The English Premier League continues to see the surprise packages battle it out with the heavyweights at the top of the table this weekend.
Arsenal have been machine-like in clicking into gear to create a four-point lead at the EPL summit, as the season reaches matchweek ten.
Mikel Arteta’s Gunners are looking ominous in their bid to finally win another top flight title but face a banana skin in the form of Burnley on Saturday afternoon.
The Turf Moor clash comes with the Londoners have won four in a row, while the promoted Clarets have propelled themselves away from the relegation zone thanks to back-to-back victories.
Remember Manchester United?
It’s been a challenge to say anything positive about Ruben Amorim’s fallen giants, until recent weeks that is, with the Red Devils coming into Saturday’s trip to ailing Nottingham Forest off the back of three wins on the bounce.
That sequence has hauled them up to sixth in the Premier League table and they go to the City Ground to play a team pointless in their last four, albeit buoyed by the popular appointment of Sean Dyche to replace Ange Postecoglou in the hotseat.
A London derby between Tottenham and Chelsea hogs the limelight in the evening kick off, with both capital city rivals seeking to iron out a few recent inconsistencies in their respective Uefa Champions League qualification charges.
Spurs returned to winning ways on the road last weekend and sit third in the EPL, albeit only three points further on than their ninth-placed guests.
Pressure is never far away from the Stamford Bridge head coach role, with Enzo Maresca just beginning to feel hot under the collar after recording a third league defeat in five outings last time out.
The Premier League action then moves north to another pressure cooker for the final match of the day, as bang-out-of-form Liverpool attempt to put things right against Aston Villa.
An unthinkable four straight defeats have followed five opening wins for the Reds, who at the moment don’t seem to know where to turn under Arne Slot, despite a glittering squad compiled at mass expense over the summer to supposedly back up their title success.
The Villans go to Anfield as quite the mirror image of their hosts under Unai Emery, winning four in a row following a winless opening five to set up a fascinating tie under the lights on Merseyside.
Bournemouth are absolutely flying in second place coming into the weekend and you can expect them to come out swinging despite the prestige of hosts Manchester City on Sunday.
The pair meet at the Etihad Stadium with Pep Guardiola’s hosts sitting fifth, two points behind Andoni Iraola’s visitors.
Sunday’s other game kicks off a little earlier amid a likely toxic London Stadium atmosphere, as West Ham meet Newcastle.
Nuno Espirito Santo is yet to pick up a point since taking the Hammers’ poisoned chalise from Graham Potter, leaving his side deep in the relegation mire and anger rising at the Board of Directors.
Their visitors are showing tentative signs of improvement following a tricky start to the new season, winning two of their last three.
It leaves them in the shock position of sitting five points adrift of arch rivals Sunderland.
And that fact has left fans of the Wearside club in dreamland ahead of their Monday night football assignment at home to Everton.
It’ll the crackling at the Stadium of Light as former boss David Moyes returns to the north east with his Toffees, whose own bright start has been dampened by back-to-back defeats.
Elsewhere on Saturday there’s another London derby in the middle of the pack as Crystal Palace play host to Brentford.
The Bees stunned Liverpool a week ago and look to be improving rapidly under rookie boss Keith Andrews, with the Eagles adapting to the duel demands of domestic and continental football.
Points are also at a premium on the south coast when Leeds travel to Brighton.
Only a point separates the inconsistent duo as the promoted Yorkshire club eye survival, while the Seagulls hold rather more lofty ambitions under wunderkind coach Fabian Hurzeler.
Points are almost a forgotten concept for our final fixture, as Wolves go to Fulham with both in rotten form.
Clashes between boss Vitor Pereira, his players and the crowd greeted the Black Country club’s latest capitulation last weekend, while their hosts have lost four in a row to plummet towards the trapdoor as well.
Fulham v Wolverhampton Wanderers
| Prediction Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Result prediction | Fulham to win |
| Over/Under prediction | Under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Draw / Fulham to win |
| Team to Score prediction | Both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham) |
Crystal Palace v Brentford
| Prediction Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Result prediction | Draw |
| Over/Under prediction | Under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Draw / Draw |
| Team to Score prediction | Both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | N/A |
Brighton & Hove Albion v Leeds United
| Prediction Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Result prediction | Brighton & Hove Albion to win |
| Over/Under prediction | Under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Draw / Brighton to win |
| Team to Score prediction | Both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | N/A |
Nottingham Forest v Manchester United
| Prediction Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Result prediction | Draw |
| Over/Under prediction | Under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Nottingham Forest / Draw |
| Team to Score prediction | Both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | N/A |
Burnley v Arsenal
| Prediction Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Result prediction | Arsenal to win |
| Over/Under prediction | Over 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Arsenal / Arsenal to win |
| Team to Score prediction | Both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | J. Anthony (Burnley) |
Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea
| Prediction Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Result prediction | Tottenham Hotspur to win |
| Over/Under prediction | Over 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Tottenham / Tottenham to win |
| Team to Score prediction | Both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | Richarlison (Tottenham) |
Liverpool v Aston Villa
| Prediction Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Result prediction | Liverpool to win |
| Over/Under prediction | Under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Liverpool / Liverpool to win |
| Team to Score prediction | Liverpool |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | H. Ekitiké (Liverpool) |
West Ham United v Newcastle United
| Prediction Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Result prediction | West Ham United to win |
| Over/Under prediction | Under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Draw / West Ham to win |
| Team to Score prediction | Both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | N/A |
Manchester City v AFC Bournemouth
| Prediction Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Result prediction | Manchester City to win |
| Over/Under prediction | Over 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Man City / Man City to win |
| Team to Score prediction | Both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | E. Haaland (Man City), A. Semenyo (Bournemouth) |
Sunderland v Everton
| Prediction Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Result prediction | Draw |
| Over/Under prediction | Under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Everton / Draw |
| Team to Score prediction | Both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | W. Isidor (Sunderland) |