Gunners can get back to winning ways in Matchday 34

Sunderland v Nottm Forest - Friday, 20:00, Live on Sky Sports

The Stadium of Light is a tough place to go. You know how physical Sunderland will be and once the crowd gets behind them it will be a tough game. But with the form Forest are in and Morgan Gibbs-White full of belief, I am going to go for a draw. It will be a good point for Forest.

I think Gibbs-White is staking a claim for the World Cup. If he gets amongst the goals in a few more games between now and the end of the season, that is a big call for Thomas Tuchel, to shout out how great a form he's in.

Fulham v Aston Villa - Saturday, 12:30, Live on TNT Sports

This is a tough one to call. We don't know what's happening with Marco Silva in terms of what he's doing. They've had a reasonable season Fulham but have got some good players in their team. 

However, Villa and the way they are going, I am going to go for an away win. I think Villa will do it with Ollie Watkins finding his goals again, Morgan Rogers the same.

Liverpool v Crystal Palace - Saturday, 15:00

Liverpool scraped a win against Fulham at Anfield recently, they scraped a win and found a way against their rivals Everton in the derby pretty much in the same way, and I think they will have too much for Palace. Home win.

It is a great opportunity for Palace to win a European competition. Winning the FA Cup last year, it would be great again winning a trophy in Europe again, so my guess is all their eyes will be on Europe and not on the Premier League

West Ham v Everton - Saturday, 15:00

Everton are a really good side, especially away from home, they've got a good record. It is a tough one for West Ham, who are desperate to win. They will be at home, but I am not sure they will have enough to win it, so I am going to say a draw.

A win this weekend would put Everton back on track for Europe. I thought they were a tad unlucky against Liverpool last week, but I will stick with a draw here.

Wolves v Tottenham - Saturday, 15:00

It is an absolute must win for Spurs. I do believe with the belief they might have picked up last weekend, whether it was from their performance or West Ham not winning at Palace. I think that will give them great encouragement. Had it been the other way, then I think they would be doomed. I think if they lose this weekend then they will go down.

Considering Wolves are already down, I am going to tip Spurs to win for the first time in a long time.

Arsenal v Newcastle - Saturday, 17:30, Live on Sky Sports

As much as I hope I'm wrong and I really hope I'm wrong, I see Arsenal bouncing back and winning this. I have no confidence in the form Newcastle are in. They need to come out and they need to improve. If they get beat, they have to go down fighting, and I didn't see that last weekend against Bournemouth. 

That was the hard thing to take from the defeat. When the managers under pressure and the players are having to prove a point, at least you need show some effort. That was the thing that hurt last weekend, the players have to come out with a response and fight for everything.

If they get beat, so be it, but they've got to do it with spirit. But I think Arsenal will bounce back with a home win, as much as it pains me to say it, but I hope I'm wrong.

Man United v Brentford - Monday, 20:00, Live on Sky Sports

Man United dug out a great result last weekend, with that one bit of quality in the game when Bruno Fernandes went down to that right-hand-side and pulls it back to Cunha. That was enough to get three points against a woeful Chelsea side.

I think they will have enough to beat Brentford at home, so I'm going to say a Man United home win. Bruno is a quality player. Where would Man United be without him? He has been the one consistent player there for so long now.

FA Cup Semi-Finals

Man City v Southampton - Saturday, 17:15, Live on BBC

Southampton will make it tough. Pep will change it round and give a game to three or four of his players who haven't started on a regular basis. 

I watched Southampton in midweek, and obviously did the game against Arsenal at their place and they were really impressive then. They didn't win the game in midweek against Bristol City but went behind twice and came back for a draw.

They are 20 games unbeaten; they will make it really difficult, but it would take a brave man to predict anything other than a Man City win.

Chelsea v Leeds - Sunday, 15:00, Live on TNT Sports

For Calum McFarlane, I know he worked with Rosenior as part of his team; but he did the Man City game before Rosenior was appointed and there was a big improvement in that game, when he took over.

There will likely be an improvement from Chelsea under the interim manager, but there is huge pressure on those players to perform. Leeds are pretty much guaranteed Premier League football next year, so there is not as much pressure on them. For that reason, I am going to go for a Leeds win.

It will be a brilliant atmosphere. The pressure is huge on Chelsea, not so much on Leeds, so it could be a good day out for the Leeds fans.

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