We enter the final four fixtures of the 2023/24 Premier League season with everything left to play for at both ends of the table.
Game week 35 gets underway at the London Stadium, where West Ham host title contenders Liverpool.
Elsewhere, Tottenham host Arsenal in the most significant North London derby in some time.
Our Offside Oracle has previewed all ten Premier League fixtures and provided his best bets below!
Liverpool hopes to claim their sixth straight league win over the Hammers when the pair meet at London Stadium.
The Irons are enduring a rough spell, winning just once across their last eight games in all comps (3D,4L).
The last three meeting between this pair have seen over 2.5 goals scored, while both sides have hit the overs in 22 of their league games this season (Red 33GP) (Irons 34GP).
I’m backing the Reds to win combined with over 2.5 total goals.
Fulham hosts Crystal Palace in a mid-table London Derby.
The Cottagers look to be phoning in the tail-end of the season, losing three of their last four starts (1W), and are staring down the barrel of three straight home defeats.
Meanwhile, the Eagles are starting to soar, winning their last two league fixtures (as of 24/04), including a win on the road to Liverpool.
On current form, Palace a huge over at $3.60 in the H2H market.
Two sides in horrendous form take the stage at Molineux Stadium.
The Wolves are winless in six games across all comps (2D,4L), and have lost their last three home fixtures.
Meanwhile, the Hatters have won once in 13 competitive fixtures (3D,9L), and are yet to claim a league win on the road this calendar year (3D,5L).
This pair have drawn their previous two match-ups and I think they’ll both settle for a point a piece here.
Burnley look to keep their survival hopes alive when they take on an underperforming Man U outfit at Old Trafford.
The Clarets won 4-1 against the Blades last time out, but are still three competition points and a substantial goal difference behind Notts Forest and safety.
They’ll face a Man U side without a victory in their last four PL starts (as of 24/04), and who put in an embarrassing performance against Coventry in the FA Cup semi.
Both teams have scored in Manchester United’s previous six games in all comps, with five of those fixtures featuring four or more goals!
I’m staying away from the H2H market, instead backing a high scoring fixture.
The Blades are enduring a historically poor season, they have conceded most goals in Premier League history and have five games still to play (as of 24/4).
They’ll find no respite this weekend, as they lace up their boots and prepare to take on a Toon outfit who put eight past them at home earlier this season.
Newcastle defeated Tottenham 4-0 in their last game at St. James Park, and should repeat that feat here.
I have the Magpies covering a -2 goal handicap.
The Bees are five games without defeat (2W,3D), looking to finish the season strongly.
Brentford enters this game with a rest advantage over the Toffees, who will be playing out a mid-week Merseyside Derby.
I’m backing the Bees to take advantage of an Everton side coming-out of their biggest game of the season.
Chelsea looks to brush off their mid-week embarrassment against the Gunners, with an improved performance on the road to Aston Villa.
Villa, of course, will have other plans, looking to claim their fifth win in six home games (1D) across all comps, all but securing their UCL birth next season.
Alternatively, Chelsea are winless in five away fixtures (3D,2L), failing to score in their previous two.
I’m taking Chelsea’s away blues to continue, leaving the midlands with nothing but disappointment.
Brighton travels to Bournemouth to compete in the battle of the mid.
A win at home will see the Cherries (13th) leapfrog the Seagulls (10th) in the league standings, with both sides fighting for a top half finish.
Bournemouth have been hot at home lately, going undefeated across their last five league fixtures at Vitality Stadium, winning three of those games.
Alternatively, Brighton are winless in six away games in all comps (2D,4L), most recently dropping points away to Burnley.
I’m taking the Cherries to prevail on their home deck.
After getting knocked out of the UCL by Bayern Munich, the Gunners got straight back to business in the search of the first PL title in 20+ years.
Arteta’s men dismantled Chelsea 5-0 on Wednesday morning (AEST), and now take aim at their North London rivals.
Spurs limp into this fixture off the back of a 0-4 humbling at home to Newcastle, a game in which they were dominated in transition.
The likes of Sake and Martinelli will be licking their lips at the chance to get in and behind the Spurs extremely high line.
I’m backing the Gunners to come and conquer!
Game Week 35 wraps up when City looks to deforest Nottingham…
Man City have gone undefeated across their last 13 away games (11W,2D), only dropping points to Liverpool (1-1) and Real Madrid (3-3) across the trip.
Forest are no Real Madrid!
I’m backing the Sky Blues to get on top early and hold out for all three points.