• Brighton are looking to complete a league double over Nottingham Forest for the first time since the 2015-16 Championship.
• Nottingham Forest have failed to score in each of their past three league visits to Brighton (D1, L2)

• Brighton are on a club record 11-match unbeaten home run in the top flight (W5, D6).
• Nottingham Forest have lost 11 of their past 16 Premier League matches (W3, D2); only Brentford have had more defeats in that period.

Brighton will be again without midfielder Billy Gilmour, who is serving the final game of a three-match suspension.

Forward Joao Pedro, who has a hamstring injury, is among those on the Seagulls' injury list.

Nottingham Forest's Willy Boly and Chris Wood are back in training and could feature.

Midfielder Nicolas Dominguez came off with a minor complaint against Liverpool and will be assessed.

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Sutton's prediction: 2-0

Burnley are down as far as I am concerned. As a team they are pretty, but without a lot of punch.

West Ham fans have been moaning they are bored with 'Moyes-ball' but their team has scored seven goals in their past two games to just ram down how well it works.

I am delighted for David Moyes that he got those wins over Brentford and Everton to lift his side back up to seventh.

The Hammers travelled to Germany on Thursday in the Europa League so I am not sure how Moyes will manage his squad over the next few days. On that basis I'd usually quite fancy Burnley to get a point but, defensively, I don't see them holding out.

Dave's prediction: 1-1

Bria's prediction: 1-2

Read the rest of their predictions here

• Burnley are winless in five league games against West Ham since beating them 1-0 at the London Stadium in July 2020 courtesy of a Jay Rodriguez goal (D2, L3).
• The Clarets have only won two of their eight Premier League fixtures away to the Hammers (D1, L5).
• This will be the 90th league meeting between the sides. Burnley have 35 wins to West Ham's 34, with 20 draws.

Sounds scrumptious Pat!

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West Ham will need to assess left-back Emerson, who was withdrawn because of an injury in the defeat by Freiburg.

Nayef Aguerd is also doubtful after missing Thursday's game with an unspecified issue and Maxwel Cornet remains out with a hamstring problem.

Burnley midfielder Josh Brownhill returns following a one-game ban.

Aaron Ramsey, Nathan Redmond, Lyle Foster and Luca Koleosho are long-term absentees, while Jordan Beyer is not yet back in contention.

Have Burnley and Vincent Kompany failed to adjust their style in the Premier League?

Last season's superb form in the Championship has not been repeatable, with the Clarets rock bottom of the Premier League.

The Football News Show chatted all things Burnley, with former Premier League midfielder Michael Brown and Burnley fan Joe Redmond offering their views.

Watch a clip below or find the full episode here.

It's a big game indeed and one of four today.

Let's park the Villa-Spurs chat for a moment and quickly focus on our two 14:00 GMT fixtures.

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou, speaking to Sky Sports, on Timo Werner being replaced by Brennan Johnson: "I think we need the balance today and Brennan has done well for us recently."

On Aston Villa: "We know it's a big game and it's a team directly above us, they are a good side and these games are a good challenge - there is plenty of football still to be played.

"They try to condense the pitch, we will have to be patient at times and break that down if we can sort of play the game in their half it negates that a little bit."

• Aston Villa have beaten Spurs in three successive Premier League meetings for the first time since a club record run of four from 1994 to 1996.
• Tottenham are looking to avoid back-to-back away league defeats against Villa for the first time since 2004.
• Ollie Watkins has been directly involved in 26 Premier League goals this season, the most of any player in the competition.
• Spurs are on a club league record run of scoring in 38 consecutive matches, stretching back to a 1-0 defeat at Wolves on 4 March last year.

Aston Villa

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery, speaking to Sky Sports, on team selection: "Of course it's important, the standard of players are ready to play 100%.

"We have to try manage the 90 minutes because the physical aspect is going to be important as they [players] demand a lot of what they are facing.

