Hammers draw Wolves in FA Cup third round

(CNN)Relegation survivors last season, few would have tipped Leicester City to be topping the English Premier League in December.

Manchester City visit Norwich City as Manuel Pellegrini’s side aim to reclaim a trophy they lifted in 2011, while Alan Pardew takes his Crystal Palace team to former club Southampton.

“Then they went 2-1 up and I think the overall scenario was because we never got in front when we should have, we ended up losing the game when we shouldn’t have”. Liverpool, too, got a kindly draw against Exeter City. If it wasn’t for this we would plump for the very tempting 0-0 (11/1) but that porous West Ham defence will probably be breached again.

For Liverpool, midfielder Philippe Coutinho is a major doubt for the match. Sometimes winning the league involves a Joel Campbell goal, one at each end from Olivier Giroud, and an anxiety-solving third late on from Aaron Ramsey, who needs to join Ozil as one of the drivers of this team while so many are in treatment rooms.

Jurgen Klopp: “I’m still a new manager here”.

Arsene Wenger’s men, now second in the table, are given a 34.9 per cent chance of the title, a fraction ahead of Manchester City on 34.1 per cent. In fact, both sides are expected to finish the season on 75 points, which would equal the lowest total ever for a Premier League victor. Expect the Foxes to build on the momentum which sees them in the top four.

We have all enjoyed the wonderful story inspired by Claudio Ranieri (below) and his free-scoring striker Jamie Vardy this season, but they are not going to sustain a title challenge.

The team struggled last season without Suárez, but the addition of Klopp has helped them turn the corner.

“Look at Manchester City too”. There should be points aplenty, even without Alexis Sanchez, Santi Cazorla and Francis Coquelin.

What they need: Louis van Gaal’s men simply have to beat their German opponents to guarantee progress; if they fail to do so and PSV beat CSKA Moscow, they will be out of the competition.

Altrincham were denied a memorable win as Colchester United clinched a dramatic 3-2 victory in the second round.