2 of the most impressive sides in the Premier League this season meet here with both eyeing up a place in Europe next season.

Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth side are unbeaten across their last 11 games in all competitions, BTTS has landed in 7 of these games (63%) showing their fixtures tend to be entertaining. Forest are unbeaten across their last 9 games in all competitions, 8 of these have resulted in victories with the exception coming against league leaders Liverpool. BTTS has landed in their last 2 games.

BTTS landed in the initial meeting between the sides on the opening day of the season in that game that ended 1-1.

1 thing worth noting is the number of absences Bournemouth are contending with, up to 9 first team players are missing and with Bournemouth’s high energy style, this could prove decisive in the latter stages of the game with not much at all to separate the sides.

Ipswich have been competitive in the majority of their games this season despite currently sitting in the relegation zone. They’re the most likely of the 3 promoted sides to stay up for another season and make the trip to Anfield following a 6-0 drubbing by Manchester City, a game in which they still managed to draw 4 saves from Ederson in the City net.

Ipswich drew 2 saves from Alisson in the initial meeting between these sides earlier in the season, in which Ipswich showed a lot of what makes them a decent side with high energy and commitment that just tailed off in the second half which allowed Liverpool to put a couple past the Ipswich keeper and register a comfortable 2-0 win.

Alisson is averaging 2.33 saves per game in the Premier League this season, Liverpool have a pretty solid backline but there are vulnerabilities which Ipswich can exploit on the transition, especially in the full back areas. Ipswich have drawn 2+ saves from the opposition keeper in 15 out of 22 Premier League games this season (68%).

Liam Delap is the main attacking threat but Kieran McKenna is likely to set up his side to be effective in transition, looking for Delap in the channels which should materialise into a few attacks which lead to a shot that tests Alisson.

Eddie Howe’s Newcastle side have made a serious push for the European positions over recent weeks with a 9-game winning streak across all competitions only brought to an end by a high flying Bournemouth side last time out. They currently sit level on points with Manchester City in 5th and just 2 points off Chelsea who sit in 4th, making this trip to the South Coast a crucial one.

They face a Southampton side who haven’t improved since the appointment of Ivan Juric, winning just 1 of their last 14 games across all competitions, 11 of these ended in defeat. This record shows that Southampton don’t have a base level of performance to fall back on, they can’t grind out results and usually lose confidence after conceding the first goal.

Newcastle ran out 1-0 winners in the initial meeting between these sides on the opening day of the season, Fabian Schar was sent off early in the first half but Southampton failed to capitalise in what turned out to be a reflection of how their campaign has materialised. Only Wolves have conceded more goals than the 50 Southampton have shipped this season, so there should be plenty of chances for Newcastle and an in-form Alexander Isak to take advantage of a sluggish Saints defence.

In the absence of Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz has become the most important player in the Arsenal squad in the final third. Despite criticism, Havertz is the only player that consistently tests the goalkeeper and acts as a focal point for an Arsenal attack that can look really blunt at times, especially against a stubborn low block which is what they’re expected to be against here.

Havertz has had a shot on target in each of his last 5 Premier League games, suggesting that his team are still creating a decent number of chances for the forward despite missing their star player. Havertz is averaging 0.97 shots on target per 90 across the Premier League season as a whole but should find joy here against the worst backline in the Premier League with Wolves shipping 51 goals so far this campaign.

Havertz scored in a comfortable 2-0 Arsenal win over Wolves on the opening day of the season and also found the back of the net in Arsenal’s win over Dinamo Zagreb midweek, so he should enter this 1 with plenty of confidence to produce at least one effort on target.