The highlight games for the next set of EPL matches are ARSENAL versus BOURNEMOUTH and CHELSEA versus MAN CITY. Our feature columnist, John Newsome, previews these and all game week 32 matches with his unique and insightful commentary. You can view all previous analysis from John’s regular column here: English Premier League Predictions For Saturday.
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Game Week-32
These fixtures are the reverse of Game Week-20 which took place over the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of January 2026.
Friday 10th
WEST HAM v WOLVES
20.00 in England
Sky Sports
West Ham remain in the relegation zone following a defeat against another set of Claret and Blues, Aston Villa, last time out at Villa Park.
Villa scored twice, 1 in each half, to gain the victory over the Hammers by a 2-0 scoreline.
What will irk everyone connected with West Ham is that their London rivals, Tottenham also lost, so a win would have seen the Hammers swap places with Tottenham and dump Spurs into the drop zone.
As it stands at the moment, going into the final furlong of the Premier League campaign, West Ham sit in 18th place with 29 points.
Tottenham are sitting in 17th with 30 points.
Both teams have 7 games remaining.
Tottenham’s loss was against Nottingham Forest who sit in 16th place with 32 points.
Leeds United are 15th with 33 points.
Crystal Palace are then in 14th but have 39 points, so should be safe, as it would take a bizarre set of results for the Eagles to finish in 18th, with fewer points than the 4 immediately below.
It does appear that Wolves (17 points) and Burnley (20) are 2 of the 3 that will be relegated, leaving 1 of West Ham, Tottenham, Nottingham Forest and Leeds as the 3rd team for the drop.
Although Leeds look to be the ones most likely to avoid relegation, 4 of the Whites’ 7 remaining fixtures are against Wolves (H), Burnley (H), Tottenham (A) and West Ham (A), with significant games against Tottenham and West Ham, both away from Elland Rd.
The West Ham fixture at the London Stadium is the final game of the season, so it could easily come down to a ‘winner takes all’ (‘taking all’ meaning staying in the Premier League).
The other 3 are against Manchester United (A), Bournemouth (A) and Brighton (H).
Forest’s remaining fixtures are Aston Villa (H), Burnley (A), Sunderland (A), Chelsea (A), Newcastle (H), Manchester United (A) and Bournemouth (H).
Tottenham’s final 7 games are against Sunderland (A), Brighton (H), Wolves (A), Aston Villa (A), Leeds (H), Chelsea (A) and Everton (H).
That leaves West Ham facing Wolves (H), Crystal Palace (A), Everton (H), Brentford (A), Arsenal (H), Newcastle (A) and the final game against Leeds (H), which, as already mentioned, could be a ‘winner takes all’ finale.
There is a full Premier League Table below.
West Ham played in one of the best FA Cup ties of recent years against Leeds United on Sunday.
Leeds scored twice to take the lead and seemingly win the tie when the clock ticked over 90 minutes, with a lot of the Bubbles faithful leaving the London Stadium en masse.
However, goals from Mateus Fernandes (90+3) and Axel Disasi (90+6) made the score level and then it was another 30 minutes of Extra-Time.
With no further goals, it was a penalty shootout, which unfortunately, for the Bubbles in attendance, who had come back into the stadium, their idols missed 2 of the 4 taken, meaning the Hammers were out.
It was a brilliant game for the neutral (and Leeds United) but it does mean that West Ham are now solely concentrating on the league and to try and get out of the relegation zone.
Wolves did have 2 brilliant results, gaining victories over Aston Villa and Liverpool, before the game against Brentford, where the Gold and Blacks gained a point from a draw by a 2-2 score.
Brentford scored twice to take the lead before Adam Armstrong pulled a goal back on the stroke of half-time.
Tolu Arokodare then scored the eventual equaliser in the 77th minute to give both teams a point apiece from the Archbishop’s favourite scoreline.
The revival appears to have come too late to avoid relegation with Wolves remaining at the foot of the table with 17 points.
