The Premier League enters Game Week 32 with just six points separating Notts Forest in 3rd with Aston Villa in 7th.
The Action gets underway in Manchester, where the high-soaring Eagles look to swoop on all three competition points against a tired City outfit.
Elsewhere, the Gunners host the Bees, and Wolverhampton attempt to secure a double over Ange and the Spurs.
The Offside Oracle has previewed all 10 Premier League fixtures this weekend and provided his best betting plays below.
The Eagles look to build on a run of seven competitive fixtures without defeat (6W,1D), when they head to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
They’ll face a Man City outfit sitting in the unfamiliar position of 6th in the league following an uninspiring 0-0 draw against their red neighbours.
Crystal Palace will enter this contest with an air of confidence, not only are they without defeat in eight away games in all comps, but their record at the Etihad is unmatched, collecting competition points from four of their last six visits (2W,2D,2L).
This pair played out a 2-2 draw in their reverse fixture, and I have the Eagles picking up at least one more point here.
Brighton will be looking to play themselves back into form when they play host to competition easy beats Leicester City.
The Foxes have now lost nine straight games across all competitions, and have failed to bother the scorekeepers in each of the last seven.
Meanwhile, the Seagulls have lost their last two league games, following a run of five fixtures without defeat (4W,1D).
Brighton has comfortably won their two games against the Foxes at the Amex, with an aggregate of 7-3.
I like the Seagulls to outscore Leicester in both the first and second half.
Notts Forest will attempt to bounce back from a rare defeat when they host the Toffees this weekend.
That might be easier said than done against an Everton outfit who have lost just one of their previous 11 league fixtures (4W,6D), although wins have been hard to come by for the Toffees, splitting the points in five of the six most recent games (1L).
The margin of error has been so slim for the Tricky Trees, with nine of their last 10 games decided by one goal or less.
This game has stalemate written all over it!
The Saints are horrible, Villa are flying, tips don’t get much easier than this.
Aston Villa has won eight straight games across all competitions (as of 9/5) and have score 3+ goals in four of their last five games.
I have the Villans winning, and winning big.
The Gunners shoot into this contest fresh off hammering European Champions Real Madrid 3-0.
They’ll hope to carry some of that form and confidence back to the Premier League, where they’ve dropped points in four of their las six fixtures (2W,3D,1L).
Standing in their way is a Brentford outfit that have gone off the simmer, winning one game from their last five starts (2D,2L), and falling into the bottom half of the table (12th).
Recent history is on the Gunners side, with the North Londoners winning four straight meetings against the Bees, all by a margin of one goal.
I’m backing Arsenal to claim all three points in another tight contest.
The Wolves look to claim a third straight league win and pull further away from the drop zone when they play host to the Spurs this weekend.
Unsurprisingly, Ange has a horrible record against the Wolves as Tottenham’s manager, claiming one competition point from the pairs three league meetings (1D,2L).
With their season already down the drain, the Spurs will be prioritising their fixture against Frankfurt in the Europa League on Friday morning (AEST), and will likely field an understrength outfit in this matchup.
Tottenham’s lack of squad depth has haunted them all season, and I’m backing them to struggle once again here.
Chelsea look to consolidate their position inside the top four with a victory over soon to be relegated Ipswich Town.
The Tracker Boys slim chance of survival took a huge hit last weekend, after losing a pivotal fixture against the 17th placed Wolves, leaving themselves 12 points from safety, with seven games left in the season.
One of Ipswich’s four league victories this season came against the Blues back in December, they’ve won once in 12 league games since (2D,9L).
The Blues last five competitive fixtures have all seen under 1.5 total goals scored, while 10 of the last 11 have seen under 3.5 total goals salute.
Chelsea have more to play for here, and I’m taking them to edge past the Tractor Boys in a low-scoring affair.
Three defeats in their last four competitive fixtures (1W) has soured what has largely been a successful season for Liverpool.
Playing deep into four separate competitions, combined with a lack of squad rotation has finally caught up with the Reds, who have looked flat across the last month, especially Mo Salah, who has uncharacteristically returned donuts in each of his last four club fixtures.
Fortunately, they’ll be playing West Ham at Anfield, where they’ve lost just once in 57 H2H’s (42W,14), while winning the previous nine straight meetings.
The Hammers are also off the boil, going four games without a victory (2D,2L), and look set for a bottom five finish in the league.
I’m backing the Reds to keep their home record in tact, bettering the Irons in a low-scoring affair.
The Toon are out to complete a league double over the Red Devils when the pair meet at St. James Park.
Newcastle have won four straight games across all competitions, and enter this weekend level with Chelsea in 4th, with a game in hand.
The Magpies are unbeaten at home against Man United since 2020 (2W,1L), winning the last to meetings without conceding.
Meanwhile, the Red Devils slump into this fixture off the back of a disappointing draw to Frankfurt in the Europa League Quarterfinals, after conceding a deflating 94th minute equaliser.
I’m backing the Toon to complete the double, combined with a couple of goals scored.
Game Week 32 comes to a close on Tuesday morning (AEST), when the Cherries play host to the Cottagers.
Bournemouth slide into this matchup in their worst run of form this season, picking up just two competition points across their last six league fixtures (2D,4L), with five of those six fixtures coming against sides sitting in the bottom half of the table.
Meanwhile, Fulham trots into this game off the back of knocking over league leaders Liverpool, leapfrogging the Cherries on the table in doing so.
Fulham have a far fitter squad than Bournemouth at the minute, and I’m backing them to run the hosts off their own park.