Football Accumulator Tips: Back plenty of fouls in Saturday's double

After the rather strange occurrence of the FA Cup fifth round ties being played midweek, it’s now back to business as usual as the Premier League returns. There’s a full slate of fixtures on the card this weekend, with seven of those taking place on Saturday. 

Our tipster @AnthonyEadson is on hand with his best Bet Builder tips for the action. Two selections have caught his eye, and at the time of writing the advised double pays 12/5 with Unibet. 

I’ve taken a slightly different approach with my two selections this weekend, with the hope of taking advantage of what I think look like some generous prices from Unibet. The first of those comes in the Leicester vs Leeds match which kicks off at 12:30pm and I’m backing the visitors to concede over 12.5 fouls in the match which is priced at 17/20 as a single.

This season only two sides have conceded more fouls in the League than Leeds, with 369 in total. That averages out at 14.2 per game and when looking at their 13 matches away from home this season, we can see that this line of over 12.5 has landed in nine of their 13 on the road. 

Leicester also rank sixth in the division when it comes to fouls drawn per game (13.3) and with James Maddison and Jamie Vardy likely to come back into the starting line-up I feel this also helps our case for plenty of Leeds fouls.

Finally, another boost here is that David Coote will be the man in the middle for this game. This season the official averages 22.80 fouls per game which ranks him fourth of 18 for that metric. Compare that to Martin Atkinson with just 15.06 fouls per game awarded and you can see why I think this looks like a price that holds value.

The second half of Saturday’s double comes from Molineux where Wolves entertain Crystal Palace at 3pm. Again I’ve picked out a selection from Unibet which can be found under ‘Team Advanced Stats’ on the match page. This time I’m backing Crystal Palace to have over 10.5 fouls in the match, again available at 17/20 as a single with Unibet.

Palace rank fourth in 2021/2022 when it comes to fouls conceded averaging 13.1 per game. Away from Selhurst Park that average rises to 14.8 fouls per game and this line of over 10.5 has landed in 11 of their 13 matches this season. 

The data looks strong for this selection and again we have a referee in charge who should help our cause. Peter Bankes has been one of the best referees for yellow cards this term but also ranks highly for fouls, awarding 22.88 per game on average which ranks him 3rd of the 18 officials with 5+ appearances this campaign. 

Pairing those two selections together on Unibet pays 12/5 which I think looks a solid play considering previous data this season. Best of luck to those following and please gamble responsibly.