• FRIDAY - Brighton v Burnley (9.30pm kick-off UAE): The superb 3-0 battering of Newcastle on the second weekend of the season must feel like a lifetime ago for Brighton fans. Without a win since and having secured just two more points, the Seagulls are in dire need of a pick-me-up. And who better to play than the hapless Clarets? Winless with just one point and three goals to their name from six games, it really has been a disastrous start for Sean Dyche's side. Prediction: Brighton 2 Burnley 1. EPA
    FRIDAY - Brighton v Burnley (9.30pm kick-off UAE): The superb 3-0 battering of Newcastle on the second weekend of the season must feel like a lifetime ago for Brighton fans. Without a win since and having secured just two more points, the Seagulls are in dire need of a pick-me-up. And who better to play than the hapless Clarets? Winless with just one point and three goals to their name from six games, it really has been a disastrous start for Sean Dyche's side. Prediction: Brighton 2 Burnley 1. EPA
  • Southampton v Newcastle United (midnight): The Saints go marching on with their excellent start to the season, although a 4-3 win over Aston Villa last week came with a few scares - and a genuine body blow. Southampton were 4-0 up and flying until Villa's very late fightback ensured a nervy finale. But the knee injury to top scorer Danny Ings, now set for surgery and ruled out for at least a month, is a huge setback. Newcastle battled to a tight 2-1 victory at home to Everton on Sunday, with their own in-form goalscorer, Callum Wilson, taking his tally to six for the season. Prediction: Southampton 0 Newcastle 2. Reuters
    Southampton v Newcastle United (midnight): The Saints go marching on with their excellent start to the season, although a 4-3 win over Aston Villa last week came with a few scares - and a genuine body blow. Southampton were 4-0 up and flying until Villa's very late fightback ensured a nervy finale. But the knee injury to top scorer Danny Ings, now set for surgery and ruled out for at least a month, is a huge setback. Newcastle battled to a tight 2-1 victory at home to Everton on Sunday, with their own in-form goalscorer, Callum Wilson, taking his tally to six for the season. Prediction: Southampton 0 Newcastle 2. Reuters
  • SATURDAY - Everton v Manchester United (4.30pm): A couple of defeats on the spin - to Southampton and Newcastle - have put the breaks on Everton's early-season momentum, despite Dominic Calvert-Lewin remaining in prolific form up front. They will be hoping to have the flair of James Rodriguez back in the team after his eye-watering groin injury. Consistency remains all-too elusive for United, who followed up their sensational 5-0 home battering of RB Leipzig in Europe with an insipid 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford to Arsenal last weekend. Prediction: Everton 2 United 2. PA
    SATURDAY - Everton v Manchester United (4.30pm): A couple of defeats on the spin - to Southampton and Newcastle - have put the breaks on Everton's early-season momentum, despite Dominic Calvert-Lewin remaining in prolific form up front. They will be hoping to have the flair of James Rodriguez back in the team after his eye-watering groin injury. Consistency remains all-too elusive for United, who followed up their sensational 5-0 home battering of RB Leipzig in Europe with an insipid 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford to Arsenal last weekend. Prediction: Everton 2 United 2. PA
  • Crystal Palace v Leeds United (7pm): If there's one team you want to be watching at the moment it's Marcelo Bielsa's erratic Leeds. Monday's 4-1 home thrashing by Leicester City means the Yorkshiremen have now both scored and conceded 13 goals in the league, and with Bielsa committed to open, attacking football, there's so sign of that the goals will stop flowing at either end of the pitch. Palace sit equal with Leeds in the table on 10 points but I see Bielsaball overcoming Roy Hodgson's pragmatism here. Prediction: Palace 1 Leeds 3. PA
    Crystal Palace v Leeds United (7pm): If there's one team you want to be watching at the moment it's Marcelo Bielsa's erratic Leeds. Monday's 4-1 home thrashing by Leicester City means the Yorkshiremen have now both scored and conceded 13 goals in the league, and with Bielsa committed to open, attacking football, there's so sign of that the goals will stop flowing at either end of the pitch. Palace sit equal with Leeds in the table on 10 points but I see Bielsaball overcoming Roy Hodgson's pragmatism here. Prediction: Palace 1 Leeds 3. PA
  • Chelsea v Sheffield United (9.30pm): Could be a messy one at Stamford Bridge for the Blades. One point from seven games makes grim reading and while all but one of their six defeats have been by an odd goal, the fact Chris Wilder's men have managed to score just three times and are reliant on an unproven, if highly-rated, 20-year old in Rhian Brewster up front. Chelsea made light work of Burnley - who also had just one point in the bag - and it would be a major surprise if a similar result to that 3-0 win was not repeated here. Prediction: Chelsea 4 Sheffield United 1. EPA
    Chelsea v Sheffield United (9.30pm): Could be a messy one at Stamford Bridge for the Blades. One point from seven games makes grim reading and while all but one of their six defeats have been by an odd goal, the fact Chris Wilder's men have managed to score just three times and are reliant on an unproven, if highly-rated, 20-year old in Rhian Brewster up front. Chelsea made light work of Burnley - who also had just one point in the bag - and it would be a major surprise if a similar result to that 3-0 win was not repeated here. Prediction: Chelsea 4 Sheffield United 1. EPA
  • West Ham v Fulham (midnight): The relief was palpable at Craven Cottage on Monday when Fulham finally secured their first win of the season - at the seventh attempt - with a 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion. London rivals West Ham will be a tough one for Scott Parker's men, though. The Hammers have played Leicester, Spurs, Manchester City and Liverpool in their previous four games, losing only once - to the champions at Anfield - and coming away with a respectable five points out of 12. Prediction: West Ham 2 Fulham 0. Reuters
