Premier League acca: Man City & Arsenal remain in the title race

The domestic league season ends next week, and with it all still up in the air in England’s top-flight, Ladbrokes presents its latest Premier League acca for this weekend’s fixtures.

Arsenal and Man City are fighting it out for the Premier League title this year, with games against Man United and Fulham respectively waiting for them this weekend, both of which feature as part of our five-fold acca.

Liverpool found themselves out of the title race after a string of poor performances last month, but got back to winning ways with a victory over Tottenham last weekend, and a win of the Reds against Aston Villa on Monday also features as part of our five-fold Premier League acca, which can be baked with odds just 7.4/1.

Fulham are a tough team to play against, especially at home, as Arsenal found out in one of their final games of 2023 when they lost 2-1 at Craven Cottage.

However, with Fulham are not in danger of relegation, and with no chance of qualifying for the European places, Marco Silva’s side have nothing to play for, but the same cannot be said for Man City.

We are entering a pivotal few days for City, who will want to end next week as the first-ever side to win four Premier League titles on the bounce, which they're the odds-on favourites to do.

If they want to be crowned Champions once again, City will have to beat Fulham on Saturday afternoon, which we’re predicting them to do.

Man City to beat Fulham - 2/9

Next up in our Premier League acca is a game with very little stakes actually, as Everton host a Sheffield United side who have already been relegated back down to the Championship for next season.

Everton had a very impressive April, which included a rather surprising 2-0 win over Liverpool which essentially ruled their Merseyside rivals out of the title race. They’re now safe and confirmed to be a Premier League side next year, something that seemed unlikely after the Toffees were hit with two points deductions earlier in the season.

While they have nothing to play for, Everton want to end the season on a high note, and with the final game of their season being a trip to the Emirates to face Arsenal who will need to win if they want any chance of winning the title, we expect Sean Dyche's side to pick up their final win of the season in their home game against the Blades this weekend.

Everton to beat Sheffield United - 4/9

While Everton are safe and Sheffield United are already relegated, Nottingham Forest’s fate hasn’t been decided yet.

Nuno Espirito Santo’s side are three points ahead of 18th placed Luton with just two games left to be played, so they’ve got every incentive in the world to pull off a home win against Chelsea this weekend, but we don’t think it’s going to happen.

Chelsea find themselves as one of the most in-form teams in the division right now, coming off a 5-0 win over West Ham. A lot of their good form of late has to do with Cole Palmer, who is just behind Erling Harland in the race for the Golden Boot, putting himself in serious contention for a place in England’s Euro 2024 squad, which is set to be announced in a matter of weeks.

Chelsea need the win too, as they could qualify for Europe if they continue to pick up points, which we expect them to do against Forest this weekend, and if other results go their way.

Chelsea to beat Nottingham Forest - 1/1

After an embarrassing 4-0 loss to Crystal Palace away from home on Monday, Man United are back at Old Trafford this weekend where they’re preparing to face Arsenal, hoping to put a serious dent in the Gunners title charge.

However, we simply cannot see the game ending any other way than with an Arsenal win, putting them presumably back at the top of the league, if our prediction of Man City beating Fulham the day prior goes accordingly.

Arsenal are too good and too strong to be beaten by a seriously out-of-form Man United side, who are apparently considering replacing Erik ten Hag with Thomas Tuchel, with the current Bayern Munich and former Chelsea manager the current favourite with the bookies.

Arsenal to beat Man United - 2/5

Aston Villa lost 2-0 to Olympiakos in the Europa Conference League on Thursday, while Liverpool are in the midst of an eight-day break following their 4-2 win over Tottenham at Anfield last weekend.

Liverpool’s players have been afforded a much-needed break over the last few weeks after getting knocked out of the FA Cup and Europa League, both somewhat surprisingly, meaning Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and co should be well-rested ahead of their game at Villa Park on Monday night.

Villa still have the Champions League to try and qualify for, but one of Tottenham’s remaining games being against Man City next week, Unai Emery’s side might not even have to beat Liverpool to finish inside the top four and secure a place in Europe’s top club competition for next season.

Taking all that into account, the final leg of our Premier League acca sees us predict a win for Liverpool at Aston Villa on Monday night in what will be the beginning of the final week of Jurgen Klopp’s time at Liverpool before he’s replaced by Arne Slot.

Liverpool to beat Aston Villa - 7/10

You can back Ladbrokes’ latest Premier League acca, at the time of writing, with odds of 7.4/1.

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