Soccer Betting: English Premier League Weekend Preview Part I
We’ll take a break from the American variety of football and look at Saturday action in what the rest of the world calls ‘football’ (and Americans call soccer). The English Premier League season is now well underway with Liverpool and Manchester City once again setting the pace. Eight big games on the docket for Saturday with single games on Sunday and Monday. Here are our best bets in each. Lines from BetOnline.ag:
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ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE SOCCER SATURDAY BEST BETS
LIVERPOOL AT SHEFFIELD UNITED
Chelsea gave Liverpool a spirited battle last time out but a furious late game rally fell short. As a result, Liverpool remains undefeated and on top of the Premiership table. Liverpool has a Champions League game against Salzburg on deck but likely won’t fall asleep here in the second half like they did at Stamford Bridge last weekend.
BET LIVERPOOL -1.5 +104 OVER SHEFFIELD UNITED
BET LIVERPOOL/SHEFFIELD UNITED UNDER 3 -118
WATFORD AT WOLVERHAMPTON
The two bottom teams on the EPL table do battle at Molineux Stadium. Watford is still looking for their first Premiership win of the season though a win over Swansea City in league cup play should boost their spirit. The Hornets negligible defense will make the difference here—they’ve allowed a ridiculous 18 goals in 6 games including 10 in 3 games away from home.
BET WOLVERHAMPTON -1/2 -115 OVER WATFORD
BET WOLVERHAMPTON/WATFORD OVER 2.5 +100
WEST HAM UNITED AT AFC BOURNEMOUTH
Vitality Stadium will host this game between a pair of teams just bubbling under the top tier. West Ham is in 5th place with Bournemouth one point behind in sixth. West Ham is unbeaten on the road in Premier League play but have drawn twice. That will likely be their goal here.
BET WEST HAM UNITED/AFC BOURNEMOUTH DRAW +235
NORWICH CITY AT CRYSTAL PALACE
Crystal Palace is at the tail end of the six team pack in the middle of the Premiership table with 8 points. They’re unbeaten at home this year (1-2-0) while Norwich City has laid an egg on the road (0-0-3). The bigger concern for the visitors has been a complete lack of offense on their travels—they’ve scored just one goal while conceding eight.
BET CRYSTAL PALACE -0.5 -111 OVER NORWICH CITY
SOUTHAMPTON AT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
The Spurs are at the top of the aforementioned six team pack but they’ve looked nothing like the team that reached the Champions League Finals a year ago. Their primary issue has been awful play on the road where they’re 0-2-1 scoring 5 and conceding 6. Things have been much better at home where the Spurs have won 2 of 3 scoring 7 and conceding only 2. Only loss at home was a tough 1-0 setback against Newcastle United. Spurs fans are restless after the team was seen off in League Cup play losing in penalties to lower tier League Two Colchester United. They’ll try to get back in their good graces with a strong showing here.
BET TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR -1, -1.5 -103 OVER SOUTHAMPTON
BET TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR/SOUTHAMPTON OVER 3 -102
Three more games for Saturday along with Sunday and Monday action upcoming in Part 2 of our English Premier League weekend preview!
