After another international break, the Premier League returns this weekend with no fewer than seven games to look forward to on Saturday.
All of last season’s top five teams are in action and the ingredients could be there for another batch of surprise results following a two-week international absence.
The pick of the bunch comes at the King Power Stadium, where two teams struggling for form meet as Leicester City and Manchester United go head-to-head.
Forwards on Top as Foxes and Utd Collide
Everyone knows both Leicester and Manchester United want to play attacking football, but with both suffering defensive issues in recent times, this promises to be a game with plenty of goals.
There have been 13 goals scored in their last four meetings in all competitions and more are expected in Saturday’s 3pm kick-off.
The visitors have both Harry Maguire and Raphael Varane sat in the stands due to injury problems, while Leicester are still without long-term absentee Wesley Fofana and former United star Jonny Evans is also likely to miss out.
Those problems are highlighted in the stats with two cleans sheets for Leicester in 10 matches and just one in 10 for Utd in all competitions.
Then when you look at the attacking talent on show in both squads, punters will be drawn towards the goals markets – with over 3.5 goals available at 37/20.
Mason Greenwood has scored in the last two meetings between the sides and the England international can be backed at 23/10 to score at anytime on Saturday.
Reds Wary of Watford Threat
Saturday’s early game takes place at Vicarage Road, with Claudio Ranieri taking charge of Watford for the first time when they play host to Liverpool.
The Reds remain unbeaten and sit second in the table, but the tight schedule may tempt some to look at the prospect of an upset – with Watford available at a tempting 8/1.
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Liverpool, though, have been banging in the goals on the road, scoring three or more in all five of their away matches on the road, netting 17 times altogether.
Mo Salah, who scored on his Liverpool debut at Watford, has scored five of those 17 goals and the Egyptian King can be backed at 14/5 to break the deadlock on Saturday.
The Hornets, in contrast, have only won one of their last five Premier League games and have only scored one goal in their last two home matches.
City Could Make Burnley Suffer Again
Burnley are known for upsetting the ‘bigger clubs’ but Manchester City are unbeaten in 13 games against the Clarets going into Saturday’s 3pm clash at the Etihad.
It’s eight wins in a row for the champions against Sean Dyche’s men, with an aggregate score of 30-1, and Burnley haven’t scored at the Etihad since 2018.
After a recent tough run of fixtures for Pep Guardiola’s men, the fear for the Clarets is that they will step up a gear and record another crushing victory, after 5-0 wins in their last three league meetings on Manchester soil.
A repeat scoreline on Saturday is available at 13/1, while Riyad Mahrez, who has scored in all three of the previous home wins against the Clarets, can be backed at 23/20 in the anytime market.
*All odds correct at time of writing.