Diego Costa to feast on Hull City, Manchester United to beat Liverpool in the the English ‘clasico’ – The National’s EPL predictions

Chelsea v Hull City: Chelsea should bounce back from their defeat at Newcastle against a Hull side who have scored just once in three games. Diego Costa will dominate Hull’s centre-backs at Stamford Bridge. 2-0 (Photo by Paul Gilham / Getty Images)

Crystal Palace v Stoke City: Stoke’s form is hard to follow this season. They beat Arsenal last week having lost the previous three, they have beaten the likes of Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, but lost to Sunderland and Burnley. This could be Palace’s day. 1-0 (Photo by Mike Hewitt / Getty Images)

Leicester City v Manchester City: Leicester will cling on to the hope that City might be tired from their mid-week trip to Roma and be less effective without Sergio Aguero and maybe Yaya Toure. But in reality, this has City win written all over it. 0-2 (Photo by Lindsey Parnaby / AFP)

Sunderland v West Ham United: West Ham continue to impress, especially up front, but Sunderland have shored up their defence recently, with three 0-0 draws in the last four games. This will be decided by a single goal. 0-1 (Glyn Kirk / AFP)

West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa: Villa have shot up the table after two wins in a row and will fancy their chances in a second Midlands derby in a row. West Brom, winless in five, have only scored once in those games. This will be another low-scoring affair. 0-0 (Darren Staples / Reuters)

Arsenal v Newcastle United: This is a big game for Arsenal. A defeat could see them enter the Christmas period seven points off the Champions League places, with trips to Liverpool, Southampton and Manchester City in their next five games. With that in mind, they should pull something special out of the bag. 3-1 (Murad Sezer / Reuters)

Manchester United v Liverpool: Liverpool’s form could not be much worse ahead of one of the biggest games in European club football. They will probably be happy to take a point although if United play as badly as they did away at Southampton on Monday, a win is there for the taking. Chances are, United will return to form and they are more potent up front at the moment than Liverpool 2-1 (Photo by Mike Hewitt / Getty Images)

Swansea v Tottenham Hotspur: Swansea have the best home record outside the top five, outscoring opponents 13-5 and Spurs haven’t score in two games. They often struggle on the road and will do again in Wales. 1-0 (Glyn Kirk / AFP)

Everton v Queens Park Rangers: Won 0, drawn 0, lost 7. Scored 2, condeded 17. That is QPR’s away record. How could you predict anything but a home win. 3-0 (Andrew Cowie / AFP)

Deputy Sports Editor Thomas Woods delivers The National’s predictions for Gameweek 16 in the English Premier League. Click the arrows above to scroll through the predictions.