Premier League: Predictions for all five games on Saturday
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Recommended bets:
- Manchester City to beat Crystal Palace and both teams to score
- Over 2.5 Brighton goals against Leicester
- Nottingham Forest and Everton to draw 1-1
- Aston Villa to win 2-1 at Southampton
- Draw or Brentford double chance at Arsenal
There are five matches taking place in the Premier League on Saturday and the focus is very much on the race to qualify for next season's Champions League.
Manchester City are in that battle and they will get the day up and running when they welcome in-form Crystal Palace to the Etihad Stadium for the 12.30pm kick-off.
Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Brighton are among the teams in action at 3pm, while the 5.30pm fixture sees Arsenal, fresh from their midweek European heroics, entertain Brentford.
Here are our experts' best bets for all of Saturday's games from the English top flight.
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace (12.30pm)
City are fighting hard to secure Champions League football for next season and they can aid their cause with a victory over a Palace side that is depleted in defence.
Key absences have come at the wrong time for a Palace team that have been flying and the Citizens, who failed to impress in the 0-0 draw against Manchester United last weekend, can take advantage of the situation.
Pep Guardiola's side are still a huge threat going forward, even without Erling Haaland in their ranks, but they are also fragile at the back and they may struggle to win this one without conceding.
Brighton vs Leicester (3pm)
Leicester have lost their last eight Premier League games without scoring and in four of those defeats they have conceded at least three times, all of which spells trouble at Brighton.
In what is expected to be a one-sided affair, backing the Seagulls to score at least three times in what should be a straightforward victory makes most appeal.
Brighton are still within six points of the top four, so have plenty of motivation to pick up points, and the attack-minded Seagulls could be capable of going through the gears.
Nottingham Forest vs Everton (3pm)
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Everton have been draw specialists this season, with 14 stalemates in the Premier League, and they have drawn six of their last eight games.
Interestingly, they drew four of those contests 1-1 against Brentford, Wolves, West Ham and Arsenal.
The Toffees like to keep things tight and a repeat of Saturday's 1-1 scoreline with the Gunners could be the most appealing selection.
Southampton vs Aston Villa (3pm)
A seventh 2-1 Villa victory of the league campaign is worth chancing in the correct-score market as their starting line-up could include Ollie Watkins, Marco Asensio, Ian Maatsen, Amadou Onana and Axel Disasi, who all came off the bench against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.
Southampton would love to have that kind of quality in their ranks although they have found the net in their last four matches, including defeats to Liverpool, Wolves and Tottenham.
In-form Palace needed a late equaliser at St Mary's in Southampton's last home fixture but they may struggle to add to their meagre points tally against Villa.
Arsenal vs Brentford (5.30pm)
Brentford have a good opportunity to pick up at least a point against Arsenal, whose focus is on Wednesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg at Real Madrid.
The Bees racked up five straight away wins in the league before a 2-1 defeat at in-form Newcastle, where they were unfortunate not to pick up a point.
They followed up with a goalless draw at home to Chelsea and they are capable of avoiding defeat against what is likely to be a much changed Arsenal line-up.
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