What Premier League games are on this week, and what is current table?
Manchester City's rivals look to cut their lead at the top of the table as the push for the Champions League places intensifies and the relegation scrap heats up ahead of matchweek 28
WITH the fifth round ties of the FA Cup taking centre stage last week, the race for the Premier League title resumes its hard-fought battle, with nine games kicking off this weekend.
Manchester City will be unable to extend their lead at the top of the standings as their intention lies on beating Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final, gifting Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham a chance to close the gap.
Who's playing who, and what time are the games this weekend?
THIS weekend's fixtures begins with a 12:30pm kick-off on Saturday, with Leicester City taking on Stoke City, who begin the day inside the relegation zone.
Five matches will take place at the usual 3:00pm kick-off, Bournemouth vs Newcastle, Brighton vs Swansea, Burnley vs Southampton, Liverpool vs West Ham and West Brom vs Huddersfield.
The late kick-off on Saturday sees Watford face Everton at Vicarage Road at 5:30pm, the latter edged a five goal thriller between the two clubs back in November.
The final two encounters commence on Sunday as Crystal Palace welcome Tottenham to Selhurst Park at mid-day and Manchester United aim to close Manchester City's lead with a victory over Chelsea at 2:05pm.
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Which channel will the games be shown on and can I live stream it?
YOU can catch Leicester's match versus Stoke on , with coverage beginning at 11:30am.
Everton's match against Watford will be screened on , coverage begins at 5:00pm.
Both of Sunday's games will be shown on Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event, coverage of Crystal Palace and Tottenham's starts at 11:30am, and is immediately followed by Manchester United vs Chelsea at 2:00pm.
What happened during matchweek 27?
MANCHESTER CITY's advantage at the top of the Premier League was increased after they ran riot at home to Leicester City, in a 5-1 demolition of the former champions.
Closest challengers and neighbours Manchester United suffered a surprise loss to Newcastle United, losing further ground to the Sky Blues in the title race.
Elsewhere, Tottenham triumphed 1-0 in the North-London derby, Liverpool closed the gap to second-placed Man United after beating Southampton at St Mary's and Swansea continued their remarkable resurgence under new boss Carlos Carvalhal with victory over Burnley.
