Premier League: Brighton vs Aston Villa
Graham Potter’s side are a resolute defensive unit, and that will lend nicely to their push up their table. They’ll be confident of avoiding defeat, at the very least, on their home turf.
Aston Villa, meanwhile, are a side that can cause problems. We’ve seen that throughout the season, but we’ve also seen they can be inconsistent.
They’ve beaten Arsenal twice, but they also lost to Burnley and West Ham. Which side will turn up? You never know.
It’s been hard to shake the back-to-back win-lose form they’ve had over the past month or so, so this could really go either way.
Prediction: 1-1
Premier League: Southampton vs Wolves
Southampton have been frustrating, because after such a promising start, the wheels have fallen off all of a sudden.
They have now lost five league matches in a row, including the 9-0 drubbing by Man Utd, but they did beat Wolves – their opponents again here – in the FA Cup on Thursday.
Wolves certainly weren’t at full strength midweek and there will be a host of quality players coming back into the side here. Even then, they will never be at full stregnth without Raul Jimenez at their disposal.
Still, it’s going to be another tough game for Southampton. All it will take is a win to lift them from their slump, but it’s not going to come gift wrapped. There’s a case for either to win but Wolves will edge it.
Prediction: 1-2
Premier League: West Brom v Man Utd
Sam Allardyce desperately needs points to achieve what he set out to do in taking the job, but they aren’t going to come here.
West Brom just don’t look good enough at the moment to stay in the Premier League, and coming up against a team like Manchester United won’t do them any favours.
United haven’t been at their fluent best, but particularly in attack, they’ve got enough weapons in their arsenal to sink West Brom comfortably.
The home side probably have more to play for, and they’ll throw everything at United; yet that won’t be enough.
Prediction: 0-2