Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur
The Blues will welcome London rivals Tottenham to Stamford Bridge on Saturday at 11:30pm (all times AEST).
A depleted Tottenham side will look to hold their own when they travel to Chelsea in what will be a fiery London derby. The Spurs - who will be without star forward Son Heung-Min after the South Korean was ruled out for an extended period of time with an arm injury - will be looking for their first league win over their rivals since November 2018.
For the fourth-placed Blues, they will be desperate to deny both Tottenham and several advancing European qualification hopefuls the chance to leap them and snatch a potential Champions League spot. Frank Lampard’s side did themselves no favours on Tuesday when they went down to Manchester United 2-0 in controversial fashion, a game that saw key midfielder N’Golo Kante subbed off with an injury early into the proceedings.
Tottenham are undefeated across their last seven matches between the league and FA Cup, but will be second fiddle for victory this weekend after a tiring midweek Champions League fixture against Red Bull Leipzig in London that ended 1-0 in favour of the away side.
With just one point separating the two sides and both coaches left with second string forward options, this installment of an all-London clash may just go down to the wire.
Tip: Chelsea to win @ $1.72
Leicester City vs Manchester City
Manchester City will travel to the King Power Stadium to face Leicester on Sunday at 4:30am.
Both sides are right up there on the table, with Manchester City ahead by four points to give them bragging rights over the third-placed Foxes. The reverse encounter between the two sides ended in favour of the Citizens, with a 3-1 win handing Pep Guardiola’s side the three points.
Manchester City were rocked by the two-year European football suspension handed down by
UEFA last weekend and will be looking to hold onto a Champions League spot if their appeal overturns the ban.
Leicester will have a reasonably fresh having played just the one fixture since the first day of February, while Pep Guardiola’s side will arrive in Leicester three days after their 2-0 win over West Ham on Thursday.
The Mancunian club are expected to welcome back defending trio Aymeric Laporte, John Stones and Benjamin Mendy from injury while Aleks Zinchenko will return from suspension for Sunday’s clash.
Tip: Manchester City win @ $1.72
Arsenal vs Everton
The Toffees will travel to the Emirates to face Arsenal on Monday at 3:30am.
Everton have flown into European qualification contention since appointing Carlo Ancelotti as their manager in December, losing just one league game in their last 11 matches, while Mikel Arteta is yet to find the spark to ignite the Gunners in 2020.
The Spaniard will be keen to find a strong result against the side he featured for on 162 occasions during his playing career, with his own side impressing their doubters week after week.
Ancelotti has managed to get the best out of young forward Domininc Calvert-Lewin, with the 22-year-old scoring five goals in his last nine matches - an asset that is sure to cause much concern for Arsenal.
The Gunners kept Everton scoreless during the reverse fixture at Goodison Park, with the game ending 0-0 after 90-minutes. While the Toffees side were struggling at the time, that clean sheet for Arsenal’s defence will be sure to give them some much needed confidence heading into Monday.
Tip: Both teams to score - No @ $2.25
