James Buttler finds the best bets in Saturday's Premier League matches and comes up with a 15/1 treble.
Leicester City v Arsenal
Leicester are 18th in the table and face an Arsenal side to whom they’ve lost their last six Premier League matches. The Foxes have lost their last four home matches ‘to nil’ and they face an Arsenal side that will be eager to keep the pressure on league leaders Liverpool, seven points above them.
The Gunners are unbeaten in 14 Premier League matches, winning nine of them, and they’ve been sunning themselves in Dubai while Leicester were going out of the FA Cup at Manchester United last weekend.
Leicester have conceded two or more in eight of their last nine home games and that leads us to the quick bet in this one, because Arsenal are unsurprisingly skinny to take three points. Arsenal to win ‘to nil’ just like the last four visitors to the King Power have is a pretty tasty 23/20 with BetVictor. I don’t think we need to overcomplicate it any more than that.
Southampton v Bournemouth
Southampton’s FA Cup run ended with defeat to Burnley last weekend and they are all but mathematically relegated from the Premier League. It would take the kind of miracle never seen before to see the Saints avoid the drop.
They are rivalling the 2007/08 Derby County side for the fewest points gained in a Premier League season, although the 2-1 win over fellow strugglers Ipswich in their last league game may have just given them the edge in that battle to avoid infamy. They’ve lost six home league matches in a row and the visit of south coast rivals Bournemouth won’t inspire hope.
Seventh-placed Bournemouth are just three points off fourth spot and have been nothing short of sensational in the Premier League this season and pushing for European football for the first time in their history. The Cherries are on a six-match away unbeaten run and have lost just once in their last 14 matches in all competitions, and that was to Liverpool who you may have noticed are doing quite well right now.
This has to be viewed as a Bournemouth win, but how do we find the value as the 4/7 on Bournemouth doesn’t get me too excited. Here’s a stat – Southampton have conceded a league-high average of 1.27 goals in the first half of their Premier League home games this season. Over 1.5 1st half goals in this match is 5/4 with PaddyPower and you don’t even need Bournemouth to score them all.
Crystal Palace v Everton
Palace have won five of their last eight matches, but only Ipswich and Southampton have won fewer home games this season. They have also only won once against Everton in their last 20 meetings and the Toffees are much improved under the returning David Moyes. Nine of those 20 encounters ended as draws.
Everton were impressive in the 2-2 draw with Liverpool on Wednesday evening and deserved their point, thanks to a James Tarkowski’s 98th-minute equaliser at Goodison Park. It meant Everton are unbeaten in their last four games, winning three, and the dynamic has changed from thoughts of relegation.
But these are two form teams and could easily cancel each other out and the draw is much overlooked. In a fixture where the draw has been a regular occurrence, the 49/20 on the stalemate is my best bet and worthy of consideration.
James’ Premier League Treble
If you put all of the above selections into a treble and it comes to 15/1 with BetVictor.
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