PREMIER LEAGUE WEDNESDAY: We preview Wednesday’s Premier League action with a recommended BETDAQ bet and extended match stats for each game. It’s LEICESTER v WEST HAM, SPURS v NORWICH and MAN U v BURNLEY.
LEICESTER V WEST HAM
7.30pm We have another action packed night of the Premier League action and we kick off with Leicester hosting West Ham. Leicester managed to lose from being 1-0 up at half-time at the weekend away to Burnley and that continues their poor run. Their confidence has really taken a knock after getting brushed aside by Liverpool and Manchester City but they need to turn things around and finish the season strongly as a top four spot would still be a great achievement. It’s hard to see Manchester United catching them though so it’s looking good for Brendan Rodgers men.
The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Leicester 1.58, West Ham 6.4 and the draw is 4.6. West Ham have definitely improved under Moyes and with an improvement that quick, you have to imagine that the previous manager lost the dressing room. Apart from losing to Sheffield United, who have been excellent this season, Moyes’ Hammers side have been solid and with Leicester in poor form, we’re happy to lay them here at 1.58. That price looks at least ten ticks too short given the way they have played recently.
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Lay Leicester at 1.58.
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MATCH STATS
- Leicester have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League meetings with West Ham (W5 D4), a 0-2 home loss in May 2018.
- Having won their first two Premier League away games against Leicester, West Ham have won just two of their subsequent 10 visits (D4 L4), with their only win at the King Power Stadium coming in May 2018 (2-0).
- Away from home, West Ham are winless in their last six evening kick-offs in the Premier League (7pm or later), drawing one, losing five and failing to score a single goal since beating Southampton 2-1 in December 2018.
- Leicester have lost their last two Premier League home games, more than they had in their previous 15 at King Power Stadium in the competition (W11 D3 L1). They’ve conceded six goals in those two defeats, as many as they’d shipped in their previous 13 at home.
- West Ham have won just three of their last nine Premier League games when going ahead (W3 D3 L3), dropping 15 points across those matches.
- Leicester have lost four of their last six Premier League games (W2) – only one fewer than they lost in their first 27 league games under Brendan Rodgers (W17 D5 L5).
- Leicester haven’t lost three consecutive Premier League games since the final three games of Claude Puel’s reign as manager – meanwhile, current manager Brendan Rodgers hasn’t lost three league games in a row since November 2014 with Liverpool.
- This will be West Ham manager David Moyes’ 50th Premier League away game against a side starting the day in the top four – the Scotsman has won just one of his 49 such games so far (D15 L33), with his Everton side beating third-placed Man City 2-1 in December 2010.
- Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has attempted just three shots in his last three Premier League appearances – his first shot of 2020 was a penalty that was saved by Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope.
- West Ham striker Sébastien Haller scored with three of his first seven shots in the Premier League but has since found the net with just three of his subsequent 40 efforts at goal.
TOTTENHAM V NORWICH
7.30pm Spurs arrive into this fixture with only one win in six games in all competitions and although they managed to keep a clean sheet at the weekend, they couldn’t win the game. Their problem under Mourinho has been conceding goals and while he seems to be working on that, it has come at a cost of scoring. They haven’t scored in their last three Premier League games – their last Premier League goal actually came against Norwich when they were held to a 2-2 draw.
The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Tottenham 1.44, Norwich 8.8 and the draw is 5.1. Norwich actually managed to win at the weekend when they had home advantage against Bournemouth – another side near the bottom. Although Norwich were able to hold Spurs to a draw with home advantage, we expect a similar result to when Norwich visited Old Trafford when United ran out easy 4-0 winners. Spurs should easily outclass this side with home advantage and 1.44 to beat the side sitting bottom is too tempting to ignore.
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Tottenham to beat Norwich at 1.44.
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MATCH STATS
- Tottenham have won their last two Premier League home games against Norwich, 2-0 in September 2013 and 3-0 in December 2015.
- Following their 2-2 draw at Carrow Road in the reverse fixture, Norwich are looking to avoid defeat in both Premier League meetings with Spurs for only the second time in a Premier League season (also in 2012-13).
