London, Feb 28 (UNI) Four Premier League matches on Sunday could have a big impact on the title race as well as the struggle to avoid relegation and to qualify for next season’s Champions League.
League leader Arsenal hosts Chelsea on Sunday evening with the possibility Arsenal’s lead at the top of the table could be down to just two points if Manchester City wins on Saturday.
Arsenal recently beat Chelsea twice in the League Cup semifinal, which are the only defeats Liam Rosenior has suffered since becoming Chelsea coach, but Chelsea drew away to Arsenal in November after playing for over half of the game with 10 men, according to Xinhua.
Wesley Fofana is suspended for Chelsea after his red card in the surprise 1-1 draw at home to Burnley last weekend. Manchester United has the chance to move into third place with a home
win against Crystal Palace after Aston Villa lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Friday night.
Michael Carrick has to decide whether to put in-form striker Benjamin Sesko into his starting 11 after Sesko has scored three decisive goals in four games after coming into the game off the substitutes’ bench.
Amad Diallo could be the player to make way as Carrick looks to build on his impressive start of 16 points from six league games in charge. Igor Tudor needs Tottenham to improve drastically on the 4-1 thrashing his new side suffered last weekend at home to Arsenal as he takes the Premier League struggler to play Fulham.
Tottenham goes into the weekend just four points above the relegation zone and Tudor has to decide whether to stick with three central defenders after the system failed badly last weekend, or bring back Joao Palhinha to play in midfield against his former club.
Nottingham Forest could start its game away to Brighton in the bottom three if West Ham wins away to Liverpool, but should see the game as an opportunity against a side that may have beaten Brentford last weekend, but which failed to win its six previous games to put coach Fabian Hurzeler under pressure.
