Fantasy League continued with two full rounds of matches last week. Some key takeaways include Brentford now dropping the third-most points from winning positions (17) after their stoppage-time defeat to Liverpool, while Leicester City have not scored in four straight home games for the first time since 1983.

Fantasy managers also have some challenging choices to make in this period, which leads into the first international break of 2025 in February. Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta has four goals in his last three games and four of the Eagles’ next six opponents in the bottom half of the table.

Saturday

Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest (11am)

Bournemouth are now unbeaten in ten league games after they smashed Newcastle last weekend. Marcos Senesi, Adam Smith, Julian Araujo, Julio Soler, Alex Scott, Luis Sinisterra, Marcus Tavernier, Enes Unal and Evanilson are absent, while James Hill is doubtful.

Forest are on an unbeaten run of eight games, winning seven of those including the narrow home victory over Southampton last time. Ibrahim Sangare remains out with a hamstring problem, while Callum Hudson-Odoi is doubtful.

Prediction: 2-2

Brighton & Hove Albion v Everton (11am)

Brighton are looking to win three straight games for the first time this campaign, having recorded consecutive wins on four separate occasions thus far. Igor Julio, Ferdi Kadioglu and James Milner are injured, while Jack Hinshelwood, Mats Wieffer and Evan Ferguson are doubtful.

Everton edged Tottenham as returning head coach David Moyes starts to make an impact on the sidelines. Seamus Coleman, Tim Iroegbunam, Dwight McNeil, Armando Broja and Youssef Chermiti are out injured, while James Garner is doubtfu.

Prediction: 2-0

Liverpool v Ipswich Town (11am)

Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez silenced his critics with two clutch goals to earn the Reds victory at Brentford. Joe Gomez is out with a hamstring injury, while Diogo Jota is doubtful.

Ipswich were destroyed 6-0 at home by struggling champions Manchester City last week and slipped back into the bottom three with that heavy defeat. Chiedozie Ogbene remains out with an Achilles injury, while Conor Chaplin is doubtful to a minor knee injury.

Prediction: 2-1

Southampton v Newcastle United (11am)

Southampton are now ten points off safety and look doomed to relegation. Juan Larios Lopez, Jack Stephens and Ross Stewart are out injured, while goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu and top young player Tyler Dibling are doubtful.

Newcastle suffered a major setback with defeat to Bournemouth. Jamaal Lascelles, Harvey Barnes and Callum Wilson are out to injury, while Nick Pope is doubtful with a knee injury.

Prediction: 1-3

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Arsenal (11am)

Wolves have suffered three straight defeats after starting well under new coach Vitor Pereira but are still outside the relegation zone on goal difference. Yerson Mosquera, Enso Gonzalez and Sasa Kalajdzic are out with knee injuries, while Toti Antonio Gomes and Bertrand Traore are doubtful.

Arsenal have lost 12 points from winning positions this campaign (the most in any season under Mikel Arteta) after giving up a two-goal lead to draw at home with Aston Villa. Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Ethan Nwaneri, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus are injured, while defenders William Saliba and Riccardo Calafiori are doubtful.

Prediction: 0-2

Manchester City v Chelsea (1.30pm)

Manchester City are unbeaten in their last four league games but lost to PSG in the Champions League in midweek. Rodri remains out with a knee injury, while John Stones, Oscar Bobb and Nathan Ake are doubtful.

Chelsea have won just one of their last six games, falling ten points behind leaders Liverpool having played a game more. Mykhailo Mudryk remains suspended and Benoit Badiashile, Wesley Fofana and Omari Kellyman are injured. Levi Colwill, Enzo Fernandez and Romeo Lavia are doubtful.

Prediction: 2-2

Sunday

Crystal Palace v Brentford (10am)

Crystal Palace are unbeaten in five games and are now 11 points clear of the drop zone. Matheus Franca and Adam Wharton are out, while Jefferson Lerma is doubtful.

Brentford have won just two of their last eight league matches and have Kristoffer Ajer, Ethan Pinnock, Josh Dasilva, Gustavo Nunes and Igor Thiago out injured for this match.

Prediction: 2-2

Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City (10am)

Tottenham have taken just five points from their last ten league games. Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson, Timo Werner, Wilson Odobert and Dominic Solanke are out to various injuries, while Rodrigo Bentancur, Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero are doubtful.

New Leicester coach Ruud van Nistelrooy is already under pressure after seven straight defeats has left them two points from safety. Mads Hermansen, Ricardo Pereira, Wilfried Ndidi and Abdul Fatawu are injured this weekend.

Prediction: 3-1

Aston Villa v West Ham United (12.30pm)

Aston Villa showed strong resilience to come from behind and draw at Arsenal last week. Diego Carlos, Pau Torres and Ross Barkley will miss this match through injury, while John McGinn and Amadou Onana are doubtful.

West Ham have had a mixed start under Graham Potter, winning his first Premier League match over Fulham before being soundly beaten by Crystal Palace last week. Konstantinos Mavropanos is suspended and Jarrod Bowen, Michail Antonio and Nicklas Fullkrug are out injured, while Jean-Clair Todibo and Crysencio Summerville are doubtful.

Prediction: 3-2

Fulham v Manchester United (3pm)

Fulham have lost one of their last ten games, but six draws in that span have left them in mid-table. Kenny Tete and Reiss Nelson are out with knee and hamstring injuries.

Manchester United have won just three of their last 11 league games. Jonny Evans, Victor Lindelof, Luke Shaw and Mason Mount are doubtful for this match.

Prediction: 1-1