EPL Predictions: Picks, Top Players for Week 10 Premier League Fixtures

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After winning their first six matches of the new Premier League season, Manchester City have now claimed just two points from their last three outings in the English top flight.

Pep Guardiola’s side face a trip to West Bromwich Albion in Week 10, and they will be desperate to get back to winning ways as they look to hang on to top spot—four other sides are within a point of them at the top of the standings.

Tottenham Hotspur have also only managed draws in their last two league outings and host defending champions Leicester City next up at White Hart Lane, with the Foxes having enjoyed a comfortable 3-1 win against Crystal Palace last time out.

Read on for a look at which players could be set to star for their sides in Week 10, along with full predictions for each match on the schedule.

    

Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City

Belgian Kevin De Bruyne was fantastic as City swept all before them in the first few matches of the season.

However, he picked up an injury in the Sky Blues’s last victory—the 3-1 defeat of Swansea City on Sept. 24—and has failed to register either a goal or assist since he returned.

In City’s 1-1 draw with Southampton last time out, the playmaker was replaced by Guardiola at half-time having looked “unusually slow-witted and indecisive,” per the Manchester Evening News’s Stuart Brennan.

If the Manchester outfit are to return to their best form once again, they need De Bruyne at his devastating best.

Per a Bleacher Report panel, City’s recent slump has been partially caused by opponents …

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