The weekend English Premier League coupon includes Aston Villa v Chelsea, Spurs v Arsenal and Nottingham Forest v Manchester City and we highlight a few bets from five different matches.

Fulham evens Draw 26/10 Palace 5/2 (Saturday)

Both sides are just below half way in the standings with Fulham 1 place and 3 points better off than Palace. Both teams are safe from any threat of relegation and a top half finish is the most realistic target. Palace are in the better form after reeling off 3 straight wins at Liverpool and at home to West Ham and then Newcastle but Fulham boast some useful form in London derby matches having beaten Arsenal and Spurs here this season.

Palace are in such good form I'm tempted they can score in both halves of football

Bets: Away team to score in both halves? Yes at 3.45/1 with BoyleSports

Villa 23/20 Draw 28/10 Chelsea 1.95/1 (Saturday)

Villa are fourth, 6 points clear of fifth placed Spurs but they have played 2 more matches than their closest rivals for a guaranteed Champions League spot. They are looking for a third straight victory after an excellent 2-0 win at Arsenal followed by a 3-1 home win over Bournemouth.

Chelsea have had a bad week, thrashed 5-0 at Arsenal on Tuesday after bowing out of the FA Cup at the semi final stage with a 1-0 defeat to Man City at Wembley last Saturday. They had been unbeaten in their previous 8 league games before the poor display in midweek and with games in hand could still qualify for Europa League football if they can finish strongly.

Watkins is the main man for Villa and although Jackson is passing up goalscoring chances regularly for Chelsea he doesn't hide so the price boost at Sportingbet catches they eye.

Bets: Ollie Watkins and Nicolas Jackson both to have over 1.5 shots on target each, was 13/2 now 8/1 with Sportingbet

Bournemouth 13/10 Draw 11/4 Brighton 18/10 (Sunday)

Bournemouth's 1-0 win at Wolves and Brighton's 4-0 home defeat to Man City in midweek saw the teams swap places in the middle of standings. Brighton have gone 5 games without a win and their season is drifting.

Semenyo and Solanke are a real handful up front for Bournemouth. The former has had his injury problems but when fit, and he seems to be right now, he is worth a second look in the anytime goalscorer market.

Bets: Anytime goalscorer Semenyo at 22/10 with BoyleSports

Spurs 32/10 Draw 31/10 Arsenal 15/20 (Sunday)

Spurs were the only team to sit out the whole of last week and they now set about the task of closing that 6 point gap on fourth placed Villa. They have all the top 3 sides to face in their next 3 matches and after 2 defeats in their last 5 they desperately need to find some consistency over their remaining 6 games.

Arsenal regained top spot after trouncing Chelsea in midweek but they are still reliant on Man city dropping points somewhere in the run in. They played out a 2-2 draw with Spurs in the first league meeting of the season and did the double over them in 2022/23

Spurs lookup against it but they are still top 4 contenders and can make a game of it. I like the look of the BoyleSports price boost for Saka and Son to both score or assist.

Bets: Saka and Son to both score or assist, was 7/2 now 5/1 with BoyleSports

Forest 8/1 Draw 4.75/1 Man City 3/10 (Sunday)

Forest are sweating on news of an appeal against a 4 point deduction and seething from VAR decisions which went against them in their 2-0 defeat at Everton last weekend. As things stand they are fourth bottom and just 1 point clear of Luton who play on Saturday and second bottom Burnley have been improving of late.

After a 4-0 win at Brighton on Thursday City find themselves 1 points shy of Arsenal and 2 in front of Liverpool in the title race and they still have a game in hand. City are unbeaten in their last 18 league games, Haaland missed the Brighton game so watch the media for news of whether he will be fit to return.

Looking for an opponent of City to score anytime backfired on me at Brighton in midweek but in the hope / belief that Forest can nick a goal somewhere Gibbs-White comes onto the radar.

Bets: Anytime goalscorer Gibbs-White at 91/10 with BoyleSports

Note, odds are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change

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