The Premier League weekend takes place over two days this time around with half of the matches on Saturday before the other half are played out on Sunday and the first part of the latest round carries plenty of intrigue.
It is a slightly different Saturday to usual in that although there are two TV matches for us to enjoy, they come along at the end of the day. The three other games will have the updates in all of the usual places.
3pm Matches
We have three matches in the traditional part of the day and the majority of the attention will be towards the relegation end of the table with two teams currently in the bottom three on show. They are Leeds United and Burnley and both go on their travels on Saturday afternoon. Leeds have a daunting trip to the Etihad Stadium to face a Manchester City side reeling from successive defeats to Newcastle United and Bayer Leverkusen while Burnley make the trip south to the Gtech Community Stadium to take on Brentford in a bit of a six pointer at the bottom. The other match sees Sunderland going in search of three more points in front of their own fans when they host Bournemouth with the winner of that one ending the day no lower than fourth in the table.
Late Games
That leaves us with a couple of late games on the schedule and the first of those takes us to the Hill Dickinson Stadium as Everton look to build on their win against Manchester United on Monday night when Newcastle United are the visitors to that part of Merseyside. Newcastle beat Man City last weekend but their away form is pitiful and needs to change here. We go to the capital for the other match as Tottenham Hotspur will look to pick up what would be a first home win since their opening home game of the season when they host Fulham who will be looking to arrest a run of five straight defeats on their travels.
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Betting
This is a card I quite like the look of. The first bets I’ll go with are ones I often go with when Manchester City play a newly promoted side or a weak side and that is for Erling Haaland to score multiple goals. He will probably be smarting from being left out of the Champions League tie in midweek but that should only mean that he is fresh to take advantage of a Leeds United defence which could be there for the taking here. Leeds are going to spend plenty of time penned in their own half and that is exactly the situation that Haaland feasts on. Haaland has already bagged two or more goals 10 times this season for club and country and has a couple of hat tricks too so I’ll spread four units on him delivering two or more goals here.
Goals are on the menu for my second bet as well which is over 2.5 of them in the match between Sunderland and Bournemouth. Bournemouth matches are just designed to go over 2.5 goals these days as evidenced by the fact that 18 of their last 20 away from the Vitality Stadium have covered this line. Sunderland are seen as a defensive side but they have scored multiple goals in four of their six home matches this term including against Arsenal in their last match here and away from home they have been to Chelsea and scored twice. This is a match both will believe there is joy for on the attack and I see no reason not to jump on over 2.5 goals at a shade above evens.
My final bet on Saturday takes us to the Hill Dickinson Stadium for the clash between Everton and Newcastle United where Everton just have to be taken on the draw no bet line. Newcastle are still looking for their first win away from St James’ Park in the Premier League and a Wednesday night defeat in Marseille isn’t likely to have helped their chances of winning here. Everton showed on Monday night that they can suffer but still come out on top and although Idrissa Gueye being suspended isn’t ideal here, Everton are defensively resolute enough and with the Magpies struggling to keep the ball out of their net on their travels I think the Toffees have a great chance of winning this but given their relatively low goal output keep the draw out of the equation given that Newcastle have already drawn 0-0 in three away games this term.
Tips
Back E.Haaland to score 2 or more goals for a 3/10 stake at 3.00 with William Hill
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Back E.Haaland to score a hat trick for a 1/10 stake at 9.00 with Sky Bet
Back Sunderland vs Bournemouth – Over 2.5 goals for a 3/10 stake at 2.03 with Bet365
Back Everton to beat Newcastle (DNB) for a 3/10 stake at 2.00 with Spreadex
