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Nottingham Forest 1-1 Manchester City
Separated by just 1 point in March was not was to be expected between Nottingham Forest and Manchester City at the start of the season, but here we are, with Forest a point above Man City and will be looking to get back to winning ways after 2 losses and a draw in their last 3 games.
Since the 7-0 game against Brighton, the two teams have gone in opposite directions with Brighton winning every league game since, whilst Forest have failed to win since, but they will be banking on their home form, 5 wins and a draw in their last 6 PL games at The City Ground.
Man City will look to amend their away record against the top 10 sides in the league, having lost 5 in a row away from home against sides in the top10, but their win last time out in the PL against Spurs will give them some confidence in terms of the reputation of Spurs rather than the bottom half team they have been this season.
Brighton 2-2 Fulham
With European places at stake, potentially even Champions League, this could be a pivotal fixture in both Brighton's and Fulham's season, as a win for Brighton would out them 4 points above Fulham , where as a win for Fulham at The Amex would take them above Brighton.
Brighton have been in their best form this season since their embarrassing loss to Nottingham Forest, winning 3 in a row in the PL and 5 in a row in all competitions and veteran Danny Welbeck will likely be at the heart of it as he's had 2 goals and 2 assists in his last three games including winning goals against Bournemouth and Newcastle United.
Fulham will be confident based on their Premier League record against Brighton, having never lost to the Seagulls in the competition, winning 5 of their 9 meetings, including earlier in the season, where 2 goals from Alex Iwobi sealed his side all three points.
Crystal Palace 2-0 Ipswich Town
Having been a top four team in the PL in 2025, Crystal Palace will be looking to continue their fine form under Oliver Glasner, winning 5 of their last 7 games, but they will be without star-striker Jean-Phillipe Mateta after being on the receiving end of a horror challenge in the FA Cup.
Whilst Ipswich still likely to be heading back down to The Championship, they may have been handed a lifeline with Wolves' Matheus Cunha's suspension, and with only a 5 point gap, nothing is impossible for Kieran McKenna's side, but with 6 losses and 2 draws in their last 8 PL games, they are heavy underdogs heading to Selhurst Park.
Going into their matchup in December at Portman Road, all that separated the two sides was goal difference, with both sides sitting on 9 points from 13 games, but now Palace are 19 points above The Tractor Boys and in 12th place, showcasing the great form The Eagles have been in, but also how poor Ipswich have been.
Liverpool 3-0 Southampton
This is certainly expected to be a different sort of game for Liverpool after their midweek outing in Paris, having had their goal peppered for most of the game, but coming up with a goal late on, against the run of play.
Liverpool only had 30% possession against PSG, their lowest total all season, but the opposite is expected of them in this game, having had 69% of the ball in their fixture earlier on in the season against The Saints and having scored 2+ goals in each of their last 8 PL games, they are in good stead to take advantage of their possession dominance at Anfield.
Southampton are looking to end their streak of 4-0 losses, having lost their last two PL games 4-0 to Brighton and Chelsea, but with 6 losses in a row at Anfield, with 19 goals conceded and just 1 scored, a win, or even a draw for this Southampton side will be a miracle for Ivan Juric's side.
Brentford 3-1 Aston Villa
Brentford have a great opportunity to put themselves in the European places conversation as a win would put them just one point behind their opponents Aston Villa and with Villa winning just once after a Champions League game this season, there's no better time for the Bee's to take this opportunity.
Brentford are starting a run of 7 consecutive PL games against sides in the top 10, and Thomas Frank's side are heading into this run with some form, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 1 in their last 5 PL games, which is the 4th best in the division in that timespan.
Villa on the other hand are 16th placed in the same timespan, with their defence, especially away from home, the trouble for Unai Emery's side, with just one clean sheet away from Villa Park in the PL this season, conceding 27 goals in 13 games, the 4th worst record in the PL which has led to Villa winning once, drawing once and losing 7 in their last 9 PL away games.
Wolves 0-2 Everton
The big talking point for Wolves right now is the suspension of Matheus Cunha after kicking, punching and headbutting Milos Kerkez in their FA Cup clash with Bournemouth.
