Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City will face a stiff test in their bid to finish as high as possible in the Premier League when they travel to face high-flying Nottingham Forest on Saturday. The game is available for live streaming on Showmax Premier League mobile, the title on Saturday at 1 PM. City are experiencing something like a mini-revival, winning three of the last five games and losing only one. This is a sharp contrast to the Premier League defending champions’ early season form, which saw them record loss after loss. They trail Nuno Espirito Santo’s Forest by one point.
Forest, on the other hand, have gone off the boil a bit, winning one and losing three of their last five games. They will seek to strengthen their hold on a Champions League qualifying place, as they sit third.
The day will also see a trio of games kick off at 4 PM. Eighth and ninth-placed Brighton and Fulham will seek to make a push to qualify for the Europa League, with leaders, Liverpool, aiming to put the daylight between them and the chasing pack when they face relegation-haunted Southampton. Also, Crystal Palace will host relegation-haunted Ipswich, who have lost four of their last five and won only one. Palace have won three in the same period. The games kick off at 4 PM.
Later in the day, Unai Emery’s inconsistent Aston Villa will face a stern test away at Brentford who, on their day, can give anybody a game. Villa are tenth, while Brentford are eleventh. The game is at 6.30 PM. The last game of the day, kicking off at 9 PM, will see Wolves host Everton. Both teams look to have shaken off the threat of relegation, as it would take extraordinary bad luck to be worse than Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton, who are in the relegation places.
On Sunday, Arsenal will hope to breathe into their fading title hopes when they travel to take on out-of-sorts Manchester United at Old Trafford at 5.30 PM. While Arsenal have won three of their last five games and lost one, United have lost two and won two. Form may not matter, as the occasion tends to determine outcomes of this fixture. Before the clash of the giants, Tottenham Hotspur, who have tapered off really badly on account of injuries, would host Bournemouth, who have the capacity to embarrass any team in the division. The match kicks off at 3 PM. Also, kicking off at the same time is the clash between Chelsea, who have been underwhelming for weeks, and Leicester, who look doomed.
Chelsea sit fifth on 46 points after losing three of their last five games and will seek to reboot their Champions League aspirations with a victory over Leicester, whose dire record consists of 18 losses in 27 games.
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