Predictions: Jack's Round 30 Premier League Picks

Now that we're at that hectic stage of the season where lots of clubs are balancing these Premier League games with important European ties, there's lots to consider when making your picks.

For more objective and useful information regarding that context, I'd recommend the Premium previews, but as always, my predictions are here as well.

Last round

A very average 3/10. It was a tough round in fairness, with only 2 results picked by more than 40% of the community.

Road the World Cup update

Even if, like me, you're having a poor season overall, the Road to the World Cup campaign means there's still something to play for in every remaining Premier League round.

🇵🇾🔑 The Paraguay key was won by Obi in Round 29. You can read a little more about that here.

🇳🇱🔑 The Netherlands key will be awarded to the top performer in this round.

Here are my thoughts on Round 30!

Burnley vs. Bournemouth

Even though Bournemouth haven't lost for a while, it's still hard to trust them to either win or draw. I'm backing them to just about edge this game at Burnley, but I'm far from confident after they failed to beat them at home. Prediction: Burnley 1-2 Bournemouth

Sunderland vs. Brighton

Of these two teams, I think Brighton are the more likely to finish the season strongly, but I still don't trust the Seagulls much away from home and the Stadium of Light is likely to remain a tough place to visit despite a couple of recent defeats. I'm sitting on the fence for this one. Prediction: Sunderland 1-1 Brighton

Arsenal vs. Everton

Everton's recent away form had me briefly wonder about whether they could cause an upset here, but you'd still have to be very brave to go against Arsenal. Prediction: Arsenal 2-0 Everton

Chelsea vs. Newcastle

Chelsea haven't convinced in home matches for some time and then their match at PSG in midweek was yet another where they showed that they just can't get out of their own way at the moment, but I think the fact that Newcastle are also in the middle of a Champions League tie helps them here. Newcastle haven't won at the Bridge for ages and it's unlikely that changes when they've got one eye on a match in Barcelona in a few days. Prediction: Chelsea 2-1 Newcastle

West Ham vs. Manchester City

There are clearly some question marks over City at the moment - I was stunned by that scoreline at the Bernabeu on Wednesday given the season that Madrid are having - but they still don't lose many Premier League games and Pep Guardiola still seems in a fairly defiant mood. West Ham have obviously have a lot to play for and will really throw themselves at this, but I think City might send a message that they aren't done just yet. Prediction: West Ham 1-3 Manchester City

Crystal Palace vs. Leeds

This strikes me as an opportunity for Leeds to earn at least a point. Palace's home record has been pretty shocking all season and Thursday's goalless draw with Larnaca is another poor result. Leeds' away record is even worse, but they should have more energy and intensity than the hosts given their schedule and what is at stake. Prediction: Crystal Palace 1-1 Leeds

Manchester United vs. Aston Villa

A really big game. United tend to win this fixture at Old Trafford so I'm going with them, but it would be a real statement result for Villa if they can win this one. Again, it's United who have the advantage of having had more time to prepare (even though Villa had a good win on Thursday). Prediction: Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa

Nottingham Forest vs. Fulham

Nottingham Forest are another side that had a really disappointing home result in Europe on Thursday, but I'm unsure how Fulham will go at the City Ground. As the Insights preview for Premium users explains, Fulham supporters aren't best pleased after the past week, so I think we'll either see a big response or a continued drop in intensity. Forest's need for points makes me want to go with them, but they haven't won at home for a while and Fulham tend to do well against them. Prediction: Nottingham Forest 1-2 Fulham

Liverpool vs. Tottenham

Every time you think Tottenham have hit rock bottom this season, it somehow gets worse! Tuesday night in Madrid went even worse than I expected for Spurs and I'm quite surprised Igor Tudor is still there. Now, their injury list has also somehow got worse rather than improving, so Liverpool really ought to win this comfortably. Prediction: Liverpool 3-0 Tottenham

Brentford vs. Wolves

Wolves are a lot better and a lot more fun to watch than I thought they'd be at this stage of the season, but we're still yet to see them win away so it's a stretch to back them here. Brentford ought to pick up the 3 points but I think this might be a more entertaining Monday night fixture than it sounds. Prediction: Brentford 3-1 Wolves

Best of luck with your own predictions!