football betting fans could be forgiven for thinking the premier league is about one fixture only this weekend as chelsea’s game with manchester city is sure to dominate the media. we’ve got betting tips, predictions and the best available betting odds for that huge top of the table clash, as well as for three other massive premier league games, so read on as we try to pick out some winning bets.
chelsea v manchester city
undoubtedly the biggest fixture of this round of premier league games is at stamford bridge as league leaders chelsea host second placed man city on saturday, hoping to extend their lead at the top of the table to a huge eight points. we predict this will be a close encounter and whilst the blues have had the upper hand in recent meetings between the two big-spending giants, city will know that a win here would really revitalise their title hopes.
earlier in the season the teams played out a 1-1 draw at the etihad and another stalemate, which would arguably suit both sides, allowing chelsea to retain their lead but city to stay in touch, can be backed at best betting odds of 11/4 with william hill. however, we predict a home win, and chelsea can be backed at odds just shy of evens, which looks like great value to us, whilst those betting on the away win will get odds of 31/10 at betvictor.
manuel pellegrini tends to rotate his sides in order to end the season strongly and his core players have certainly featured in fewer of city’s games than the likes of john terry, eden hazard and cesc fabregas have for chelsea. given the pensioners are also in league cup action prior to this there may be a temptation to fancy the away side can cause an upset.
such predictions fail to consider the tactical brilliance of jose mourinho though and also the fact that his sides rarely falter on home soil (the recent fa cup defeat to bradford being the exception to the rule). as such our main betting tip here is the home win, with 1-0 or 2-0 our correct score betting predictions, both on offer at lengthy odds.
arsenal v aston villa
arsenal will expect all three points when villa visit on sunday afternoon and it would take a brave man to predict anything other than a home win. the odds men certainly make the gunners strong favourites but can villa cause an upset?
the villains are having a poor season but have won at liverpool and stoke and, of course, won 3-1 at arsenal on the opening day of last season. they can be backed here at odds of 14/1 and that looks huge, despite their poor form. the home side are priced at 1/4 with betfred and others and that’s a bet sure to feature in many accumulators whilst the draw is out at 11/2 with betvictor.
for the gunners, alexis sanchez is clearly the danger man but they are starting to get other key attacking players back from injury now and their options contrast starkly with villa, who have struggled to score goals all season. our main betting tip is to back the home side to win to nil, available at nice odds and a prediction we have full confidence in given villa average just 0.36 goals per game on the road.
southampton v swansea
both of these attractive sides are over-performing this season in the premier league and few could have predicted how well the saints would do after losing so many of their best players in the summer. ronald koeman’s men are currently third in the premier league, 12 points and six places above swansea and given the welsh side are poor on the road it doesn’t take a genius to predict a home win here.
southampton can be backed at best betting odds of just 8/13 but that looks a solid bet to us and offers much more appeal than the odds of 3/1 for the draw or 6/1 for the swansea win.
the home side’s success is built on their wonderful defence and having managed seven home clean sheets from eight games against sides outside the top four they have to be backed for another here, which means that again, our top betting tip is the home side to win to nil, available at best betting odds of 31/20 with betvictor.
manchester united v leicester city
the last time these sides met the game ended in a scarcely believable 5-3 success for the foxes. sadly for leicester, since that result their form has been poor and they come into this game sitting rock bottom of the premier league and three points away from safety.
a trip to old trafford to face manchester united is far from ideal when it that predicament but then who would have predicted the east midlands outfit would have won the reverse fixture and scored five in the process? as the weekend’s fa cup games showed, anything can happen in football and there are sure to be some takers of ladbrokes’ odds of 19/2 for the away win.
that said, we suspect far more punters will be betting on the red devils, even at odds as short as 1/3. the draw, which would be a fine result for the away side, is priced at betting odds of 9/2 but our betting tip for this one is, once more, the home win to nil.
,p>leicester have failed to score in six of their 11 games on the road in the premier league and united’s much-maligned defence is actually the third best in the top flight. we think wayne rooney and co will get the job done with room to spare so bet on them to win without conceding at great betting odds of 13/10 here.