The Brazilian has been integral for Wolves this season, by far their standout player, scoring 13 and assisting 4 in the PL this season, and more importantly Wolves have only picked up 2 points all season in games where Cunha hasn't contributed a goal or assist, making his suspension very ill-timed, especially with Vitor Pereira's side just 5 points above the drop-zone.
Everton have been the 5th best team in the PL since David Moyes took the helm, picking up 14 points from 7 games, which is a giant improvement on the 18 points from 20 games prior to his arrival, with Moyes's side already picking up more wins (4) than Dyche managed this season (3).
Chelsea 3-0 Leicester City
After a win last time out against 20th placed Southampton, Chelsea now face 19th placed Leicester City as they continue their pursuit of a return to the Champions league, and with just 6 points separating 3rd and 10th, games like this are must win for Enzo Maresca's side.
If Chelsea are going to have a good end to the season, they need to get Cole Palmer back to his best, with the English attacking midfielder without a goal or assist in his last 8 games in all competitions having never gone more than 3 games without a goal contribution for Chelsea before this run.
Leicester City have not had the desired success under Ruud Van Nistelrooy, as his side have picked up just 7 points from his 14 PL games in charge, scoring just 9 goals and conceding 34 and in 6 of their last 7 PL games, they have blanked in front of goal, and in their last 4 PL games, they managed a total of just 1.4xG.
Spurs 1-2 Bournemouth
After 3 PL wins on the bounce against Brentford, Man Utd and Ipswich and many injury issues solved, it looked as if Spurs' season was about to get back on track, but a loss against Man City and a pitiful 1-0 away loss away against AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League, the pressure is back on Ange Postecoglou.
Bournemouth have had a little rough patch in the PL, losing 3 of their last 4 games, which has slipped them down to 7th in the league, with Andoni Irialoa's side struggling a bit without a striker, scoring 4 goals in their last 4 games, in comparison to 12 in their 4 games prior, but with Evanilson back fit after injury, Bournemouth have a focal point back up top.
Whilst Spurs dominated the possession in their matchup earlier this season, having 65% of the ball, it was Bournemouth with all the chances, with the Cherries creating 3.71 xG from 21 shots compared to Spurs' 0.87 xG from 12 shots, with Bournemouth coming out 1-0 winners at The Vitality Stadium.
Manchester United 0-0 Arsenal
This is a game that has a goalless draw written all over it, with both sides struggling in-front of goal in the PL, with Arsenal missing Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli from their frontline and Man Utd any sort of quality and end-product from their forwards.
Despite their 7 goals in the week against PSV, Arsenal are two games without a goal in the PL for the first time since May 2023, and are looking to not go 3 games without a goal in the PL for the first time since the first three games of the 2021/22 season.
Ruben Amorim will be desperate for his forwards to just get one goal contribution in the PL, as Alejandro Garnacho, Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee have combined for just 3 goals and 0 assists under Amorim and neither of the three have had a PL goal contribution in 2025.
Man Utd and Arsenal have already faced off twice since Amorim took over, with Arsenal winning 2-0 in the league fixture, whilst Untied went through in the FA Cup on penalties despite being down to 10 men for 60 minutes.
West Ham United 2-2 Newcastle United
Newcastle's season seems to be derailing at the wrong time with their Carabao Cup Final next week, in which Eddie Howe will be without Lewis Hall and Sven Botman through injury and Anthony Gordon through suspension, making their trip to the London Stadium, where they haven't lost since 2019, even harder.
Newcastle's defence has dropped off massively recently, conceding 16 goals in their last 6 PL games, compared to just 1 in their 6 games prior, and without Lewis Hall, who has started the last 22 PL games for Eddie Howe's side, either Kieran Trippier or Tino Livramento with have to fill in at left-back of an already struggling defence.
Graham Potter led West Ham to consecutive PL wins for the first time this season, with wins over Arsenal and Leicester City, keeping clean sheets in both games, giving West Ham players and fans the trust in the new manager after turning around a difficult start to life at The London Stadium.
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