Draw at Stamford Bridge, defeat for Tottenham but goals galore for Manchester United and Arsenal — EPL predictions

Liverpool v West Ham United: Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool have struggled breaking teams down at home and their four wins from 11 games at Anfield is less than QPR, who are second bottom. A match against a well-organised West Ham side, led by former Liverpool forward Andy Carroll (pictured), hardly screams goals. 0-0. Jamie McDonald / Getty

Manchester United v Leicester City: Despite a disjointed season peppered with several awful displays, United are still in the top four and their home record (eight wins from 11) is the second best in the league. They will see a game against bottom-placed Leicester as a chance to rack up some goals. After all, they did score three against them in the away fixtures earlier this season — the problem was Leicester scored five. 3-0. Shaun Botterill / Getty

Sunderland v Burnley: Sunderland, the league’s draw specialists with 11 from 22 games, have not won in five games and they have plenty to fear from a Burnley side who drew 2-2 at champions Manchester City just over a month ago. Key in this game could be Jermain Defoe (pictured), likely to start his first home game since signing for Sunderland. His finishing prowess should keep Gus Poyet’s team up. 1-0. Julian Finney / Getty

West Bromwich Albion v Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs are on a roll away from home but their record is deceiving. Of their five away wins, four were 2-1 with a goal in the 89th minute of later. The other was a 2-1 win at Leicester, with the winning goal coming on 71 minutes. That luck can’t continue against a West Brom side who are undefeated since Tony Pulis took over. 1-0. Laurence Griffiths / Getty

Crystal Palace v Everton: Looking at the form book, there is only one winner. Alan Pardew has given Palace a boost since coming in as manager and they have won their last two games. He now has a bunch of strikers, led by Dwight Gayle, centre, who have found their scoring boots. Everton on the other hand are in dire straights, having lost four of their last six. 2-0. Julian Finney / Getty

Stoke City v QPR: QPR haven’t got a point away from home and until they turn that around they will be relegation favourites. Stoke, even without injured forward Bojan, should win comfortably. 3-1. Richard Heathcote / Getty

Chelsea v Manchester City: Jose Mourinho is pragmatic enough to settle for a draw against City, who are Chelsea’s only genuine title challengers. Expect him to select Ramires or John Obi Mikel alongside Nemanja Matic and make this a tight game. City are missing Yaya Toure and Samir Nasri too much to take three points from this one. 1-1. Alastair Grant / AP

Arsenal v Aston Villa: Like QPR's away record, the chance of Villa scoring is predictable. At best they will find the net once at the Emirates, but they have just four away goals all season. Arsenal should romp home. 4-0. Oli Scarff / AFP

Southampton v Swansea City: Swansea have been going through a rough patch since the turn of the year and a trip to Southampton does not offer much hope of a turnaround. Without Wilfried Bony to offer a presence up front, this could get ugly. 2-0. Richard Heathcote / Getty

As the English Premier League resumes following a one week break, The National Sport’s deputy editor Thomas Woods offers his predictions for the latest round of fixtures. Click the arrows above to scroll through his picks.

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