Premier League predictions: Gameweek 31 | OneFootball

A midweek slate of Premier League action kick-started the 'run-in', and there's little room for respite down the stretch.

European quarter-finals beckon, but another round of domestic action arrives this weekend with ten fixtures spread across three days.

Liverpool's Merseyside Derby win means the gap at the summit remains 12 points with eight games to go, although Arsenal have another chance to lessen the deficit as they're up first again on Gameweek 31. The race for European places continues to tantalise, and there's a potentially significant bout in the race for survival - it's been a while since we said that!

Here's how 90min projects this weekend's Premier League fixtures to pan out.

Saturday 5 April

Bukayo Saka is back for the Gunners / Shaun Botterill/GettyImages

Everton fought hard in the midweek derby, but Diogo Jota's goal saw them fall to a 1-0 defeat against the league leaders. The Toffees thus failed to do Arsenal another favour, having taken a couple of points off Liverpool back in February, and the pair meet at Goodison Park in the Saturday early kick-off.

Arsenal beat Fulham in midweek as Bukayo Saka celebrated his return to action in style, but a major injury to Gabriel has many questioning just how strongly the Gunners can finish the season. Mikel Arteta is returning to Goodison Park for the final time.

TV broadcasters clearly aren't enamoured by the A23 Derby, as Crystal Palace host Brighton under the cloud of the 3pm blackout. It's been a miserable return to action for the Seagulls, who've lost ground in the race for a Champions League spot, while Palace required a stoppage-time equaliser to draw at bottom-of-the-pile Southampton on Wednesday.

Ipswich's win at Bournemouth has given them hope of pulling off the great escape, but Wolves' victory over West Ham means Kieran McKenna's side are still nine points adrift. The Tractor Boys simply must win at Portman Road.

West Ham have underwhelmed under Graham Potter but are unlikely to get dragged into the relegation scrap. Still, they could do with a couple more points to guarantee safety. The Hammers face a slumping Bournemouth side in east London.

The day concludes with a potential belter from Villa Park. Aston Villa are in a buoyant mood ahead of their Champions League quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain, while Nottingham Forest took another step towards the promised land by beating Manchester United 1-0 on Tuesday.

While Forest are sitting pretty in third, Villa still hold out hope of securing a top five spot which should guarantee an immediate return to Europe's premier club competition.

Sunday 6 April

Diogo Jota's strike sunk Everton in Wednesday's Merseyside Derby / Carl Recine/GettyImages

Thursday's win over Tottenham Hotspur was huge for Enzo Maresca, even if Chelsea weren't particularly great at Stamford Bridge. Still, they were deserved winners.

The Blues face their west London foes at the Gtech on Sunday, with Brentford no strangers to success against their neighbours in recent times. However, the Bees haven't had much luck on home soil in 2025.

Liverpool's Merseyside Derby triumph took them a step closer to the league title, and they travel to London on Sunday to face a Fulham side capable of giving them some grief. The pair played out a 2-2 draw in the reverse fixture, although Arne Slot's side played much of the contest with ten men.

We've surely entered end times in Ange Postecoglou's Spurs tenure, with their defeat at Chelsea just another nadir in a miserable domestic season. Still, they can't lose at home to Southampton, can they?

There have doubtlessly been far glitzier and more significant Manchester derbies, but it's still a pretty big one for Man City, who are hunting a top-five finish in the absence of Erling Haaland. Pep Guardiola's men were stunned in the reverse fixture, relinquishing a lead in the closing stages, and they must be wary that some of Man Utd's best work under Ruben Amorim has come against the Premier League's leading outfits.

The Red Devils are still on course for their worst Premier League season ever.

Monday 7 April

Newcastle travel to Leicester off the back of a 2-1 win over Brentford / Stu Forster/GettyImages

Leicester's misery continued in midweek as they barely laid a glove on the champions in a 2-0 defeat. It looks like the Foxes are going to stick with Ruud van Nistelrooy, potentially giving him the chance to strut his stuff in the second tier, but a painful conclusion to the season is in store.

The Foxes might be aided by Alexander Isak's absence on Monday night as Newcastle visit the King Power, although Eddie Howe hasn't ruled the Swede out of featuring.

Still, no matter who lines up for the visitors up top, it's hard to envisage picking up a result against anyone at the moment.