The English Premiership is back once again with the second set of Match Week 21 games , with only five matches being played this weekend due to the mid season player break.

Special Focus On Arsenal Vs Crystal Palace London Derby Match.

Arsenal , AKA , The Gunners hosts Crystal Palace in a derby match in the UK s capital ,in North London.
Latest about the Gunners squad /injury list ahead of Palace at the Enirates ,it’s likely most of their key players will be conspicuously absent again as against their FA Cup loss to Liverpool and Fulham , where an own goal by Zinchenko s replacement Jakob Kiwor , failed to impress as his performance has come under scrutiny , even scoring an Own Goal that sent Gunners out of contention of the FA Cup
Also other players like Dutch Jurien Timbers , Jorghno Fabian Viera ,, Thomas Partey are yet to be decided .as Arteta kept mute as their availabilty .
Return in training of Gabriel Jesus during their Dubai training to ease off the cold in UK , with a little bit of hot weather to refocus against today’s encounter , is yet be known

A run of one win in their last seven fixtures across all competitions, scoring just five goals, is hard to ignore.

Gunners are 80% likely winners in today’s encounter in a derby match , but we need to see them do that in open play. Lack of confidence may come into play after a rough patch of form .

With Palace who are yet to recover from the shock loss to Everton , Roy Hodgson need a good home work to contain a hungry Gunners squad thst has been deprived of wins due to poor run of form latley .

Head to head count of course favours Arsenal in the last five games with 3 wins and a draw and a loss .

Win probability also favours Arsenal with a 76% a draw 16% and likely win by Palace with a paltry 8% chance .

Gunners needs to win at all cost to be in contention of the Epl title this season , lest history repeats itself as it did last season when Man City snatched the title few days before the end of last season.

Time 13.30 hours (CAT).

Predictions – W1 , 1X or Over 1.5 goals .

Brentford will welcome Nuno Espirito Santo s Nothingham Forest as the EPL is back with another set of matches this weekend as Brentford lock horns with Nottingham Forest in an important encounter at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday..

Nottingham Forest are currently in 15th place in the Premier League standings and have been fairly impressive so far this season. The away side edged Blackpool to a narrow 3-2 victory in the FA Cup this week and will be confident ahead of this fixture.
Brentford, on the other hand, are in 16th place in the league table at the moment and have not been at their best so far this season. The hosts crashed out of the FA Cup at the hands of Wolverhampton Wanderers in their previous game and have a point to prove this weekend.

Head to Head Count .
Brentford have a slight edge over Nottingham Forest and have won 14 out of the last 38 matches played between the two teams, as opposed to Nottingham Forest’s 13 victories.
Brentford are unbeaten in their last five league matches against Nottingham Forest, with their previous such defeat coming by a narrow 1-0 scoreline in the Championship in 2020.
Nottingham Forest lost this exact fixture by a 2-1 result in the Premier League season and have lost consecutive away league games against Brentford only twice in their history.
Since their return to the Premier League last season, Nottingham Forest have conceded a total of 29 goals in their 12 matches away from home against teams from London in the Premier League.
Brentford have lost seven of their last eight games in the Premier League and have lost each of their last five matches in the competition.

Brentford are in the midst of a shocking slump at the moment and have a mountain to climb to salvage their Premier League campaign. The Bees are on a losing spree at the moment and will need to make amends ahead of this fixture.
Nottingham Forest have managed to steer clear of the relegation zone so far but have plenty of work to do for the remainder of the season. The away side are the better team at the moment and should be able to win this game.

Time – 18.30 Hours . (CAT).

Prediction: Brentford 1-2 Nottingham Forest

Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Betting Tips
(X2 or Over 1 5 goals

Nothingham Forest to score first – Yes

UcheFreetips Betting Tips For weekend matches Saturday and Sunday

1, Arsenal Vs Crystal Palace W1, 1X or Over 1.5 goals .

2, Brentford vs Nothingham Forest (X2, or Over 1.5 goals . (Forest to score first – Yes .).

3.Shelffied United vs Westham . ( X2 or Over 1.5 goals ).

4. Bouremounth Vs Liverpool . ( X2 or Over 1.5 goals .).

Analysis of Sunday s matches , in coming hours later .

Happy Viewing and Happy weekend,

@UcheFreetips .. (2024 C).