusual was that it was not just the big boys who opened up their wallets but also a large proportion of the sides who make up the rest of the league.

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Statistical Preview: Aston Villa Travel To Norwich

Norwich fell to a 2-0 defeat to Tottenham at White Hart Lane last weekend as they failed to contain a Spurs side bolstered by their new signings and the depth they have subsequently added to their squad this summer. Chris Hughton will be hoping his team can draw a line under this result as they head back to Carrow Road this weekend.

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Statistical Preview: Tottenham Tackle Norwich As They Look To Overcome Derby Defeat

A battling performance from Tottenham was not enough to prevent them slipping to a 1-0 defeat to local rivals Arsenal in what was considered as perhaps something of an upset given Tottenham’s moves in the transfer window this summer. Chairman Daniel Levy, Franco Baldini and Andre Villas-Boas have moved quickly and confidently in the spending of the fee received for Gareth Bale but it was evident on this display that their new-look side will require further time to gel before reaching their potential.

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Can Lower League Players Cut It In The Premier League? The Argument Broken Down

With the number of British based players playing in the Premier League now reaching an all-time low, coupled with the vast proportion of signings by top flight sides coming from outside of the UK – it has to be questioned - why do so few times take a gamble on players from the lower leagues?

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The Knee-jerk Reactions To This Season's Premier League Season

Manchester City suffer same old problems

Undoubtedly, last year Manchester City did not take enough points when they were backed into a corner, a flaw that reared its head again on Sunday as they were downed by a buoyant Cardiff side.

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The New Premier League Season - A Return To Form

Premier League football has returned, and we are all better for it. The opening weekend provided plenty of drama and intrigue as we saw Arsenal on the brink of crisis, normal business resumed with Manchester United, the return of Jose Mourinho and exactly why Manchester City are favourites to win the league this season.

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Wigan Athletic Dump The Silky Football And Go Direct

The Community Shield match between Manchester United and Wigan saw two managers taking their first steps in charge of their new clubs. David Moyes will have been fairly pleased about the way that his team controlled large passages of the game, whilst Owen Coyle appears to have already altered the mentality of what was, under Roberto Martinez, a possession focused, passing team.

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The Battle For The Best Of The Rest In The Premier League– As Competitive As Ever?

In the upper reaches of the Premier League we have heard constant bemoaning of a lack of talent being available during this window – whilst the quality players who have been on the market have joined the mega bucks elsewhere.

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Telegraph Fantasy Football Preview - Strikers - Part One

With just a week to go we bring you the final piece in our Telegraph Fantasy Football preview – the all-important striker slots, where things are not quite as clear cut as they were in past years.

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Striker Has Premier League Clubs Chasing Him, But Who Should He Choose?

With Matej Vydra seeming to be on his way out of Udinese, a host of Premier League clubs have started to prepare bids for the twenty one year old Czech Republic striker.

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Telegraph Fantasy Football Preview – Midfielders

With the big kick off drawing ever closer we continue with our build up to the Telegraph Fantasy football season – today focusing on midfielders.

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Meet the Premier League's (potential) new recruit (video)

Odds have been slashed on Celtic forward Gary Hooper arriving in the Premier League this summer as Chris Hughton and his Norwich team close in. It was thought that Harry Redknapp was keen to smuggle the goal-getter into Loftus Road to aid QPR back to the Premier League, but with Carrow Road offering him an instant topflight home it looks as though the 25-year-old will finally get his shot at the big time.

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