Premier League Fixtures: EPL Week 30 Schedule, Tickets and Score Predictions
The Premier League presents a reduced schedule this week due to FA Cup sixth-round action, allowing Leicester City the chance to take a further step towards the promised land and league title glory.
The Foxes host a spiralling Newcastle United side on Monday, Mar. 14 as they hope to maintain their five-point lead over Tottenham Hotspur.
Spurs travel to struggling bottom team Aston Villa on Sunday, and they will be hot favourites to collect maximum points against the beleaguered Midlands club.
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Manchester City will be hoping to put the top four under pressure when they visit relegation-threatened Norwich City.
Arsenal are due to host West Bromwich Albion at the Emirates Stadium, but the game will be postponed if they defeat Hull City in their FA Cup fifth-round replay on Tuesday.
Read on for full ticketing information, along with predictions and a closer examination of the week ahead:
| Saturday, Mar.12 | 12:45 p.m./7:45 a.m. | Norwich City vs. Manchester City | 1-4 |
| Saturday, Mar.12 | 3 p.m./10 a.m. | Bournemouth vs. Swansea City | 1-1 |
| Saturday, Mar.12 | 3 p.m./10 a.m. | Stoke City vs. Southampton | 2-2 |
| Saturday, Mar.12 | 5.30 p.m./12.30 p.m. | Arsenal vs. West Bromwich Albion | 3-1 |
| Sunday, Mar. 13 | 4 p.m./11 a.m. | Aston Villa vs. Tottenham Hotspur | 1-2 |
| Monday, Mar. 14 | 8 p.m./3 p.m. | Leicester City vs. Newcastle United | 2-1 |
| 1 | Leicester City | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 60 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 55 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 52 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 50 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 29 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 49 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 47 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 44 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 43 |
| 9 | Southampton | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 40 |
| 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 39 |
| 12 | Everton | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 38 |
| 13 | Watford | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 37 |
| 14 | Bournemouth | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 35 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 33 |
| 16 | Swansea City | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 33 |
| 17 | Sunderland | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -19 | 25 |
| 18 | Norwich City | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -22 | 24 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -35 | 24 |
| 20 | Aston Villa | 29 | 3 | 7 | 19 | -33 | 16 |
For ticket information on all Premier League games, visit the official site or go to the ticket page on the home club's official website (links provided below):
Preview
In the years to come, films will be made and books will be written about Leicester if they pull off the biggest shock in English football history and win the Premier League.
Their rags-to-riches tale counters the incredible wealth on offer in England's top division, and the Foxes have become a symbol of hope to all smaller outfits wishing to compete with the very best.
Last year, the visit of Newcastle would have meant something altogether different; The Magpies are the original sleeping giants, but they visit the King Power Stadium on the brink of relegation, desperate to take points from the best team in the country.
Leicester's pedigree is now undeniable, and the quality of their side usurps anything the north-east team can field.
Riyad Mahrez appears to be the PFA Player of the Season-in-waiting, and his performance values have kept the Foxes at the top of the table.
The Algerian scored once again as his side beat Watford 1-0 at Vicarage Road, and the east Midlands club are now only a few short wins away from being crowned kings of England.
Leicester will need Jamie Vardy to once again find his scoring boots as the striker only has one goal in his last five in the league, according to WhoScored.com.
Sport presenter Jacqui Oatley highlighted the contrasting success of Leicester and bottom club Villa this term, despite the latter being considered one of the biggest clubs in the country:
Spurs are still close enough to the leaders to worry the Foxes, but they will have been disappointed not to have put Arsenal to the sword in their last match when they were leading 2-1 with the Gunners reduced to 10 men.
Harry Kane scored a world-class goal that appeared to give Spurs the points, but an Alexis Sanchez counter-punch earned Arsenal a share of the spoils in a 2-2 final result.
The Lilywhites travel to Villa for a game they will be expected to win, and it's these type of matches Spurs must win to claim the title.
Villa looked assured in the first half against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium but inexplicably collapsed by conceding four goals after the restart.
Leicester are certainly proof money doesn't mean everything in English football. The top division is the richest in the world, but the Foxes have proved old-fashioned values of work rate and full-blooded high tempo can drive you above the maestros from bigger clubs.
A host of actors will be queueing up to play the roles of Mahrez and Vardy if Leicester finish the campaign as champions, triggering a fairytale football film to be made documenting an unbelievable last 12 months of action.
