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Chelsea banished memories of a weak 0-0 against Crystal Palace with a 5-1 demolition of West Ham last time, and the Blues can follow that by winning a 3rd-straight all-London clash. A pre-game injury to Cole Palmer and an early Hammers goal threatened to derail Enzo Maresca’s plan, but 3 goals in the space of 20 minutes turned things around at the London Stadium, with summer-signing Joao Pedro proving the star. Pedro scored the equalizer and assisted 2 more at West Ham, continuing a fantastic start to life at Stamford Bridge. The Brazilian has scored 6 goals in 7 appearances since moving to Chelsea and netted in his last meeting with Fulham for Brighton, so could be the difference-maker for the Blues here.

The unbeaten Fulham are unlikely to be as easy to push over as West Ham, but Marco Silva’s team has had to launch a rescue mission in each of their opening 2 games, and Chelsea may not be as kind to the Cottagers. The visitors have been good value for their successive ties with Manchester United and Brighton, but they have gone behind in both matches and now visit a Chelsea team that has conceded just 18 goals in 20 home league games under Maresca.

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Sunderland and Brentford meet in the Premier League on Saturday in a clash between 2 teams whose main mission this season is to avoid the drop down to the Championship. The Black Cats made a perfect start by seeing off West Ham 3-0, before falling to a 2-0 defeat at fellow newly promoted team Burnley last weekend. Brentford were beaten 3-1 at Nottingham Forest in the opening round of games but new boss Keith Andrews secured a first league win last weekend with an impressive 1-0 victory over Aston Villa in west London, and the Bees followed that up with an EFL Cup win at Bournemouth on Tuesday.

In terms of form there isn’t a great deal to go on at this stage and there have been some big changes to both squads over the summer, but taking the odds into consideration, Sunderland look great value as home underdogs. They impressed in their win over West Ham and to a certain extent they were unlucky at Burnley. Regis Le Bris’ team had more chances than the Clarets at Turf Moor and had more possession, but poor finishing let them down.

In contrast, the Bees were a tad fortunate to beat both Villa and Bournemouth, while Sunderland made wholesale changes for their own EFL Cup game in midweek so we can probably disregard their defeat to Huddersfield on penalties. With home advantage, Sunderland may be able to get a win over the line against a team that could prove to be a direct rival this season.

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Leeds United and Newcastle both suffered disappointing results in the last round of Premier League games and both teams will be looking to respond when they meet in the afternoon game on Saturday at Elland Road. Newcastle suffered a 3-2 defeat at home to Liverpool as they conceded a last-minute goal, having come agonizingly close to an incredible comeback from 2-0 down despite playing the entire 2nd half with 10 men. Leeds started the new season with a 1-0 win over Everton but were then thrashed 5-0 at Arsenal last weekend, before a much-changed Leeds team was eliminated by Sheffield Wednesday in the EFL Cup after a penalty shootout.

Leeds were excellent against Everton and thoroughly deserved the win; indeed they could have won by a bigger margin, but their defeat at Arsenal indicates they may struggle against the EPL’s better teams. Newcastle enjoyed a perfect record against the promoted sides last season with 6 wins in 6 games and they look well placed to pick up a first victory of the campaign at Elland Road on Saturday. The Magpies may have lost to Liverpool, but that performance was the kind of display that can galvanize a team going through a difficult period, and they can take out some of their frustrations on Leeds.

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