- After winning 20 consecutive Premier League home games against promoted sides between 2012-2018, Tottenham have failed to win two of their last three such matches – losing 1-3 against Wolves last season and drawing 1-1 with Sheffield United this term.
- Away from home, Norwich haven’t won any of their last 15 evening kick-offs (7pm or later) in the Premier League, drawing five and losing 10, since winning 2-1 at Ipswich in September 1994.
- Spurs have won their last nine Premier League home games played on a Wednesday, since a 0-1 loss against Leicester in January 2016.
- Norwich have failed to score in more different away games than any other Premier League side so far this season (7). Indeed, the Canaries have netted just five goals in their 11 away games in 2019-20, fewer than any other side.
- Spurs are one of two Premier League teams yet to score in 2020, along with Bournemouth. They haven’t failed to score in four consecutive league games since September 2006.
- Norwich’s Emiliano Buendía has created 68 chances in the Premier League this season, with only Kevin De Bruyne creating more (82). For the Canaries, Buendía’s tally of 68 is 45 more than any other player for the club (Todd Cantwell, 23).
- Since a Dele Alli goal against Brighton on Boxing Day, Spurs haven’t scored a Premier League goal in open play in their last six hours and 18 minutes of football, attempting 52 efforts in open play without success in that time.
- Norwich striker Teemu Pukki has scored 10 goals in 22 Premier League games this season – he is one of only three Finnish players to reach double figures in a Premier League season, along with Jonatan Johansson in 2000-01 (11) and Mikael Forssell in 2003-04 (17).
MANCHESTER UNITED V BURNLEY
8.15pm Manchester United had yet another loss at the weekend when they visited Anfield. Although in fairness that’s what happens to most clubs at Anfield these days and we all know that Liverpool are the best side in England at the moment. Anything but a win here will put massive pressure yet again on Ole, but the reality is for United unless they fix what’s happening in the boardroom we’re not going to see United be successful on the pitch.
The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Manchester United 1.43, Burnley 9.8 and the draw is 4.9. United are suffering with a lot of injuries at the moment which obviously doesn’t help when you have a limited squad to begin with. They look too short here against a Burnley side who would have got a great confidence boost from coming from behind to beat Leicester at the weekend. United may well get the job done tonight, but you can’t trust them these days and they are far too short at 1.43 here.
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Lay Manchester United at 1.43.
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MATCH STATS
- Manchester United are looking to do the league double against Burnley for the first time since the 1975-76 campaign, following their 2-0 win at Turf Moor last month.
- Burnley are winless in their last 15 top-flight away games against Man Utd since winning 5-2 in September 1962 (D7 L8). They’ve drawn their last three league visits to Old Trafford, throwing away a 2-goal lead in each of the last two seasons.
- Having won their first Premier League meeting with Manchester United, Burnley are winless in their subsequent 10 against the Red Devils in the competition (D4 L6).
- Manchester United have scored four goals in each of their last two home league games, picking up wins against Newcastle (4-1) and Norwich (4-0). They last scored 4+ goals in three consecutive home league games back in November 1997.
- Since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was made permanent manager in March 2019, Manchester United have lost as many Premier League games as they have won (11 each), collecting 42 points (W11 D9 L11) – the eight-highest tally in that time.
- Burnley have failed to score a single first half goal in any of their last 11 Premier League matches, with each of their last 10 league goals scored in the second half.
- Man Utd’s Anthony Martial has scored in all three of his Premier League games against Burnley, though all three have been at Turf Moor. Three different Man Utd players have scored in their first four PL appearances for the club against a specific side – Ruud van Nistelrooy (vs Spurs and Newcastle), Wayne Rooney (vs Newcastle) and Robin van Persie (vs Stoke).
- Since August 2017, Chris Wood has scored more Premier League goals than any other Burnley player (29) – Wood also netted in the Clarets’ 2-2 draw at Old Trafford last season.
- This will be Manchester United’s first game at Old Trafford in the Premier League under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to not feature the injured Marcus Rashford – since his Premier League debut, Rashford has scored more home league goals than any other Red Devils player (25).
- Burnley manager Sean Dyche has registered at least one win over 26 of the 29 opponents he has faced in the Premier League – one of the three teams he is yet to defeat is Manchester United (P9 W0 D4 L5).
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