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World Football Picks: B/R Expert Predictions for Top 6 Games on January 1

Alex DimondDec 31, 2013

We asked five of Bleacher Report's world football experts to give us their predictions for this weekend's big matches in the Premier League.

The predictions are below, and you will be able to chart their success for the rest of the season on our weekly scoreboard.

Post your picks on Twitter including @br_uk, and anyone who gets five correct scorelines will get a Bleacher Report goody bag.

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B/R Expert Picks
(one pt for correct result; three pts for correct scoreline)

GamesDimond
Alex Dimond
Matchett
Karl Matchett
Tighe
Sam Tighe

Tidey
Will Tidey

Cummings
Michael Cummings

Swansea vs. Man City
(12.45 p.m. GMT)

Man City
1-0
Man City
2-0
Man City
2-1
1-1

Man City
2-1

Southampton vs. Chelsea
(3 p.m. GMT)

Chelsea
2-1

1-12-2Chelsea
2-0
Chelsea
2-0

Crystal Palace vs. Norwich
(3 p.m. GMT)

Palace
1-0

Palace
1-0
Palace
1-0
Palace
2-0
Palace
2-1

Liverpool vs. Hull
(3 p.m. GMT)

Liverpool
3-1
Liverpool
2-1
Liverpool
2-0

Liverpool
1-0

Liverpool
2-0

West Brom vs. Newcastle
(3 p.m. GMT)

1-11-1Newcastle
2-1
Newcastle
3-1
1-1

Man Utd vs. Spurs
(5.30 p.m. GMT)

1-1Man Utd
3-2
Man Utd
2-0
Man Utd
2-1
Man Utd
3-2

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