{"id":7362,"date":"2026-03-03T15:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/03\/03\/midweek-forecast-how-gameweek-29-could-shift-the-2025-26-races\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:07:04","slug":"midweek-forecast-how-gameweek-29-could-shift-the-2025-26-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2026\/03\/03\/midweek-forecast-how-gameweek-29-could-shift-the-2025-26-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Midweek Forecast: How Gameweek 29 Could Shift the 2025\/26 Races"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With 10 fixtures left in the 2025\/26 Premier League season, every midweek result feels weighted. This Gameweek 29 slate offers pivotal matches that can alter the contours of the title race, European qualification and relegation fight.<\/p>\n<p>Bournemouth host Brentford at the Vitality Stadium in a south-coast duel. Bournemouth have been among the Premier League\u2019s form teams in 2026 following the arrival of Brazilian Rayan and the club\u2019s response to Antoine Semenyo\u2019s midseason exit. They have been held to draws in each of their last two outings. Brentford arrive with confidence after a dramatic victory at Burnley, where VAR interventions and Mikkel Damsgaard\u2019s stoppage-time strike secured three points. Prediction: Bournemouth 2\u20132 Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>Burnley showed spirit in their comeback at Turf Moor, and manager Scott Parker said he was \u201cmore sad than disappointed\u201d after Saturday\u2019s fightback came up short. The Clarets need a run of results to climb out of trouble; Nottingham Forest sit eight points clear in 17th. Everton, who have collected 16 points from 14 outings at the Hill Dickinson Stadium but have been strong away from home, travel to Turf Moor. Jordan Pickford\u2019s late save from Sandro Tonali was a highlight of their recent 3\u20132 win at Newcastle. Prediction: Everton 2\u20131 Burnley.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds remain in the relegation mix despite good form this calendar year. Six of their seven league wins have come at Elland Road, where they face a Sunderland side that have taken one of the lowest point totals on the road in the division. Prediction: Leeds 1\u20130 Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool, bolstered by Florian Wirtz\u2019s return from a back injury, visit Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wolves have improved under Rob Edwards and their recent form makes this less straightforward than it might have been. Prediction: Wolves 1\u20132 Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa, dealing with midfield absences, host Chelsea, who have gone three league games without a win. Prediction: Aston Villa 1\u20131 Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal travel to Brighton, Fulham host West Ham, Manchester City entertain Nottingham Forest, Newcastle face Manchester United, and Tottenham meet Crystal Palace. Predictions: Brighton 0\u20132 Arsenal; Fulham 2\u20131 West Ham; Man City 3\u20131 Nott\u2019m Forest; Newcastle 2\u20131 Man Utd; Tottenham 1\u20130 Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>These midweek results will matter. Ten games remain to decide who finishes where.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten gameweeks remain. Midweek fixtures will reshape the title, European and relegation races. Ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1503,969],"tags":[1162,1504],"class_list":["post-7362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gameweek-29","category-premier-league","tag-analytics","tag-gameweek-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}