After a weekend of no English football due to the demise of the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth, Premier League fans will be happy to finally watch the elite league as it returns tonight with a minute of silence expected to be observed before kick-off and fans told to applaud in the 70th minute to mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne.
The top three, Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham are in action and have a chance to consolidate their positions with Brighton, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea only returning to action after the two-week international break.
Aston Villa vs Southampton
Aston Villa will welcome Southampton at Villa Park after recording an impressive one-all draw against Manchester City in their last Premier League match which saw them hold the defending Champions with only 27% ball possession and 3 shots on goal with 1 on target.
Leon Bailey got the only goal for Villa, an equalizer in the 74 minutes to cancel City’s lead that came through in-form striker Erling Haaland in the 50th minute. .
On the other hand, Southampton are coming from a defeat in their last game against Wolverhampton wanderers after losing 1-0 away in their last Premier League outing the Saints also have conceded in all their last 6 games but they have also managed to score 9 goals having won three times so far this season, lost twice and drawn once.
Since 2019, Aston Villa have only won 2 of the last 6 games they have played against Southampton who won all the remaining 4 meetings with no draw record between the two sides.
19 goals were scored between the two throughout those matches, with 9 from Aston Villa and 10 from the saints.
Nottingham Forest vs Fulham
Nottingham Forest will host Fulham at the City Ground tonight as they hope to recover from the 3-2 defeat they suffered at the hands of Bournemouth in their last Premier League match which saw the Tricky Trees, lose with a 52% ball possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.
Forest scored through Cheikhou Kouyate in the 33rd minute and Brennan Johnson scored in the 45th while Bournemouth got 8 shots at goal with 3 on target. and managed to find the back of the net three times through Philip Billing, Dominic Solanke, and Jaidon Anthony who will be key in tonight’s game.
Fulham are also coming from a defeat at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur and they will equally be hoping the light will shine on them tonight having scored only 5 goals in their first 6 Premier League matches, and conceded 9.
The last six meetings between the two ranks Fulham the better side as they have won four games and only lost twice with no draw game.
Wolverhampton vs Manchester City
Manchester City this Sunday faces a Wolverhampton side who haven’t lost a game in their last four games in which they have only conceded goals and scored 4 to win two and draw two.
On the other hand, City are still remain unbeaten in the League with four wins and two draws to sit second on the log standings with 14 points.
While Wolverhampton have hit a bit of form and have five points from their last three games after a disappointing start, they will struggle to continue their unbeaten run against a City side that is scoring goals for fun with in-form Halaad already toping the scorers charts with 10 goals in 6 mathces.
Wolverhampton have this season struggled for goals and their sum of goals stands at just 4 versus opposition teams during their last six matches. In those meetings Wolverhampton, have seen the tally of goals that have gone against them come to 3. Such a pattern might not follow through into this match.
Wolverhampton have managed to beat City two times in their last six meeting and lost four times with no draw between the two sides.
Newcastle United vs Bournemouth
Newcastle will be hosting Bournemouth at St. James park after recording a ni-nil draw against Crystal Palace in their previous Premier League match while Bournemouth recorded a 3-2 victory over Nottingham Forest in their last game.
The magpies have won 3 of their last six matches against Bournemouth 1, with The Cherries recording only one win with the remaing two games ending a draws.
The last Premier League clash featuring these two was back in 2020 which ended 4-1 in favour of Newcastle.
Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City
Spurs will host Leicester City on Saturday and the home side will be hoping to return to winning ways after the 2-0 defeat they recorded in their last game at the hands of Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League.
On the other hand, Leicester city suffered a heavy 5-2 defeat in their last game against Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League game to sit rock bottom on the log standings with only a point from six matches so far this season.
Tottenham have previously beaten Leicester City 4 four times in the last six encounters with the foxes managing only 2 wins.
Brendan Rogers will hope to pick up maximum points for the first time this season.
Brentford vs Arsenal
Brentford are coming from an impressive 5-2 victory over Leeds United and will aim to cause an upset for the current league leaders this Sunday.
Arsenal have been impressive upfront and managed to score 14 goals in their last 6 games and only conceded five goals to top the league with 15 ponts.having won five of their first six Premier League with their first loss of the season coming last weekend at Old trafford when they were beaten 3-1 by Manchester United.
Arsenal have won 2 of their last three meetings with Brentford who only managed one win with no draw.
Everton vs West Ham United
Everton are coming from holding Liverpool to a 0-0 draw last weekend and will hope to grab three points from West ham on Sunday.
Over the course of their previous six clashes, West ham United have helped themselves to the sum of 12 goals and have also managed to score in every single one of those games to three times with winning two and match ending in a draw.
13 goals have been scored between them in this period, with 7 for Everton and 6 for West ham United.
