West Brom v Swansea

This is one of those fixtures I purposefully keep an eye out for at this stage of the season, between two teams who've done enough to secure their league status and  have begun to loll in the tepid comfort of midtable.

Essentially, what we have is two teams with not a whole lot to play for. From here to the end of the season, no matter what they might tell the media, the reality for  the players, is that the pressure is off.

But even if you don't buy into that theory, you have to accept that in West Brom we have a team who are very solid at home. In fact, they have the fourth best home  defence in the league, conceding less than a goal a game.

While in Swansea, we're looking at the third best away defence. Ignore their loss at Liverpool, when Michael Laudrup rested players ahead of the Cup final. The real  Swansea defence is the one that conceded just one goal in its previous five away games. That's astounding form. And it also shows the defensive mindset the Dane  employs away from home.

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Sunday

Liverpool v Tottenham

Liverpool's games are packed with action. Twelve of their last 13 matches would have won you money if you'd backed them for more than two and a half goals.

Leading the way for the Reds is Luis Suarez. The Uruguayan is in red-hot form, having netted 10 goals in his last 10 league appearances. But whether or not it's Suarez  who grabs the headlines, you can almost guarantee that Liverpool will get on the scoresheet. Only once in their last 15 matches have Brendan Rogers' side failed to  find the net.

To be fair to their opponents though, they're not exactly slouches in front of goals either. Despite regular injuries to their first choice strikers, Tottenham have  continued to create goals.

Their main way of achieving this has been by pushing Gareth Bale into more attacking situations, usually through the middle. As a result, the midfielder has netted  seven times in just his last five outings. And with Jermaine Defoe back to replace the injured Adebayor, Spurs certainly look capable of finding the net at least once,  something they've done in 13 of their last 15 games.

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Newcastle v Stoke

There's no doubt about it, Stoke are in a funk, having won just two of their last ten. They don't need to push the panic button just yet, as they still hold a nine  point advantage over the teams in the relegation zone. But manager Tony Pulis will nonetheless want to end this poor form right now.

So what do you do when you're struggling? You concentrate on what made you good in the first place. And for Stoke that means keeping things tight, as shown by the fact  that 10 of their 14 away fixtures so far have been low-scoring.

Actually, the signs are that Pulis has already begun this tightening-up process, with three 1-0 scorelines from their last four games suggesting the Potters are now  making a scrap of things.

For Newcastle, this match will be a tough ask, coming so shortly after a European game in Russia, where they were under the pump for long periods. That fatigue won't  help their cause in unlocking a stubborn Stoke defence. Luckily for Newcastle though, they don't have too much to fear from the Potters' attack, which has netted just  eight times in its 14 away games.

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