Hazard's return gets Chelsea back to winning ways, Man City pile more misery on Crystal Palace: Premier League predictions

London derby between West Ham and Tottenham kicks off the weekend, with Arsenal's clash with West Brom on Monday the last of the action.

West Ham United 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Why? West Ham's dismal start to the season has taken a turn for the better upon their return to the London Stadium, but Tottenham's away form has been impressive, the polar opposite of their displays at Wembley. Spurs should have too much for their rivals. Dan Mullan / Getty Images

Burnley 1 Huddersfield Town 0 Why? Burnley are enjoying a good start to the season while Huddersfield's early form looks to have tailed off. Chris Wood is in the goals and will fancy his chances against David Wagner's side. Lee Smith / Reuters

Everton 2 Bournemouth 0 Why? Everton look to end their wretched run of Premier League form when they welcome a Bournemouth side yet to keep a clean sheet this season. This won't be smooth sailing for Ronald Koeman's side but they should have enough quality to win. Jason Cairnduff / Reuters

Manchester City 5 Crystal Palace 1 Why? City are in red hot form and scoring at will. Palace are goalless and pointless. This fixture can only end one way and that is with a City drubbing. Palace to get their first league goal of the season but it will be nothing more than a consolation. John Sibley / Reuters

Southampton 0 Manchester United 2 Why? Southampton may sit a respectable ninth in the league table but a look at their opening fixtures and their continuous struggle to score goals means it has been a far from impressive start. United, on the other hand, are motoring along nicely and will pick up another three points this weekend. Jason Cairnduff / Reuters

Stoke City 1 Chelsea 3 Why? Chelsea have done OK so far this season but what is encouraging for the champions is the return to full fitness of star man Eden Hazard. The Belgian forward came through 90 minutes in the League Cup and his presence will make the difference at Stoke. Clive Rose / Getty Images

Swansea City 1 Watford 1 Why? Two relatively evenly matched sides should produce an evenly matched result. Swansea enter the fixture after an impressive draw at Tottenham while Watford come off the back of the 6-0 thrashing by City. Not much to separate these two. John Sibley / Reuters

Leicester City 1 Liverpool 2 Why? It's been a testing week for manager Jurgen Klopp, but with Philippe Coutinho now fully fit, Liverpool will expect their bad run to come to an end soon. They won't keep a clean sheet though, likely conceding from a set piece. Alex Livesey / Getty Images

Brighton and Hove Albion 0 Newcastle United 1 Why? Three wins in a row means Newcastle travel to the south coast full of confidence. Brighton picked up an impressive win against West Brom only to follow that up with defeat at Bournemouth. Newcastle should edge this one. Scott Heppell / Reuters

Arsenal 2 West Bromwich Albion 0 Why? After the doom and gloom from the defeat at Liverpool, Arsenal have won three of their next four and drawn the other away at Chelsea. All of a sudden there is some sunshine over the Emirates and the visit of West Brom should provide another three points. But will Alexis Sanchez start? Eddie Keogh / Reuters

This weekend's Premier League action gets started at the London Stadium on Saturday afternoon with a fierce derby between West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur before concluding on Monday night with Arsenal at home against West Bromwich Albion.

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In between, we have another eight matches to look forward to, including Liverpool's second trip to Leicester City this week following their League Cup third round clash on Tuesday. Crystal Palace face a daunting trip to the Etihad stadium to face free-scoring Manchester CIty, while champions Chelsea travel to Stoke City.

There is also a battle of the promoted sides in Sunday's only match when Brighton and Hove Albion host the high-flying Newcastle United.

Check out our predictions for this weekend's action by scrolling through the photo gallery above.