Rob Edwards has got experience of getting a team promoted to the Premier League (Luton), so despite Rob taking Wolves down, the hierarchy will be hoping that Wolves can come straight back up next season.
Wolves’ remaining 7 fixtures-
West Ham (A), Leeds United (A), Tottenham (H), Sunderland (H), Brighton (A), Fulham (H) and Burnley (A).
Wolves gained the home victory over West Ham at Molineux in the fixture in January.
First-half goals from Jhon Arias, Hwang Hee-Chan (penalty) and Mateus Mane gave Rob Edwards’ Gold and Blacks the points from a 3-0 scoreline.
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Saturday 11th
ARSENAL v BOURNEMOUTH
12.30
TNT Sport
Arsenal gained a victory against Everton last time out in the Premier League.
The Gunners did leave it late to get the win, with goals from Viktor Gyokeres and Max Dowman in the 89th and 97th minute respectively, giving Arsenal the points from a 2-0 scoreline.
There is talk (stupid talk in one’s opinion) that Thomas Tuchel is looking at the possibility of taking Max Dowman to the World Cup as part of the England Squad.
One word- nooooooooo!
Another ex-Gunner, then aged 17, was taken to the 2006 World Cup as part of Sven Goran Eriksson’s Three Lions.
Theo Walcott is the youngest ever player to play for England, making his debut just before Germany’2006 and played a total of zero minutes in the subsequent tournament.
Max Dowman doesn’t need that on his CV.
Just wait for the lad to progress and at best, complete his GCSE’s or whatever the school exams are called nowadays.
One thinks ‘O Levels’ are no longer in use!
The game against Everton took place on the 14th of March, which left Arsenal at the summit of the Premier League with 70 points from 31 games played.
Now a massive 9 points ahead of Man City going into the business end of the season.
Both Arsenal and Man City didn’t play in the Game Week-31 set of fixtures, with the two competing in the Carabao Cup Final, which City won by a 2-0 score, preventing Arsenal from winning the Quadruple (Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Carabao Cup).
Before the Carabao Cup Final, Arsenal completed the last-16 tie against Bayer Leverkusen, progressing to the Quarter-Final of the Champions League, where the Gunners will face Sporting Lisbon over 2-legs.
Considering there are Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Liverpool and Atletico Madrid still left in the competition, it could be stated that Mikel’s Young Guns have the easiest Quarter-Final tie.
Champions League QF-
Paris Saint-Germain v Liverpool
Real Madrid v Bayern Munich
Barcelona v Atletico Madrid
Sporting Lisbon v Arsenal
If successful over the 2-legs, Arsenal will face Barcelona or Atletico Madrid in the Semi-Final.
Before this fixture against Bournemouth, there was a game against Southampton in the Quarter-Final of the FA Cup and then the Champions League battle against Sporting on Tuesday.
Again, considering there were Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, West Ham, Leeds and Port Vale still in the competition, it could be argued that Arsenal had a more favourable draw to progress to the Semi-Final.
However, whether favourable or not, the Gunners suffered a surprise defeat against the Saints and now only have the Premier League and Champions League to go for.
So, the Quadruple and the Treble have gone in the blink of an eye.
Mikel Arteta decided to stick with his Carabao Cup Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga for the Final against Man City.
A lot of the media (pretty much everyone) has stated that this was the wrong decision and Mikel should have picked David Raya.
Subsequently, Kepa made a mistake and gifted City the first goal.
So it’s an easy statement to make after the event to say ‘David Raya should have played!’
There are a few things to cover regarding that.
Firstly, if Kepa has played in all of the previous Cup games, then the lad is entitled to play in the Final.
Secondly, the mistake made by Kepa can happen to anyone and no one can say that David Raya wouldn’t have made a mistake or two.
Some have said that Kepa should have been told that he would play in the rounds but not the Final.
One could then ask whether Arsenal would have made the Final if Kepa knew he wasn’t going to play in it.
