Top four preview

The premier league is slowly drawing to a close and the race for the title could not have been tougher or more unpredictable if it had been planned. Chelsea lead the chasing pack with just one point, Manchester city in third position could conceivably overtake both chelsea and arsenal if they win their games in hand as they boast a vastly superior goal difference and liverpool in fourth position are just four points off the leaders. This weekend throws up another set of intresting fixtures for the EPL faithful to enjoy and I will attempt a modest review of two of the teams making up the top four as I already previewed chelsea vs fulham and manchester city do not play this weekend. 1. Southampton vs Liverpool: Liverpool visit the saints on the back of a three game winning streak having won six and drawn two of their last eight matches, they will be anxious to avenge a 1 - 0 loss suffered at the hands of the saints during the first half of the season. Liverpool could rise as high as second depending on the results of the arsenal match coupled with the fact that manchester city do not play this weekend. Prediction: southampton 1 - 2 Liverpool 2. Stoke vs Arsenal : Arsenal face a potential banana peel as they visit a stoke side that have garnered 21 of their entire 27 points this season on home soil. Arsenal brushed aside their disappointing result against bayern munich in the champions league to hammer a hapless sunderlan 4 - 1 but this is a different sort of test against a different sort of opponent who though in 15th position will give arsenal a run for their money. Prediction: Stoke 1 - 1 Arsenal I believe the weekend will end with the following as our top four. 1. Chelsea 63points 2. Arsenal. 60points 3. Liverpool 59points 4. Man city. 57points. Catch you later for a review of all the matches as they happened