Palace remain inside the relegation zone with just one win to their name all season, which surprisingly came against Spurs. Results and performances have generally been improving for Oliver Glasner’s men though. They had a couple of 2-2 draws on the road against Wolves and Villa, so will be hoping to back that up here with another decent display. Palace finished last season in great form and won this fixture 2-0 back in April when they were very convincing. Newcastle often have issues on the road, especially in London so can’t be trusted here. They put in a poor performance on Monday night vs West Ham, suffering a disappointing 0-2 home loss.

Newcastle are too inconsistent this season and this looks like a difficult match to predict. The draw looks like it has every chance so the 1-1 or 2-2 outcome would have to be considered possibilities, especially with neither team consistent enough or tight enough defensively.

An improving Wolves side take on a Bournemouth outfit who have now lost successive games. Wolves manager Gary O’Neil comes up against his former side here so will be hungry to get another positive result. Much was made of Wolves’ shocking start to the season but their fixture list was brutal and they’ve been able to drag things back by obtaining eight points from their last four games. Last week’s excellent 4-1 victory vs Fulham should give them a major confidence boost. Perhaps this match depends on which version of Bournemouth shows up though.

This is a team that has beaten both Arsenal & Man City but also lost to the likes of Leicester and Brentford. This should be a high scoring game and the 2-2 draw can’t be ruled out. Neither side is likely to keep a clean sheet. Something like a 3-2 victory either way could be a scoreline worth considering if the goals count is as high as expected.

Julen Lopetegui’s job looked in the balance heading into Monday night but his West Ham team produced their best performance of the season away to Newcastle. They put a lot of effort into that game so quite how much they will have left in the tank here remains to be seen, both mentally and physically. Can they back up such a display against arguably a far better side? Arsenal looked more themselves when they beat Forest 3-0 last week. They have their captain Martin Odegaard back and they are definitely much much better for it. Other key players such as Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice look fully fit and firing again. Arsenal won this fixture 6-0 last season and won’t have any fears coming to the London Stadium.

They can probably win this match to nil 2-0 or 3-0. West Ham can’t be trusted to put in such a good performance again and the Newcastle display might prove to be a one off type of result.

Aston Villa have not been in great form recently and travel to Stamford Bridge winless in four straight games and just one victory in seven. Unai Emery’s men have dropped to 8th in the table and from a defensive perspective have worryingly conceded far too many goals of late. In fact, just one clean sheet obtained in the Premier League all season is a huge concern and will be music to Chelsea’s ears here. The form of the West London team has been inconsistent recently but it’s worth remembering they have only lost twice all season, to Liverpool and Man City respectively. Again, the lack of a clean sheet in the last seven Premier League games should give their opponents some encouragement.

This fixture ended 0-0 last season but that doesn’t look like the sort of scoreline which is on the cards this time. Whether Chelsea can be trusted to win is the million dollar question. If they do then a 2-1 win would probably be the most likely result. The way both teams have conceded goals this season then 1-1 or 2-2 draws could certainly be considered as well.

New Man United manager Ruben Amorim started off life in the Premier League with a 1-1 draw away to Ipswich. It was a fairly timid and uninspiring performance against a newly promoted team and perhaps highlights the issues facing Amorim at the club. He is going to implement his 3-4-3 tactical system but most of the players looked completely alien to it last weekend. United do have a Europa League match against Bodo Glimt to try and iron out some issues but what Amorim really needs is an extended period on the training field. This could be a low scoring game because Everton are going to come to Old Trafford with a negative gameplan. They will try and suck the life out of the game, waste time and game manage.

They would happily take a 0-0 draw and that is a scoreline which can’t be ruled out. Everton head into the match on the back of successive stalemates and have only conceded two goals in six games. If Man United are to win then it will probably by a slender 1-0 margin and we shouldn’t expect a glutton of goals in this clash.

The big match of the weekend comes from Anfield where top of the table Liverpool face defending champions Man City. Liverpool have been pretty faultless so far this season with only a 0-1 home defeat to Forest and a 2-2 draw at Arsenal being occasions where they’ve dropped points. 10 wins out of 12 is very impressive and they now take on a Man City team in crisis. Pep Guardiola’s men remain second in the table but have lost three straight Premier League games, the most recent of which was a shock 0-4 defeat to Spurs. Away woes at Bournemouth and Brighton have been major setbacks. This has not typically been a good ground for them to visit, registering just one win here since the start of the 2017 season.

Both meetings resulted in 1-1 draws last season but based on what we’ve seen recently then Liverpool are the most likely team to win. City do have champions pedigree and can never be underestimated, but a 2-1 or 3-1 home win would be the most likely outcome if City keep defending as badly as they have been.