Premier League Cheat Sheet: Weekend football tips, stats and offers

Welcome to BettingOdds.com’s weekend ‘cheat sheet’, where I’ll be bringing you five of my top football betting tips for the upcoming Premier League action. Below, you’ll find my plays for Gameweek 10, alongside justification for each selection.

Top three BTTS plays this weekend according to the stats

As another weekend of top-flight football beckons, I've delved into the BTTS statistics to see which three matches could prove profitable to get behind in terms of both sides finding the net. 

My three BTTS tips for this week are as follows:

Brighton v Liverpool - 4/6

• 7 out of Brighton's 9 league games have resulted in BTTS
• No side have scored more goals than Liverpool this season (21)
• The Reds do, however, have the joint-worst defensive record in the top-10 having shipped 16 goals

Southampton v Man Utd - 7/10

• The last 4 meetings between these two sides have seen both teams score 
• Saints have scored at least 1 goal in all but one of their 9 PL games this season 
• United have scored 8 goals in their last four games (all comps)

Chelsea v Tottenham - 8/13

• Tottenham are the league's joint-highest scorers with 21 goals
• Chelsea have scored 9 goals in their last 3 games
• With the likes of Timo Werner, Tammy Abraham, Harry Kane and Son Heung-min in action, expect goals in this one

Treble pays: just 3.5/1 with bet365

Tip of the weekend: Take a punt on in-form Saints at St Mary's

Southampton host Manchester United this weekend, and while on paper it is the visitors who are favourites (1/1), it could prove shrewd move to back the hosts due to their current form. Ralph Hasenhuttl's side sit 5th in the top-flight table heading into this match, five spaces ahead of their opponents this weekend, and are unbeaten in the Premier League since September. 

The Saints have won three of their four league games at St Mary's so far, winning each of those games by a 2-0 scoreline. While I think both teams will find the net this weekend due to United's attacking talent, I have a sneaky feeling that the hosts could nick it due to how inconsistent Ole's side have been in 20/21 (W4-L3-D1). Southampton to win & BTTS is 6/1 with BetVictor, while the Hampshire club just to win is 3/1 with UNIBET - both very appealing prices.

Players in form: Three goalscorers to keep an eye on in Gameweek 10

Diogo Jota v Brighton - 6/5 anytime

• Jota is in red-hot form at the moment, netting 8 goals in 12 appearances (all comps)
• The Portuguese has scored in 3 of his last 4 league outings for the Reds, including last week against Leicester

Bruno Fernandes v Southampton - 15/8 anytime

• Fernandes has scored 9 goals in 13 games for United this season (6 in the PL) 
• The Portugal international is on penalties, giving his chances of finding the net a huge boost  

Patrick Bamford v Everton - 15/8 anytime

• Bamford has been in fantastic goalscoring form this season, netting 7 goals in 9 league appearances
• He was unlucky not to find the net against Arsenal last weekend, hitting the post, but will fancy his chances against an Everton side who have not kept a clean sheet since the season's opening day vs. Spurs

Treble pays: 17/1 with bet365

Ref Watch: Top three officials to back for/against in the cards market this weekend

Chris Kavanagh, Everton v Leeds - over 2 match cards (2/5)

• 40+ Everton booking points has landed in 4 of Everton's last 5 games
• Kavanagh averages 3.6 bookings per game and has given out 22 yellows so far - only Stuart Attwell has more

Mike Dean, West Brom v Sheffield Utd - over 1 card for West Brom (10/11)

• Card-happy Mike Dean has brandished 21 yellows this season - an average of 3 per game
• This is an early six-pointer between two sides who are struggling for form and will be desperate to win, I envisage a cagey affair with plenty of firm challenges

Simon Hooper, Leicester v Fulham - over 3 match cards (5/4)

• Leicester and Fulham have picked up the most bookings out of any sides this season with 21 and 20 respectively
• Simon Hooper has given out 6 yellows in 2 games this season, I don't expect him to be lenient this weekend

Treble pays: 5/1 with bet365

Longshot bet of the week

Another weekend, another longshot! This week it comes in the form of a juicy 45/1 treble and consists of two draws and a win with bet365.

West Brom to draw with Sheffield Utd - 9/4

• Little to separate these two sides who are both really struggling at the minute
• WBA have drawn a third of their games this season, losing the rest. I don't see them losing here but Sheffield Utd should be difficult to break down in a game of this importance

Southampton to beat Man Utd - 14/5

• Saints have only lost 1 home game this season and are unbeaten in their last 7 games 
• United have been inconsistent this season and have only won 1 of the last 5 games vs. Southampton

Chelsea to draw with Tottenham - 5/2

• Two really in-form sides I'm struggling to see who will prevail here with Mourinho bound to set up extremely defensively
• Chelsea have only lost one league game at Stamford Bridge this season so will be tricky for Spurs to break down, especially if the north London side line up defensively as expected; I predict a score-draw

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