Tottenham v Bournemouth: Best bets for Sunday and Monday’s Premier League games
Our betting expert with a 14/1 punt at Spurs, Arsenal at Fulham and Liverpool against Newcastle on Monday
Back Dominic Solanke to rock the boat at Tottenham.
Spurs have been leaking two goals a pop over their past 10 games, and have looked notably rudderless at the back without Cristian Romero.
He’s out again, with a ham string injury. Probably not as festive as it sounds.
It will be a reimagined defence again here for Ange Postecoglou.
On the evidence of the 4-2 defeat at Brighton, Big Ange hasn’t put in his thumb and pulled out a plum with Emerson Royal at centre-back.
Tottenham could have scored three or four, too. So no reason to quibble with total-goals forecasts well OVER 2.5 when Bournemouth visit (2pm).
The Cherries are on an uptick, with fearless away form setting the tone. Scorer bets appeal, and for an in-form threat with the right tools, look no further than Solanke.
An Evens ‘anytime scorer’ shot on his raw data, Solanke looks cherry-ripe at 2/1 (Bet365) this afternoon.
Longshot fans want ‘Solanke scores a header’ at 14/1 (Skybet) – he bagged two the other week, and Spurs’ defence can appear vulnerable under air assault.
As goal-machine No.9’s go, Gabriel Jesus is no Erling Haaland. In fact, Manchester City’s 2022 switch-up – offloading Jesus to Arsenal for £45million, so effectively getting the Big Yin for the price of a fish supper – might be the best Prem business ever done.
But against a leaky Fulham (2pm), Jesus is still fair at 2/1 (Skybet, Bet365) ‘anytime scorer’ and 16/1 (Bet365) he ‘scores a header’ is all that and a bag of chips, given his numbers.
Split a longshot stake with ‘Martin Odegaard scores from outside the box’ at 10/1 (Hills).
Mo Salah is off to the Africa Cup of Nations – the visit of leaky, injury-ravaged Newcastle (8pm, tomorrow) is his final Liverpool game for a while.
Assuming that he returns fit, the Egypt star will likely miss four or five Prem outings. What’s that in points dropped in a title race? He went flat after the 2021 AFCoN, too.
The Evens (Skybet) ‘anytime scorer’ is the last mince pie. Grab it.
Napoli striker Victor Osimhen gives 10/1 Nigeria a serious AFCoN shout and in a soft group, look out for him as top-scorer prices land.