"At home it is different. Today we focus on Tottenham and they have been fantastic - their style is very offensive.

"We are here trying to be strong with our supporters."

On building momentum: "We are being more consistent. We lost two matches to Manchester United and Newcastle United, of course we analyse every matches. It's important to analyse ourselves and develop ourselves.

"But, today is a match more of less similar to Man Utd and Newcastle, we have to try show our potential and capacity against this team."

It has been a season without European football for Tottenham, but will Ange Postecoglou's side settle for Europa League qualification?

Spurs sit in fifth, five points behind today's opponents Aston Villa in fourth but six points ahead of Manchester United.

As things stand, European football will return to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and although in fifth, it could be enough to also secure a Champions League spot.

"What’s more important is that we have a team that can challenge next season," said Postecoglou.

"It’s not a Willy Wonka golden ticket, it just gets you a year in the Champions League, but if you don’t grown on that then it’s pointless.

"We’re not going to be in it for participation either, we’re in it to win things."

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Wait, is Ben on childcare duties or is he taking his mum out for a go on the monkey bars?

Either way, he can stay in the know this afternoon by following our live.

Speaking of predictions Chris Sutton is making some for all 380 Premier League matches this season, against a variety of guests.

For this weekend's games, he takes on The Zutons frontman Dave McCabe, who supports Liverpool, and Better Joy's Bria Keely, who is a Manchester City fan.

Sutton's prediction: 3-2

What I have found difficult about making predictions this season is that there seems to be more games where there is not an outcome that would surprise me.

I'd usually expect some patterns to be obvious where you automatically think one team is going to win or lose but there have not been many so far, other than those involving the clubs at the very bottom of the table. Instead, this is another example of a game where Villa could win or lose 3-0, or it could be a 3-3 draw.

Villa's home form was very reliable for a while but even that has dropped off in the past few weeks and, although I am still going to say they will edge this, it is only a guess and not really based on anything concrete.

I know Villa won the reverse fixture, but they were quite fortunate and also it was against a Tottenham team who were missing some key men like James Maddison through injury and suspension.

Maddison will make a difference this time, and if the Spurs attack clicks then they will be dangerous. But you could say the same about Villa, and in-form Ollie Watkins, too and I don't think he will have a quiet afternoon.

Dave's prediction: There will be a few goals in this one. 3-2

Bria's prediction: I found this one tricky, because I felt like either side could win. 2-2

Read the rest of their predictions here

Sorry Sam, not with me on the live text!

The last two Villa matches I've reported on saw the Villains miss out on a chance to go top (1-1 at home to Sheffield United) and squander a 2-0 lead (3-2 loss at Manchester United).

Expecting Tottenham to win 5-0 today against nine men.

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Aston Villa make three changes to the side that started the 0-0 draw against Ajax in the first leg of their last-16 Europa Conference League tie on Thursday.

Captain John McGinn, winger Leon Bailey and full-back Matty Cash all start for the hosts in place of Moussa Diaby, Morgan Rogers and Tim Iroegbunam.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Lenglet, Torres, Digne, McGinn, Luiz, Tielemans, Watkins, Bailey.

Subs: Olsen, Carlos, Moreno, Diaby, Zaniolo, Duran, Rogers, Kesler-Hayden, Iroegbunam.

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Tottenham also make three alterations to the side that began 3-1 Premier League win at home to Crystal Palace last weekend.

Pedro Porro starts his first game for a month following a muscle injury and Brennan Johnson and Pape Matar Sarr also come in as Emerson Royal, Rodrigo Bentancur and Timo Werner drop to the bench.

Tottenham XI: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie, Bissouma, Sarr, Kulusevski, Maddison, Johnson, Son.

Subs: Austin, Hojbjerg, Dragusin, Royal, Werner, Lo Celso, Bentancur, Davies, Scarlett.

Will Ramsey, Torres and/or Porro return?

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