Premier League Week 27 Fixtures: EPL TV Schedule, Live Stream and Predictions
Manchester City face a tough task if they're to maintain their late push to retain the Premier League title this weekend. The Citizens head to Anfield hoping to take advantage of league leaders Chelsea being on Capital One Cup duty.
Meanwhile, Arsenal's bid to cement yet another top-four finish could be harmed by how much the club's confidence will have inevitably suffered after losing 3-1 at home to AS Monaco in the Champions League.
Here's the full list of fixtures, along with stream details and predictions:
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| Date | Time | Match | Live Stream | Prediction |
| Saturday, February 28 | 12:45 p.m. (GMT) / 7:45 a.m. (ET) | West Ham United vs. Crystal Palace | Watch BT Sport/ NBC Live Sports Extra | 1-1 |
| Saturday, February 28 | 3 p.m. (GMT) / 10 a.m. (ET) | Burnley vs. Swansea City | NBC Live Sports Extra | 1-0 |
| Saturday, February 28 | 3 p.m. (GMT) / 10 a.m. (ET) | Manchester United vs. Sunderland | NBC Live Sports Extra | 3-1 |
| Saturday, February 28 | 3 p.m. (GMT) / 10 a.m. (ET) | Newcastle United vs. Aston Villa | NBC Live Sports Extra | 2-1 |
| Saturday, February 28 | 3 p.m. (GMT) / 10 a.m. (ET) | Stoke City vs. Hull City | NBC Live Sports Extra | 1-0 |
| Saturday, February 28 | 3 p.m. (GMT) / 10 a.m. (ET) | West Bromwich Albion vs. Southampton | NBC Live Sports Extra | 2-0 |
| Sunday, March 1 | 12 p.m. (GMT) / 7 a.m. (ET) | Liverpool vs. Manchester City | Sky Go / NBC Live Sports Extra | 1-2 |
| Sunday, March 1 | 2:05 p.m. (GMT) / 9:05 a.m. (ET) | Arsenal vs. Everton | Watch BT Sport / NBC Live Sports Extra | 1-1 |
Arsenal Face Tough Task to Win Back Home Support
Arsenal's Emirates Stadium can be an unforgiving environment even during the best of times. Patience is often in short supply among supporters hardened by years of prolonged failure and near misses on the pitch.
But the atmosphere is likely to be brimming with more than its usual measure of simmering discontent after events in the Champions League when they were beaten 3-1 by Monaco on Wednesday. The Gunners were comprehensively out-thought and outfought by a team they were widely expected to beat.
Boss Arsene Wenger, who usually shows too much faith in his players, regardless of results, was uncharacteristically blunt and unforgiving in his assessment, per Daniel Taylor of The Guardian:
Patience will be non-existent when Wenger and his players emerge from the home tunnel to take on Everton. Toffees boss Roberto Martinez has been an awkward opponent for Wenger in the past, although usually on home soil.
However, Arsenal haven't won any of the last five league meetings between the two, drawing four and losing one. In reality, Martinez and his players need the points more than the Gunners as they languish in 12th place.
Martinez will hope stars such as striker Romelu Lukaku can help him take advantage of Arsenal's fragile psyche and a testy home crowd.
City Need Confidence to Keep Title Hopes Alive
Only a confident approach will keep City's title bid alive. Mustering that confidence won't be easy after manager Manuel Pellegrini's team suffered its own Champions League heartache.
City lost the first leg of a knockout tie against Barcelona 2-1 at home on Tuesday. Yet another failure in Europe has put Pellegrini under pressure, along with senior figures in his squad, according to Daily Mirror reporter David McDonnell:
"The Blues' hierarchy have set boss Pellegrini a target of reaching the quarter-finals this season, but that prospect looks increasingly unlikely following Tuesday's setback in the first leg of the last 16 tie.
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Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, chief executive Ferran Soriano and sporting director Txiki Begiristain - irrespective of their good relationship with Pellegrini - will have been dismayed at the same mistakes being made against Barca 12 months on from their last meeting at this same stage of the competition.
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The same report noted how skipper Vincent Kompany is also in the firing line after several defensive calamities cost City. But Pellegrini and his players haven't got the time to dwell on their collective disappointment.
Not when keeping the pressure on Chelsea will require beating a buoyant Liverpool side. Anfield chief Brendan Rodgers has revived last season's formula of pressuring the ball, along with lightning pace in attack.
But Rodgers is wary of a daunting schedule which he believes will favour City, according to Liverpool Echo reporter James Pearce. The manager has bemoaned a shorter rest period following his team's UEFA Europa League clash with Besiktas.
But despite the shortened respite, Rodgers's group will still enter the game in fine form and under less pressure than the visitors.
By the end of Week 27, the title race will have either swerved toward the holders, or taken a massive turn in favour of Chelsea, who could hold a five-point lead with a game in hand.
If that's the case, Liverpool will have heaped the pressure on not only Arsenal, but also Manchester United, Tottenham and Southampton, in the race to finish in the top four.
