We're less than 10 minutes from kick-off in what has been the longest build-up to an afternoon of Premier League football ever.

Anyway they're all going ahead as planned so that's the main thing.

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Stephen Warnock
Former Premier League defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

I tipped Crystal Palace to do well this season. That was because of the way Glasner came in and the way they were playing.

I did tip that before Olise and Andersen left but they are a good team. I think they are struggling because they maybe feel within that they won't do as well but will be OK.

Dion Dublin
Former England striker on Football Focus

When you go to home games you go through the same door, see the same faces, same journey to the ground and when you go and play away some people don't like it, they're out of their comfort zone.

Their boots aren't in the right place, the dressing room's too cold. That's when you have to adjust.

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Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

In Alexander Isak, Newcastle have one of the best strikers in the league. If they can keep him fit.

Callum Wilson has come back too and they have a lot of options.

It must be so frustrating for the richest team in the world. We talk about PSR rules and it is stopping club's like Newcastle closing the gap on the likes of Man City, Arsenal and the others.

They have an abundance of riches and they are having to sell their best players to balance the books. It's absurd.

Martin Keown
Former England defender on Football Focus

Mikkel Damsgaard is really creative. I think in his first two seasons he only managed 16 starts, he's got 12 already this season. He's got vision, he can see a pass and he's got really good technical ability.

Since Christian Eriksen left I think he's the natural successor.

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Chris Wise
BBC Radio 5 Live reporter at Selhurst Park

There’s been a buzz word used by Oliver Glasner in recent weeks when he’s been talking about his forward line: ‘efficiency’.

Palace’s goal return has been thin this season. They’ve only scored four here at Selhurst Park in the Premier League.

But Glasner’s feeling is that his team’s performances are looking more stable now than in those first few weeks of the campaign.

Stephen Warnock
Former Premier League defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

City are trying to look around the world and try to bring someone in that is maybe the heir to Rodri's throne who can step in and take on that role in the years to come.

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Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

We are learning about the character of City and the manager as well.

You get the true character and quality of a person when you see how they cope in the face of adversity. Guardiola has got to finds answers to get out a situation they are not used to.

Who wants to take the game by the scruff of the neck and take the responsibility?

• Wednesday's 3-0 win against Nottingham Forest ended City's winless run of seven league and cup matches (D1, L6).

• Pep Guardiola's side have the chance to keep back-to-back clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time this season.
• However, they have been beaten in each of their previous five competitive away games. The last reigning top-flight champions to lose six successive away matches in all competitions were City themselves between March and April 1969.
• The Eagles are vying to win back-to-back top-flight games for the first time since ending last season with a run of three victories.
• They are also aiming for consecutive clean sheets in the league for the first time since a sequence of three shut-outs in September and October 2023.
• Palace have not scored or conceded more than two goals in any Premier League fixture this season.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

If Arsenal win at Fulham tomorrow they will be only four points behind league leaders Liverpool after the postponement of their game at Everton.

Yes, Liverpool will have that game in hand but, after Arsenal beat Manchester United and Liverpool drew at Newcastle United in midweek, four points is psychologically nowhere as daunting as the nine-point deficit last Sunday.

Over to Arsenal - but a trip to Marco Silva's in-form Fulham is a hazardous assignment for anyone these days.

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Chris Sutton
BBC football predictions expert

Brentford's home record is incredible, and still the best in the Premier League this season.

Newcastle were impressive against Liverpool in midweek but their challenge is to follow up that performance here, because they have been very up and down so far.

This is a difficult one to call, but I always expect goals from the Bees when they are at home.

In contrast, Newcastle have not been scoring consistently this season but they got three against the leaders and I think they will get a couple more here.

Sutton's prediction:2-2

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Newcastle's 3-3 draw with Liverpool in midweek was described as one of the best games of the season with both sides at various stages looking like they would win it.

In the end a point was probably fair, but Newcastle boss Eddie Howe says the challenge now is ensuring his side maintain the level of intensity they showed in that game.

"After any game, there's a comedown," he said. "But I think it will be a steep one after the Liverpool game.

"Our challenge this weekend is to find a way to hit the same levels of intensity and mental qualities that we showed on Wednesday, so quickly."

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It is pretty grim weather at Aston Villa but that's not stopping many fans, who have arrived in woolly hats and plastic ponchos.

Let's hope they are rewarded with an entertaining game.

Nick Mashiter
BBC Sport football news reporter at Villa Park

Villa ended their eight-game winless run by beating Brentford on Wednesday and will view the visit of bottom side Southampton as chance to keep touch with the top five.

The hosts have lacked the consistency which propelled them to the top four last season, missing 33 big chances - second only to Liverpool - and have been dispossessed 153 times, the third highest in the division.

Just one clean sheet in the league this season has also cost them but they will fancy their chances this afternoon, Saints arrive as the league's lowest scorers with just 11 goals in 14 games.

Chris Sutton
BBC football predictions expert

Aston Villa bounced back well against Brentford in midweek, while Southampton paid the price for some calamitous goalkeeping against Chelsea, although the size of their defeat wasn't just down to that.

Whenever promoted sides don't start the season well, it is easy for them to lose confidence that they can compete at this level and that seems to be a bit of an issue for Southampton when I watch them.

Goalkeeper Joe Lumley wasn't their only player to make mistakes against Chelsea and I just think Villa will be too strong for them.

Credit to Villa keeper Emi Martinez for facing the Bees despite a broken finger. If he plays again here, I reckon he will keep a clean sheet.

Sutton's prediction:2-0

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Southampton are at the stage where they really need to start picking up wins.

The Saints are bottom, seven points adrift of safety, and sorting their first-half struggles would go some way to improving their chances of those elusive victories.

They are the only side yet to score a first-half away goal in the Premier League this season.

The Saints have also had the fewest shots (29) and fewest shots on target (five) in the first 45 minutes of away games compared to any other side during this campaign.

Chris Sutton
BBC football predictions expert

Crystal Palace's win at Ipswich on Tuesday was huge for them, and it was comfortable enough in the end.

Manchester City finally returned to winning ways against Nottingham Forest - and it was a result they fully deserved - but are they really back?

What happens at Selhurst Park should give us an idea, and this is not an easy game for them. Forest had chances at the Etihad Stadium when the score was 1-0 and I am still not convinced by City's defending.

They were much better going forward with Kevin de Bruyne and Jeremy Doku in the team against Forest, though.

Doku gave them the energy and ideas out wide that they have been missing and while he is not the finished article he is always a handful with his dynamism and the way he drives at teams.

On his day, he can be devastating and it might be a moment of magic from him that makes the difference here, and breaks down a stubborn Palace side.

Sutton's prediction:1-2