Can Palace reach the Champions League places, for a couple hours at least, and reaffirm their credentials as top-six contenders?
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The former Crystal Palace striker is less mobile than Wilson and it could force Howe’s side into being more direct, but given the chance Murray does know how to find the back of the net.
Will Newcastle be the flawless opponents for Man City to get back on track?
A late Leicester goal would not come as a surprise here.
These two defences have adapted to life in the Premier League very differently.
For the first time in 110 weeks, Manchester United enters a Premier League game as the leader.
Arsenal struggled during the week in Europe, but expect Petr Cech to be back between the posts for Sunday’s encounter at the Emirates.
In Sweden, Mateo Kovacic and Isco combined to set up Ronaldo for the opener, his 500th career goal in 753 games, in the first half of Madrid’s clash with Malmo in Group A.
If West Brom are to record a third win of the season at Palace’s expense then they’d better start quickly. We held on and we deserved the three points.
They will be desperate for a return to winning ways, but Sunderland’s need is far greater after picking up just two points from their opening seven games.
Old Trafford was a nervy place in the dying stages as Wolfsburg pushed for an equaliser.
Summer signing Morgan Schneiderlin believes team spirit could lead the side to Champions League glory this season, the Daily Star reports. While the champions rampaged their way to success last season, Chelsea have already lost more games in all competitions this year in two months than they did for the entirety of the 2014-15 campaign (5, as opposed to last year’s tally of 4).
Can Everton get a long-awaited derby win against Liverpool?
How to follow it: Sunday’s Barclays Premier League match will be broadcast live in the United Kingdom on Sky Sports.
“At home we should be much more aggressive from the start and be more dynamic”.
Form should go out of the window for a derby match, but Roberto Martinez will be acutely aware of his side’s shortcomings against the red of Merseyside.
Elsewhere, a West Ham side who have beaten Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City away from home look to extend that run to a club-record four in a row, as they travel to seemingly relegation-bound Sunderland.
Can Erik Lamela continue his recent good form against the Swans?
The sides shared a 1-1 draw when they last met back in May, and you can get odds of 12/5 (3.40) on them cancelling each other out once again on this occasion.
One of these two underachieving sides is guaranteed to finish the weekend in the bottom three, so the stakes are high for both managers.
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Bilal Kisa and a Nenad Eric own-goal had the visitors ahead twice, but a Hakan Balta own-goal and a Roger Canas effort that was helped in by Lionel Carole gave Astana a draw.
