PREMIER LEAGUE SATURDAY: We preview Saturday’s Premier League fixtures between BOURNEMOUTH V BURNLEY, HUDDERSFIELD V LEICESTER and NEWCASTLE V CRYSTAL PALACE with recommended BETDAQ bets and extended match stats.
BOURNEMOUTH V BURNLEY
3pm It’s FA Cup semi-final weekend so we have a shortened Premier League fixture list today, and we start with Bournemouth hosting Burnley. Bournemouth have been woeful away from home but their home form has kept them out of trouble as we head of the end of the season. Burnley are one of those sides that are battling to stay up with them starting this weekend in 17th position. They have a bit of a cushion over Cardiff after recently results but as we all know, things can still get very tight – Burnley need to keep picking up points. While Bournemouth have been poor away from home, they are now without a win in their last three home games. One of these games came against Manchester City, but perhaps they have finished their season a bit early with nothing to play for. A home win is trading 2.12 here which looks very short – Burnley beat Bournemouth 4-0 in the reverse fixture and we can really see this one being closer than odds of 2.12 suggest. Burnley are fighting to stay up and they can get a result here.
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Lay Bournemouth at 2.12.
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MATCH STATS
- Bournemouth have won just two of their last 10 league meetings with Burnley (D3 L5), though these victories have come in their last four matches against them.
- Having won the reverse fixture 4-0 back in September, Burnley are looking to complete their first league double over Bournemouth since the 1999-00 season in the third tier.
- Bournemouth are winless in their last three Premier League home games, last going four without a win at the Vitality Stadium in December 2017.
- After losing their first four such games, Burnley are unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches on the south coast, winning three and drawing two.
- Bournemouth have picked up just five points from their last eight Premier League games (W1 D2 L5), with a 2-0 victory at Huddersfield their only win in that run.
- Bournemouth have only lost one of their last 18 Premier League home games against sides starting the day below them in the table (W11 D6), with that defeat coming against Manchester United in November.
- Burnley kept a clean sheet in their last league game against Wolves (2-0). They’ve not recorded back-to-back shutouts in the Premier League since December 2017 (a run of three).
- Bournemouth striker Josh King has netted six goals in his last five Premier League home games, accounting for 67% of the Cherries’ total strikes in those matches (6/9).
- Burnley’s Dwight McNeil has scored in each of his last two Premier League appearances. The last teenager to score in three Premier League games in a row was Romelu Lukaku in March 2013.
- Coming into this round of matches, Bournemouth’s Ryan Fraser and Callum Wilson have each both scored and assisted in four different Premier League games this season – no other player has done so in more (also Troy Deeney and Mo Salah on four).
HUDDERSFIELD V LEICESTER
3pm Leicester ran out smooth 2-0 winners over Bournemouth on Tuesday night and they can follow that up with another three points here against the lowly Huddersfield. The home side have managed just one win in their last 19 Premier League games and looking at their home stats it’s not hard to see why they haven’t been winning games at home – they can’t score. They haven’t scored more than once in 21 home games – you’re just not going to stay in the Premier League with stats like that – especially when you’re just as bad away from home. Leicester look massive here at 1.75 – they have only failed to score once in their last 16 away Premier League games and we feel that they will simply outscore Huddersfield here. We can’t get away from the 1.75 on Leicester here – it looks ten ticks too big and the best bet of the Premier League games today.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Leicester to beat Huddersfield at 1.75.
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MATCH STATS
- Huddersfield are winless in their last 10 league meetings with Leicester (D1 L9) since a 3-1 victory in the second tier in November 1995.
- Leicester have only failed to score in one of their last 21 league meetings with Huddersfield (0-1 in November 1987), finding the net in each of the last 12.
- Huddersfield haven’t scored more than once in their last 21 Premier League home games (8 goals in total) and have lost eight of their last nine at the John Smith’s Stadium (W1).
- Leicester have only failed to score in one of their 16 Premier League away games this season (0-1 vs Crystal Palace).
- Already relegated Huddersfield have taken just four points from their last 57 available in the Premier League (W1 D1 L17).
- Leicester have won their last three Premier League games, last winning four in a row in December 2017 under Claude Puel.
- Huddersfield will be the 31st different side Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has faced in the Premier League – he’s beaten 27 of the previous 30 he’s come up against, failing only against Chelsea (8 games), Wolves (2) and Watford (1).
- Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has already won three of his four Premier League games in charge of the Foxes. It took him 15 games to win four matches at his of his previous clubs in the competition (Swansea City and Liverpool).
- Steve Mounie is the only Huddersfield player to score more than once in Premier League home games this season, with the Beninese forward netting twice at the John Smith’s Stadium.
- Leicester captain Wes Morgan has scored in his last two Premier League games, and could become the first Jamaican to net in three consecutively in the competition since Ricardo Fuller in May 2009.
NEWCASTLE V CRYSTAL PALACE
3pm Both these sides lost 2-0 already this week with Newcastle losing 2-0 away to Arsenal and Palace losing away to Spurs. There’s only one point between the sides in the Premier League table as Palace sit in 13th and Newcastle in 14th – it’s hard to see anything other than a close game here. We have an open market too with the match odds at the time of writing currently trading; Newcastle 2.6, Crystal Palace 3.2 and the draw is 3.25. Newcastle have been in strong form at home recently and this has been the main reason that they have managed to rise up the table. They have won their last five games here and they’ve played some good football too. Palace have been a very in-and-out team this season and you only have to look at their results to see that. We can see Newcastle keeping their winning run at home going and they are worth backing at 2.6.
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Newcastle to beat Crystal Palace at 2.6.
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MATCH STATS
- Newcastle have lost just one of their last 11 Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace (W5 D5), losing 1-5 at Selhurst Park in November 2015.
- Crystal Palace have won just one of their seven Premier League away games against Newcastle (D2 L4), winning 2-1 in March 1998.
- Newcastle have kept a clean sheet in six of their last seven home games against Crystal Palace in all competitions, with the exception being a 3-3 draw in August 2014.
- Newcastle have won their last five Premier League home games – they last won six in a row at St James’ Park in the competition between January-April 2004.
- Newcastle are winless in all 10 of their Premier League games against sides from London this season (home and away), drawing two and losing eight. They’ve never had a longer winless run against London clubs in the top-flight (also 10 in October 1999).
- Crystal Palace have alternated between victory and defeat in their last six Premier League games, losing against Spurs last time out.
- Crystal Palace have only failed to score in one of their last nine Premier League away games, though it was in their defeat against Spurs in midweek.
- Newcastle striker Salomon Rondon has scored nine Premier League goals this season – he’s never reached double figures in a single campaign in the competition.
- Salomon Rondon has been directly involved in six goals in his last five home appearances for Newcastle in the Premier League (3 goals, 3 assists).
- After a run of scoring five goals in five games, Wilfried Zaha has failed to score in his last three Premier League appearances.
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