We take a look at 3 of the English Premier League matches taking place this weekend and suggest a bet in each.

A quick look at the Outright Betting where Manchester City are still very much in control and priced as 1/9 favourites to defend their title, Liverpool are 13/2, 80/1 Chelsea and 300/1 the balance.

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SATURDAY

MANCHESTER UNITED v SOUTHAMPTON

United are 6^th on the table after a disappointing 1-1 draw away at Burnley earlier in the week that ended a run of two successive victories and they have lost only 1 of their last 10 matches in the League.

Looking at Manchester United’s home form they have played 11, won 6, drawn 1 and lost 4 and matches at Old Trafford this season have averaged 3 goals each with under 2.5 goal backers collecting profits in 6 of their 11 games.

Southampton are 10^th on the table after a stunning 3-2 victory at Tottenham earlier in the week. They have won 3 of 12 matches on the road with 3 draws and 6 losses and Southampton games have been high scoring for their travels averaging 3.4 goals each with 10 of the 12 matches reaching the 3 goal market. Both teams have found the back of the net in Southampton’s last 7 League games, 5 of which have seen 4 goals or more scored in total.

These sides drew 1-1 at Southampton earlier in the season and Manchester United won this fixture 9-0 last season.

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Manchester United 6/10

Draw 3/1

Southampton 4/1

Suggested Bet: Over 3.5 goals at 13/8

I am basing this mainly on recent Southampton matches which have been free flowing with both teams scoring.

SUNDAY

TOTTENHAM v WOLVES

Tottenham are currently 7^th on the table and have suffered back-to-back defeats at home to Southampton and away at Chelsea. They sit just 1 position and 2 points above Wolves who also suffered a defeat earlier in the week, 1-0 at home to Arsenal. That broke a run of 5 successive matches without defeat and 3 victories in a row.

Tottenham have won 7 and drawn 1 of their 11 home matches and Wolves have won 6 and drawn 2 of their away games which gives them a 6^th best away record in the League. While Tottenham home games averaged 2.8 goals each Wolves away matches averaged just 1.7 goals this season with only 2 of the 11 matches delivering you profits had you backed over 2.5 goals.

Tottenham beat Wolves 1-0 on the road earlier this season and the last 3 head-to-head’s between the teams have had 2 goals or less in them.

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Tottenham 4/6

Draw 26/10

Wolves 9/2

Suggested Bet: Handicap, Wolves (+0.5) goals at 12/10

For this bet to arrive we need Wolves to either win the game or avoid defeat and given Spurs recent form I think there is every chance of that. I was looking at going under 2.5 goals, but the 7/10 is just a bit short money for me.

LEICESTER v WEST HAM

Leicester are currently 12^th on the table and have only won 1 of their last 5 matches. They lost 2-0 away to Liverpool in midweek and their previous home game was a 1-1 draw with Brighton. Overall they have won 5 and drawn 2 of their 11 home matches, those games have averaged 3.2 goals each with a fairly even split for over and under 2.5 goal backers.

West Ham are 4^th on the table and got a much needed 1-0 home win over Watford earlier in the week to break a run of 2 successive losses. They have won 6 and drawn 2 of 12 away matches to sit 4^th in the League were it just to be run on away games and there has been an even split of over and under 2.5 goals in West Ham away matches.

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Leicester 7/4

Draw 95/40

West Ham 29/20

Suggested Bet: Result and both teams to score, West Ham and Yes at 28/10

I like West Ham’s chances on the road going against Leicester, but looking at head-to-head form between the sides, 6 of the last 7 games have seen both teams find the net so I am going to throw that in which affectedly doubles the West Ham price.

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Note: All prices correct at the time of writing but are subject to change