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The weekend kicks off in earnest on Saturday afternoon when Nottingham Forest look to arrest their alarming form when they host Chelsea in the 12.30pm.
There are five 3pm matches after the City Ground clash, with Brighton hosting Newcastle United, Burnley versus Leeds United, Crystal Palace taking on Bournemouth, Manchester City facing Everton and Sunderland entertaining Wolves.
The evening kick-off on Saturday at 5.30pm is a London derby with Fulham welcoming league leaders Arsenal.
Sunday sees two Premier League matches with Tottenham versus Aston Villa at 2pm, followed by the standout fixture of the weekend when Liverpool ‘welcome’ bitter rivals Manchester United at Anfield for a 4.30pm kick-off.
Rounding-up the action on Monday night sees another London derby as West Ham United face Brentford (8pm).
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Jack Gaughan’s thoughts and picks:
Not the easiest week to predict, straight after an international break. Look at last month: Liverpool only won late on at Burnley, there were a couple of really laboured goalless draws elsewhere, while Fulham-Leeds was decided by a 94th minute own goal. Hardly a vintage weekend.
So with that in mind I’ll be taking a bit of a gamble on some of these. Sunderland’s home record is really strong and Wolves aren’t great away – so a draw there!
It feels like Manchester City have their groove back at home and Everton are likely to struggle to get anything there; similarly, Liverpool ought to have enough against Manchester United.
The left-field tactics continue at Craven Cottage though. Arsenal have beaten everybody other than Liverpool and City in all competitions so far and are probably due a difficult afternoon. Tottenham and Aston Villa could be anything and a fancy a more pragmatic Burnley to sneak past Leeds.
