Premier League predictions: Spurs keep hold of top spot, Chelsea and Arsenal share spoils

We pick out the winners and losers from the latest round of English top-flight fixtures

SATURDAY - Liverpool v Everton (3.30pm kick-off UAE): Derby time at Anfield sees fourth-top Liverpool taking on fifth-bottom Everton. Despite Everton taking two wins from their last three games, it feels almost inevitable that it will be the red half of Merseyside enjoying bragging rights this weekend. Prediction: Liverpool 3 Everton 0. PA

Bournemouth v Wolves (6pm): Eight games into the season and Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola has yet to win game and his team sit second bottom. Gary O'Neil, going up against the club that controversially sacked him in the summer, has seen his side take four points from two tough games against Manchester City and Aston Villa. Prediction: Bournemouth 1 Wolves 2. PA

Brentford v Burnley (6pm): Brentford find themselves sitting down in 15th in the table having won just one game all season, losing three out of their last four. Burnley have also won once but are third bottom having lost six out of their eight games. Prediction: Brentford 2 Burnley 0. PA

Manchester City v Brighton (6pm): Turns out Manchester City players might just be human after losing two on the trot having started the season with six wins on the spin. Brighton needed a late leveller from Lewis Dunk to grab a draw against Liverpool and avoid their second defeat in a row. Prediction: Man City 2 Brighton 1. Reuters

Newcastle United v Crystal Palace (6pm): Eighth-place Newcastle sit one point and one spot ahead of Palace but it's Eddie Howe's Magpies who have more momentum behind them having taken ten points out of possible 12 from their last four matches. Prediction: Newcastle 3 Palace 1. PA

Nottingham Forest v Luton Town (6pm): Forest are without a win in four games, albeit having drawn three of them - during which time they have managed just two goals. Luton have lost two in a row meaning they have been beaten six times in eight games this season - with a seventh on the way here. Forest 1 Luton 0. Reuters

Chelsea v Arsenal (8.30pm): A test of Chelsea's progress under Mauricio Pochettino as they take on joint table-toppers Arsenal having won two games on the spin. The Gunners enjoyed a narrow victory over Manchester City last time out and sit joint top of the table. Prediction: Chelsea 1 Arsenal 1. Getty

Sheffield United v Manchester United (11pm): The Blades sit bottom of the table with just one point from eight games having conceded 22 goals along the way. United were heading for a third defeat in three home games until two Scott McTominay goals in injury-time earned them a last-gasp win against Brentford before the international break. Prediction: Sheffield United 1 Man United 3. EPA

SUNDAY - Aston Villa v West Ham (7.30pm): Villa saw their three-game winning streak come to an end with their draw at Wolves before the break but still sit fifth in the table. They are two points and two places ahead of West Ham who needed a late leveller from Mohammed Kudus to earn a point at home to Newcastle. Prediction: Villa 2 West Ham 1. PA

MONDAY - Tottenham Hotspur v Luton Town (11pm): Ange Postecoglou's Spurs sit top of the table, having won six out of eight games and drawn the other two. They face a Fulham side who eased past struggling Sheffield United in their last game but have yet to string together two wins on the trot this season. Prediction: Spurs 2 Fulham 0. Getty

The international break is over and we are straight back into another busy week of club football, starting with the latest round of Premier League fixtures.

Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal currently occupy the top two spots after eight games with the North London clubs also enjoying the last remaining unbeaten records.

Reigning champions Manchester City are third looking to avoid losing three games in a row – after defeats against Wolves and Arsenal – with Liverpool fourth.

Propping up the table is winless pair Sheffield United and Bournemouth, with Luton Town and Burnley sitting in 18th and 19th, respectively.

A packed Saturday schedule begins with Liverpool against Everton in the Merseryside derby at Anfield.

Five games then kick-off at 6pm (UAE) as Bournemouth entertain Wolves, Brentford tackle Burnley in the capital, Manchester City take on Brighton at the Etihad Stadium, Newcastle United face Crystal Palace in the north east, while Nottingham Forest play host to Luton.

Chelsea then battle Arsenal in the London Derby at the Emirates Stadium before Sheffield United clash with Manchester United in Yorkshire.

Aston Villa are at home to West Ham United on Sunday before Spurs' clash with Fulham at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Monday brings this weekend's fixtures to a close.

You can see our predictions for the games in the photo gallery above. To move on to the next photo, click on the arrows or swipe if using a mobile device.