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After a busy week in Europe, the Premier League takes centre stage on Saturday with six games taking place across the afternoon and evening.
As teams get ready for a busy schedule over the Christmas period, they will be aiming to rack up as many points as possible.
Getting things underway is a lunch-time kick-off between Sunderland and West Brom. The home side found their shooting boots in a 3-1 win at Fulham last weekend, while the visitors have been the surprise package of this Premier League season.
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Steve Clarke’s men are 4th in the table with 23 points and have no fear going into games at the moment. Their confidence is sky high and when they take on a rejuvenated Sunderland side, it should be a fascinating battle.
The Baggies should welcome back striker Romelu Lukaku back to the fold to partner the hard working Shane Long up front, and with only one win all season at home, West Brom are fancied to heap more misery on a Sunderland side who shoudl be opposed at home at a very backable price of 2/1.
You then have four 3pm kick-offs, with Manchester United v Queens Park Rangers the stand out fixture. The Red Devils are hoping to go back to the top of the table as they seek to bounce back from the 1-0 defeat at Norwich, while rock bottom QPR are still searching for their first win of the season.
Mark Hughes has now left the Loftus Road club and it remains to be seen who his long term replacement will be, as their odds of 16/1 to take all three points at Old Trafford reflect their precarious position in the Premiership.
In-form Norwich then travel to Everton, while Stoke and Fulham go head to head at the Britannia Stadium. The final match getting underway at 3pm sees Reading – who won for the first time since their return to the top flight last weekend – travel to a Wigan side that has lost two games in succession.
Rounding things off on Saturday is a 5.30pm kick-off between Aston Villa and Arsenal. Villa have had a tough run of late, taking on both Manchester clubs – and losing on each occasion – and they are 18th in the table going into this weekend.
Villa fans will have drawn some comfort in the fact that Christian Benteke and Andreas Weimann look to be forming some sort of partnership up front, and the return to the side of Gabby Agbonlahor should be a benefit.
Arsenal are in good spirits after they followed up a North London Derby win with a victory and qualification in the Champions League.
They have a lot of their big players back and will be targeting three points at Villa Park on Saturday evening, as Arsene Wenger’s side are looking more than a handful going forward, and at 4/5 look plenty big enough to take all three points.