There’s a certain John Newsome who, if it were known that he would not play in the Final but play in the other rounds, maybe wouldn’t have been so professional and would probably, let’s just say, ‘see the opposition score a few more goals than his team’ ultimately saying,
‘If John Boy’s not playing in the Final, none of you are!’
Arsenal didn’t lose the Carabao Cup Final because Mikel Arteta chose Kepa Arrizabalaga instead of David Raya.
The Gunners lost because Man City were the better team on the day, regardless of who was in the nets.
It’s just easy journalism to state the obvious after the event.
Mikel did pick Kepa the Keeper for the FA Cup tie against Southampton, so clearly KA is the Arsenal Cup ‘Keeper.
Added to that, Pep Guardiola chose his second-string keeper James Trafford before Gianluigi Donnarumma for both of the Cup games but nobody commented on that particular decision.
The reason was that Man City won.
Easy journalism.
Arsenal’s remaining Premier League fixtures-
Bournemouth (H), MAN CITY (A), Newcastle (H), Fulham (H), West Ham (A), Burnley (H) and Crystal Palace (A).
Bournemouth’s last 10 Premier League fixtures have produced 7 draws and 3 wins, giving a points tally of 16 from a possible 30.
The last 5 games have all been drawn, with the one before the International Break being a home stalemate against Manchester United at the Vitality Stadium.
Following a goalless 1st-half, Ryan Christie scored in the 67th minute to equalise a United goal that went in 6 minutes earlier.
The unfortunate Cherry James Hill was credited with an Own Goal to give United the lead soon after Ryan’s equaliser.
United were then reduced to 10 men which Bournemouth quickly took advantage of when Eli Junior Kroupi converted a penalty to give Bournemouth a 2nd and ultimately a point from a draw by a 2-2 score.
Bournemouth have a record of-
9 Wins (27 points)
15 Draws (15 points)
7 Losses (0 points)
Those good at Math know that’s a total of 42 points from 31 games, leaving Andoni’s Cherries in 13th place with the same 42 as Newcastle.
Imagine a few of those drawn games being converted into wins, considering that Bournemouth have had 5 draws which were 0-0.
There are a few of the games where Bournemouth were in front but conceded.
Granted, there are also games where Bournemouth were losing but scored to level.
Just imagine for example, if say 5 of those 15 draws were wins.
That would give Andoni Iraola’s boys an extra 10 points putting Bournemouth on 52 into 5th place which is above Liverpool.
That’s all ‘ifs and buts’ however, it’s something that everyone connected with Bournemouth should look at and maybe learn from.
Another question to ask is,
Will Andoni Iraola still be the Cherry Manager next season?
Bournemouth’s final 7 games-
Arsenal (A), Newcastle (A), Leeds United (H), Crystal Palace (H), Fulham (A), Man City (H) and Nottingham Forest (A).
Arsenal gained a narrow away victory over Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium in a 5-goal thriller when the two teams met at the turn of the year.
Evanilson scored first to give the Cherries an early lead, before Gabriel equalised for the Gunners to take both teams in level at the break.
Declan Rice then scored twice in the 2nd-half to give Arsenal a 2-goal advantage.
Eli Junior Kroupi pulled a goal back to make it 3-2 in the 76th minute, however, Arsenal held on for the points from a 3-2 scoreline.
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BRENTFORD v EVERTON
15.00 in England
This fixture could be billed as the ‘Battle for a European Adventure Next Season’.
Brentford have now drawn their last 3 Premier League games, with 2 of those draws being goalless.
The last outing saw the Bees travel up the M1 to Elland Rd and play out a stalemate against Leeds United, with both teams failing to score, resulting in a point apiece from a 0-0 scoreline.
The point gained, leaves Keith Andrews’ men in 7th place with the same 46 points as today’s opponents Everton, who are a place below on goal difference.
There is still a chance that 7th place will result in a European adventure next season, so today’s result will go a long way in determining whether the Bees or the Toffees need their Passports renewing.
Brentford’s remaining fixtures-
Everton (H), Fulham (H), Manchester United (A), West Ham (H), Man City (A), Crystal Palace (H and Liverpool (A).
