PREMIER LEAGUE: We preview Saturday’s Premier League games with a recommended BETDAQ bet. The action starts at 12.30pm with Southampton v Chelsea and finishes with the weekend’s highlight SPURS v MAN CITY at Wembley.
SOUTHAMPTON V CHELSEA
12.30pm We start another fantastic weekend in the Premier League with Chelsea traveling to the struggling Southampton. Chelsea’s season effectively ended when they lost to Spurs at the start of the month and they could only draw at home to West Ham last weekend. Southampton will be hoping that Chelsea are ‘on the beach’ early because they are in desperate need of points. They sit in 18th position coming into this weekend, and are now three points away from 17th place – another loss here would be a huge blow if results in other games went against them. It might be unwise to support Chelsea given their situation, however they look too big here at 1.92 – Southampton have been very poor this season, as their position in the table shows, and they have been consistently over-bet this season. From a value point of view, we feel that Chelsea are too big and hopefully they are focused.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Chelsea to beat Southampton at 1.92.
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BURNLEY V LEICESTER
3pm Burnley have found their form again lately after going 11 games without a win. They have won their last four and three of those games came away from home – they face a tough test against Leicester though who have been playing well in recent weeks. They would have been bitterly disappointed to lose at home to Newcastle last weekend, and we expect a very close game here. The markets agree, with the match odds at the time of writing; Burnley 2.76, Leicester 3.0 and the draw is 3.25. There isn’t much to split them in the market and we feel that there won’t be much between them on the pitch too – we like the draw here at 3.25.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Draw at 3.25.
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CRYSTAL PALACE V BRIGHTON
3pm This is a huge game for Palace, and one in which they need to get a result. Southampton and Stoke are snapping at their heals for 17th position, and while it’s very close at the bottom – a win here would give them some breathing space. Brighton would have been disappointed to only draw at home last weekend against Huddersfield – they are now without a win in their last four in all competitions. Prior to that run of games though, they did beat Arsenal 2-1 and scored four goals against Swansea. Brighton have been solid in the Premier League after coming up from the Championship, however their away form is really letting them down. It’s been nine games since they’ve won away, and they’ve failed to score in seven of those too. With stats like that and Crystal Palace playing some good football – we feel that Palace are too big at 1.99.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Crystal Palace to beat Brighton at 1.99.
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HUDDERSFIELD V WATFORD
3pm We noted in the game above that Brighton have a terrible away record at the moment – well Watford do too. Watford are also without a win in their last nine away games. That will be music to Huddersfield’s ears as they need points – they sit in 16th position only four points away from the bottom three, so getting something from these type of home games is a must if they want to stay up. We have a very open market, with Huddersfield 2.74, Watford 2.96 and draw is 3.3 at the time of writing. Huddersfield have been solid at home this season, and looking at Watford’s away record we’re happy to take a chance at the odds here and back Huddersfield to collect all three points. It would be tempting to lay Watford, however the 2.74 on Huddersfield appeals a lot.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Huddersfield to beat Watford at 2.74.
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SWANSEA V EVERTON
3pm This is an interesting game, and a very interesting market. Swansea have obviously improved a lot since Carvalhal came in, however they are currently 2.6 and you have to wonder should they be that short to beat Everton, albeit with home advantage. Everton arrive here on a poor run away from home; they’ve lost five of their last six. Swansea could only draw last weekend against the struggling West Brom though, and while they have played sides like United and Spurs in their last four games – they’ve only managed one goal. We feel that this will be a very close affair, and from a value point of view we’re happy to lay Swansea at 2.6. We think Swansea should be a little higher than 2.6, and Everton a little lower than 3.15.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Lay Swansea at 2.6.
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LIVERPOOL V BOURNEMOUTH
5.30pm Liverpool’s confidence will be sky high coming into this tie after knocking Manchester City out of the Champions League during the week. Not only did they knock them out, they did so easily and have been scoring goals for fun this season. It will be interesting to see what tactics Bournemouth employ for this game – do they play an open game or just try to defend? Playing an open game against Liverpool will only result in Liverpool scoring goals, and will Liverpool scoring twice or more in 13 of their last 16 games – we can only see goals here. Bournemouth have consistently came up short against the top six and we expect Liverpool to cover the handicap here – they’re currently trading 2.2 -2 goals on the Asian Handicap (stakes void if they win by exactly 2) and that looks great value.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Liverpool -2 goals Asian Handicap to beat Bournemouth at 2.2.
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TOTTENHAM V MANCHESTER CITY
7.45pm The highlight of the weekend and an excellent way to finish a Premier League Saturday. It’s been a terrible week for Manchester City and while they are going to win the Premier League with ease, there are still plenty of doubters giving Pep Guardiola stick after this week! It seems the way to beat City is to attack them, and it will be interesting to see how many teams employ these tactics in the future. Simply sitting back and giving City the ball is the way to lose, and we expect Spurs to attack here.
The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Tottenham 2.74, Manchester City 2.66 and the draw is 3.75. Spurs are in excellent form at the moment, and have been scoring plenty of goals – there’s no reason why they won’t go into this tie with confidence – especially after seeing City’s results last week. City don’t become a bad team after three losses, however they still might have a bit of hangover and loss of confidence after crashing out of the Champions League. We feel that Spurs can get a result here, and we’re happy to lay City at the odds.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Lay Manchester City at 2.66.
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