After a League Cup interrupted round, the EPL is back in all its glory with ten exciting fixtures scheduled over Game Week 34.
Manchester City have a chance to secure the title a month early should their neighbours drop the ball against the Reds at Old Trafford.
Elsewhere, Leicester attempt to defeat the Saints for the third time this year, Chelsea look to continue their dominance under Tuchel with a win against Fulham and Harry Kane is set for some shooting practice against the Blades.
We’ve ran through every Premier League fixture this weekend and provided our best betting plays below!
Leicester can put 10 points between themselves and West Ham in 5th place, should they claim their third win over Southampton this year.
The Foxes saw off the Saints 1-0 a week back in the FA Cup semi final, with Kelechi Iheanacho netting the winner.
The Nigerian forward is in career best form, bagging 12 goals across his last nine starts for Leicester and will be looking to get his name on the scoresheet in five consecutive appearances.
Since the turn of the new year, no side has picked up fewer league points than Southampton (10), through their last 16 games the Saints have managed to scrape together just three wins!
I’m backing the Foxes to continue their dominance over the sorry Saints, with Iheanacho to find the back of the net.
Manchester City can potentially claim the Premiership this weekend should they collect all three points here while their neighbours fall to current champs Liverpool.
The Citizens will be buzzing following their 2-1 away victory over PSG in the first leg of their UCL semi final tie.
The Sky Blues have been devastating on the road this season and can extend their Away win streak to 11 games when they see off the Eagles here.
Pep’s side have a habit getting off the mark early, leading both at half-time and full-time on 18 occasions this season, five more times than the next best (Chelsea).
Alternatively, Crystal have trailed at the Half before ultimately losing on ten occasions, only West Brom and Sheffield hold a worse record!
Brighton are out to snap a four game winless streak when they welcome Leeds to the Amex stadium on Saturday night (AEST).
Alternatively, Leeds can go seven games without a defeat should they pick up a result here, a run which has seen the Whites have take points away from Chelsea (D), Man City (W), Liverpool (D) and most recently Man U (D).
The Seagulls have failed to score across their previous three Premier League fixtures, embarrassingly going down 1-0 against the Blades last time out.
Leeds are cruising home with a wet sail and at $3.15 the away side are huge overs here!
Value add:
10 of Brightons last 16 games have finished with under 1.5 goals ($3.30).
The Blues look to win their fifth London Derby from five attempts in 2021, when they take on relegation bound Fulham.
Chelsea have gone unbeaten across their last 20 games against the Cottagers (17W,3D), claiming maximum points over their last three meeting after leading at halftime.
With fixtures against City, Arsenal and Leicester in the ensuing weeks, the Blues know anything less than three points here could see their top four aspirations take a huge hit.
Chelsea have led their last three London derbies 1-0 at the half before going on to win, I’ll be backing them to take control of this one early.
Everton and Aston Villa meet for the first time this season after their initial match was postponed to accomodate for Cup ties.
The Toffees are out to build on a four match unbeaten streak, while keeping themselves in the hunt for European football next season.
Concernedly, Everton have only won one of their previous nine home games (3D,5L), with the sole victory coming against a feeble Saints unit.
Fortunately for the home side, they will be coming up against an outfit who seem to have packed up their toys and headed home after the turn of the year.
Villa have been free falling since the festive period, failing to take any points away from sides sitting within the top 8.
As hard as it is to back the Toffees, betting against the Villans feels like the most sensible play here.
The Toons are out to claim their first victory over the Gunners across their last seven attempts (7L), a run which has seen the Londoners concede just one goal!
Current form suggests Newcastle might be in for a shout here, the home side has gone four game unbeaten (2W,2D) and was last kept scoreless at St James Park way back in December 2020.
Alternatively, the Gunners have only bettered the Blades across their previous five league outings and will no doubt be focusing their attention toward their two Europa League semi final fixtures against Villarreal.
The result could easily swing either way in this one, instead I’ll be backing the scorekeeper to have a busy night.
Match of the round comes curtsy of the North-West Derby between United and Liverpool.
The Reds will be desperate to secure a result here, already lagging four points behind Chelsea in fourth position, the only UCL action Klopp’s men could encounter next season would be with a PS controller in hand.
Meanwhile, Man U are sitting pretty in second place with their concentration shifting to securing a trophy in the Europa League.
Liverpool’s last Premier League victory at Old Trafford came back in 2014, since then the away side has only claimed two victories across 13 fixtures, with the points being split on six occasions.
The Red Devils are yet to taste defeat to any of the sides currently occupying the tops six places on the table, a record I can’t see being broken by an understrength Reds outfit.
Ryan Mason hopes to keep his perfect Premier League record as a manager alive when his side take on the worst team in the comp at home.
After blowing their chance of securing their first trophy since Mason was in high-school with a 1-0 defeat to the Citizens in the ‘Insert sponsor here’ Cup, the Spurs now shift focus to ensuring they finish the season ahead of the Gunners.
This petty mission should be all but secured this weekend when they waltz past the already relegated Blades.
Despite his team being shite, Harry Kane has enjoyed another incredible season, currently leading the PL in both goalscoring (21) and assists (13)!
The English captain has netted three braces across his last six games and I’m backing him to do so once again here.
West Brom are playing win at all cost football, currently nine points behind Brighton in 17th and five games to close the gap!
With their backs up against the wall, the Baggies have actually shown glimpses of positive football, scoring ten goals across their past four league fixtures while conceding seven.
Meanwhile, the Wolves have been offering up absolute slop, playing a one dimensional style of parking the bus and bombing long for Adama Traore, a tactic which paid dividends against the likes of Fulham and Sheffield.
Though Nuno’s side were completely exposed last week by fellow strugglers Burnley, with Kiwi striker Chris Wood making the Wolves look like American Samoa!
The Baggies have never tasted defeat against the Wolves at home and I’m backing them in to keep the relegation battle semi interesting with a win here.
Game Week 34 comes to a close a Turf Moor, where Burly attempt to claim their third straight home win against the Hammers.
West Ham have lost two their last two league games to Chelsea and Newcastle and will need to avoid a third on the trot if they harbour any desire to compete with European’s elite next season.
Both the Clarets and Hammers have played out high scoring affairs in the league of late, each hitting over 2.5 total goals in four of their last five respective fixtures.
West Ham are on the brink of achieving something huge and I’m backing them to take the first big step towards doing so here!