PREMIER LEAGUE SATURDAY: We preview Saturday’s games in the Premier League. The weekend gets off to an absolute flyer with Chelsea v Arsenal at 12.30pm with the hosts looking to pull 12 points clear of the chasing pack. We preview each match with a recommended BETDAQ bet.
CHELSEA V ARSENAL
12.30pm What a way to kick off this weekends Premier League action as Chelsea welcome Arsenal to Stamford Bridge. Chelsea missed the chance to put Liverpool away during the week from the penalty spot but nevertheless kept their lead at the top of the table after other results went their way – and a win here would almost seal winning the league for them.
Arsenal fans went into meltdown again midweek when losing 2-1 at home to Watford, and Wenger will be looking for a very quick and good response here, but it’s hard to see them beating Chelsea at home, especially considering that they’ve lost on their last four visits in the league. Couple this with Chelsea’s very strong form at home this season and the 1.99 on them to win appeals a lot, they’ve won all of their last eight at home in the league and kept clean sheets in six of those eight wins.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Chelsea to beat Arsenal at 1.99.
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CRYSTAL PALACE V SUNDERLAND
3pm Big Sam finally got the league win he was waiting for as Palace beat Bournemouth 2-0 on Tuesday night, and they will be confident of another win here against the struggling Sunderland. Sunderland did manage to hold Spurs to a 0-0 draw during the week though, and that’s no mean feat considering how well Spurs have been playing lately. However, Sunderland have yet to put two or three decent performances together this season, and have been worse away from home – so we expect Palace to follow up their midweek win and notch up another here. The 1.7 on them is a shade of value, but nothing to go too mad about.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Crystal Palace to beat Sunderland at 1.7.
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EVERTON V BOURNEMOUTH
3pm With Bournemouth in woeful form at the moment, Everton could be many punters banker today. Bournemouth are without a win in their last five in all competitions, and the most disappointing thing about the last five games is the teams that they have played – they’ve lost to Palace, Hull, Millwall and drew with Watford and Arsenal – you might say the draw with Arsenal was ok but they found themselves 3-0 up only to throw it away. And if the likes of Palace and Hull can beat Bournemouth at the moment, you’d have to think that an in-form Everton can put them to the sword here. Everton are unbeaten in their last six in the Premier League, and have won four of those – their only blip lately coming against Leicester in the FA Cup. We fully expect Everton to take advantage of Bournemouth poor defense here and they can win comfortably.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Everton to beat Bournemouth at 1.76.
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HULL V LIVERPOOL
3pm Liverpool will be glad to see the back of January, a month that seen them only win once from eight games, while losing four of those! They had games that they should have easily won too, and if you had been backing them at short odds you’d be down quite a bit of money by now. We just can’t bring ourselves to back the 1.48 on them here, and if anything that looks to be more of a lay than a back. Hull produced another solid defensive game against United on Wednesday night and were delighted to leave Old Trafford with a point. It’s highly likely that they’ll employ the same tactics here, and given the way Liverpool have been struggling to break down sides lately, those tactics could cause huge problems for Jurgen Klopp’s men. The problem with that though is sometimes it’s hard for sides to just defend at home, as the crowd urges them to “go for it.” With this in mind, we’re happy to avoid the Liverpool lay at 1.48 as we feel they can get a late goal here if Hull open up a bit, but we really like under 2.5 goals at around the 2.26 – we could well see a quiet start here as Liverpool look to settle down and Hull happy to get the HT at 0-0.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Under 2.5 goals at 2.26.
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SOUTHAMPTON V WEST HAM
3pm West Ham’s return to form came to a crashing end midweek as Manchester City put them to the sword and won 4-0, in nearly a repeat of their 5-0 win against them in the FA Cup. It’s quite hard to get a read on Southampton at the moment though, they were brilliant to beat Liverpool twice in the EFL Cup to get through to the final but since then they’ve been thrashed by Arsenal in the FA Cup (although they did play a second XI) and then they got beaten by Swansea on Tuesday night. Off the back of that, it’s very hard to back them here at 1.81, and West Ham have been decent lately – it’s no shame losing to City – and we’re happy to take a chance and lay Southampton at 1.81.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Lay Southampton at 1.81.
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WATFORD V BURNLEY
3pm Fresh off the shock that they gave Arsenal on Tuesday night, can Watford beat Burnley? It was hard to see the win coming for Watford going into the Arsenal game, as they had just been beaten by Millwall and could only draw with Bournemouth and Middlesbrough in the three games before that. That form makes the 2.22 on them to win here look more than a little skinny. The problem is Burnley haven’t been playing well away from home this season, and have been almost a completely different side compared to how they’ve played at home – they have been on a good run lately, but the majority of those games have been at home. And this will be an interesting test for them. We feel that both sides can cancel each other out here in what should be a close game, closer than the odds of 2.22 on Watford suggest anyway, and we like the draw at 3.35.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Draw at 3.35.
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WEST BROM V STOKE
3pm This is an interesting clash as both sides have been in good form recently. Outside of games against the top six, West Brom have been playing very well and currently sit in 8th position in the table. This won’t be a straightforward home win though as Stoke have been in good form lately, they’ve drawn their last two against Everton and United, while before that they put three past Sunderland and beat Watford too. This could well be a very close game, and with both sides arriving in off the back of 1-1 draws midweek, that could easily be the scoreline here. We expect a very close game, and like the draw price of 3.35, again!
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Draw at 3.35.
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TOTTENHAM V MIDDLESBROUGH
5.30pm It was bitterly disappointing to see Spurs fail to win against Sunderland midweek, and with Chelsea only drawing at Liverpool, they had the chance to close the gap. They obviously failed to do so and coming up against a well drilled defensive side here, it will be interesting to see how they get on. We feel that the 1.29 on the Spurs win is simply too short to go near, as Middlesbrough have put up some very solid defensive displays this season. We see the value being in the goals market, and with Middlesbrough highly likely to stick 11 men behind the ball – it could be a slow start to this one as Spurs feel their way into the game. Under 2.5 goals is trading 2.3 and that looks too big to ignore for us.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Under 2.5 goals at 2.3.
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