On Saturday, Crystal Palace clash with Burnley at Selhurst Park. Palace’s form has shot up recently and they are now twelfth in the league, a long way from their former relegation fears. They should fancy themselves here because: Burnley are known for a poor away form, they have got an injury to Mee, a defender who has only missed forty-five minutes of Premier League action this season, and Barton is banned.
Moving on, Everton play Chelsea on Sunday. Chelsea are top by four points, and will know that if they win every game until the end of the season, they will win the league. Last time these two teams met, Everton lost 5-0 with Hazard (2), Alonso, Costa and Pedro scoring the goals and Everton will definitely be hoping to perform better this time against a fully-fit and confident Chelsea side.
Also this weekend, Middlesbrough take on Manchester City. Boro only got their first league win of 2017 this week against Sunderland, but their interim coach, Steve Agnew, believes they can stay up. Meanwhile, City are battling it out with United, Liverpool and Arsenal to finish in the top four and a win would put them in good stead. The big team news is that Gabriel Jesus may make his second appearance since coming back from injury and could lead the line alongside Sergio Aguero. Middlesbrough need a win here here to have any realistic chance of staying in the Premier League, so they will hopefully play more passionately than other times.
The last game of the weekend is the big North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham. Arsenal are not looking good in the league right now and could finish below Tottenham, an occurence which could start a Spurs domination over Arsenal. The last fixture between these two teams was 2-2 with Sanchez equalising to rescue a draw for ten-men-Arsenal. This could be Wenger’s last derby if he leaves this summer and I’m sure he’ll want it to be successful.