The Sky Sports website and app will be showing match highlights of every Premier League game shortly after full-time, giving fans the opportunity to catch up on the action they may have missed. In addition, there are four live games this weekend including Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal, West Ham vs Leeds, Man City vs Chelsea, and Newcastle vs Leicester on Sky Sports. Furthermore, Sky Bet’s Super 6 offers the chance to win a whopping £250,000.
One of the most exciting games this weekend is Tottenham vs Brentford, taking place at 12:30pm on Saturday. It is difficult to measure how much Brentford will miss Ivan Toney’s presence and goalscoring exploits as he has only missed four away games since Brentford’s promotion. Although the Bees are winless in that time, they played with great authority in narrow defeats at Arsenal and Manchester City and managed two 2-2 draws with Leeds and Nottingham Forest. Brentford tend not to rely on one player to make their machine function, so they are expected to be as competitive and aggressive as ever at Spurs, especially with the chance to finish seventh and qualify for the Europa Conference League still possible. Tottenham will just want this season to end, but their extra quality in the attack may balance things out. The corresponding fixture ended in a draw, and Spurs are due some stalemates at home having drawn just two of their last 47 Premier League home games. The 11/4 with Sky Bet for the game to finish level pegging is quite juicy.
Manchester United will face Bournemouth on Saturday at 3pm. The Red Devils are more stumbling than charging over the line in the race for the top four, but they have a near-perfect record away from home against the bottom half. They have taken 23 points from 27 available and conceded just five goals in those nine matches. The market has priced them accordingly, so there isn’t much scope there. However, it is worth noting that Bournemouth is the only Premier League side this season not to have been awarded a penalty, and only eight teams have gone through a whole season without being given a spot-kick, so it’s a very rare occurrence. You can get 13/2 with Sky Bet on Bournemouth netting a penalty.
Fulham will face Crystal Palace at 3pm on Saturday in what should be a free-flowing, pressure-free game played in the Craven Cottage sunshine. The goals should flow, so Jones Knows is heading to the goalscorer markets. Roy Hodgson has added plenty of panache and flamboyancy to Palace since returning as boss, but one area of concern has been their declining numbers at defending set pieces. They’ve shipped five goals since Hodgson returned as manager, and only Bournemouth have conceded more in that period. This has alerted Jones Knows to the price of Tosin Adarabioyo in the anytime market where you can snaffle up 22/1 with Sky Bet on him finding the net. His last goal came in September away at Nottingham Forest, and he’s usually good for at least two goals a season, so his turn might be coming. Those who like a shorter price should also take note of the 10/11 with Sky Bet on him registering at least one shot in the game.
Liverpool will face Aston Villa at 3pm on Saturday, and the goal expectancy looks too high for this clash where there is plenty on the line still. Aston Villa is a cagey team away from Villa Park, where they sit a little deeper than their fantastically aggressive high line plays at home and soak up a bit more pressure. Unai Emery’s 11 games in charge away from home have all bar one fallen under the 3.5 goal line (3-1 defeat to Manchester City), with the average total match goals scored coming in at 2.09 per-game. Meanwhile, Liverpool is in result mode, with five of their last six wins coming via a one-goal margin, although their overall performance level is hitting a consistent level. It’s not the usual tubthumping attacking style we’ve been accustomed to witnessing over the years. It may be worth investing in the under 2.5 goals line at a generous 6/4 with Sky Bet.
Wolves vs Everton will take place at 3pm on Saturday, and it’s a humongous game. Everton, despite just two away wins all season, are favourites to beat a Wolves team who have won four on the bounce at home without conceding. Jones Knows’ tissue had Everton priced up at 2/1 for this encounter, and he was certain he’d be getting a bigger actual price than that, hence he’d be very interested in an away win. However, disappointingly, the market agrees with him to the extent that Everton are still favourites. That has frazzled his brain, so he’s settling for a draw, which isn’t a bad result for Dyche’s side with Bournemouth at home to come.
Nottingham Forest will face Arsenal at 5:30 pm on Saturday, live on Sky Sports. Arsenal have thrilled and entertained in equal measure this season, yet the disappointment of falling short to Manchester City was slapped all over their performance last weekend. They have been top for 248 days this season, which would be the most days at the top without winning the title in top-division history. It’s going to be a big challenge for Mikel Arteta to lift those chins up. With a defence that has been creaking for two months now, there is a chance of them being gobbled by Forest at the City Ground. Steve Cooper’s men have lost just two of their last 14 Premier League home games. At 8/15 with Sky Bet, Arsenal are ludicrously short with so much on the line for Forest. Jones Knows is willing to roll the dice again with Anthony Taylor in charge. With Forest making a game of this, there is a huge slice of value in backing Nottingham Forest to win and Keylor Navas to be carded at 50/1 with Sky Bet. Taylor remains the strictest referee when it comes to time-wasting in the Premier League, he shows no patience for it. He has shown 14 yellow cards for that offence this season, the most of any referee, with nine of those for goalkeepers. That’s six more than any other Premier League referee has produced for goalkeepers wasting time. He even booked Ederson after just 36 minutes in Manchester City’s win at The Emirates. Navas, who has been carded twice for timewasting since joining from PSG, hopefully can catch his eye as Forest grind their way to victory, and ultimately safety.
