Premier League and Carabao Cup: things to look out for this weekend

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Their last Premier League victory there came in March 2022 and Arne Slot’s side will face a Brighton team who have won three of their last four matches. Photograph: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images4Chelsea’s easy ride proves Everton’s pointIt is with rich irony that Chelsea’s first Premier League game since being fined for breaching financial rules during Roman Abramovich’s ownership should be away at Everton, the club the Premier League made an example of when reinforcing its authority over disobedient members (except the wealthiest ones who tried to join a European Super League).

Howe is desperate to end not merely his club’s 10-game winless run in league meetings with Sunderland but avenge the December defeat at the Stadium of Light when Nick Woltemade’s spectacular own goal gave Régis Le Bris’s side victory. Goals have not exactly been free-flowing for Sunderland in recent weeks but their manager can only be heartened by Newcastle’s failure to keep a clean sheet in all but five of their last 35 games.

“We have to provide more for him, that’s it,” said Arteta. Six months on the Sweden striker’s recent performances have suggested he is now on the same wavelength as the rest of Arsenal’s attackers, having scored his 16th goal of the campaign against Everton last week.