English Premier League predictions, fixtures and results: 28 May 2023

The English Premier League wraps up a marathon season with its grand finale on Sunday, with all 20 teams completing their campaigns together with a full set of 16.30 (BST) kick offs.

And the focus is firmly on the trapdoor to the Championship, where there will only be one escapee from a trio of big names in relegation peril.

Everton come into judgement day with a precious, two-point cushion above the pair beneath.

That means even a draw with Bournemouth at Goodison Park would likely see them safe, barring a hefty swing in goal difference elsewhere, leaving boss Sean Dyche pondering whether to stick or twist with his tactics on Merseyside.

No such dilemmas for the other two in trouble, who have no choice but to go all out for victory in their final assignments.

Leeds go up against tottering Tottenham at Elland Road in the worst position of the three, needing a win and help from elsewhere to stand a chance of extending their Premier League stay.

Spurs, for their part, need a positive result to avoid the prospect of missing out on continental football qualification altogether, having been inside the Champions League places for much of the campaign.

Sandwiched in between the Yorkshire and Lancashire clubs are Leicester.

The Foxes must also come away with all three points from their King Power Stadium clash with West Ham before tuning into news from the north west.

It’s Aston Villa who could pip Tottenham to European qualification and they host a Brighton side who have already defied the odds in reaching next season’s Uefa Europa League thanks to their guaranteed sixth-placed finish.

Also in the mix are unlikely contenders Brentford, who are finishing an impressive season in fine form.

The Bees will, however, have to beat Pep Guardiola’s serial champions Manchester City to stand a chance of gatecrashing the party at the last.

Manchester United can secure third place in the EPL with a win over Fulham at Old Trafford.

Erik ten Hag’s men will need to be mindful of their inferior goal difference to Newcastle lurking in fourth, but face west London opposition with little to play for and nailed on for a creditable tenth-placed finish.

The Toon Army go to ragged Chelsea in their bid to leapfrog the Red Devils.

Eddie Howe’s side are already guaranteed Champions League football for the first time in two decades next season, while interim boss Frank Lampard could be forgiven for wanting to draw a discrete veil over his second managerial spell at the Blues.

Arsenal perform their lap of honour at the Emirates Stadium against Wolves.

Only the harshest critic would view the Gunners’ game efforts to usurp Manchester City as a failure, while star coach Julen Lopetegui could mark his last game in charge of the visitors, for whom financial fair play clouds are gathering on the horizon.

Liverpool have ended a difficult campaign with elan and are guaranteed to finish fifth, as they look to end on a high away to long-since relegated Southampton.

And there’s a sedate affair to be had at Selhurst Park, as Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest wrap up their respective campaigns with nothing riding on the fixture whatsoever.

English Premier League predictions for Sunday 28 May

Prediction methodology explainedThe 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.

Arsenal v Wolverhampton Wanderers

Result predictionArsenal to win
Over/Under predictionunder 2.5 goals
HT / FT predictionArsenal / Arsenal to win
Team to Score predictionboth teams
Anytime Goalscorer predictionM. Ødegaard(Arsenal)

Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion

Result predictionBrighton & Hove Albion to win
Over/Under predictionunder 2.5 goals
HT / FT predictiondraw / Brighton & Hove Albion to win
Team to Score predictionboth teams
Anytime Goalscorer predictionD. Undav(Brighton & Hove Albion)

Brentford v Manchester City

Result predictionBrentford to win
Over/Under predictionover 2.5 goals
HT / FT predictionManchester City / Brentford to win
Team to Score predictionboth teams
Anytime Goalscorer predictionB. Mbeumo(Brentford)
İ. Gündoğan(Manchester City)
E. Haaland(Manchester City)

Chelsea v Newcastle United

Result predictiondraw
Over/Under predictionunder 2.5 goals
HT / FT predictionNewcastle United / draw
Team to Score predictionboth teams
Anytime Goalscorer predictionC. Wilson(Newcastle United)

Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest

Result predictionNottingham Forest to win
Over/Under predictionover 2.5 goals
HT / FT predictiondraw / Nottingham Forest to win
Team to Score predictionboth teams
Anytime Goalscorer predictionE. Eze(Crystal Palace)
T. Awoniyi(Nottingham Forest)
Danilo(Nottingham Forest)

Everton v AFC Bournemouth

Result predictionEverton to win
Over/Under predictionover 2.5 goals
HT / FT predictionEverton / Everton to win
Team to Score predictionboth teams
Anytime Goalscorer predictionD. McNeil(Everton)

Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur

Result predictionTottenham Hotspur to win
Over/Under predictionunder 2.5 goals
HT / FT predictionLeeds United / Tottenham Hotspur to win
Team to Score predictionboth teams
Anytime Goalscorer predictionSon Heung-Min(Tottenham Hotspur)
H. Kane(Tottenham Hotspur)

Leicester City v West Ham United

Result predictiondraw
Over/Under predictionunder 2.5 goals
HT / FT predictiondraw / draw
Team to Score predictionboth teams
Anytime Goalscorer predictionJ. Vardy(Leicester City)

Manchester United v Fulham

Result predictiondraw
Over/Under predictionover 2.5 goals
HT / FT predictiondraw / draw
Team to Score predictionboth teams
Anytime Goalscorer predictionA. Mitrović(Fulham)
Carlos Vinícius(Fulham)

Southampton v Liverpool

Result predictionLiverpool to win
Over/Under predictionover 2.5 goals
HT / FT predictionLiverpool / Liverpool to win
Team to Score predictionboth teams
Anytime Goalscorer predictionMohamed Salah(Liverpool)
C. Jones(Liverpool)