Alan Shearer\u00a0has revealed his predictions for this weekend\u2019s\u00a0Premier League and the 2 FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley.<\/p>\n
Wednesday saw a change at the highest of the league table, as Manchester City followed up their win against Arsenal with a narrow victory over Burnley to leapfrog their rivals with five games to go.<\/p>\n
But with Pep Guardiola\u2019s side in FA Cup motion against Southampton, Arsenal can temporarily move back into first with a victory against Newcastle United on the Emirates on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Tottenham face a must-win visit to Wolves as they appear to get their first win under Roberto De Zerbi to kickstart their bid to avoid relegation.<\/p>\n
And on Sunday, Callum McFarlane is back within the Chelsea hotseat and hoping to guide the Blues to the FA Cup final with victory against Leeds United just 4 days after the sacking of Liam Rosenior.<\/p>\n
As ever, England legend and\u00a0Betfair<\/a>\u00a0ambassador\u00a0Alan Shearer\u00a0has revealed his predictions to\u00a0Metro<\/strong> ahead of this latest weekend of Premier League and FA Cup motion.<\/p>\n The Stadium of Light is a troublesome place to go. You already know how physical Sunderland will probably be and once the gang gets behind them it would be a troublesome game. But with the shape Forest are in and Morgan Gibbs-White filled with belief, I’m going to go for a draw. It’s going to be an excellent point for Forest.<\/p>\n I feel Gibbs-White is staking a claim for the World Cup. If he gets amongst the goals in just a few more games between now and the top of the season, that could be a big call for Thomas Tuchel, to shout out how great a form he\u2019s in.<\/p>\n This can be a tough one to call. We don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening with Marco Silva when it comes to what he\u2019s doing. They\u2019ve had an affordable season Fulham but have gotten some good players of their team.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, Villa and the best way they’re going, I’m going to go for an away win. I feel Villa will do it with Ollie Watkins finding his goals again, Morgan Rogers the identical.<\/p>\n Liverpool scraped a win against Fulham at Anfield recently, they scraped a win and located a way against their rivals Everton within the derby just about in the identical way, and I feel they are going to have an excessive amount of for Palace. Home win.<\/p>\n It’s an amazing opportunity for Palace to win a European competition. Winning the FA Cup last yr, it might be great again winning a trophy in Europe again, so my guess is all their eyes will probably be on Europe and never on the Premier League<\/p>\n Everton are a extremely good side, especially away from home, they\u2019ve got an excellent record. It’s a troublesome one for West Ham, who’re eager to win. They will probably be at home, but I’m undecided they are going to have enough to win it, so I’m going to say a draw.<\/p>\n A win this weekend would put Everton back on target for Europe. I believed they were a tad unlucky against Liverpool last week, but I’ll stick to a draw here.<\/p>\n It’s an absolute must win for Spurs. I do consider with the idea they could have picked up last weekend, whether it was from their performance or West Ham not winning at Palace. I feel that can give them great encouragement. Had it been the opposite way, then I feel they might be doomed. I feel in the event that they lose this weekend then they are going to go down.<\/p>\n Considering Wolves are already down, I’m going to tip Spurs to win for the primary time in a protracted time.<\/p>\n As much as I hope I\u2019m flawed and I actually hope I\u2019m flawed, I see Arsenal bouncing back and winning this. I actually have no confidence in the shape Newcastle are in. They need to return out they usually need to enhance. In the event that they get beat, they need to go down fighting, and I didn\u2019t see that last weekend against Bournemouth.<\/p>\n That was the hard thing to take from the defeat. When the managers under pressure and the players are having to prove a degree, a minimum of you wish show some effort. That was the thing that hurt last weekend, the players have to return out with a response and fight for all the pieces.<\/p>\n In the event that they get beat, so be it, but they\u2019ve got to do it with spirit. But I feel Arsenal will bounce back with a house win, as much because it pains me to say it, but I hope I\u2019m flawed.<\/p>\n Man United dug out an amazing result last weekend, with that one little bit of quality in the sport when Bruno Fernandes went right down to that right-hand-side and pulls it back to Cunha. That was enough to get three points against a woeful Chelsea side.<\/p>\n I feel they are going to have enough to beat Brentford at home, so I\u2019m going to say a Man United home win. Bruno is a high quality player. Where would Man United be without him? He has been the one consistent player there for thus long now.<\/p>\n Southampton will make it tough. Pep will change it round and provides a game to a few or 4 of his players who haven\u2019t began frequently.<\/p>\n I watched Southampton in midweek, and clearly did the sport against Arsenal at their place they usually were really impressive then. They didn\u2019t win the sport in midweek against Bristol City but went behind twice and got here back for a draw.<\/p>\n They’re 20 games unbeaten; they are going to make it really difficult, but it surely would take a brave man to predict anything aside from a Man City win.<\/p>\n For Calum McFarlane, I do know he worked with Rosenior as a part of his team; but he did the Man City game before Rosenior was appointed and there was a giant improvement in that game, when he took over.<\/p>\n There’ll likely be an improvement from Chelsea under the interim manager, but there may be huge pressure on those players to perform. Leeds are just about guaranteed Premier League football next yr, so there will not be as much pressure on them. For that reason, I’m going to go for a Leeds win.<\/p>\n It’s going to be an excellent atmosphere. The pressure is large on Chelsea, not a lot on Leeds, so it might be an excellent day trip for the Leeds fans.<\/p>\n For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Follow Metro Sport for the most recent news on Premier League<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Sunderland vs Nottm Forest<\/h2>\n
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\t<\/div>Alan\u2019s Prediction: Draw<\/h4>\n
Fulham vs Aston Villa<\/h2>\n
Alan\u2019s Prediction: Aston Villa Win<\/h4>\n
Liverpool vs Crystal Palace<\/h2>\n
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\t<\/div>Alan\u2019s Prediction: Liverpool Win<\/h4>\n
West Ham vs Everton<\/h2>\n
Alan\u2019s Prediction: Draw<\/h4>\n
Wolves vs Tottenham <\/h2>\n
Alan\u2019s Prediction: Tottenham Win<\/h4>\n
Arsenal vs Newcastle United<\/h2>\n
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\t<\/div>Alan\u2019s Prediction: Arsenal Win<\/h4>\n
Manchster United vs Brentford<\/h2>\n
Alan\u2019s Prediction: Man Utd Win<\/h4>\n
FA Cup Semi-Finals<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Manchester City vs Southampton<\/h2>\n
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\t<\/div>Alan\u2019s Prediction: Man City Win<\/h4>\n
Chelsea vs Leeds United<\/h2>\n
Alan\u2019s Prediction: Leeds Win<\/h4>\n
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