Chelsea v Manchester City: Best bets for all Sunday’s Premier League games
Our betting expert with a bookings call at Stamford Bridge, tips for Villa-Fulham, Liverpool, West Ham and Brighton PLUS La LIga angle
Manchester City’s trip to Chelsea looks Taylor-made for another VAR-fuelled clusterflub.
Well, if you can’t beat ’em, back ’em.
At the very least it’s easier than trying to get a sure grip on the balance of powers at Stamford Bridge (4.30pm).
Chelsea are rising on an uptick, but the 4-1 at Tottenham last Sunday definitely wants a little question mark in the form book. Maybe a clown emoji as well.
And Nicolas Jackson’s ‘breakthrough’ hat-trick comes with the warning that two were training-ground tap-ins. Plus he missed two sitters. Still, it perked him up enough to do a Ronaldo celebration.
Erling Haaland mostly celebrates a goal by scoring another goal a few minutes later, with four ‘scores two or more’ performances in his past seven games for club and country. Amazingly, he’s still not even been City’s eye-catcher. That honour goes to Jeremy Doku.
The little Belgian winkle pin will be a thorn in Chelsea’s side, and with card-machine Anthony Taylor back on the Prem whistle after being briefly relegated for blunders unbecoming high office, bookings make most appeal.
Take Chelsea – who oddly had more individuals carded than nine-man Spurs last week – at 5/6 (Bet365) to get the most bookings.
West Ham against Nottingham Forest (2pm) looks trappy, with both sides best on the counter-attack. Jarrod Bowen has scored in eight of his 15 Hammers starts this season and still appeals at 21/10 (Paddy) ‘anytime scorer’.
Liverpool had a VAR-fetched tale to tell in midweek, and the visit of Brentford (2pm) could have Jurgen Klopp grinding his teeth again. But Mo Salah has scored in 16 of his past 20 Anfield games – and Evens (Paddy) ‘anytime’ is fair.
Aston Villa keep bossing the chance-creation stats, and will test visitors Fulham (2pm). Ollie Watkins is bob-on at 13/10 ‘anytime scorer’ but Fulham set-piece threat Joao Palhinha is a ripe ‘anytime’ longshot at 8/1 (both Bet365).
Evan Ferguson’s longshot data shines - take ‘scores from outside the box’ at 9/1 (Hills) when his Brighton host Sheffield United (2pm).
Over in Spain, Antoine Griezmann looks La Liga’s best ‘coin-flip’ at 21/20 (Bet365) ‘anytime scorer’ when Atletico Madrid welcome Villarreal (8pm).
