PREMIER LEAGUE: We preview Sunday’s two Premier League games with extended stats and a recommended BETDAQ bets. It’s MAN CITY v SOUTHAMPTON and CHELSEA v CRYSTAL PALACE.
MANCHESTER CITY V SOUTHAMPTON
3pm Manchester City have been very busy lately but that comes with fighting for many competitions. They grinded out a 1-0 win on a tough pitch at Wembley against Spurs on Monday night and then had League Cup action on Thursday – now they face the struggling Southampton. The markets are expecting a very easy home win, with the match odds at the time of writing currently trading; Manchester City 1.12, Southampton 34.0 and the draw is 11.5.
Southampton have managed two draws in a row coming into this game to edge away from the bottom three however both these games have been 0-0. They haven’t scored for five games in the Premier League now and their problems in front of goal are getting worse and not better. That was the problem when they were fighting to stay up last season and this season seems to be very similar so far.
City will have no problems in front of goal as we have seen many times this season and this could be a very high score. Southampton haven’t shown any signs of being able to cope with a side on City this season and their main aim will be to defend. We can’t see City not scoring heavily here and we like Any Other Home Win (City to score four or more and win) in the Correct Score market at 2.3.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Any Other Home Win at 2.3.
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MATCH STATS
- Manchester City have won seven of their last nine Premier League meetings with Southampton, drawing one and losing one.
- In all competitions, Southampton are winless in their last eight visits to the Etihad (D1 L7) since winning their first ever match at the ground (3-1 in April 2004).
- Both of Man City’s wins against Southampton in the Premier League last season came courtesy of 90 th minute winning strikes – Raheem Sterling in the home game and Gabriel Jesus away.
- Southampton have failed to score in their last five Premier League games – they have never failed to score in six consecutive top-flight games.
- Man City are looking to keep a clean sheet in seven consecutive league games for the first time in their entire history.
- Since returning to the Premier League in the 2012-13 season, Southampton have drawn 25 matches goalless – two more than any other side.
- Man City are unbeaten in all 19 Premier League matches when Aymeric Laporte has played (W17 D2 L0) – he has played more games without losing than any other player in the history of the competition, ending on the winning side in all 10 home games.
- Since the start of last season, Man City’s Raheem Sterling has scored 14 goals and assisted seven more in just 18 Premier League appearances at the Etihad Stadium.
- Man City goalkeeper Ederson has kept a clean sheet in each of his last six Premier League starts – the last goalkeeper to keep seven in a row was Edwin van der Sar in February 2009 (14 in a row).
- Among sides ever-present in the Premier League since Mark Hughes’ first game in charge of Southampton, only Huddersfield Town (1) have won fewer games than Saints (3) – in that same timeframe, opponents Man City have won the most games (14).
CHELSEA V CRYSTAL PALACE
4pm Crystal Palace would have been very happy with a point against Arsenal last weekend given the way in which Arsenal have been playing; however they face a tougher task this weekend! They had home advantage last weekend against Arsenal; they now have to go play away from home against a better quality side.
Chelsea aren’t quite as short as Manchester City in the 3pm game however the markets are expecting another easy home win nonetheless. The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Chelsea 1.28, Crystal Palace 13.5 and the draw is 6.6. Chelsea come into this tie in red hot form in front of goal – they have netted 15 goals in their last five games in all competitions.
Palace will need to pick themselves up after crashing out of the League Cup during the week and if Chelsea score early we could see a bloodbath. Palace do have a good recent record against Chelsea though – however this Chelsea side looks much improved compared to recent seasons and we’re happy to back Any Other Home Win at 4.0 in the Correct Score market which looks too big.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Any Other Home Win at 4.0.
MATCH STATS
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- Chelsea have lost two of their last three Premier League meetings with Crystal Palace (W1), as many as they had in their first 15 against them in the competition (W11 D2 L2).
- Crystal Palace have won two of their last three away league games against Chelsea (L1), more than they had in their previous 18 combined at Stamford Bridge (W1 D8 L9).
- None of the last 14 Premier League meetings between Chelsea and Crystal Palace have finished as a draw, with Chelsea winning 10 to the Eagles’ four.
- Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri is unbeaten in his first 10 Premier League games as a manager (W7 D3 L0) – only one manager has had a longer unbeaten start, with Frank Clark managing 11 without defeat with Nottingham Forest in 1994.
- Four of Chelsea’s last eight Premier League goals have been scored by English players (three Barkley, one Loftus-Cheek) – excluding own-goals, prior to this run just four of their previous 100 goals were scored by Englishmen.
- Crystal Palace – 2-0 winners at Fulham in August – haven’t won two away Premier League London derbies in a single campaign since the 1997-98 season, when they won at Wimbledon and Spurs.
- Ross Barkley has scored in each of his last three Premier League games for Chelsea – only two Englishmen have scored in four in a row for the Blues, with Frank Lampard doing so on three separate occasions (2005, 2010 and 2013) and Mark Stein scoring in seven in a row in 1994.
- Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson has lost his last four Premier League matches at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea – his only win there was in his first visit in April 1998 with Blackburn Rovers.
- Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri has won his four Premier League matches against British managers (Howe, Warnock, Hughes and Dyche) by an aggregate score of 13-1.
- Since the start of last season, Luka Milivojevic has scored nine Premier League penalties for Crystal Palace – more than any of the other 22 clubs competing in the top-flight in that time have scored.
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