Saturday's Premier League predictions including Brighton vs. Arsenal

Spurs vs. Newcastle (Saturday, 12.30pm)

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Potentially connected the brink of full-blown situation mode, an ailing Tottenham Hotspur broadside commence proceedings for 2025 astatine location to Newcastle United successful Saturday's aboriginal Premier League kickoff.

Ange Postecoglou's broadside could lone instrumentality a constituent disconnected of Wolverhampton Wanderers successful their last crippled of 2024, portion the Magpies made extremely airy enactment of a meek Manchester United.

We say: Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Newcastle United

Not 1 of the erstwhile 59 Premier League meetings betwixt Spurs and Newcastle has finished goalless, and that series should not beryllium snapped astatine a crushed wherever Tottenham person some scored and conceded successful their past 8 top-flight games.

While the Lilywhites are backed extremity the Magpies' stellar streak of cleanable sheets, the hosts' ravaged defence should beryllium ruthlessly exposed by their bogey squad Newcastle, who person our ballot to prolong Postecoglou's misery and heighten their top-four credentals.

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Bournemouth vs. Everton (Saturday, 3.00pm)

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Bournemouth and Everton fastener horns successful their archetypal lucifer of 2025 erstwhile they conscionable astatine the Vitality Stadium successful the Premier League connected Saturday.

The fanbases of these 2 clubs could not beryllium further isolated successful their restitution with the existent absorption they are going in, with Everton inactive down successful the dumps and the Cherries making their best-ever commencement to a Premier League season.

We say: Bournemouth 3-0 Everton

Bournemouth were woeful for 85 minutes successful the reverse fixture earlier a staggering precocious win, but they should marque overmuch lighter enactment of this 1 against an Everton broadside devoid of ideas and confidence.

Everton person inactive ne'er won a Premier League crippled astatine the Vitality, and everything the Cherries excel astatine is what they are presently lacking, and a repetition of past week's show could effect successful different disfigured scoreline.

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Aston Villa vs. Leicester (Saturday, 3.00pm)

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Looking to widen their unbeaten location league tally to 10 matches, Aston Villa volition invited Midlands counterparts Leicester City to Villa Park for a Premier League clash connected Saturday afternoon.

The Villans were forced to share the spoils with Brighton & Hove Albion during their last contention of 2024, whereas the Foxes were defeated connected their ain spot by Manchester City to circular disconnected a calendar twelvemonth of mixed fortunes.

We say: Aston Villa 3-1 Leicester City

Unbeaten successful the Premier League astatine location since August, Aston Villa should beryllium highly assured of putting an out-of-form Leicester broadside to the sword this weekend.

The Foxes' hard tally of fixtures continues into 2025 arsenic they sojourn the Second City connected Saturday, erstwhile a 5th consecutive top-flight decision appears likely.

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Crystal Palace vs. Chelsea (Saturday, 3.00pm)

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Chelsea volition look to amended connected an atrocious extremity to 2024 erstwhile they question to Selhurst Park to look Crystal Palace successful their archetypal Premier League crippled of the caller twelvemonth connected Saturday.

Enzo Maresca's men mislaid their last 2 games of the twelvemonth to driblet down the array and a agelong mode disconnected league leaders Liverpool.

We say: Crystal Palace 1-1 Chelsea

Palace person a dreadful grounds against Chelsea, and they are not overmuch amended erstwhile facing chap London clubs, but Glasner has made them hard to bushed with a overmuch much settled broadside of late.

Chelsea's shortcomings are being exposed, with the goals drying up and antiaircraft frailty becoming costly, and this volition beryllium different hard day for Maresca's side.

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Man City vs. West Ham (Saturday, 3.00pm)

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Having ended 2024 arsenic they mean to statesman 2025, Manchester City endeavour to proceed their Premier League revival successful Saturday afternoon's location brushwood with West Ham United astatine the Etihad.

The reigning champions ended a topsy-turvy calendar twelvemonth by seeing disconnected Leicester City 2-0, respective hours earlier their visitors were obliterated 5-0 astatine location by rampant leaders Liverpool.

We say: Manchester City 3-0 West Ham United

Bowen's lack deprives West Ham of their rule attacking menace distant from home, arsenic the ex-Hull City antheral has registered 16 combined goals and assists successful Premier League distant games since the commencement of past season; nary of his teammates has contributed much than eight.

Given the atrocious quality of their antiaircraft show against Liverpool too, Lopetegui's men should beryllium enactment to the sword by a revitalised Man City, acceptable to triumph back-to-back games for the archetypal clip since October.

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Southampton vs. Brentford (Saturday, 3.00pm)

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New Southampton brag Ivan Juric volition proceed to question a archetypal triumph since taking implicit erstwhile they invited Brentford to St Mary's successful the Premier League connected Saturday.

The Saints are chopped adrift astatine the bottom of the table, but nary squad successful the part has a worse distant grounds than the Bees truthful acold this season.

We say: Southampton 0-0 Brentford

Juric has enactment his marker down rapidly and instantly made Southampton tougher to people against, compared to the shots that would often rainfall down connected their extremity nether Martin.

Brentford person the firepower, but they person looked somewhat blunt successful caller weeks, taking conscionable 1 constituent from their erstwhile 5 games, and the goals person dried up for immoderate of their cardinal attacking players.

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Brighton vs. Arsenal (Saturday, 5.30pm)

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Venturing extracurricular of London for the archetypal clip successful 10 matches, Arsenal caput to the South Coast to pit their wits against Brighton & Hove Albion successful Saturday evening's Premier League showdown.

Mikel Arteta's men kicked disconnected the New Year with a resounding 3-1 occurrence implicit Brentford, a mates of days aft the Seagulls produced a stellar fightback of their ain successful a 2-2 gully with Aston Villa.

We say: Brighton & Hove Albion 1-3 Arsenal

Brighton had some scored and conceded successful six successive Premier League location games earlier their goalless matter with Brentford connected December 27, and the goals ought to travel erstwhile again versus an Arsenal broadside who person struggled for cleanable sheets connected the roadworthy of late.

However, Arteta's men are coping conscionable good connected the violative beforehand without the influential Saka and person our backing to march to a 2nd 3-1 triumph of the year, frankincense preventing Liverpool from steering further wide astatine the Premier League summit.

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