Bournemouth travelled far to the north-west last weekend to play Liverpool at Anfield and they left the famous Premier League title with nothing to show for it after Liverpool won 3-0. Considering Liverpool’s form at the moment, that is not a result to be ashamed of. They welcome Manchester United to the Vitality Stadium and they would be looking to frustrate Jose Mourinho further. They are not in the best form they can be at the moment with just one win from their last eight Premier League games although they have proven to be very difficult to beat as they have just three losses in their last 15 games, a run that stretches to December, winning Chelsea and Arsenal in the process, these results has helped them to climb to 11th on the league table and banished or relegation fears. After beating Manchester City the previous weekend to delay their ultimate crowning as English champions, Manchester United lost their very next game at home to West Brom last weekend to help crown Manchester City champions with 4 games to spare. That loss ended their five-match winning run and means they have now failed to win 7 of their last 16 Premier League games. They have also won their last two away league games by 3-2 which shows that their defence could easily be breached.

No one expected Brighton’s game against Crystal Palace last weekend to be a thriller, but it turned out otherwise. The Eagles raced to a quick 2-0 lead in the opening 15 minutes, but Glen Murray got one back for the Seagulls only for Wilfried Zaha to increase Palace’s goal count to three. In the end, the first half ended 3-2 and there were no more goals in the second half. That defeat means Brighton are winless in their last five games, losing four of those matches. They are gradually slipping towards relegation and they need to arrest that slide as soon as possible even though they still have a seven-point cushion on the drop zone. They play all of the top four teams in their next five games which is their last five of the season, so they would be looking for the Maximum points here. Tottenham are seven points ahead of Chelsea in the race for the top four, but they would want to finish the season ahead of Liverpool who they have a game in hand on. They failed to beat Manchester City at the weekend despite the poor run of form that Pep Guardiola’s men are on and they would be looking to get back to winning ways here. They have seven wins from their last nine competitive games and would be playing Manchester United in the FA Cup at the weekend.

Mainz 1-1 draw at Cologne the last time out may not be good enough to take them off the relegation spot, but it was a good result that and an invaluable point added to their bid to avoid the drop this season.They have another opportunity to push themselves towards safety here as Freiburg have looked out of sort recently, but Mainz also need to do better as they are winless in 6 games, drawing 4 and losing two, they are also on a run of just two wins in their last 17 matches. They would be without Giulio Donati for this game as a result of Red Card suspension. Freiburg are also winless in their last 6 games drawing two and losing the rest including their last three games that have ended in losses to Stuttgart, Schalke 04, and Wolfsburg. After Wolfburg’s draw against Augsburg on Friday, a win here would help Freiburg move above them and go 6 points above their host, but a loss could see Mainz move ahead of them on the league table. Freiburg won their home match 2-1 when these sides last met, but they have never won a game at Mainz, losing 5 and drawing 3.

Barcelona looked like they were heading for a stunning treble at the end of this season until Tuesday when they visited Roma for the return leg of their Champions League quarterfinal match. They were already 4-1 to the good from the first leg, but the Romans stunned them by an incredible 3-0 comeback win to send the Catalans crashing from Europe’s biggest competition. They now face another tough game in the La Liga with some tired legs. They have conceded  at least one goal in their last 4 games, but they have won 4 of their last 5 meetings with Valencia. Valencia are heading into this game with high confidence following a good run of form that has seen them win 8 of their last 9 games. They have had to be lucky at times this season, but they have developed a winning mentality that would be key for them in this clash, they are also better than they were when both sides met in the Copa Del Rey back in February. Roma would have given them the blueprint of how to take Barca out with much intensity and that could work again for them. They have scored 1.9 goals per game this season, and have netted at least two goals in 6 of their last 9 games.

Wolfsburg’s 2-0 win over Freiburg the last time out helped them stop a run of eight games without a win (5 losses and 3 draws), and 3 games without a goal. They would now look to move clear of the relegation zone with another win here. However, if they lose here and Mainz wins against Freiburg, they could find themselves inside the bottom three by the start of next week. They have the joint-poorest home record in the league this season with just 13 points collected at home, same as Cologne. They have netted in 12 of their last 13 games at home and it would be interesting to see if they can score and shut out Augsburg in this game. Augsburg are also struggling and are not safe from relegation just yet. They are winless in three games and desperately needs to get some winning run together before the season comes to an end. They started very brightly against Bayern Munich the last time out, taking the lead via an own goal, but they later capitulated and ended up losing 4-1 to leave themselves just 7 points ahead of their host in this game with 5 games left.