Michael Brown's predictions for this weekend's key Premier League matches

Former Manchester City, Sheffield United, Tottenham and Leeds United midfielder Michael Brown joined Racing Post Sport to discuss this week's big Premier League matches on our weekly YouTube football show Different League in association with Betfred.

Fulham v Chelsea

I played in the Fulham side that beat Chelsea in 2006 when they had Cech, Terry, Essien and Makelele. It was the night Jose Mourinho subbed off Joe Cole and Shaun Wright-Phillips inside 30 minutes.

Frank Lampard was in the Chelsea midfield on that occasion and, now in the dugout, he will be only too aware of the pressure which on him this season.

They have had an influx of new signings and will need time, but they were blown away by Manchester City and showed they are a little bit off that kind of level.

Avram Grant is being linked with a role at the club and I played under him at Portsmouth. He is a great guy and the list of people he knows is breathtaking but I am not quite sure how he would be able to help Frank at the moment.

Fulham have tightened up defensively and could get a sixth straight Premier League draw.

Sheffield United v Tottenham

These are both my former clubs so maybe I should sit on the fence and go for a draw, but my main bet would be Heung-Min Son to score.

Son is so lethal on the counter and when Sheffield United's full-backs go forward he can expose that, despite the Blades getting back to winning ways against Newcastle on Tuesday.

I was at Bramall Lane for that game and I was also at their match in the FA Cup last Saturday for their win over Bristol Rovers. I shouted over to Billy Sharp "you've got to go a bit quicker as you never know when you'll be needed," when he was doing some work after their game and then he stepped up to score the pen to beat Newcastle.

The quality has not been there from United this season and they have had injuries. Then they lost their confidence and the lack of a crowd I think has had a negative impact on their performances.

But confidence is the key. Having that belief to play a crisp forward pass is so important and the fact they still needed to score a VAR penalty to beat ten-man Newcastle at home highlights the problems facing Chris Wilder, who can do no more himself.

Liverpool v Manchester United

This is the testing moment for Manchester United but I think they have hit the front too early and could lose top spot to Liverpool in the Premier League.

United are happy sitting in because they have pace at the top of the pitch, but defensively can they keep Liverpool out?

That is the key to the match and I fancy Liverpool to win a tight game with Mohamed Salah proving to be the difference.

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