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Paul Merson has delivered his predictions for the Premier League fixtures and FA Cup quarter-final ties taking place this weekend.
In England’s top flight, Arsenal take on Aston Villa at Villa Park, where they will be looking to bounce back from their 2-0 defeat to Liverpool in midweek.
Despite the defeat, the Gunners are still in fourth place in the table with two games in hand over fifth-placed Manchester United.
Gunners hero Merson believes Steven Gerrard’s Villa will provide a tough test, and feels the game on Saturday will end in a 2-2 draw.
‘Arsenal played very well in the first half against Liverpool and could’ve probably won the game if Martin Odegaard had managed to score past Alisson Becker. That said, this is a tough game for Arsenal, as Aston Villa are also in good form heading into the game,’ Merson told Sportskeeda.
‘If you had looked at this game two weeks ago, it would’ve been easy to predict an Arsenal win. However, a lot has happened in the past two weeks, so this game might not prove to be as straightforward for Mikel Arteta and co. I think there will be a lot of goals in this and if Arsenal manage to not get beat, it will still be a good result for them in terms of their top-four hopes.
‘A draw wouldn’t be the worst result in the world, so I think these two sides will cancel each other out in an entertaining game.’
Another big game in the race for the top four this weekend takes place on Sunday as Tottenham host West Ham.
Merson is backing Antonio Conte’s Spurs to win 3-1 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
‘This is a massive London derby and could have a few goals in it,’ he added. ‘Spurs, in my opinion, were the better team against Manchester United despite…
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