A minute's applause before all of today's Premier League games in solidarity with Ukraine.

Plenty of yellow and blue flags on show everywhere, with Southampton fans also having yellow and blue scarves.

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Alistair Magowan
BBC Sport at St James' Park

Just the 700-mile round trip today for the Brighton fans, who will be hoping their team avoid a fourth consecutive defeat, which would match as many as in their first 23 games this season.

The Newcastle fans and the Wor Flags crew have decked St James Park out in black and white once again.

Anyone up for calling this the Dan (Burn, Ashworth) derby?

Just me, then?

Mark Lawrenson
BBC football expert

Wolves come into this game off the back of two away defeats, at Arsenal and West Ham, which means they have slipped a bit behind the top six.

Bruno Lage's side are still very good at what they do, though, and they never seem to be opened up at all. This will be close, because Palace are always very competitive too, but I'm going with Wolves to edge it.

Prediction: 2-1

Crystal Palace are aiming to win three consecutive league games against Wolves for the first time.

Wolves have won three successive home matches against Crystal Palace in all competitions.

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Martin Keown
Former England defender on Final Score

It’s remarkable, the speed at which Christian Eriksen has come back. He’s a wonderful footballer. He’s coming back at a perfect time – Brentford really need him.

Where will they play him? I think they’ll play him just off the front. I think Brentford will play to their strengths and go after Norwich today. Brentford have the firepower to do that.

Leicester City

Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers to BBC Match of the Day: "Leeds had three opportunities but Kasper has made three good saves. We also had opportunities as well. It was always going to be a tough game. They have good players. They were playing slightly differently but they always play to the end.

"I can't praise my players enough after a tough game in midweek. I'm proud of the team's courage.

"Games with Leeds can sometimes be a bit chaotic but the goal came when we could control it. Barnes finishes it really well. He is a player getting better and better at this level, so I'm really pleased."

On Kasper Schmeichel's performance: "It's what you want your goalkeeper to do when they are called upon. You have to fight, you know they have quality and when he was asked to make saves he did that."

On Leicester's season: "It tells you everything about the spirit of the team. We will play better this season, but we have showed a real resilience and a tough mentality, and that's important in the Premier League.

"The players have been quite good but not had the performances they deserved. But I feel we are getting to that spirit and cohesion we have had during most of my time here."

Fulham

Fulham extended their lead at the top of the Championship to 11 points with victory over fellow promotion hopefuls Blackburn Rovers at Craven Cottage.

Read the match report here.

Newcastle United

Men waving huge flags with smiles on their face. Hen parties in the crowd. Even the sun is shining. It's amazing how quickly the atmosphere has changed at Newcastle. Will they make it eight unbeaten in the Premier League?

Martin Keown
Former England defender on Final Score

This is going to be very tough for Chelsea against Burnley. As a Burnley player, this is a game you can get an unexpected three points from and put Leeds and Everton in a whole load of trouble.

Burnley have got momentum. I was very surprised in midweek that Leicester beat them. They need to get something out of this game.

Mark Lawrenson
BBC football expert

Newcastle's run just keeps on going - they are seven unbeaten now in the league, and have won four of their past five games - and they keep climbing away from the relegation zone.

Brighton are at the other end of the form table, and have now lost three in a row - which is their worst run of the season. They've not scored in any of those defeats either, but it's nothing new for them to be short of goals.

All things considered, it has to be another Newcastle win here - their improvement shows what a difference a bit of momentum and confidence can make, and a big home crowd will help them on Saturday too.

Prediction: 2-0

The referee today is Anthony Taylor, who was the ref for the Denmark v Finland game at Euro 2020 where Christian Eriksen suffered his cardiac arrest.

His swift action in stopping play helped the Dane get treatment immediately which in turn saved his life.

Read this interview from Taylor here.

Mark Lawrenson
BBC football expert

Off the pitch, Chelsea's future is uncertain after Roman Abramovich put the club up for sale but I don't think that will affect the players much.

This is an awkward-looking game for them, but then so was their trip to Luton in the FA Cup.

Burnley were just starting to build a bit of momentum before they lost to Leicester on Tuesday, and I think that defeat will set them back a little bit - Chelsea should edge this one too.

Prediction: 0-1

Leicester City

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers speaking to BT Sport: "They are a good side with really good players and I am very proud of my players. They showed a lot of courage to dig in. We got the winner and Kasper Schmeichel made some good saves and we got the win.

"We expected Leeds to play 4-2-3-1 but it was very much 4-2-2-2, which meant there was an overload against our back line so we pressed it differently in the second half and closed down those spaces."

On matchwinner Harvey Barnes: "Harvey is getting better all the time and has that appetite to score goals. He finishes it really well. It was a good goal and he is such a threat with his speed."

On Kasper Schmeichel's performance: "Kasper has made a lot of great saves. He had one save virtually two yards out, he is a very good shot stopper and a good keeper."

On their struggles for form this season: "It has been a challenging season, but you see the mentality in the team and we just want to finish the season as strongly as we can.

"These boys won't finish on par with where we should finish, but that magnifies how far we have come over the last few years. We will get back to hopefully disrupting teams at the top of this league."

Mark Lawrenson
BBC football expert

Brentford just need something - anything - to stop the rot after only taking one point from their past eight games. Christian Eriksen will help there, because they won't struggle to create chances with him in the team.

Norwich had a bit of a run of form at the start of the year but their results have dropped off in the past few weeks, and they are back on the bottom of the table.

A win would be huge for both sides. I just have a feeling that neither of them will get it.

Prediction: 1-1

Thomas Frank joined Brentford as assistant manager to Dean Smith in 2016. Frank took over as manager when Smith left to take charge of Aston Villa in 2018.

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Mark Lawrenson
BBC football expert

Southampton are one of the form teams in the Premier League at the moment - the Saints kept marching on in the FA Cup in midweek too, despite making lots of changes, and it's seven games unbeaten now in all competitions for Ralph Hasenhuttl's side.

Villa's results, in contrast, have been up and down in recent weeks but they have still been creating plenty of chances in most of those games and I think they will cause Southampton some problems.

Prediction: 2-1

Aston Villa have won only one of the past 11 meetings in all competitions.

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