Everton gained a great result against Chelsea at Hill Dickinson Stadium before the International Break, with the Toffees getting a victory over the Blues from a 3-0 scoreline.
Beto scored a goal in each half to give the home team a 2-goal advantage before Iliman Ndiaye added a 3rd, allowing Everton to take all 3 points.
As mentioned, Everton sit in 8th place with the same 46 points as today’s hosts, both trying to obtain a possible European place for next season.
Everton’s remaining games-
Brentford (A), Liverpool (H), West Ham (A), Man City (H), Crystal Palace (A), Sunderland (H) and Tottenham (A).
Everton suffered a home defeat at Hill Dickinson Stadium when Brentford made the long trip North in early January.
A hat-trick from Igor Thiago added to a Nathan Collins goal, gave the Bees the points from a 4-2 scoreline.
Beto and Thierno Barry scored for the Toffees when the score was 3-0 and 4-1 in favour of Brentford.
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BURNLEY v BRIGHTON
15.00 in England
Burnley’s last 5 Premier League games have produced 2 points from a possible 15, with 3 losses and 2 draws in the 5.
The latest fixture before the International Break, saw the Clarets suffer an away defeat against the Cottagers at Craven Cottage.
After a goalless 1st-half on the Thames, Zian Flemming scored on the hour mark for Burnley to give the away team a lead.
Unfortunately for everyone connected with Burnley, the goal kicked Fulham into gear, with the home team eventually scoring 3 times to get the win from a 3-1 scoreline.
Burnley’s Josh Laurent was shown a Red Card in the 93rd minute to beat his mates into the showers.
Burnley remain in 19th place with 20 points from 31 games played, now 10 points from safety, with Tottenham being the safe team on 30 points.
The Clarets remaining fixtures are-
Brighton (H), Nottingham Forest (A), Man City (H), Leeds (A), Aston Villa (H), Arsenal (A) and Wolves (H).
Scott Parker’s men would have to win all of those 7 games and then also hope Tottenham lose the majority of their remaining fixtures to have a chance of avoiding relegation.
It’s not going to happen and Burnley are going down, it’s just a matter of when it will be confirmed, which could be as soon as the Leeds United fixture.
After a tricky period in February, Brighton have now won 4 of their last 5 games, with a defeat against Arsenal coming in those 5.
The latest outing saw Brighton gain a brilliant home victory over Liverpool at the Amex.
Danny Welbeck scored twice to give the Seagulls the win from a 2-1 scoreline.
Liverpool had scored to equalise Danny’s opener but then the ex-Manchester United player, got the winner early in the 2nd-half.
Brighton sit in 10th place with the same 43 points as Sunderland, both having played 31 times.
The Seagulls remaining fixtures are-
Burnley (A), Tottenham (A), Chelsea (H), Newcastle (A), Wolves (H), Leeds United (A) and Manchester United (H).
Brighton gained the New Year gift of 3-points when Burnley made the long trip South to the Amex at the start of the year.
Georginio Rutter and Yasin Ayari scored the Seagulls goals, 1 in each half, to give Brighton the victory from a 2-0 scoreline.
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LIVERPOOL v FULHAM
17.30 in England
Sky Sports
Liverpool are now winless in their last 3 Premier League games, following the defeat against Brighton at the Amex last time out.
The other 2 games produced a draw against Tottenham and a loss to Wolves.
Milos Kerkez scored in the 1st-half to equalise an earlier Brighton goal and level the score at half-time.
Unfortunately, for the travelling Liver Birds who had made the long trip South, the Seagulls scored a 2nd just after the restart and with no further goals, inflicted the defeat on Liverpool from a 2-1 scoreline.
Liverpool stay in 5th place with 49 points going into the final stretch of the season.
It’s not known yet whether 5th place will offer a Champions League place, as the coefficient for English clubs was damaged in the last-16, which saw Man City, Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle, all fail to progress, with just Liverpool and Arsenal qualifying for the Quarter-Finals.
