So, how accurate is Michael Owen’s prediction with regards to this fixture?
Chelsea 3-1 Luton- FT
Although not accurate in terms of final score, I think he was pretty close with the prediction for goals and accurate with predicting a win for Chelsea. Overall
Kepa Arrizabalaga squandered his chance back in the spotlight after the Chelsea goalkeeper committed another horror error in his team’s FA Cup clash with Luton.
A week on from the drab 0-0 draw at Anfield, it appears little has changed between Liverpool and Manchester United 123 years on from their first FA Cup meeting which also ended goalless. Hoping for winning from any side🤥
Chelsea have now won 52 of their last 54 FA Cup games against lower league opposition, only losing to Barnsley and Bradford.
Their next fixture - Barnsley.
Bruno Fernandes’ superb 78th-minute free-kick gave Manchester United victory in a thrilling FA Cup tie with old rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford.
Liverpool led a fantastic contest through Mohamed Salah, who then equalised after Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford had struck for the hosts either side of the break.
Liverpool’s record since they beat Crystal Palace 7-0:
Drew 1-1 vs. West Brom
Drew 0-0 vs. Newcastle
Lost 0-1 vs. Southampton
Won 4-1 vs. Aston Villa (U23)
Drew 0-0 vs. Man Utd
Lost 0-1 vs. Burnley
Lost 2-3 vs. Man Utd
Continuing with our exercise of checking Michael Owen’s predictions for rest of the matches.
Cheltenham 1-3 Manchester City
As predicted a win for Man City but slightly off on the scoreline. Still pretty good prediction.
Fulham 0-3 Burnley - FT
Brentford 1-3 Leicester City - FT
I didn’t quite get why he predicted a Brentford, a 2nd tier league club win over Leicester City who currently sit 3rd on the Premier League table with just 2 points away from leaders Man United. Would be curious to know the reasons for this prediction.
Manchester United 3-2 Liverpool - FT
An important fixture that missed the prediction. Man United’s recent strong & steady performance seemed to have been ignored with their current strength Bruno, Rashford, Cavani, Greenwood, Pogba probably undermined.
I guess a strong weightage was probably placed on Liverpool finally making a comeback and claiming their reign.
Everton 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday - FT
Results were close to as predicted.
Only 2 more fixtures remaining in Round 4. These will be played over the next 2 days. Michael Owen’s predictions for these 2 games are:
“It’s not what we wanted, so it’s frustrating,” said Klopp. "We weren’t on our absolute top [level], but we made a lot of steps in the right direction.
“You don’t have to worry about us, as a group we are really together.”