PREMIER LEAGUE SATURDAY: We preview Saturday’s Premier League games with a recommended BETDAQ bet in each. The highlight is LIVERPOOL v ARSENAL at 5.30pm.
MANCHESTER UNITED V BOURNEMOUTH
12.30pm We kick off this weekend’s Premier League action with the EFL Cup winners Manchester United taking on Bournemouth. This should be a routine home win given that Bournemouth are currently in woeful form – they’ve now lost four in a row and are without a win in their last eight games in all competitions. United, on the other hand, go from strength to strength under Jose Mourinho and have now won six on the spin in all competitions, while in the Premier League they are unbeaten in 16. You couldn’t say that they dominated the EFL Cup final last weekend, but they should have enough class to easily breeze past a struggling Bournemouth, and United -1.5 goals at 1.82 appeals.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Manchester United -1.5 goals to beat Bournmeouth at 1.82.
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SWANSEA V BURNLEY
3pm Swansea have really turned things around under Paul Clement. They’ve climbed to 16th in the table and have won three of their last six – with the three of those losses being against Arsenal, City and Chelsea. Their home record is also looking quite healthy now too, as they’ve netted wins in their last two against Leicester and Southampton. You couldn’t say the same for Burnley’s away form – they continue to struggle and while they drew away to Hull last week, that was only their second point from their 12 away games this season. That’s quite an incredible stat, and with Swansea impressing under Clement – we see a home win being value here at around 2.04.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Swansea to beat Burnley at 2.04.
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STOKE V MIDDLESBROUGH
3pm These two had poor results last weekend. Stoke got thumped 4-0 away to Spurs and Middlesbrough lost 1-0 away to Crystal Palace. You can obviously forgive Stoke losing to Spurs more so than Middlesbrough losing to Palace, and that loss has dragged them into a relegation battle as they went level on points with Palace. They didn’t just get there with one result though – they are without a win in their last nine league games now, and have only managed to score three goals on that run. They have always struggled to score this season, but got away with it by being so solid at the back. It’s tempting to back Stoke at 2.06 but this match up screams unders to us and with under 2.5 goals trading at 1.61, that looks just about big enough to back. It’s worth checking what price 1-0 and 2-0 home wins are trading in the correct score market closer to kick off too.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Under 2.5 goals at 1.61.
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WATFORD V SOUTHAMPTON
3pm This should be an interesting match – and it will be interesting to see how Southampton bounce back from losing the EFL Cup final to United last weekend. You’d have to say that Southampton were reasonably unlucky to lose, they went 2-0 down but they were the better team for large parts of the game, it just wasn’t to be. They have a difficult match to bounce back with here too, as Watford have a pretty impressive record at home this season – they’ve only lost two of their last 11. Losing the EFL Cup final meant that Southampton have now lost four of their last five in all competitions – considering Watford’s home record we feel that Southampton look a good lay here at 2.3.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Lay Southampton at 2.3.
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LEICESTER V HULL
3pm Jamie Carragher said after Leicester beat Liverpool 3-1 on Monday night that “both teams should walk off the pitch hanging their heads in shame.” It seems quite obvious now given the intensity that the Leicester players played with on Monday night that it was them that got rid of Ranieri. Hull have gone through something similar lately, with a new manager bringing better results for them too. We feel that this is a good time to back Leicester though, it’s hard to believe how quickly the players could switch on that effort and intensity and if they play in any way similar here, they should comfortably beat this Hull side.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Leicester to beat Hull at 1.89.
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WEST BROM V CRYSTAL PALACE
3pm We say this nearly every week, but West Brom are having a superb season this year – they are just getting let down when they face the bigger sides. They’ve had seven wins from their last eight home games though, and they’re currently on a run of five games unbeaten too. Palace got a much needed win against Middlesbrough last weekend, however Middlesbrough have been struggling recently too. We just feel that an in-form West Brom side will have too much class for Palace and we’re happy to keep things simple and go with the home win at 2.22 which looks massive based on what the sides have done this season.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
West Brom to beat Crystal Palace at 2.22.
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LIVERPOOL V ARSENAL
5.30pm While league leaders Chelsea might not care about the result here at this stage, this is a massive game with regards to the Top 4. We all know that Arsenal are Top 4 specialists, however they are under a lot of pressure this season and a loss here would see yet more pressure on Wenger to go from their fans. They’ve lost three of their last five away from home in the league – and recently lost to Watford at home and got embarrassed by Bayern Munich in the Champions League. If you were backing them at 3.7, it would probably be more about how poor Liverpool have been lately, than how good Arsenal have been.
It’s difficult to know what to make of Liverpools performance on Monday night against Leicester – why were they so lackluster? They’ve now won just twice in their 12 games in 2017 – and that includes embarrassing defeats to the likes of Wolves, Hull and Swansea – teams that they should be beating easily. Matters are confused more by the fact that they drew with Chelsea and beat Spurs, and that’s led to some questioning whether the Liverpool side is just better suited to the big sides as they have more of a go. Stopping them seems fairly obvious, just pack the center of the pitch and they have looked clueless.
It’s difficult to know what will happen here and we’re happy to stay away from the match odds. And with both sides struggling at the back, we may see a pretty good end-to-end game and with over 2.5 goals 1.8 we feel that is big enough to back.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Over 2.5 goals at 1.8.
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