James Buttler looks ahead to Sunday's matches in the Premier League and picks out the best bets with a treble.
Leicester City v Man City
I am putting my neck on the line and saying with confidence that Man City’s dreadful and unexpectedly poor run will end at the King Power Stadium on Sunday. A run of only one win in 13 for the Citizens has seen them slip to seventh in the Premier League. But Pep’s boys play a Foxes side that has only won one in 11 and are down in 18th. They will certainly have to up their game if they are going to cling on to top-tier football for next season.
City haven’t won in eight away from home and Erling Haaland has only bagged once in his last seven matches. That changes and I’m taking City to win and a Haaland goal at 9/10 with Unibet. It’s not a massive price, but you’ll get much skinnier in a couple of weeks when City are truly back to winning ways.
Everton v Nottingham Forest
Everton have had to work so hard for their last three points with tough draws against Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City. On paper a match against Forest should be easier, but the current table has the visitors in third by right.
Forest are flying after four straight wins, which weren’t easy either, away at Brentford and Man Utd and home to Villa and Spurs.
Everton’s defence is tough to break down, so I’m not expecting a goal-fest, but let’s not overcomplicate this one. Forest are confident, they are winning and Nuno has them playing well enough to see a trip to Everton as another three-pointer. The 15/8 on Forest is too generous to ignore with BetFred.
Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou is under pressure after his side have won just one of their last six in the Premier League. And Wolves, who looked out for the count under Gary O’Neil have been rejuvenated with the arrival of new boss Vitor Pereira. Pereira appears to be a great fit and wins over Leicester City and Man Utd since his arrival have taken them out of the bottom three.
Matheus Cunha scored his 10th of the season against Man Utd and was brilliant. Wolves are a ridiculously generous 18/5 with Unibet to win on Sunday, which is the price I’m sticking into the treble. Take Wolves and a Cunha goal and you get a very tasty 8/1 with Bet MGM. There’s every chance for Wolves goals against a makeshift Spurs defence.
James’ Premier League Treble
Roll those selections into a treble and it amounts to 30/1 with Unibet.
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