The 2024-25 season rolls into gameweek ten.
This newest spherical kicks off on Saturday as welcome in a lunchtime showdown at St. James’ Park.
Because the weekend unfolds, eyes shall be glued to Sunday when the highlight shines on a marquee matchup. will journey to Outdated Trafford to face . The Purple Devils not too long ago determined to half methods with supervisor Erik ten Hag following their disappointing defeat to , leaving them in a precarious place as they search to rediscover their successful methods.
Legendary striker Ruud van Nistelrooy has stepped in to handle the group, albeit on an interim foundation. Having secured a significant win of their earlier outing, Chelsea will look to inflict one other loss on United and, in doing so, document their first league victory in opposition to them on the Theatre of Desires in over a decade.
The motion wraps up Monday night with a west London derby between and .
With all ten matches of gameweek ten on the horizon, we’ve checked out every fixture and provided our predicted scores.
Newcastle vs Arsenal
After squandering their lead twice in opposition to Liverpool of their final match, Arsenal shall be seeking to finish a two-game winless streak. Regardless of being unbeaten of their first 12 away video games of the Premier League in 2024 (with ten wins and two attracts), Arsenal suffered a 2-0 defeat at Bournemouth of their earlier away match. They final skilled consecutive away losses in Could 2022, with the second defeat occurring at Newcastle.
However, the hosts not too long ago ended a run of 11 video games and not using a defeat at St James’ Park. This season, they’ve scored 9 objectives from an anticipated objectives (xG) whole of 14.3 within the Premier League, which suggests they’ve netted roughly 5 objectives fewer than anticipated. Solely Manchester United has a bigger unfavourable distinction within the competitors this season, with a distinction of 8 objectives and an xG of 14.8.
Bournemouth vs Man Metropolis
Describing this fixture as one-sided can be an understatement. has received all 14 of their Premier League matches in opposition to , with an mixture rating of 45-7. This document represents the most effective 100% win charge any group has had in opposition to one other within the historical past of the English high flight. Moreover, Bournemouth has misplaced all 11 of their Premier League video games in opposition to groups that had been on the high of the desk on the day of the match, which is the worst 100% loss charge within the competitors’s historical past. Nevertheless, it’s price noting that Bournemouth has received their final two Premier League residence video games, together with a 2-0 victory over Arsenal most not too long ago. They’ve solely achieved three consecutive wins on the Vitality Stadium on three events beforehand, with the newest occasion occurring in March and April of this yr.
Ipswich vs Leicester Metropolis
One other assembly between promoted groups feels essential, virtually like a six-pointer. Of their final Premier League away recreation, got here again from a 2-0 deficit to win 3-2 in opposition to fellow promoted aspect . This victory ended a streak of 11 away matches and not using a win for the Foxes, who final achieved consecutive away victories in November 2022 throughout a run of three wins.
Ipswich has been battling sustaining leads, as Kieran McKenna’s males has dropped 10 factors from successful positions within the Premier League this season, with solely Brentford (11 factors) having a worse document. In actual fact, the Tractor Boys not too long ago let a two-goal lead slip away, finally shedding 4-3 of their final match.
Liverpool vs Brighton
‘s four-game successful streak got here to an finish of their final match, however Arne Slot’s group managed to return from behind twice to safe a draw in opposition to title rivals Arsenal whereas enjoying away. This upcoming recreation may also be a repeat of their EFL Cup assembly earlier this week, the place Liverpool emerged victorious with a rating of 3-2. has already proven their attacking prowess this season, scoring 16 objectives from an anticipated objectives (xG) whole of 13.2 within the Premier League, which suggests they’ve scored roughly three objectives greater than anticipated. Solely Leicester (13 objectives from an xG of 9.1) and Wolves (12 objectives from an xG of 8.9) have overperformed their xG by a bigger margin.
Nevertheless, Brighton will face a problem as Liverpool has spent much less time trailing in Premier League matches this season, with solely Arsenal (41 minutes, 48 seconds) spending much less time behind than Liverpool (75 minutes, 28 seconds). When Liverpool finds themselves behind, they’ve confronted solely two pictures and conceded an xG of simply 0.3 per 90 minutes, each of that are the league’s lowest figures for these metrics.
