Football Tips 26/12/2013

The top 7 of the Premier League is divided by just 6 points and now is the time to pick up your form and press on if you want to win the title. Chelsea will be looking for a late Christmas present with a win over Swansea and they are more than capable of getting the job done against a Swansea team that has been hampered with injuries after their involvement in the Europa League. Mourinho has never lost a home game and Chelsea have not lost at home on boxing day for 18 years.

Tim Sherwood will look to secure his first win since being appointed manager of Tottenham. Adebayor looks a new player after being left out in the cold by AVB. West Brom will go into the game under interim manager Keith Downing’s supervision after showing Steve Clarke the door. Spurs need to get their Champions League aspirations back on track and they certainly need to win this game to achieve that.

Hull may try and hold United back, but we don’t believe they can contain the champions. Hull have a better first half record than second half this season, they would actually be sitting three places higher in the league if the games lasted 45 minutes. Most people will know the strength of United in the second half of games, they are a team that can get the job done and languishing back in 8th means that is exactly what they have to do.

We've been backing Dundee United for weeks and we can’t stop now. Dundee Utd have become so good we can’t get a straight win on them anymore. They may have only won the game by a single goal last time out, but they were absolutely all over Ross County and proved they can get the job done even against a stubborn defence. St Mirren have lost their last two games without reply and have not scored in three of their last four games and we know what a threat Dundee Utd are in front of goal this season.