Premier League Top Scorer Odds: 40/1 & 100/1 shots to consider
There’s under a month to go until the new Premier League season gets underway. Arsenal will be hoping for less of a horror show than last term, with The Gunners getting us underway on Friday the 13th August, against newcomers Brentford.
There’s still plenty of business to be done in the transfer market with some of the big clubs such as Manchester City and Chelsea still to open their war chests. However, with several bookmakers releasing their odds for the 2021/2022 Premier League top scorer we’ve taken an early look and have zoned in on a couple of names to consider.
With four places each-way being available from most firms at 1/4 odds we’ve decided to pick out a couple of big prices to consider. It’s worth remembering that this can often be a nice-way into the market away from the names at the head of the betting, with Danny Ings placing in 2020 at 200/1 and Sadio Mane being the joint winner at 50/1 in 2019.
Give it, give it, give it to Edi Cavani
At 40/1 each-way Manchester United’s Edinson Cavani could offer some value based on his form at the back end of last season. The Uruguayan only started 13 Premier League games last season with two of those coming before January. Cavani’s magic lit up some of United’s games in the second half of the season, most notably with his audacious lob against Fulham from all of 40 yards.
In total Cavani scored 10 Premier League goals in 26 appearances with 13 of those being from the substitutes bench. With a further six goals in just five Europa League appearances Cavani should his class and with an Old Trafford crowd raring to get behind him and show him some love, the fire can continue to burn.
Another huge boost for Manchester United is the addition of Jadon Sancho and the creation he will bring to the side. Over the last three season’s the 21-year-old has provided a remarkable 41 assists in the Bundesliga and Cavani will be licking his lips at the thought of the service the youngster can provide.
Anthony Martial endured a lackluster campaign last season and with Mason Greenwood still a work in progress as the clubs number nine, Cavani looks set to be Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s main option through the middle. Marcus Rashford’s confirmed surgery could well mean the England star misses the first couple of months of the season which should bolster Cavani’s chance of starting and getting some goals under his belt in the opening quarter of the campaign.
Kai worth a try at 100/1 each-way
There’s still plenty of speculation around whether or not Roman Abramovich will reach into his deep pockets and splash the cash on a striker this summer, with names such as Erling Haaland and Romelu Lukaklu being thrown around. With Dortmund reluctant to let go of Haaland after already losing Sancho I feel there could be a little bit of value in taking a longshot on Kai Havertz in the top scorer market at 100/1 each-way with BetVictor, should Chelsea fail to sign Haaland.
The young German attacker had a tough time of it when he first moved to Chelsea, arriving with a huge price tag and in the middle of a global pandemic which could not have been easy for a boy of just 20 at the time. I expect him to be much more settled this season and we saw glimpses of what he has to offer under Thomas Tuchel in the second half of the season.
During March, April and May Tuchel often opted to play Havertz in the forward role at the head of a false-nine with Timo Werner out wide. To demonstrate just how much more prominent Havertz was having chances at the back end of last season, 4.5 of his total of 6.3xG all season in the Premier League came in April and May in the last six weeks of the season.
He may have only scored four Premier League goals and 13 in all competitions for club and country last season, but at 100/1 I think there’s a chance Havertz could really raise his game this term and we could start to see numbers like the 12 goals in 29 starts in his final season with Leverkusen.
