The Match Rant: International Boredom OVER

Unfortunately for fans of club football, a break for international qualifiers has meant that a Saturday without proper football ensued. However, there is no need to fret as the Premier League and Championship restart this weekend. So lets take a look.

Man U seem to have already wrapped up the League title, and for around 2 hours or so they can extended their lead at the top to 18 points with a win away at Sunderland during the early kick off.

Rooney scores only goal last time out against Reading

Wigan will attempt to continue their revival when Norwich come to the DW, and with the 3 teams above them playing against very difficult inform sides, it is a perfect opportunity for them to leapfrog Aston Villa before they play Liverpool on Sunday, and if other results go their way they could be out if the relegation and only 1 point behing Southampton and Sunderland.

Kone controversial winner in controversial match

The race for top four will heat up as Chelsea are set to play 4 times from this Saturday to the following Sunday. And on Saturday they face Southampton and with victory they could go 1 point behind 2nd place Man City. Tottenham have now lost 2 in a row and now face a difficult trip to Wales to face Swansea, however the Swans have themselves lost their last two. Arsenal face Reading whose Premier League struggle saw them sack Brian McDermott, and replace him with ex Southampton manager Nigel Adkins and the match this weekend will be his first in charge of the Royals. This match should also be the one to watch this weekend, with the last two meetings between these clubs ending 5-2 and 7-5 both Arsenal victories. Arsenal need a victory to keep up their top four challenge. Everton still have an outside shot at getting a Champions League spot come the end of the season, but to keep up any hope they will need to beat an out of sorts Stoke.