Nottingham Forest vs West Ham
is in glorious type, having misplaced simply one among their final ten league matches and successful back-to-back Premier League video games main as much as this weekend. They’re presently simply outdoors the Champions League spots. A victory on this match would enable Forest to realize three consecutive wins within the high flight for the primary time since Could 1999. They’ve a great likelihood of doing so, as they’ve received each of their Premier League residence video games in opposition to since their return to the league in 2022. The final time they received extra consecutively in opposition to West Ham was between 1969 and 1978, once they achieved 4 straight victories.
Southampton vs Everton
’s return to England’s high division has been fairly difficult, as they continue to be winless with just one level from their opening 9 Premier League video games this season (one draw and eight losses). The document for the fewest factors earned within the first ten video games of a Premier League season is one, held by Sheffield United in each the 2020-21 and 2023-24 seasons.
If this match had been performed earlier within the marketing campaign, it might need been extra evenly matched, contemplating was additionally struggling.
Nevertheless, Sean Dyche’s group is presently unbeaten of their final 5 Premier League video games (two wins and three attracts), following a streak of 5 losses. The final time Everton had an extended unbeaten run was between August and October 2022 below Frank Lampard, once they went six video games and not using a loss.
Wolves vs Crystal Palace
are having a tricky begin to the season, remaining winless of their first 9 Premier League matches, with a document of two attracts and 7 losses. This marks their second-longest winless streak to start a top-flight season, with their longest being 14 video games again within the 1983-84 season.
It’s tough to foretell the scoreline of their upcoming match in opposition to, particularly contemplating that Palace has scored the fewest objectives within the Premier League this season, netting solely six whereas conceding 11.
In distinction, Wolves have seen probably the most objectives scored of their matches, totalling 37. Crystal Palace’s final three video games have all ended with a rating of 1-0, with one win and two losses, whereas Wolves haven’t had a match end with a rating of 1-0 since their recreation in opposition to Bournemouth in April.
Tottenham vs Aston Villa
You by no means know which aspect will present up, as they’ve misplaced 9 of their final 16 Premier League video games (six wins, one draw). Solely Wolves, with 12 losses, have fared worse since April on this identical interval. Below Ange Postecoglou, Spurs initially misplaced solely seven of their first 31 video games (18 wins, six attracts).
In 2024, Spurs have conceded the primary purpose in 11 of their 13 residence Premier League matches however have managed to return again and win seven of these video games. The one group to realize extra residence wins after conceding the primary purpose in a single yr is Newcastle United, who did so in 2002 with eight wins.
Ange Postecoglou’s group ought to be involved as solely Liverpool (13) and Nottingham Forest (11) have earned extra away Premier League factors this season than , who’ve gathered 10 factors (three wins, one draw). Villa has solely received 4 of their first 5 away league video games in a season as soon as earlier than, attaining this within the 2020-21 season (4 wins, one loss).
Man United vs Chelsea
First issues first, the match between Manchester United and Chelsea is probably the most drawn fixture in Premier League historical past, with 26 of their earlier 64 conferences ending in a draw. This match will mark United’s first Premier League recreation within the post-Erik ten Hag period. Presently, they’ve collected solely 11 factors from their first 9 Premier League matches this season (three wins, two attracts, and 4 losses), which is their second-lowest whole after 9 video games, simply forward of the 2019-20 season, once they had 10 factors. The one different instances Manchester United have misplaced 4 of their first 9 Premier League video games had been within the final two campaigns below Ten Hag.
enters this match unbeaten of their final 5 London derbies within the Premier League, with two wins and three attracts. The final time that they had an extended unbeaten streak in opposition to fellow London groups was in the course of the 2006-07 season, once they went seven matches and not using a loss.
We will anticipate a high-scoring recreation, as has conceded eight objectives of their final three Premier League matches. Nevertheless, they managed to win each video games the place they allowed three objectives, defeating Wolves 5-3 and Ipswich 4-3. Prior to those matches, Brentford had not received a Premier League recreation after conceding three or extra objectives, with a document of 4 attracts and nineteen losses.