Cross Game Multi Tips: Back Tielemans to continue fine goalscoring form this Sunday
Sunday’s early fixture is a tough one to preview, With Thomas Tuchel only just having taken over and him being such a tactically diverse manager meaning the lineup and formation is extremely hard to predict. One player I do expect to be recalled to the starting 11 is Mason Mount, given Kai Havertz's lacklustre performance in midweek.
Mount could be a key player for the Blues here as Burnley defend very deep leaving very little space for wide players and strikers to get in behind and create chances, this often means that central midfielders are given plenty of space to operate in from further out and that’s certainly been the case in previous meetings between these sides, with the England international managing 2 shots on target in his last 2 matches vs the Clarets - he’s 9/2 to repeat that again and that’s my preferred play for this game.
Leicester go into Sunday’s game against Leeds with injuries to quite a few key players. Vardy is out and Ndidi and Evans are also big doubts, even so I do think they will be too strong for a very unpredictable Leeds side here. The Whites' two biggest weaknesses are defending against counter attacks and set pieces, they conceded 22 shots v Newcastle midweek and 7 of those shots were from Newcastle’s two centre-backs.
If Soyuncu plays he could be a good angle for shots but both Evans and Fofana have very low shot and goal stats in their career so I will be avoiding them. The player I’m going to focus on is Youri Tielemans, he’s taken over penalty duty while Vardy is injured and has scored 2 In his last 2 games. The Foxes midfielder is 7/2 to score and 9/2 for 2 shots on target, both of which look like value prices but I think I just prefer the to score price play at a push so will be running with that one this weekend.
Sunday’s final game will be an interesting watch, Brighton statistically have done well this season but the results just haven’t matched the performances. Spurs are unappealing to back without Harry Kane especially coming off the back of a result which will definitely have hurt them. Only Man City and Liverpool have conceded less shots than Brighton this season so I simply cannot get on board with the ultra short shot prices available on Spurs' attacking players.
I’m going to opt for a Brighton player whose perhaps not the most frequent scorer but has found his shooting boots of late and that’s Yves Bissouma, arguably Brighton’s most important player this season and he’s starting to improve on his attacking numbers as well. He managed 5 shots in the Fa Cup last weekend, including scoring a scorcher from distance, and had 3 shots on target in his last 7 starts so the 3/1 currently available on him to have a shot on target looks a tad generous.
Liverpool completely overran Spurs in midfield midweek and if that same sort of space is afforded to Brighton Sunday then I expect Bissouma to chance his arm and try to repeat last weekend's heroics.