Liverpool’s final 7 fixtures-
Fulham (H), EVERTON (A), Crystal Palace (H), MANCHESTER UNITED (A), Chelsea (H), Aston Villa (A) and Brentford (H).
Liverpool were in FA Cup action last weekend, taking on Man City at the Etihad for a place in the Semi-Final.
Unfortunately, Liverpool were knocked out so Arne’s Slot Machines just have the Premier League to concentrate on finishing as high as possible and then the Champions League with a Quarter-Final clash against the current holders Paris Saint-Germain, taking place in the French Capital on Wednesday, before this clash against Fulham.
Fulham gained a victory over Burnley at Craven Cottage in the last outing before the International Break.
Goals from Josh King, Harry Wilson and Raul Jimenez (penalty) gave the Cottagers the home win by a 3-1 scoreline.
Burnley scored first to take the lead
on the hour mark.
Then it was Fulham all the way.
The win leaves Fulham in 9th place with 44 points from 31 games played.
Fulham’s final 7 games-
Liverpool (A), Brentford (A), Aston Villa (H), Arsenal (A), Bournemouth (H), Wolves (A) and Newcastle (H).
Both teams shared the points from a draw by a 2-2 score in the New Year’s fixture at Craven Cottage.
Harry Wilson scored first to give Fulham a lead at the break.
Florian Wirstz scored an equaliser for Liverpool just before the hour mark, leaving the score level when the clock ticked over 90 minutes.
Coady Gakpo scored in the 94th minute which was assumed would be the winner, however, not so when Harrison Reed scored a spectacular equaliser for Fulham in the 97th minute to give both teams a point apiece from the Archbishop’s favourite scoreline.
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***Premier League Team of Game Week-31***
GOALKEEPER- Matz Sels- Nottingham Forest
RIGHT-BACK- Lutsharel Geertruida- Sunderland
CENTRE-BACK- Jan Paul Van Hecke- Brighton
CENTRE-BACK- Pau Torres- Aston Villa
LEFT-BACK- Keane Lewis-Potter- Brentford
MIDFIELDER- Harry Wilson- Fulham
MIDFIELDER- John McGinn- Aston Villa
MIDFIELDER- James Garner- Everton
FORWARD- Morgan Gibbs-White- Nottingham Forest
FORWARD- Beto- Everton
FORWARD- Danny Welbeck- Brighton
STAR MAN- Danny Welbeck- Brighton
***Game Week-31 Winning Tips-
Fulham To Win- 1/2
Correct Scores-
Correct Tips-
Bournemouth v Manchester United-
Bruno Fernandes To Score First- 6/1
Brighton v Liverpool-
Danny Welbeck To Score First- 6/1
(Doubled To 12/1 When Danny Scored His Second Goal)
Newcastle v Sunderland-
Anthony Gordon To Score First- 4/1
Sunday 12th
CRYSTAL PALACE v NEWCASTLE
14.00 in England
Sky Sports
Crystal Palace gained a point from a draw by a 0-0 score, in the game against Leeds United prior to the International Break.
That fixture took place on the 15th of March which will be exactly 25 days ago come kickoff on Sunday.
The reason is Palace’s Game Week-31 affair should have been against Man City but didn’t take place due to the Carabao Cup Final.
Oliver Glasner’s Eagles sit in 14th place with 39 points from 30 games played.
Palace’s remaining games-
Newcastle (H), West Ham (H), Liverpool (A), Bournemouth (A), Everton (H), Man City (A), Brentford (A) and Arsenal (H).
Palace face Fiorentina at Selhurst Park on Thursday in the 1st-leg of the Europa Conference League Quarter-Final, following progression from the last-16 after a 2-legged win over AEK Larnaca.
Newcastle come back after the Break still wounded from suffering a defeat against Sunderland in the Tyne-Wear Derby.
That loss by a 2-1 scoreline, meant that Sunderland have done the ‘double’ over Newcastle this season, which will not sit well with the Toon Army.
