It’s the third weekend of Premier League football and we take a look at the market to see who represents value and maybe help you win a few quid on the way.
Already the table has a slightly familiar look to it, with both Manchester City and Chelsea occupying two of the top four spots with 100% records. Mauricio Pocchetino’s Spurs top the table following their excellent start and the only other team with a perfect record are Swansea, still buoyed by their opening day win at Old Trafford.
The first match of the weekend features new boys Burnley at home to the shell-shocked Manchester United.
United have had a disastrous start, picking up one point from their opening two matches and also exiting the Capital One Cup with a hammering from MK Dons in midweek.
Angel di Maria has been brought in by Van Gaal and he is expected to make his debut at Turf Moor. With ten players still unavailable to United, Burnley at 5/1 look a seriously tempting bet as a standalone. If you feel Di Maria could make a dream debut and grab the first goal, he is available at 11/2.
The first team into our four team accumulator are the reigning champions Manchester City. They looked ominously good against Liverpool on Monday night and will be expected to take care of Stoke City at home tomorrow which is why they are priced at 2/11. Next team up are fellow table toppers Swansea City.
We tipped them last week and they didn’t let us down when they beat Burnley and we expect them to maintain their 100% start to the season at home to West Brom tomorrow and are there at 17/20.
Newcastle United have not had the best of starts, but we tip them to open their account tomorrow with a home win against Crystal Palace.
Palace have been in turmoil since the start of the season and even though they have appointed Neil Warnock, Newcastle should be too strong for them at St James Park and at 8/11, it looks like the bookies agree too.
The final piece of the accumulator goes to Arsenal. They laboured somewhat midweek to beat Besiktas to qualify for the Champions League, but they displayed great heart and guts to hit back and earn a draw at Goodison Park last weekend. They should have far too much quality for newly-promoted Leicester City and at 3/4, we are having some of that.
That accumulator comes in at just under 8/1, but if you don’t like the sounds of that, why not throw Burnley into the mix and the five team accumulator ramps up to a whopping 50/1 or so.
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