Think you can beat Daily Mail Sport's Craig Hope's predictions?

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The weekend kicks off with a massive five 3pm games on Saturday. Brighton host Leeds while Arsenal will look to bag three points at Turf Moor and extend their lead at the top of the table against promoted Burnley. 

Crystal Palace also stage a London derby when they take on Brentford, and Fulham will look to end their four-game winless run against league strugglers Wolves.

Ruben Amorim’s side will look to make it four in a row for the first time since February last year to cap off the afternoon’s games behind the TV blackout.

EXPERT PREDICTIONS 

Think you can beat Daily Mail Sport's Craig Hope's predictions?

Think you can beat Daily Mail Sport’s Craig Hope’s predictions?

BRIGHTON v LEEDS – HOME WIN

BURNLEY v ARSENAL – AWAY WIN  

CRYSTAL PAL v BRENTFORD – HOME WIN 

FULHAM v WOLVES – HOME WIN 

N FOREST v MAN UNITED – AWAY WIN 

SPURS v CHELSEA – DRAW  

LIVERPOOL v ASTON VILLA – AWAY WIN  

WEST HAM v NEWCASTLE – AWAY WIN

MAN CITY V BOURNEMOUTH – DRAW

SUNDERLAND V EVERTON – HOME WIN 

Later on, Chelsea will look to overcome bogey team Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at 5.30pm. The Blues have lost their last four consecutive games against their capital rivals.

Liverpool close out the day with a tricky test against Aston Villa at Anfield at 8pm. The champions have lost their last four in a row and are struggling to find their rhythm this season, while Aston Villa have recovered from an early-season blip and capped off their return with a 1-0 victory against Manchester City last weekend.

There’s then just two games on Sunday with the London Stadium staging a clash between West Ham and Newcastle at 2pm, followed by Manchester City taking on Bournemouth at 4.30pm.

Lastly, Monday sees Premier League high-fliers Sunderland play Everton at 8pm.

Daily Mail Sport’s Craig Hope is the next expert for you to try and beat.

Here are Craig’s thoughts and picks: 

I never thought I’d be writing this after a few weeks of the season, when Liverpool were top of the table and Aston Villa were in the bottom three, but I fancy Villa to go to Anfield and win. 

Arne Slot’s Carabao Cup team selection was short-sighted and Liverpool missed out on the chance to restore the feel-good factor. 

As it is, after another defeat, they’ll be low and nervy going into this game. Villa, by contrast, have won their last four in the Premier League and have the attacking players to trouble the champions.

But I can also see Manchester City dropping points at home to Bournemouth, and that shouldn’t really be too great a surprise given it is fifth hosting second.

Perhaps the most intriguing game of the weekend, and one that is difficult to call, is Manchester United at Nottingham Forest. While I’m far from convinced Ruben Amorim is the right manager for United, they’ll always have enough good players to win games. 

Right now, the likes of Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha are proving that theory. I think they can be the difference against a Forest team still low on confidence. 

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