Anthony Gordon did score first to settle the nerves at St James Park, however, Sunderland then scored twice in the 2nd-half to inflict the defeat.
Newcastle sit in 12th place with the same 42 points as Bournemouth and now a point adrift of their North East rivals Sunderland.
Newcastle’s final 7 fixtures-
Crystal Palace (A), Bournemouth (H), Arsenal (A), Brighton (H), Nottingham Forest (A), West Ham (H) and Fulham (A).
Newcastle’s European adventure is over for this year.
It’s now a case as to whether or not the Magpies can gain entry into a European competition for next season.
Second-half goals from Bruno Guimaraes and Malick Thiaw gave Newcastle the home win over Crystal Palace from a 2-0 scoreline, when the two met in early January at St James Park.
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NOTTINGHAM FOREST v ASTON VILLA
14.00 in England
Sky Sports
Nottingham Forest gained probably their best result of the season last time out, getting a victory over their relegation rivals Tottenham by a 3-0 scoreline.
Goals from Igor Jesus, Morgan Gibbs-White and Taiwo Awoniyi gave Vitor Pereira’s Tricky Trees the much-needed win and saw Forest jump above Tottenham into 16th place, now with 32 points going into the final furlong of the season.
Forest’s remaining fixtures-
Aston Villa (H), Burnley (A), Sunderland (A), Chelsea (A), Newcastle (H), Manchester United (A) and Bournemouth.
Aston Villa gained a victory over West Ham by a 2-0 score last time out before the International Break.
John McGinn and Ollie Watkins got the goals in the win over the Hammers.
Villa remain in 4th place with 54 points from 31 games played.
Manchester United have 55 points and sit a place above.
Aston Villa’s final 7-
Nottingham Forest (A), Sunderland (H), Fulham (A), Tottenham (H), Burnley (A), Liverpool (H) and Man City (A).
Both teams play on Thursday in their respective 1st-leg Europa League Quarter-Final.
Forest head to Portugal to take on Porto and Villa go to Italy to face Bologna, so both teams have to travel before Sunday’s fixture.
Aston Villa gained the Midlands Bragging Rights when Nottingham Forest visited Villa Park at the turn of the year.
Goals from Ollie Watkins and a couple from John McGinn gave Villa the win over Forest from a 3-1 scoreline.
Morgan Gibbs-White scored for Forest when the score was 2-0 in favour of the home team.
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SUNDERLAND v TOTTENHAM
14.00 in England
Sky Sports
Sunderland are definitely the North East’s best team, following the 2nd win of the season over Newcastle in the Tyne-Wear Derby.
The game at St James Park saw Newcastle score first to take the lead early on which left Sunderland trailing at the break.
Chemsdine Talbi scored just before the hour mark to make the score level and with time virtually up, Brian Brobbey scored the eventual winner in the 90th minute to give the Black Cats the victory over the Magpies by a 2-1 scoreline.
That sees Sunderland sitting in 11th place with the same 43 points as Brighton with both completing 31 games.
Sunderland’s remaining fixtures-
Tottenham (H), Aston Villa (A), Nottingham Forest (H), Wolves (A), Manchester United (H), Everton (A) and Chelsea (H).
So the experiment of bringing in Igor Tudor just didn’t work, with the Tottenham hierarchy getting rid of IT after just 7 games, which produced 1 win, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
The latest game before the International Break was a must-win against Nottingham Forest in the battle to stay in the Premier League.
Unfortunately, for everyone connected with Tottenham, it was Forest who got the ‘must win’ away day victory by a 3-0 score, which dropped Tottenham down to 17th, with 30 points.
Probably the only positive coming from the Sunday loss was that West Ham, who are in the final relegation place with 29 points, also lost, otherwise Tottenham would be in the bottom 3.
The ex-Brighton and ex-Marseille Manager Roberto De Zerbi was the favoured candidate to replace Thomas Frank and then subsequently Igor Tudor.
