We select 3 of the weekends English Premier League matches to have a bet in.
A quick look at the latest Outright Betting where Manchester City are 4/6 favourites ahead of Liverpool at 28/10 while Chelsea have drifted with their price virtually doubling and they are out to 5/1, third favourites, you can get 80/1 Manchester United and 150/1 and better the balance.
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FRIDAY
BRENTFORD v WATFORD
Brentford are currently 13th on the table, but they have only won 1 of their last 8 matches. Last time out they drew 2-2 at Leeds and their last home game was a 1-0 victory over Everton and that broke a run of 3 successive home losses.
Watford are 17th on the table, just above the relegation zone and they are coming off 3 successive losses at home to Manchester City and Chelsea and away at Leicester. Prior to that they beat Manchester United 4-1 at home. Over 2.5 goal backers would have collected profits in Watford’s last 4 matches which have had 18 goals in them in total. 2 of Watford’s 4 wins this season have come on the road.
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Brentford 12/10
Draw 12/5
Watford 49/20
Suggested Bet: Both teams to score, YES, at 15/20
I think we could be in for an exciting Friday night match here and while Watford are on a losing run they have shown that they are sharp in front of goal and I expect we will see defences breached at both ends.
SATURDAY
LIVERPOOL v ASTON VILLA
Liverpool currently sit 2nd on the log and they have won their last 4 matches including a 1-0 away win over Wolves last time out. Their last 2 home games were comfortable 4-0 hammerings of Southampton and Arsenal and they are undefeated at home this season with 4 victories and 3 draws. Liverpool’s home matches have averaged 3.3 goals each and 5 of the 7 games would have seen you collect profits had you been backing over 2.5 goals.
Aston Villa are 10th on the table and have won 3 of their last 4 matches including beating Leicester 2-1 at home last time out. Their last away game was a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace and that was their second win in 7 away matches this season. Aston Villa away matches have averaged 2.9 goals each and 5 of the 7 games have reached the 3 goal mark.
Liverpool won this fixture 2-1 last season, but were stunned 7-2 at Aston Villa.
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Liverpool 1/4
Draw 23/4
Aston Villa 10/1
Suggested Bet: Over 3.5 goals at 19/20
Liverpool are in cracking goal scoring form and this bet would have arrived in Liverpool’s last 4 home matches.
SUNDAY
LEICESTER CITY v NEWCASTLE UNITED
Leicester are currently 11th on the log, but are battling with consistency and have only won 1 of their last 6 matches. Last time out they lost 2-1 away at Aston Villa and their last home game was a 4-2 victory over Watford. Overall at home they have won 3 and drawn 1 of their 7 matches and having a closer look at their goal scoring record, in front of their own fans, the Leicester home games have averaged 3.3 goals each with Leicester scoring 11 and conceding 12.
Newcastle currently sit second from bottom and they finally claimed their first win of the season when they beat Burnley 1-0 at home last time out. Their last away game was a 2-0 defeat at Arsenal. Newcastle have yet to win on the road this season with 3 draws and 4 defeats in 7 matches and they have scored 5 goals while conceding 13 and 5 of the 7 Newcastle away matches have delivered profits for under 2.5 goal backers.
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Leicester City 15/20
Draw 63/20
Newcastle United 67/20
Suggested Bet: Handicap, Newcastle United (+1) at 21/20
For this bet to arrive we need Newcastle to either win or draw the match and I do expect things to continue improving and to build on their win over Burnley last week. Leicester have looked a bit erratic this season and I suspect we can get an upset here, but will take the insurance of the draw with this bet.
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