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    Crunch Time at the Top of the Premier League this Weekend

    Defoe the key to Sunderland beating Manchester United

    This weekend should see another plot-twist as the top four are pitted against each other, which could mean by Monday we have a completely new title race landscape.

    But before the main event kicks off on Sunday one of the stand-out ties of Saturday see the two North-East rivals Sunderland and Newcastle take on former title favourites Manchester United and Chelsea respectively.

    Sunderland will hope to build on last weekend’s comeback against Liverpool and need to get their act together soon, as they still languish in 19th four points off safety.

    The consistently inconsistent Newcastle will hope to produce a similar result at Chelsea to their visit to London earlier in the year when they beat Spurs 2-1 away at White Hart Lane. For this fixture goals seem a cert with two leaky defences and Forebet predicting over 2.5 goals.

    Sunday starts with Leicester’s visit to the Emirates with a repeat of last weeks shock whipping of Man City sure to scare some anxiety into the title hopefuls Arsenal. Despite Leicester’s continued ability to surprise us, Arsenal are still valued at heavy favourites, so with Forebet favouring a draw and last week fresh in the memory betting against the Gunners could be a shrewd move.

    Sunday’s late kick-off will see Pellegrini’s men look to get their title-bid back on track by silencing an impressive Spurs’ side that put them to the sword with a 4-1 victory at the Lane earlier in the season. This looks set to be a very close game with Man City at very good value for the home win in comparison to previous seasons.

    No matter what happens it’s sure to be another entertaining weekend and by Monday there will be even more talking points.

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    Western Conference

    OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
    1
    Vancouver Whitecaps 52 29 15 7 7 31
    2
    Saint Louis City 51 29 14 9 6 16
    3
    FC Dallas 50 29 14 8 7 8
    4
    San Jose Earthquakes 47 29 13 8 8 10
    5
    Houston Dynamo 46 29 13 7 9 2
    6
    Los Angeles FC 45 30 12 9 9 15
    7
    Seattle Sounders 41 29 11 8 10 2
    8
    Los Angeles Galaxy 39 30 10 9 11 -9
    9
    Colorado Rapids 38 29 11 5 13 0
    10
    San Diego 33 29 8 9 12 -3
    11
    Portland Timbers 33 29 9 6 14 -5
    12
    Real Salt Lake 33 29 9 6 14 -5
    13
    Minnesota United 31 29 7 10 12 -9
    14
    Austin FC 31 29 7 10 12 -17
    15
    Sporting Kansas City 22 29 6 4 19 -37
    Play-off 1/8-finals
    Play-off 1/16-finals

    Eastern Conference

    OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
    1
    Nashville SC 66 29 20 6 3 41
    2
    Inter Miami CF 52 29 14 10 5 20
    3
    New England Revolution 49 29 15 4 10 7
    4
    Chicago Fire 48 29 14 6 9 9
    5
    Charlotte FC 46 29 13 7 9 8
    6
    Philadelphia Union 45 29 13 6 10 13
    7
    Orlando City SC 38 29 11 5 13 -15
    8
    FC Cincinnati 36 28 9 9 10 -8
    9
    New York Red Bulls 36 29 10 6 13 -15
    10
    New York City FC 33 29 8 9 12 2
    11
    Toronto FC 33 29 7 12 10 -11
    12
    DC United 33 28 7 12 9 -11
    13
    Columbus Crew 32 29 9 5 15 -3
    14
    Atlanta United 30 29 8 6 15 -12
    15
    Montreal Impact 24 29 6 6 17 -24
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    Play-off 1/16-finals

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