after beating sunderland 1-0 at the stadium of light on wednesday evening, antonio conte’s chelsea now find themselves a whopping six points clear at the top of the premier league table.
at the same time, jurgen klopp’s liverpool eased to a 3-0 victory at middlesbrough, whilst arsenal fell to a 2-1 defeat at goodison park on tuesday.
at the other end, sunderland’s loss to the leaders kept them at the bottom of the pile. in fact, the bottom five of the premier league all suffered damaging defeats, meaning west ham united were the big winners, following their 1-0 triumph over burnley at the london stadium.
this weekend, we’ve got another exciting premier league fixture list to get stuck into. check out our live odds comparison, best odds, betting tips, predictions and previews for four of the biggest matches, including sunday’s heavyweight clash between manchester city and arsenal, and monday’s merseyside derby at goodison park.
we begin with saturday’s early kick off from selhurst park, as chelsea travel to crystal palace. a win for the blues would take them nine points clear at the summit, for a day at the very least.
chelsea have ground out two narrow and battling 1-0 victories during the past week. after beating west bromwich albion at stamford bridge on sunday, antonio conte’s men secured a 1-0 victory at the stadium of light against struggling sunderland on wednesday, courtesy of a cesc fabregas strike. as for palace, they lost 2-1 at home to manchester united on tuesday, a result that leaves them in 16th place.
as you would expect, chelsea are the strong favourites to claim another three points. looking at our live odds comparison, the best betting odds you can get on an away win are 3/5 with ladbrokes. meanwhile, the home victory is available at 11/2 at odds of sporting bet, whilst you can get the draw at 10/3 with the same bookie.
however, we’re predicting the west londoners to ease to victory at selhurst, and we like the look of betfair’s odds of 8/5 for chelsea to win -1.
after scoring late to win at crystal palace on wednesday, jose mourinho’s manchester united will be looking for two away wins in a week when they travel to the hawthorns in saturday’s late kick off.
however, the baggies will be no pushovers, having won four of their last six premier league matches. in fact, albion have been in such fine form, they sit seventh in the premier league, just four points behind united in the table.
as our odds comparison shows, the red devils are the 7/10 favourites with betvictor. despite being in good shape, the baggies are available at the tempting price of 24/5 with unibet. betway have the draw at best betting odds of 11/4.
we predict a tight match at the hawthorns, but we think jose’s men will secure a narrow win in the midlands. therefore, our betting tip for this one is a simple one: snap up betvictor’s odds of 7/10 for united to come out on top.
one of the standout games from this weekend’s fixture list is no doubt the blockbuster affair at the etihad stadium between pep guardiola’s fourth-placed manchester city and arsene wenger’s arsenal, who sit third. with only one point separating these two english giants in the premier league table, we should be in for a fascinating affair in manchester.
with chelsea currently six points clear at the top, these two will be desperate to take maximum points from this one. arsenal’s somewhat surprising 2-1 loss at everton, coupled with city’s comfortable 2-0 victory over watford, has made things an awful lot tighter for the chasing pack at the top.
as always when these pair of heavyweights come head-to-head, sunday’s showdown at the etihad will undoubtedly be another enthralling battle. going into the fixture, the bookies have the citizens as the slight favourites, with betway’s 23/10 being your best betting odds. for those of you looking for a gunners upset, betfair are offering the tempting odds of 12/5.
however, we’re predicting it to end all square in this one. in the last fixture between these two, they played out an entertaining 2-2 draw at the etihad back in may. betvictor have the draw available at the decent price of 13/5, and that’s our choice of bet for this one.
last but by no means least, monday night football comes from goodison park, as everton and liverpool face off in a mouth-watering merseyside derby matchup. both teams go in to monday’s contest fresh off the back of vital wins, but who will take the merseyside bragging rights in this one?
after going a goal down to an in-form arsenal on tuesday, the toffees fought back in tremendous style, with goals from seamus coleman and ashley williams turning the game on its head at goodison. as for liverpool, after taking one point from two games, they got back to winning ways in emphatic fashion, beating middlesbrough 3-0 at the riverside stadium on wednesday.
the reds currently lie in second place in the pl table, whilst ronald koeman’s men, who have won just won game in six, are eighth. going into monday’s derby, despite being at home, everton are the 3/1 underdogs with bet365 to claim the win. as for jurgen klopp’s men, you can get them at odds of 42/41 at unibet. looking at the live odds comparison for the draw, the best price available is 11/4 (william hill).
unfortunately for the toffees supporters, we can see liverpool securing the bragging rights in this one and we’re predicting a relatively easy away win. the reds just love to score goals, and we can’t help but be drawn to coral’s 13/5 for the away side to win -1.