Chris Sutton
BBC Sport football expert

This is going to be close. Brentford have had back-to-back wins over West Ham and Leicester, while Everton's improvement under David Moyes has been dramatic.

Moyes has done an incredible job but Everton have not suddenly become world-beaters. I do think they will lose some games, and this is one of them.

Sutton's prediction: 2-0

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Although Tottenham's Premier League form has been poor, their record against Manchester City can give them confidence.

Pep Guardiola's side have often struggled against the north London club, with Spurs winning nine and drawing three of their past 22 meetings in all competitions.

The Manchester City manager has lost nine times to Spurs during his eight-year tenure, the most of any opponent in that time.

At home, Spurs' record is particularly good against Manchester City. In the Premier League, four out of their past five meetings at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium have ended in victory.

Their one loss came last season.

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Pep Guardiola says he has no plans to change his style of play despite his Manchester City side's recent struggles.

In his latest news conference, he was asked if his team will be "left behind" as the league switches to a more direct style of play: "It depends on the quality and the specific skills that our players have.

"What I've seen recently is more teams playing man-to-man and more aggressive in the build-up. We have handled teams who play man-to-man really well.

"We are not going to try to adapt. When we have the squad, we can play in this way. As long as I am the manager, we are going to adjust depending on the quality of player, but we are going to try to play the way that defined that team for many years that had the success.

"The only difference is that there were more teams in the past who were cautious. Now the teams are so brave so that is a little bit different."

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Arne Slot, who will be absent from the touchline tonight, makes two changes to his Liverpool side that beat defending champions Manchester City on Sunday.

Diogo Jota comes in for Curtis Jones to lead the Reds' attack, while Andy Robertson is replaced by Kostas Tsimikas.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Van Dijk, Konate, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Salah, Jota, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Alexander-Arnold.

Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Nunez, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Elliot, Robertson, Quansah.

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe makes two alterations as their top scorer Alexander Isak misses out with a groin problem.

He is replaced by Callum Wilson, who makes his first Premier League start of the season.

Sandro Tonali comes into the midfield as Lewis Miley drops to the bench.

Newcastle XI: Pope, Schar, Tonali, Wilson, Gordon, Hall, Livramento, Murphy, Willock, Burn, Guimaraes.

Subs: Dubravka, Ruddy, Trippier, Barnes, Targett, Krafth, Osula, Longstaff, Miley.

Chris Sutton
BBC Sport football expert

Saturday's home defeat by West Ham was a real hammer blow for Arsenal's title hopes.

They need to bounce back and find a way of beating Nottingham Forest, but this is a tough trip after such a devastating result, and I am not so sure they will take the points here either.

Forest are not in great form themselves, and got a bit of a walloping at Newcastle. Nuno Espirito Santo was clearly unhappy with some of his side's defending in that game.

But how are Arsenal going to score goals? I don't know at the moment.

If Gunners boss Mikel Arteta needs a left-back, he has got a few of them on the bench. Unfortunately he needs a centre-forward, and there is not one of those to be seen.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

David Seaman
Former Arsenal goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast

We always needed a striker. We tried in the transfer window and now hopefully there is one lined up in the summer, but that will be a bit too late.

We have been playing this type of football for a long time and it will be the final piece of the jigsaw. That will hopefully be what makes it [winning the title] happen next season.

I am privileged that I go into Arsenal once a week and I see the players training. The way Mikel works, he is getting the best out of his players. The whole training ground is all together.

I would definitely not go down that route [of changing manager] because we are getting better and better. We are now serious contenders for the league, we have a good chance in the Champions League and it is a progression.

The next step to that is getting a striker.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter at Old Trafford

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Ipswich were Ruben Amorim's first opponents as head coach of Manchester United.

The Portuguese came to Old Trafford on the back of a string of excellent results at Sporting - including a 4-1 Champions League victory against Manchester City.

When Marcus Rashford scored after two minutes at Portman Road, it seemed the transition would be seamless.

But, both in the match, which finished 1-1, that hope proved to be an illusion.

If United avoid defeat tonight, it will be two without a loss following the 2-2 draw at Everton at the weekend.

