Premier League Booking Tips: Three card plays for Gameweek 35
It’s Gameweek 35 in the Premier League and we’re continuing our series here at BettingOdds.com, highlighting our favourite fancies for players to be carded in the Premier League.
Our columnist @AnthonyEadson has once again cast his eye over the fixtures and has picked out three players he likes the look of. As a treble, the three football tips currently pay best with bet365 at 153/1, although we’d advise playing the trixie, meaning it will be profit if two of the three selections land. You can view all the referee appointments for this weekend in our Premier League Ref Watch article.
Joel Veltman, Tomas Soucek & Scott McTominay all to be carded - 0.25pt Trixie - 153/1 bet365
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Joel Veltman, Scott McTominay & Tomas Soucek all to be carded
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Joel Veltman - 9/2 bet365
All three of my selections this weekend come on Sunday and the first of which arrives from The Black country where Wolves take on Brighton at lunchtime. The player in question is Dutch defender Joel Veltman who I think could be in for a long afternoon on Sunday. During his time at Ajax, Veltman had two consecutive seasons where he picked up six yellows and a red, as well as picking up five cautions and a sending off in ten games in their Champions League campaign back in 2016.
Veltman has been shown six yellow cards in total for club and country this season and his life will not be made any easier as he will most likely be up against Adama Traore this weekend. Only Jack Grealish has been fouled more times in the Premier League since the opening day of the season and his speed is always problematic for defences to deal with. Both Ainsley Maitland-NIles and Darnell Furlong were carded for fouls on Adama Traore on Monday evening in the Spaniards last outing.
With an average of 1.2 fouls per game this season by Veltman I think there’s potential for him to rack up a good few with one hopefully resulting in a card. At 9/2 with bet365 I’m willing to have a small play here.
Scott McTominay - 5/2
Staying in the midlands, Aston Villa host Manchester United at 2:05pm. Scott McTominay is a player who I’ve touted several times to be carded over the last few months and while bet365 continue to price him drastically bigger than other firms I’ll continue to do so in selected games.
In his last ten appearances, ‘McSauce’ has been shown the yellow card on five occasions. Two of those appearances came from the bench and when it comes to fouls per game at Manchester United this season he ranks first with 2.1 on average. Chris Kavanagh takes charge who ranks sixth out of 19 Premier League referees this season for yellows brandished per game (3.11).
Tomas Soucek - 16/5 William Hill
West Ham v Everton looks one of the games of the weekend and at 4:30pm Sunday I’ll be hoping that Tomas Soucek can pick up his eight Premier League card of the campaign. It’s a huge game for both sides in their pursuit of European qualification. Win all four of their remaining fixtures and there’s every chance that this West Ham side could be playing Champions League football in the 2021/2022 season.
Stuart Attwell will be the man in the middle and he took the crown last season for the best yellow cards per game ratio. Attwell ranks highly once again this term, in third of 19, with 3.65 yellows shown on average. Tomas Soucek is committing by far the most fouls per game of all the Hammers players this season with 1.9 on average, with only one other player in Jesse Lingard (1.4pg) having an average above 1.0 per game. After considering Soucek’s numbers this term, along with the referee and the importance of this match the 16/5 top price available on the Czech midfielder being carded does make plenty of appeal.
I’ll be playing singles and trixie on these selections, which is best priced at 153/1 with bet365. Best of luck to anyone following this Sunday, let’s hope it’s a profitable one and as always, please gamble responsibly.
