PREMIER LEAGUE TUESDAY: We preview a bumper Premier League fixture list on Tuesday with the highlight being the televised LIVERPOOL v CHELSEA at 8pm. We preview each game with a recommended BETDAQ bet.
ARSENAL V WATFORD
7.45pm Fresh off an FA Cup weekend we have a full Premier League midweek fixture list and we kick off with Arsenal v Watford. Both these sides couldn’t have had more different weekends, with Arsenal hammering Southampton and Watford getting dumped out of the Cup by Millwall. With the form that Watford are in at the moment, it’s really hard to see anything but an easy Arsenal win here – Watford only have one win from their last six in all competitions and that was against Burton Albion. With Arsenal in good form too, we’re going to keep things simple here and back Arsenal to cover the handicap – they’re trading 2.22 -2 goals on the Asian Handicap and that looks big enough for us to get involved.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Arsenal -2 goals Asian Handicap to beat Watford at 2.22.
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BOURNEMOUTH V CRYSTAL PALACE
7.45pm It’s been a really tough start for Big Sam at Crystal Palace, and he is still searching for his first Premier League win. He won’t have enjoyed Swansea’s surprise win against Liverpool either, as it dragged Palace into the relegation zone and it appears he has a real dogfight on his hands. You’d have to say though that Palace have a decent chance of beating Bournemouth here, Bournemouth could only manage a draw with Watford last time out and Watford a really struggling.
They were only embarrassed by Millwall losing 3-0 in the FA Cup before that and even Hull beat them 3-1 recently too! So while Palace have been playing poorly, so have Bournemouth – and with the match odds currently trading Bournemouth 2.16, Crystal Palace 3.8 and the draw 3.6 at the time of writing – we really feel that the Bournemouth lay is good value, we just see this one being closer than those odds would suggest.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Lay Bournemouth at 2.16.
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BURNLEY V LEICESTER
7.45pm Leicester managed to salvage a draw against Derby on Friday night in the FA Cup, but it hardly inspired confidence that they have turned things around and you can definitely make a case of the wrong favourites here. At the time of writing the match odds currently stand at; Burnley 3.0, Leicester 2.68 with the draw at 3.3 – and it might just pay to keep things simple here. The simple thinking is; Burnley have been pretty solid at home and won their last five at home, while Leicester have been woeful away from home this season – surely we should be seeing Burnley as favourites here given the home and away form of each side. We’re happy to back Burnley at 3.0 here given their home record, that price looks very good value.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Burnley to beat Leicester at 3.0.
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MIDDLESBROUGH V WEST BROM
7.45pm Middlesbrough did what they do best in the FA Cup last weekend, grinded out a solid win with solid defense. This one screams under 2.5 goals the minute you look at it, however it’s only trading 1.53 and we feel that we would want a little higher to get involved. Middlesbrough are favourites at 2.68 and a win would be very much welcome as they sit in 16th position in the table, we feel the value here though is with West Brom. If you look at their results in the Premier League this season, they have been superb – they’ve almost gone under the radar a bit because when they’ve come up against the top sides they’ve been well and truly beaten, but there is no shame losing to the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea, City, Spurs Liverpool and United by a few goals. Other than the top sides, they have been doing really well and we see this one being a lot closer than the odds of Middlesbrough 2.68 and West Brom 3.2 suggest. We expected a tight game, but the 3.2 on West Brom is too big to ignore.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
West Brom to beat Middlesbrough at 3.2.
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SUNDERLAND V TOTTENHAM
7.45pm Spurs arrive into the Stadium Of Light fresh off the game of the weekend in the FA Cup as they beat Wycombe 4-3 – they were 2-0 down at one stage, and 3-2 down, only to goal in the dying moments to get the win. That will have no doubt boosted everyone in the squad but you have to say that they shouldn’t need a boost to deal with Sunderland here, and will be many peoples bankers at around the 1.4 mark. With Sunderland nailed to the bottom of the league, and losing their last three games – while also without a win in six, we feel Spurs will cover the 1.5 handicap here and at around 2.1, look very good value to do so.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Tottenham -1.5 goals to beat Sunderland at 2.1.
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SWANSEA V SOUTHAMPTON
7.45pm The most interesting game of the night here. Swansea have been terrible this season, but shocked Liverpool to win 3-2 last weekend, and if they can produce anything similar to that, they should win here. The question is, why would you trust them to produce that display again? They’ve been poor for most of the season, and before that game they conceded 14 goals in five games, losing four of those – actually conceded 13 goals in four games if you take out the Palace game, so it’s hard to trust them. Meanwhile Southampton played a second XI in the FA Cup at the weekend and got thrashed by Arsenal – you’d have to question why play that side, they have almost nothing to play for in the league and after just reaching the EFL Cup final, they would have been on a high. So it’d difficult to read this one, however on balance of form Southampton have to be backed at 2.4 – you have to look past what happened in the FA Cup at the weekend, and expect Swansea to revert to norm after the Liverpool win, but the 2.4 on Southampton just looks a shade too big.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Southampton to beat Swansea at 2.4.
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LIVERPOOL V CHELSEA
8pm Chelsea may have been looking at this game over Christmas thinking this could be the game that decides the title, but Liverpool have been woeful in January and almost thrown away their entire season – with City and United lurking just behind them in 5th and 6th, they’ll have to get their act together sharp if they want a Champions League spot.
The match odds at the time of writing are currently Liverpool 2.66, Chelsea 3.05 and the draw is trading 3.3. Given the way that Liverpool have been playing in January thus far, it’s really hard to back them at 2.66 here, especially against the league leaders. However, the big occasion and the reaction Klopp will surely be looking for may bring out the best in them – but we still can’t have to them as short as 2.66 here and with Chelsea in flying form, we’re happy to lay Liverpool.
BETDAQ BEST BET:
Lay Liverpool at 2.66.
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