after the fun and frolics of the manchester derby last weekend, in which city edged it 1-0, the premier league has no shortage of intriguing fixtures this week, with the early kick off on saturday, liverpool versus chelsea, looking the tastiest of the lot. here we will hone our skills of prediction as we bring you the latest set of premier league betting tips and our live odds comparison service to help you get the best prices on all your football bets.
where else to start than with the exciting-looking fixture at anfield on saturday as jose mourinho takes his chelsea side to face the liverpool team of the portuguese maestro’s one-time apprentice, brendan rodgers. the blues did the league double over liverpool last term, their 2-0 victory on merseyside in april proving decisive in ending the reds’ title ambitions.
liverpool players will be extremely eager to make amends for that day, none more so than captain steven gerrard, whose disastrous slip it was that cost his side so dearly, handing demba ba an opportunity he couldn’t miss. the bookies can’t see the home side getting their vengeance, however, and chelsea are priced as the favourites for the three points at best betting odds of 23/20 with ladbrokes and others. that really isn’t a bad price given how effective the blues have been this season, and we predict they will come away with all three points. so our betting tips are to simply back the blues to win the match and – if you want slightly better odds – take them to win to nil at a nice price of 3/1 with sky bet.
manchester city could be nine points behind the leaders chelsea by the time they start their match at qpr on saturday afternoon, but manuel pellegrini’s men will be buoyed by their derby day victory over united last sunday. though they were far from convincing, the single sergio aguero goal was enough to get them the vital three points, and they will be confident of getting the win at loftus road where they haven’t lost in the league since 1997.
having said that, harry redknapp’s hoops appear to have a turned a corner in recent weeks and have started playing with a bit more vim and vigour than in the early stages of the campaign. they might have lost four of their last five, but two of their last three matches were narrow (and perhaps undeserved) losses to liverpool and chelsea, and they showed enough in those games and their 2-0 win over villa to suggest it won’t be a walkover for city at the weekend. the bookies price the home side at massive betting odds of 16/1 (bet365 and others) for the win, and while we are not so bold as to predict victory for qpr, we think backing them with a 1.5 goal advantage in the asian handicap at 10/13 with betvictor looks a great bet.
west brom versus newcastle looks an intriguing match and a tough one to predict given both sides have won three and drawn two of their last six and have amassed 13 points in total so far. having said that, the confidence is clearly with newcastle who looked so poor just a few weeks ago but who have posted wins over leicester, spurs and liverpool in the league and man city (away) in the league cup. our betting tip here is to back the magpies to be winning at half time and full time at best betting odds of 5/1 with betfred, which looks great value to us.
manchester united will be looking to bounce back from defeat to city last weekend against crystal palace at old trafford, and we are confident they will be able to do so. they held their own for much of the derby match and had it not been for the silly sending off of chris smalling, they could easily have nicked a point. they have also been strong at home – swansea defeat aside – and palace, who are languishing in 17th position in the table, haven’t won since september and have lost three of their last four.
our prediction here is for united to overrun the eagles, but given the eagerness of the visitors to get a result we fancy them to find the net at least once and backing both teams to score in combination with a united win looks like a fine betting tip at 17/10 with betvictor.
the saints have confounded many to maintain such impressive form despite having sold their best players in the summer and we think they will continue this against leicester at st mary’s at the weekend. priced at best betting odds of 11/5 with ladbrokes and others, our prediction for this one is for ronald koeman’s men to win to nil at a nice price of 6/4 with coral as the foxes have failed to score in four of their last five.
another form team, west ham, look good to take three points against hapless aston villa at upton park, our betting tip being for the hammers to be winning at half time and full time at betting odds of 9/5 with betvictor. elsewhere, we fancy burnley will battle to a draw at home to hull, available to back at 19/10, again with betvictor.
arsenal were shocking defensively when letting a three-goal lead slip to draw 3-3 at home with anderlecht on tuesday, but we fancy they’ll have the beating of garry monk’s swansea at the liberty. alexis sanchez is in startlingly good form at the moment and backing the chilean to score first is our betting tip at odds of 5/1 with bet365.
everton will be hoping to get the win against an erratic sunderland side at the stadium of light, and we predict roberto martinez’s men will do just that. backing them to simply win the match at odds of 11/10 with paddy power is our betting tip.
finally tottenham versus stoke gives the home side the chance to build on their win at villa last time out, but we feel the potters will have enough to get a point. backing the match to be all-square at half time is the bet for us though at nice odds of 13/10 with stan james.
so good luck with your bets, and remember to check out the best betting odds with out live odds comparison service.