A THRILLING Premier League title race continues this weekend with all the contenders in action before Manchester City head to the Club World Cup.
Arsenal host Brighton a game which screams goals, while Burnley face Everton in a huge six-pointer towards the foot of the table.
However, the game of the weekend undoubtedly takes place at Anfield where Liverpool renew their famous, old rivalry with Manchester United.
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Goals look guaranteed at the Emirates on Sunday afternoon – this bet has landed in Brighton’s last 20 Premier League games!
Arsenal has also conceded often at home – perhaps a little too often for a side with title ambitions.
They’ve conceded in six of eight home league matches this season; last term it was 15 out of 19.
Both managers like to play open, attacking football so don’t expect the trends to change in this contest.
Add both teams to score to your acca at 3/4 at BetUK
Palace’s injury list grew even further this week with Odsonne Edouard and Jefferson Lerma joining those already on the sidelines.
Keeper Sam Johnstone also limped off during last weekend’s defeat to Liverpool, so third-choice stopper Remi Matthews is set to start this game.
With Jordan Ayew also suspended following his red card, boss Roy Hodgson is going to be without as many as 10 players against the champions.
“It was going to be a tough task any way,” he said. “Now it’s become quasi-impossible.”
Perhaps there was a bit of mental kidology there but there’s little doubt City are hot favourites to win this one.
They got the chance to rest several stars in midweek and so should be raring to go.
Back them to cover a one-goal handicap.
Back City (-1) in your acca at 13/25 at BetUK
United return to the scene of their 7-0 humbling last season but that is far from their only reason to worry ahead of this one.
Liverpool have actually won four of the last five meetings of the sides. They’ve scored 21 goals across that series, conceding just four.
This season, Jurgen Klopp’s men are 11-from-11 on home soil. They’ve scored at least twice in every one of those matches.
United bowed out of the Champions League in midweek with another pretty miserable performance and they will likely struggle to keep out a vibrant home attack, one outscored only by Manchester City.
United have an expected goals against (xGA) figure of 29.5 which is considerably higher than the number of goals they’ve actually conceded (21).
That shows they are giving up chance and aren’t being punished for it.
Liverpool are unlikely to be so forgiving.
Liverpool to win at 1/3 with BetUK
Add the following two bets to make it a 5-fold acca.
Everton have responded superbly to their 10-point deduction to pull themselves back out of the relegation zone.
But now this game brings a different pressure.
A run of nine wins in 13 in all competitions means they are going off firm favourites (around even money) but the players will know their record against the newly-promoted clubs has been very poor for some time.
Having already been beaten by lowly Luton this season, they’ve won just one of their last 12 such matches and that inability to pick up three points against sides who, in general, have been relegation rivals, has been a major reason why they’ve struggled to survive in the top flight of late.
Yes, Burnley’s form is poor but they won 5-0 in their last home game and will know the gap to safety will open to at least six points if they lose this one.
This is a massive game for them too and they should be up for the fight – they can avoid defeat.
Choose Burnley/Draw in the double chance market at 3/4 with BetUK
Luton have won plaudits in the past fortnight for their performances against title contenders Manchester City and Arsenal.
They lost home games against them by single-goal margins but for all that competitiveness, the fact is they’ve lost 11 of 16 on their return to the top flight.
Away form home, that’s six of eight with only seven goals scored.
In contrast, Bournemouth are flying now. After a slow start to life under Andoni Iraola, they’ve taken 13 points from the last 15 available, beating Newcastle and Manchester United, with only high-flying Aston Villa denying them a full house with a last-minute equaliser.
Only four players have scored more Premier League goals than Dominic Solanke this season, while the form of Antoine Semenyo is excellent and he should trouble a defence which has the worst expected-goals-against tally in the division.
Back Bournemouth to win at 13/25 at BetUK
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