This weekend sees some huge games between teams battling relegation, but BBC Sport’s football expert Chris Sutton feels one man in particular is in dire need of a positive result.
“West Ham manager David Moyes is under massive pressure,” said Sutton. “If his side are beaten by bottom side Southampton on Sunday, then I think it could turn really ugly for him at London Stadium.
“It is the fans who get the manager sacked at any club and Moyes might not last much longer if they lose.”
Sutton is making predictions for every Premier League game this season against a variety of guests.
For this weekend’s fixtures, he is up against DMA’S frontman and Everton fan Tommy O’Dell.
DMA’S new album, How Many Dreams?, is out on Friday and they have just arrived from Australia for their UK tour in April.
O’Dell is from Sydney, which is where the band formed, but he is an Everton fan because of his dad, who is from Liverpool.
He has not had much to cheer about recently while following their fortunes from afar, but is confident about their hopes of staying up under Sean Dyche.
“We’ve had a tough time of things this season but there has definitely been an improvement since Dyche took charge at the end of January,” O’Dell told BBC Sport.
“I was really happy when Frank Lampard was appointed [at the start of 2022] and he did a great job of keeping us up last year – it was all very exciting when we came back to beat Crystal Palace to get to safety with a game to go.
“But we lost Richarlison to Tottenham in the summer and didn’t pick up another striker to cover Dominic Calvert-Lewin when he was injured.
“It felt like doom kind of set in for Lampard as this season went on. As much as I liked him, and the way he got the fans behind the team again, his results just weren’t good enough to keep him in the job.
“But look, the future is hopefully a bit brighter at the moment. Our defence has improved under Dyche but we are playing attacking football, with more crosses into the box and more forward passing.
“He has kind of simplified things a bit, and it is working. We are starting to score off corners and set-pieces and little things like that have helped us get results, compared to earlier in the season when we didn’t carry much of a threat from anywhere.
“But we are not out of trouble yet because it is all so close at the bottom and there is not one game where you think that is a definite win.
“Look at what happened to Liverpool against Bournemouth a couple of weeks ago. Usually it would be good news for them to lose, but not to one of our relegation rivals!
“At least we have been here before – I still remember when I was a kid and we signed Kevin Campbell [in the spring of 1999] and he kept us in the Premier League by scoring nine goals in his first eight games.
“When you stay up like that, or like we did with that game against Palace last year, it is an unbelievable feeling. We thought we would build on that this season, but instead we are back in another relegation battle.
“I am convinced we have got what it takes this time too, though.
“Our form at Goodison Park is still strong but, even away from home, we look like we can fight back in games to get something out of them – we’ve got that spirit and, with a bit of luck, we can get through this.”
Liverpool will play on the front foot and try to take the game to City and I am sure they will cause them some problems, but I still worry about the Reds at the other end.
Their high defensive line has been found out plenty of times this season and they are so inconsistent that I just don’t trust them to hold out. I fancy City strongly in this one.
Sutton’s prediction: 3-1
Tommy’s prediction: City are going to win this one but I am not sure if they are going to retain their title – I think the Champions League is where it’s at for them this season. I have been doubting Arsenal recently but I have been doubting them all year, and they are still there at the top. 2-0