Amazingly, that would equal the best they have managed under Amorim in the Premier League.

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Manchester United

Ruben Amorim admits better recruitment will be key to Manchester United’s hopes of improved fortunes on and off the pitch.

The Red Devils host Ipswich tonight bidding to end a three-match winless run in the Premier League, the latest difficult moment in Amorim’s troubled start to life at Old Trafford.

On Monday, United announced they expect to make up to 200 more employees redundant as part of cost-saving measures partly necessitated by a lack of footballing success.

The club have spent huge amounts of money in recent transfer windows but too many of their new recruits have failed to hit the heights expected of them, and Amorim accepted words will do nothing to reassure fans or colleagues that better times are ahead.

“I think we need to show (it),” he said. “It’s easy for me to say all the pretty stuff – we have to improve. “The recruitment is crucial, we need to improve the team. We need to perform better, we need to be in Europe and not in our position.”

Of the employees facing redundancy, Amorim added: “They are paying the price for our lack of success and I cannot say anything now that is going to convince the fans and the staff that we are going to do it.

“We have an idea. For me as a coach, we need to be a better team and to recruit better and don’t make a lot of mistakes in that department.”

Ipswich Town

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Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna was part of the coaching staff at Manchester United between 2016 and 2021 before he took his first managerial role and guided Town to successive promotions from League One to the Premier League.

"The opportunity to go and compete there in a league game is fantastic for the football club, for the group of players, and for the staff," said McKenna.

"It's a stadium that many of us will have grown up watching football at and be inspired by. You want the players to feel nothing but excitement and good feelings towards the game. We have a big game to focus on. There's a great energy around the training ground, everyone is really excited. It's the standout one on the calendar for sure."

His side, 18th in the table and five points behind 17th-placed Wolves, have not won a league match in 2025 and were beaten 4-1 at home by Tottenham on Saturday.

"We're not going to be dancing and singing after losing home games but we came out on the wrong side of a harsh scoreline," added McKenna. "It was disappointing the way the game ended up but we've taken a lot of positives from it."

Ipswich were the last side to beat Manchester United at Old Trafford in the league in a game the hosts led at half-time - in May 1984. United are unbeaten in 388 such games since then.

Meanwhile, United are unbeaten in their past seven home league games against Town, and have won the past three by an aggregate score of 15-0.

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Speculation in the press room was Abdoulaye Doucoure may have picked up the illness which has impacted the Everton squad.

David Moyes confirms in his pre-match interview Doucoure is unavailable because his wife is having a baby.

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Everton are unbeaten in six league matches and have taken 14 points from a possible 21 since David Moyes returned.

They had only won 17 points in their first 20 games under Sean Dyche.

Moyes has won one and lost five of his six Premier League meetings with Brentford, all with West Ham from 2021 to 2024. His record of 0.5 points per game in this fixture is his lowest average against any side in the competition.

Brentford's Yoane Wissa is having his best scoring season in England with 13 goals - beating last season's 12.

The 28-year-old DR Congo forward bagged 16 for then Ligue 2 side Lorent in 2019-20.

Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo have both scored in the same Premier League match on 17 occasions, including six this season - the most of any duo at any club since Brentford were promoted to the top flight in 2021-22.

Everton striker Beto has scored five goals in his past four Premier League games.

The 27-year-old had only scored four goals in his first 44 games for the club.

He is the first Everton player to score in four consecutive top-flight appearances since Richarlison in March 2021.

Beto could become only the fourth Evertonian to score in five successive Premier League outings, emulating Duncan Ferguson, Romelu Lukaku and Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter at Old Trafford

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There has been a huge amount of debate about Manchester United's first-half performance at Everton on Saturday.

It is fair to say head coach Ruben Amorim was not impressed.

"For the first half of our game at Everton last Saturday, I saw no sign of the team that had been working so well together at Carrington in the previous days," Amorim explains in his programme notes.

"However, we stuck to the plan and did not panic. In the second half, we played with more belief and a higher tempo and managed to save ourselves and take a draw."

It is a worry for Amorim that at this stage, he is still incapable of delivering the kind of coherent game plan he was brought in to achieve.