The 5 most popular matches of the day

The two clubs of Manchester they face teams that risk their lives to avoid relegation, such as Nottingham Forest and the leicester. Matches of great tension, as well as the London ‘derby’ in between West Ham United and the leader Arsenal. These are the 5 most interesting matches on matchday 31 of the Premier League.

ASTON VILLA-NEWCASTLE UNITED (Saturday, 15 13.30 hours / DAZN)

Exciting battle at Villa Park, between two teams on a roll

The exciting race between Aston Villa and Newcastle crosses Villa Park, in a rivalry that promises. Unay Emery’s ‘villains’ have chained six victories and a draw to sit sixth, with European options on the cards. Eddie Howe’s ‘magpies’ settled in third place, after five consecutive victories, during which they scored 13 goals. The tactical variants in the attack yielded to Howe. Against Brentford, he used Wilson and Isak for the first time, two center forwards together, as a boost in the second half. And it worked for him too. Wilson assisted and Isak scored the game-winner. Aston Villa are very strong in their stadium, and their best weapon is counter-attacking Ollie Watkins’ mobility in space, where he solves many games. The English striker now has 12 goals, nine in the last 11 games. He now faces the best defense in the Premier. Newcastle have scored just 21 goals in 29 games

CHELSEA-BRIGHTON&HOVE ALBION (Saturday, 15 16.00 DAZN)

The ‘blues’, against the curse of the goal at Stamford Bridge

The Chelsea forwards’ shooting woes were more than just a bad run. Neither Joao Félix, nor Mudryk, nor Sterling nor Havertz gave solutions to improve the results of Chelsea, which, despite the departure of Graham Potter, due to the lack of goals and a series of bad results , and the arrival of Frank Lampard, continues aimlessly. This could be the time for Mount and even Aubameyang, who Lampard has recovered from the substitutes. To check the ‘blues’ again, a rocky and very difficult rival arrives at Stamford Bridge, Italian De Zerbi’s Brighton, who can complicate things for him because he has been playing for so long. They are seventh and, with two games less than the ‘blues’, they still have aspirations to qualify for a European tournament. De Zerbi’s latest tactical novelty is the change of goalkeeper. Steele, better on his feet, replaced the Spaniard Robert Sánchez, with the aim of releasing the pressure from the back, with a long pass to Mitoma and March. This is your weapon.

MANCHESTER CITY-LEICESTER CITY (Saturday, 15 18.30 hours / DAZN)

Dean Smith’s debut on the ‘Foxes’ bench in City’s finest moment

With Guardiola on the bench, the month of April is usually positive for Manchester City, as this is when they usually reach the top of their game. This has been the case in his last four Premier titles. Also this year April brings you good feelings. It started with a win against Bayern in the Champions League (3-0), with its stars plugged in and a Haaland who, in addition to scoring, also knows how to help. City have scored 22 goals in their last eight games. Within two weeks, his peak moment came. The return against Bayern, the semifinal against Sheffield in the FA Cup and the decisive clash in the Premier, against Arsenal, at the Etihad. This is the worst moment for Leicester, at the bottom of the table and in need of points, to dream of a surprise, despite the change of coach and the arrival of the English Dean Smith on the bench, replacing Brendan Rogers. His options were to defend with 10 men.

WEST HAM UNITED- ARSENAL (Sunday, April 16, 3:00 pm / DAZN)

‘Derby’ with the leader threatening some ‘hammer’ in need

Gala against the London Stadium, with a London ‘derby’ against the leader Arsenal, whose leadership is respected. The Hammers need points more than ever to avoid falling back into the relegation danger zone, but they have the worst possible rivals, a strong Arsenal in attack and have determined that the title will not escape the this year. David Moyes could field a more attacking starting team, with Antonio and Danny Ings together in attack. It will not be an easy game for Mikel Arteta’s team, despite the disappointing result that Newcastle (1-5) started earlier this month. The ‘gunners’, who left Liverpool with two points, will demand a strong and intense response, to not give City any reason to believe that a new comeback is possible. He was joined by the in-form Brazilians Gabriel Jesús and Martinelli.

NOTTINGHAM FOREST-MANCHESTER UNITED (Sunday, 16 17.30 / DAZN)

Nervous atmosphere at the City Ground that hosted United from Ten Hag

With dismissal pressure on top, Steve Cooper has another chance to try to stop Nottingham Forest, who are now nine games without a win, in a slow but steady fall, which has already put them in the relegation places . The match at the City Ground against Ten Hag’s United will be tense and an emotional atmosphere is expected in the City Ground stands, given the rivalry and the need for points. There are nine finals awaiting Forest, who have one of the worst calendars of the nine relegation teams, although in front of their fans they seem like a rocky team and hard to beat. Nigerian Awoniyi could be a fresh start to bolster the local attack, against an opponent who have lost three of their last four games away from Old Trafford and will not be able to rely on the injured Rashford, although they recovered Casemiro, after his long suspension.