    West Ham v Fulham (midnight): The relief was palpable at Craven Cottage on Monday when Fulham finally secured their first win of the season - at the seventh attempt - with a 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion. London rivals West Ham will be a tough one for Scott Parker's men, though. The Hammers have played Leicester, Spurs, Manchester City and Liverpool in their previous four games, losing only once - to the champions at Anfield - and coming away with a respectable five points out of 12. Prediction: West Ham 2 Fulham 0. Reuters
  • Sunday - West Bromwich Albion v Tottenham Hotspur (4pm): Signs are looking good for Spurs at the moment. Only one defeat all season - against Everton on the opening weekend - and now up to third after Gareth Bale headed home his first goal for the club since 2013 in their 2-1 win over Brighton. A first win remains elusive for the Baggies who have only managed three draws so far, with a disappointing defeat at fellow strugglers Fulham on Monday summing up their season so far. Prediction: West Brom 1 Spurs 3
    Sunday - West Bromwich Albion v Tottenham Hotspur (4pm): Signs are looking good for Spurs at the moment. Only one defeat all season - against Everton on the opening weekend - and now up to third after Gareth Bale headed home his first goal for the club since 2013 in their 2-1 win over Brighton. A first win remains elusive for the Baggies who have only managed three draws so far, with a disappointing defeat at fellow strugglers Fulham on Monday summing up their season so far. Prediction: West Brom 1 Spurs 3
  • Leicester City v Wolves (6pm): Jamie Vardy, last season's Golden Boot winner, shows no signs of slowing down this campaign. The Leicester attacker scored one and was involved in the other three in their impressive 4-1 win at Leeds. It was a team performance described as "brilliant" by manager Brendan Rodger and leaves the Foxes second in the table. Midlands rivals Wolves are only two points behind in sixth, despite not yet hitting top gear this season, taking nine points out of a possible 12 in their last four matches. Prediction: Leicester 2 Wolves 1. AP
    Leicester City v Wolves (6pm): Jamie Vardy, last season's Golden Boot winner, shows no signs of slowing down this campaign. The Leicester attacker scored one and was involved in the other three in their impressive 4-1 win at Leeds. It was a team performance described as "brilliant" by manager Brendan Rodger and leaves the Foxes second in the table. Midlands rivals Wolves are only two points behind in sixth, despite not yet hitting top gear this season, taking nine points out of a possible 12 in their last four matches. Prediction: Leicester 2 Wolves 1. AP
  • Manchester City v Liverpool (8.30pm): The match of the weekend sees the last couple of seasons' top two clash at the Etihad. While neither has looked particularly impressive so far, with City edging their way up the table - currently in 10th place - after a sticky start, champions Liverpool are again top of the pile having won two and drawn one since being thrashed 7-2 by Aston Villa. City appear to have finally found a reliable central defensive pairing in Ruben Dias and Aymeric Laporte - but taking on Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Co will be a litmus test for the duo. Prediction: City 1 Liverpool 2. Reuters
    Manchester City v Liverpool (8.30pm): The match of the weekend sees the last couple of seasons' top two clash at the Etihad. While neither has looked particularly impressive so far, with City edging their way up the table - currently in 10th place - after a sticky start, champions Liverpool are again top of the pile having won two and drawn one since being thrashed 7-2 by Aston Villa. City appear to have finally found a reliable central defensive pairing in Ruben Dias and Aymeric Laporte - but taking on Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Co will be a litmus test for the duo. Prediction: City 1 Liverpool 2. Reuters
  • Arsenal v Aston Villa (11.15pm): Winning at Old Trafford for first time since 2006 would have given the Gunners a huge boost coming after two narrow defeats to fellow top four hopefuls Manchester City and Leicester. They now face a Villa team who have lost their last two games, conceding seven goals along the way, and Mikel Arteta's team could find themselves in the top four as we head into the latest international break.Prediction: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 0. Getty
    Arsenal v Aston Villa (11.15pm): Winning at Old Trafford for first time since 2006 would have given the Gunners a huge boost coming after two narrow defeats to fellow top four hopefuls Manchester City and Leicester. They now face a Villa team who have lost their last two games, conceding seven goals along the way, and Mikel Arteta's team could find themselves in the top four as we head into the latest international break.Prediction: Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 0. Getty

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Chelsea batter Blades, Manchester City and Liverpool share spoils: Premier League predictions

We call the winners and losers ahead of the international break

Gareth Cox

November 05, 2020

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The exhausting schedule just keeps on coming as we head into another week of Premier League fixtures with another round of international matches looming.

There are two games on Friday night both taking place on the south coast as Brighton take on Burnley and Southampton play Newcastle United.

Everton's home clash with Manchester United kicks-off proceedings on Saturday, followed by Crystal Palace against Leeds United at Selhurst Park. Then we see two matches in the capital as Chelsea take on Sheffield United and West Ham United face Fulham.

Sunday starts with West Bromwich Albion playing host to Tottenham Hotspur, followed by a mouthwatering Midlands derby battle as Leicester tackle Wolves at the King Power Stadium.

The match of the weekend then takes place at the Etihad Stadium as Manchester City face reigning champions Liverpool, while Arsenal's home clash with Aston Villa caps off another busy weekend.

To see our predictions for the upcoming matches, look through the photo gallery above and click on the arrows or swipe.

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