Preview of Barclays Premier League matches on 25 and 26 September:

Queens Park Rangers – Aston Villa        Home (2-1)

QPR have looked strong after a horrible start to the season with 0-4 at home to Bolton. 7 points in 5 matches is strong for a newly promoted team, and with some strong signing in summer I think QPR will stay up. QPR won 3-0 away to Wolves last round, and the new signings with Joey Barton as captain and front man looked very strong. Aston Villa has had a good start to the season and is unbeaten so far. Problem for Villa is that only one win in 5 games might not be good enough in the long run. I think it’s time that Villa got their first defeat, even though they have been hard to beat so far.

Norwich – Sunderland                  home (1-0)

The Canaries have had a tough start to the season but finally got their first victory in the last game away to Bolton. They have been a bit unlucky at home so far and I have deserved more than they have gotten so far. Norwich is usually strong at home and I think they might be able to build on their victory from the Bolton game. Sunderland is a difficult team to predict. They started with a strong point away to Liverpool in the first round but it took them 5 games before they got their first win in the season. That being said it was a strong victory and they hammered a strong Stoke team 4-0 at home. Sunderland is strong enough to get points in this game but I have a feeling that Norwich will finally get their first win at home this season.