Premier League Predictions and Odds for Upcoming Matches
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The Premier League is heating up, and several matches are scheduled to take place in the coming days. Football journalist Jones Knows provides his insight across the Premier League, tipping four home wins on Tuesday. One of the key matches is between Bournemouth and Brighton, where the latter is expected to win due to their excellent form and the absence of Illya Zabarnyi from the Bournemouth squad. Kaoru Mitoma is back to his devastating best in the Brighton frontline, scoring five in his last seven matches, and has an excellent record playing against Bournemouth, scoring four in four.
The odds for Mitoma to score in a Brighton win are 7/2 with Sky Bet, which looks overpriced. Another match to watch out for is between Crystal Palace and Aston Villa, where Palace almost always score, and Villa almost always concede. Oliver Glasner's team has scored in 17 of their last 18 matches, while the visitors have only kept a clean sheet in one of their last 16. Eberechi Eze has not looked himself this season due to various niggly injuries but played 90 minutes and looked back to his sparky self on Saturday, hitting the target with two efforts. He is 7/2 with Sky Bet to score anytime, which looks a generous price. The Premier League is known for its unpredictability, and these matches are expected to be thrilling.
Matheus Cunha showed yet again at Bournemouth that he is everything to Wolves, and Vitor Pereira has played a blinder in pushing the Brazilian even more to the fore in the way he wants his team to play. Cunha is a Champions League player in a relegation fight, and everything goes through him, which explains why his fouls drawn numbers are on the rise. In all eight starts under Pereira, Cunha has been fouled at least twice. A way of boosting the 8/13 price with Sky Bet to something more appealing at Evens would be to add Cunha to have a shot on target into the mix using the BuildABet function. He's had 2.11 shots on target per 90 since Pereira took charge, registering 19 in total. The football world is eagerly waiting to see how these matches unfold.
Chelsea have won just three of their last 12 matches across all competitions, but this is the fixture they want when their backs are against the wall. If Enzo Maresca can't find a way past Southampton, then serious questions will need to be asked. They are 1/7 with Sky Bet for the home win. The outright market is obviously a non-event from a betting point of view, so heading elsewhere for an angle in makes sense. My eyes have been drawn to Enzo Fernandez in the foul involvement market - so, combining his fouls committed with fouls drawn. It's his 4+ foul involvements line that stands out at 6/4 with Sky Bet. Here are the match scores and statistics to watch out for:
- Bournemouth vs Brighton: Mitoma to score in a Brighton win (7/2)
- Crystal Palace vs Aston Villa: Eberechi Eze to score anytime (7/2)
- Chelsea vs Southampton: Enzo Fernandez to have 4+ foul involvements (6/4)
Crystal Palace have won five of their last six Premier League home games against Aston Villa, beating them 5-0 in this exact fixture last term. The reverse fixture between Crystal Palace and Aston Villa in November finished 2-2. Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last four midweek Premier League games, keeping a clean sheet each time. Having won nine and losing just one of their first 13 Premier League away games against London sides under Unai Emery, Aston Villa are now winless in their last three in the capital. The team rankings are as follows:
- Crystal Palace: 10th in the Premier League table
- Aston Villa: 6th in the Premier League table
- Chelsea: 12th in the Premier League table
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