Paul Merson's Premier League predictions - Round 11

Paul Merson tips QPR to hold Manchester City and Swansea to draw with Arsenal this weekend. Read on for all of his predictions...

Swansea v Arsenal – 3.30pm, Sun, Sky Sports 1

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This is a hard game for Arsenal, especially after what happened against Anderlecht. I don’t just blame the back four because defending is done from the front and you have to blame everybody in the team. They are very lucky that they’ve got Alexis Sanchez because he’s been outstanding. They will be in trouble in the Champions League if they don’t win their group, so the priority has to be top four this season. However, I think this will be a hard game for them. I like Wilfried Bony and I think Swansea will cause problems.

PAUL PREDICTS: 1-1 (Sky Bet odds 5/1)

West Brom v Newcastle – 12.30pm, Sun, Sky Sports 1

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Saido Berahino deserves his England call-up. Who not? He’s English and he’s scoring goals in the hardest league in the world. If Rickie Lambert is getting in when he isn’t playing and a player who’s scoring goals isn’t getting in then it ain’t right. This sends out a good message. As for Newcastle, they’ve started to get a little bit of luck, which has turned into wins. That turns into confidence and that turns you into a much better player than you were five or six weeks ago. They don’t have bad players and they are on a bit of a roll now. West Brom don’t lose a lot of games at home but they don’t win a lot either, so I’ll go for a Desmond.

PAUL PREDICTS: 2-2 (Sky Bet odds 12/1)

QPR v Man City – 4.45pm, Sat, Sky Sports 1

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There are a lot of other managers in the league who would like Man City’s crisis! I think their attitude is poor, though, as they should be beating anybody and it will be a hard game under the lights on Saturday night with Bobby Zamora pinning them back. I really think QPR can get something out of this game. It took City until the 80th minute to break Aston Villa down and they were hanging on against Man United, as well. They are really struggling.

PAUL PREDICTS: 1-1 (Sky Bet odds 15/2)

Tottenham v Stoke

I went to the game last week at Villa Park and Tottenham were so poor – it was only the Christian Benteke sending off that let Tottenham in. I felt sorry for the Spurs fans because they took thousands up there but fair play to them because they stuck with the team even though they were so bad. I think Mauricio Pochettino has to play Harry Kane in this game and I think Tottenham will win. I don’t like going against Stoke but they are not travelling very well.

PAUL PREDICTS: 2-1 (Sky Bet odds 7/1)

Sunderland v Everton

Sunderland got a massive result against Crystal Palace on Monday night and the confidence will now pick up