We’re getting so close to the final couple of weeks of the Premier League season and for a change, the race towards the title could not be more exciting.
Seemingly, the second-placed Manchester City are offered a soft kill when they travel to Fulham first-up in Week 32, but it’s a far tougher prospect for the league-leading Liverpool who have been tasked with hosting Spurs.
If there’s one way to celebrate the Premier League returning after a fortnight layoff, it’s a good ol’ fashioned ass whooping. Pleasingly, that’s what we’re faced with! There really isn’t much to say about this match, other than Manchester City will probably put many, many goals away.
It’s a good thing that most of the weekend’s matches are on at the same time, because in this instance it means that you really do not have to watch this unless you’re (for some reason) a fan of either of these clubs. This is absolutely one of those ‘place your bet and check back later’ scenarios, so I’ve dug deep to find the best value and surprise, surprise, it’s the same thing that I’ve tipped in the City game.
Palace probably wins, but they’re too short in head to head betting and would be far better used as a leg in a multi.
If the Palace vs Huddersfield game was awful, this one isn’t a lot better. At least we get to watch Mat Ryan jumping around and that always adds a bit of excitement. To be fair, the Seagulls have found their way a little bit more again and are seeking a third-consecutive win here. They do, however face a Southampton side that pulled off an unthinkable win over Spurs last time out and if they can go close to repeating that performance, they are the surest of sure things.
I’m happy to take them as outsiders on that alone.
Wolves have been pretty inconsistent of late, but I’d say they’d be more confident of winning this week than the colonel was of creating the tastiest, most moreish meal known to man. Following a slow start and the smallest resurgence that has ever been recorded, the Clarets have well and truly fallen out of favour again and are starring down the barrel of a fifth-consecutive league loss.
Buoyant off a draw with Chelsea, Wolves will surely be winning.
Betting suggests it won’t be, but my finely-tuned Premier League mind think that this Leicester vs Bournemouth match will be one of the better contests of the week. The prices are probably more so an indication of the match being played at Leicester, and the Cherries have managed a few credible results of late.
I don’t know if they can topple the Foxes away from home, but if they can get on the scoresheet first, I think they’re a real shout of stealing a point.
This is another one of those matches whereby the result appears a foregone conclusion and it would certainly take a braver man that me to tip Watford to win, at Old Trafford. A pretty disappointing loss to Arsenal is the most-recent Premier League result mustered by the Red Devils, while a standard loss to Manchester City was the tale of the tape for the Hornets.
Clearly, this is a better opportunity for the travelling fans, but I still give them as great a chance of winning this as I do them winning the whole thing. Please.
The win-loss-win-loss-win Hammers host Everton in Week 32 and as that record suggests, they’re due a loss. While constantly tough to trust from a betting standpoint, the Hammers have done enough to second to find themselves within the top ten and really, they shouldn’t be falling too far down the ladder from this point.
There’s glimpses of brilliances and a suggestion that Manuel Pellegrini could guide them back into Europe, and while I do tend to agree with that (when they’re offered a clean slate, obviously) I don’t think they’ll be beating the Toffees.
There is one outcome that could possibly materialise here, and it’s an easy Chelsea win. I mean, sure – they’ve bottled matches like this one a couple of times, but surely not again?
Very keen to reload on the old ‘Chelsea to Nil’, but also throw Chelsea into a multi with City and United for $2.44 (at publish).
It’s obviously be design, but it doesn’t make it any less of a tragedy. I simply cannot wait for this Liverpool vs Spurs tie, but absolutely spewing that we have to wait until sparrows on Monday to watch it play out. Spurs lost to Southampton at their most-recent league appearance and on face value, that is atrocious. I do however believe that they will be eager to respond, and I also believe that they are one of the few clubs that is actually capable of doing that.
The Reds have to start favourites, but the $1.58 vs $5.50 that is currently on offer is surely wrong. Happy to take the draw.
Arsenal are in a rare patch of form. I say that because they are the sort of club that typically beats the good clubs and loses to your Cardiffs and Huddersfield. For the last little while, at least, they’ve also been beating the bad clubs! Throw in a nice little win over Manchester United most-recently and the answer is another W, at the expense of Newcastle.
They’re far too short for me, though and I am happy to stay out of the win-draw-win market. This is probably going to be one of those time that Newcastle extract something from their hindquarters and make a game of it.