A full midweek round of English Premier League fixtures sees the top flight continue to hurtle towards the finish line between Tuesday and Thursday.
Manchester City and Arsenal collide on Wednesday in a match that could well decide the destination of season’s EPL title.
The Etihad Stadium clash pits together the teams nailed on to finish in first and second come the end of May, with Pep Guardiola’s reigning champions hot on the heels of the Gunners at the top.
Mikel Arteta’s side coughed up yet another two points in recording a third straight draw last weekend, in a potentially ruinous sequence that leaves them five points clear but with City holding two precious games in hand.
It’s all go on Thursday night, too, as Manchester United go to Tottenham for a fascinating contest in the capital city.
The Red Devils have won three in a row in the EPL and progressed to the FA Cup final thanks to a Wembley Stadium win on Sunday.
Spurs endured an absolute shellacking, losing 6-1 on the road and going a long way towards proving ex-boss Antonio Conte right in his grim assessment of the playing squad, as their Champions League qualification hopes disintegrate.
It was Newcastle who ran riot over the London club, grabbing their mantle as top four contenders with both hands and putting themselves in pole position, with Everton their next assignment.
The Toon Army head to Goodison Park with the hosts fighting hard to escape the relegation zone under Sean Dyche.
A tense south coast clash wraps up a Thursday hat-trick, when Southampton host Bournemouth with both mired in relegation drama.
The Saints are bottom despite taking a point from their Emirates Stadium trip, while the Cherries slumped to a heavy home defeat on Sunday, leaving themselves just five points clear of danger.
Four goals were racked up by West Ham at the Vitality Stadium, giving them just the tonic to take into their game with Liverpool at the London Stadium on Wednesday.
While the Hammers are edging closer to safety, Jurgen Klopp’s Reds are four unbeaten in their late charge for a top six finish at the end of a difficult campaign.
Chelsea fans can be forgiven for thinking: ‘call that difficult?’
The Blues are languishing in the bottom half despite their record spending splurge, with west London rivals Brentford rolling into Stamford Bridge on Wednesday with the chance to hammer home their unexpected superiority.
Thomas Frank’s Bees are in similarly awful form, mind you, albeit sitting a place and five points better off than their illustrious neighbours.
Brighton are another underdog to have had a tremendous season so far.
But the Seagulls must shake off the heartbreak of their penalty shootout FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester United when they head to Nottingham Forest, with the hosts running out of road in their bid to avoid dropping back to the Championship.
Three Tuesday games see much of the attention fall on the dramatic contest between Leeds and Leicester.
One or even both big names could be relegated a month from now, with their Elland Road showdown a true six-pointer.
Back at the right end of the Premier League table, Aston Villa set out to secure their top six credentials when they host Fulham, who have turned around their own dodgy form with back-to-back victories.
And there’s a match between Wolves and Crystal Palace at Molineux, with the visitors on the verge of safety and the hosts not quite yet, with a six point buffer between themselves and the bottom three.
English Premier League predictions for 25 – 27 April
Prediction methodology explained: The expected win percentage is based off publicly available odds. For example, if a team’s odds are 2.30, the expected chance of winning is 43%. If the odds are 1.62 the expected chance of winning is 62% and so on. These are accurate at the time of writing but are subject to change. Where there is no value listed, the odds were not available at the time of writing.
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace
| Result prediction | Wolverhampton Wanderers to win |
| Over/Under prediction | under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Wolverhampton Wanderers / Wolverhampton Wanderers to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | n/a |
Aston Villa v Fulham
| Result prediction | Aston Villa to win |
| Over/Under prediction | over 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | draw / Aston Villa to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | O. Watkins(Aston Villa) |
Leeds United v Leicester City
| Result prediction | Leeds United to win |
| Over/Under prediction | over 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | draw / Leeds United to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | n/a |
Nottingham Forest v Brighton & Hove Albion
| Result prediction | Brighton & Hove Albion to win |
| Over/Under prediction | under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Brighton & Hove Albion / Brighton & Hove Albion to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | D. Welbeck(Brighton & Hove Albion) |
West Ham United v Liverpool
| Result prediction | West Ham United to win |
| Over/Under prediction | over 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | West Ham United / West Ham United to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | Mohamed Salah(Liverpool) Diogo Jota(Liverpool) |
Chelsea v Brentford
| Result prediction | Brentford to win |
| Over/Under prediction | under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Brentford / Brentford to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | I. Toney(Brentford) |
Manchester City v Arsenal
| Result prediction | Manchester City to win |
| Over/Under prediction | over 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Arsenal / Manchester City to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | E. Haaland(Manchester City) M. Ødegaard(Arsenal) Gabriel Jesus(Arsenal) B. Saka(Arsenal) Gabriel Martinelli(Arsenal) |
Everton v Newcastle United
| Result prediction | Newcastle United to win |
| Over/Under prediction | over 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | Newcastle United / Newcastle United to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | C. Wilson(Newcastle United) Joelinton(Newcastle United) A. Isak(Newcastle United) |
Southampton v AFC Bournemouth
| Result prediction | Southampton to win |
| Over/Under prediction | under 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | draw / Southampton to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | n/a |
Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United
| Result prediction | Tottenham Hotspur to win |
| Over/Under prediction | over 2.5 goals |
| HT / FT prediction | draw / Tottenham Hotspur to win |
| Team to Score prediction | both teams |
| Anytime Goalscorer prediction | H. Kane(Tottenham Hotspur) |