It was confirmed last week, that Roberto, after extensive discussions, has been given the job on a 5-year contract, with the priority of keeping Tottenham in the Premier League.
The money offered to Mr De Zerbi is thought to be in the region of around £12-£15 Million a year, which doesn’t include a relegation clause, so if Tottenham do go down, it’s up to RDZ to get them back up.
Lincoln City are currently top of League One and look certain for promotion to the Championship.
Imagine Tottenham facing Lincoln in a Championship game at Sincil Bank.
It could happen.
Igor left Tottenham on the 29th of March, meaning this game today is 2 weeks later so Roberto has just under 2 weeks to try and sort the team out.
Tottenham’s remaining games-
Sunderland (A), Brighton (H), Wolves (A), Aston Villa (A), Leeds United (H), Chelsea (A) and Everton (H).
Good luck to Roberto De Zerbi.
Both teams shared the points from a draw by a 1-1 score, when Tottenham hosted Sunderland in January.
Ben Davies scored after half an hour to give Tottenham a lead at the break.
Unfortunately the home faithful, Brian Brobbey scored an equaliser for Sunderland in the 80th minute to give both teams a point apiece.
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CHELSEA v MAN CITY
16.30 in England
Sky Sports
Chelsea come back after the International Break following a defeat against Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium in the last Premier League fixture.
The Toffees scored 3 times without a reply from the Blues leaving Chelsea with the away-day loss from a 3-0 scoreline.
Liam Rosenior and the hierarchy have given Enzo Fernandez a 2-game suspension due to comments made by the Argentinian whilst on International Duty.
Basically, Enzo just said that Chelsea are rubbish and the lad wants to live in Madrid.
Fair enough!
Chelsea progressed to the Semi-Final of the FA Cup following an easy win over Port Vale.
No disrespect to the Vale but the club are currently bottom of League One so it wasn’t really a surprise, it was just a matter of how many goals Chelsea would score.
The answer was 7 (seven).
FA Cup Semi-Final draw-
Man City v Southampton
Chelsea v Leeds United
Both games take place at Wembley over the weekend of the 25th of April.
Chelsea’s final 7 games-
Man City (H), Manchester United (H), Brighton (A), Nottingham Forest (H), Liverpool (A), Tottenham (H) and Sunderland (A).
Man City got their hands on the Carabao Cup gaining a victory over Arsenal at Wembley whilst the others were taking part in the Game Week-31 affairs.
After being dumped out of the Champions League following home and away defeats against Real Madrid, City’s last 2 games have been convincing victories over Arsenal (Carabao Cup) and Liverpool (FA Cup) which has seen Pep’s High Flying Blues progress to the Semi-Final.
City sit in 2nd place with 61 points from 30 games played.
Still a massive 9 points behind Arsenal, so the Gunners have one hand on the Premier League Trophy, however, Pep Guardiola won’t concede just yet, as the 2 have to play each other at the Etihad and City have an extra game in hand, which potentially could mean clawing 6 points back.
It’s then a matter of whether someone can give Man City a helping hand and get a victory over Arsenal.
‘If, buts and maybe’s’ however, Arsenal do have a tricky game against Bournemouth this weekend, which comes up after a trip to Portugal so the Citizens will all be Cherry fans for 90 minutes on Saturday.
Man City’s remaining 8 games-
Chelsea (A), ARSENAL (H), Burnley (A), Everton (A), Crystal Palace (H), Brentford (H), Bournemouth (A) and Aston Villa (H).
Goals from Tijjani Reijnders (Man City) and Enzo Fernandes (Chelsea) gave both teams a point apiece from a 1-1 score when Man City hosted Chelsea at the Etihad back in January.
Betfred offer Chelsea at 21/10, the Draw at 11/4 and 11/10 for Man City to come away with all 3-points.
Betfred offer 5/2 that Erling Haaland Scores First and 5/1 that Man City Win Both Halves.
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If they score a Third, Betfred TREBLE the odds.)
