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Football on TV: Which Premier League games are on Sky and BT Sport this weekend?

There are five live games on Saturday, Sunday and Monday

Friday 01 May 2015 13:42 BST

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Premier League fans will enjoy another bumper weekend of action over the Bank Holiday, with five live games.

The action starts early on Saturday with relegation battlers Leicester City hoping to notch a fifth win in six when they face the Premier League's worst team (on form), Newcastle United.

Newcastle have now lost seven matches in a row, their last win coming against Aston Villa at the end of February. John Carver has won just two of his matches since taking over on New Year's Day.

There are five games at 3pm and then the action moves to Old Trafford, where Louis van Gaal's Manchester United host West Bromwich Albion. After Liverpool's defeat to Hull, United are pretty much sure of a top four place, while Tony Pulis' team are just about out of the relegation battle.

Premier League flops of the season

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Premier League flops of the season

Wojciech Szczesny - Arsenal

The Arsenal goalkeeper could very well find himself on the lookout for a new club in the summer after losing his first-team place to David Ospina this season. An inconsistent first half of the campaign came to a head when he was at fault for both goals in the 2-0 defeat to Southampton on New Year’s Day. But the real scandal came when he was caught smoking in the showers after the game, and immediately dropped by manager Arsene Wenger. He has been limited to FA Cup appearances only since the incident, although that could yet lead to an FA Cup final appearance later this month.

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Premier League flops of the season

Kyle Walker - Tottenham

The Tottenham defender had the difficulty of heading into the season with a serious injury that kept him out of action until December, but 2015 has seen him slip down the England pecking order as well as see questions asked of his form at White Hart Lane. Having emerged as a bright talent at right-back once he broke into the Spurs first team, he has failed to push on a fulfil that promise, and the lack of options on the right available to Mauricio Pochettino is harming Walker as he is not being challenged for a place in the first team.

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Premier League flops of the season

Vincent Kompany - Manchester City

Kompany hasn’t been the worst defender in the Premier League this season, but due to the high standards he has set in recent years, he has fallen below expectations. A recurring groin injury has hampered his year, and he was pushed hard in this side by his Manchester City colleague Eliaquim Mangala whose £42m transfer has been nothing short of a calamitous decision, but Kompany took the shirt on a basis that he has been the form defender in the Premier League for some time until this season.

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Premier League flops of the season

Dejan Lovren - Liverpool

There were a few eyebrows raised when Liverpool shelled out £20m to Southampton last summer to sign Lovren, but his first season at Anfield must go down as a failure. The Serbian centre-back fell out of the first team as Brendan Rodgers shuffled his tactics and elected three at the back – which didn’t include Lovren.

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Premier League flops of the season

Filipe Luis - Chelsea

He’s set to pick up a Premier League winners’ medal in his first season in England – but only just. The former Atletico Madrid left-back has made just 12 appearances in the Premier League this season, seven of which were starts. Having arrived in a £16m deal, the hope at Chelsea was that the Brazilian would strengthen the first team, but he has had to play second fiddle to Cesar Azpilicueta and has not matched the high expectations of him this season.

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Premier League flops of the season

Steven Gerrard - Liverpool

It was supposed to be Gerrard’s swansong, the year Liverpool built on last season’s runner-up spot and finally ended the career-long wait to Gerrard’s first Premier League trophy. Instead, it will be most remembered for Gerrard being sent-off 38 seconds after coming off the substitutes’ bench in the defeat to Manchester United. While the former England captain’s worth to Liverpool Football Club has been unrivalled, this season has seen him struggle for consistent form given that he is no longer able to carry Liverpool singlehandedly.

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Premier League flops of the season

Jack Wilshere - Arsenal

Injury plays a big part in Wilshere’s selection, but then it seems to play a big part in his career, too. At the age of 23, the hope was that he would be closing in on a half-century of international caps, having made his England debut in 2010, but he has been severely hampered by time away from the game and now finds his Arsenal future under threat. With the Gunners looking to bring in a big name player each year, Wilshere’s poor season could see him made expendable in the near future. He’s made just nine Premier League appearances this season, the last of which came against Manchester United in November, and he won’t look back on 2014/15 with too much fondness.

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Premier League flops of the season

Yaya Toure - Manchester City

The driving force behind Manchester City’s two Premier League titles to date, Toure has looked a little over the hill this season, sparking talk of a move away from the club at the end of the season. The stats show a dramatic drop-off this season, with last term’s haul of 20 goals in 35 games dwarfing his record this season of eight goals in 26 matches. City’s fall away in the title race can be represented through Toure’s form, and when you assess the 2014/15 season for the club, you might as well take a look at Toure to see just how much of a disappointment this year has been.

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Premier League flops of the season

Angel Di Maria - Manchester United

Arriving in England as the Premier League’s most expensive player in its history is a large bill to feel, but Di Maria hasn’t come close to showing his best. He made a solid start to life at Old Trafford, but has not performed since the turn of the year and has even seen himself dropped from United’s first-team in recent weeks. A haul of just four goals come at nearly £15m per goal, and the outlay simply hasn’t been worth it this season.

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Premier League flops of the season

Mario Balotelli - Liverpool

What can you say about Mario Balotelli? Having burst on the scene with endless amounts of potential, Balotelli has found himself caught up in headlines off the pitch more than he has on it. With Brendan Rodgers admitting he took a £16m “gamble” to sign the Italian last summer, one goal in 16 league appearances shows that’s a gamble that hasn’t paid off in the slightest.

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Premier League flops of the season

Radamel Falcao - Manchester United

It doesn’t take a genius to realise that Manchester United are not even going to consider activating the £43.2m clause in Falcao’s contract that will make his move to Old Trafford permanent. The Colombian striker looks a shadow of his former self, and while the knee injury that kept him out of the World Cup last summer could be the cause of his slump, United still shelled out nearly £20m for a season-long loan of a man who has spent most of his time on the United bench. Sadly, a player with the talents of Falcao will go down in history as one of the worst signings in the Premier League.

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On Sunday Chelsea have the chance to win the fourth title of the Roman Abramovich era when they host Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge. Alan Pardew's team will be hoping to spoil the party but three points will be enough to win it.

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City clash following the Chelsea game, but although it sounds like an exciting clash on paper, neither team has anything to play for, unfortunately.

On Monday night Hull City will be hoping their win against Liverpool can inspire them to another victory against a top side, with Arsenal the visitors at the KC Stadium.

Hull are now four points clear of Sunderland in the relegation zone, although Dick Advocaat's team have a game in hand.

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LIVE FIXTURES

Saturday, 2 May - Leicester City vs Newcastle United (12.45pm, BT Sport 1)

Manchester United vs West Bromwich Albion (5.30pm, Sky Sports 1)

Sunday, 3 May - Chelsea vs Crystal Palace (1.30pm, Sky Sports 1)

Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester City (4pm, Sky Sports 1)

Monday, 4 May - Hull City vs Arsenal (8pm, Sky Sports 1)

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