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Monday 13th
MANCHESTER UNITED v LEEDS UNITED
20.00 in England
Sky Sports
It will be exactly 3 weeks since Manchester United last played, that being another Monday Night Football against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.
Both teams shared the points from a draw by a 2-2 score, with all 4 goals scored in the 2nd-half.
Bruno Fernandes converted a penalty on the hour mark, which was quickly equalised by a Cherry goal.
United then had a 2nd on the board, with a Cherry player being credited with an Own Goal.
Bournemouth were then awarded a penalty themselves, which was converted to give both teams a point apiece.
Harry Maguire was deemed to have denied a goal-scoring opportunity that led to the penalty, which resulted in a Red Card for the Big Centre-Half, meaning tonight’s a night off for HM.
That’s 2 draws, 7 wins and 1 defeat in the 10 games that Michael Carrick has overseen, leaving United in 3rd place with 55 points from 31 games played.
United’s 7-game run in-
Leeds United (H), Chelsea (A), Brentford (H), LIVERPOOL (H), Sunderland (A), Nottingham Forest (H) and Brighton (A).
It will be interesting to see what state the players are in after 3 weeks off.
That said, a few have been on International Duty.
Leeds United gained a point from a draw by a 0-0 score against Brentford at Elland Rd last time out.
That is back-to-back draws by the same 0-0 score, following the previous game against Crystal Palace that finished goalless.
Added to those 2 fixtures, Leeds suffered narrow defeats against Sunderland and Man City, losing both games by a 1-0 scoreline, meaning the Whites haven’t scored a Premier League goal in the last 4 outings.
In between those 4 games, Leeds took on Norwich in the FA Cup and scored 3 times, so there are goals in the team, it’s just that they are not happening in the Premier League of late.
Leeds sit in 15th place with 33 points from 31 games played.
The final 7 games are featured in the West Ham v Wolves preview above, so if one wants to see the possible fate of the Elland Rd outfit, then peruse those few paragraphs.
(Ok, one will add them here!)
‘Although Leeds look to be the ones most likely to avoid relegation, 4 of the Whites’ 7 remaining fixtures are against Wolves (H), Burnley (H), Tottenham (A) and West Ham (A), with significant games against Tottenham and West Ham, both away from Elland Rd.’
‘The other 3 are against Manchester United (A), Bournemouth (A) and Brighton (H).’
FA Cup Semi-Final draw-
Man City v Southampton
Chelsea v Leeds United
Both games take place at Wembley over the weekend of the 25th of April.
Another draw by a 1-1 score from Game Week-20 when Leeds United hosted Manchester United at Elland Rd back in January.
Following a goalless 1st-half Brenden Aaronson scored just after the hour mark to give Leeds a lead.
The lead didn’t last long with Matheus Cunha scoring an equaliser for Manchester United 3 minutes after Brenden’s goal to give both teams a share of the points.
That was the 4th draw in the Game Week-20 set of fixtures, with 3 of those being by a 1-1 scoreline.
Betfred offer Manchester United at Odds On 3/5, the Draw at 16/5 and 4/1 for Leeds United to come away with all 3-points.
Betfred offer 11/2 that Bruno Fernandes Scores First and Evens 1/1 that Both Teams DON’T Score.
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Current 2025/26 Premier League Table after 31 games
(Man City and Crystal Palace have only played 30)
1- Arsenal- 70 pts
2- Man City- 61 pts
3- Manchester United- 55 pts
4- Aston Villa- 54 pts
5- Liverpool- 49 pts
6-Chelsea- 48 pts
7- Brentford- 46 pts
8- Everton- 46 pts
9- Fulham- 44 pts
10- Brighton- 43 pts
11- Sunderland- 43 pts
12- Newcastle- 42 pts
13- Bournemouth- 42 pts
14- Crystal Palace- 39 pts
15- Leeds United- 33 pts
16- Nottingham Forest- 32 pts
17- Tottenham- 30 pts
18- West Ham- 29 pts
19- Burnley- 20 pts
20- Wolves- 17 pts
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