Premier League Gameweek 30 Tips: 6/1 Acca
There are five Premier League matches scheduled for Saturday, with league leaders Arsenal hosting Everton at tea-time.
Manchester City, rattled from losing 3-0 to Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday night, face a Saturday-night trip to West Ham.
There are also some huge games on Sunday, as Manchester United host Aston Villa and relegation-threatened Tottenham head to Anfield to face Liverpool.
We have picked out the best bets from the weekend matches, creating a four-game accumulator which pays almost 6/1.
Tip 1 โ Brighton to beat Sunderland @ 6/5
Sunderland fans were in a dream world at the start of the season, with their side riding high in the Premier League and Champions League football potentially on the cards, but reality has bitten in recent weeks.
The lack of superstar quality in the Black Cats' ranks has been exposed this year and the goals have dried up. They have gone seven matches without scoring more than one goal in a game, drawing a blank in three of them and an FA Cup defeat at Port Vale last Sunday was a hammer blow.
Brighton, a much more established Premier League side, won 2-0 at Brentford at the end of last month, then beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 at home, before losing 1-0 to table-toppers Arsenal. A ten-day break has revived Brighton for this trip north and they can assert their superiority over their hosts.
Tip 2 โ Arsenal to beat Everton @ 1/3
This week has been a terrible one for English sides in the Champions League, but Arsenal got the best result of any of them, grinding a 1-1 draw at Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday. The Gunners can build on that draw by beating Everton at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal know the importance of winning home games against weak opposition if they are to end their long wait for another Premier League title - and Mikel Arteta's side have passed some tricky assignments in recent weeks. Punters should not expect the Londoners to mess up when Everton arrive in the capital.
The Toffees' away form recently has encouraged their fans, but they have not faced a side with as much attacking quality as Arsenal, who have lost just one of their last 29 home league fixtures against Everton.
Tip 3 โ Chelsea to beat Newcastle @ 3/4
Chelsea suffered a 5-2 defeat to Paris St-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday night, but there is no shame in losing heavily to such high-class opposition away from home, and the Blues can be fancied to get back on track when they host Newcastle in the Premier League.
Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior can be content with the way his Stamford Bridge stewardship has started. His side are fifth in the Premier League, still in the FA Cup, and not without a chance of turning that Champions League tie against PSG around in the second leg.
Newcastle, in contrast, are suffering a patchy campaign, languishing in 12th place in the Premier League, out of both domestic cups, and odds-on to be eliminated from the Champions League in the round of 16. The Blues have scored 10 goals in their last three games and can overwhelm the Magpies at the Bridge on Saturday evening.
Tip 4 โ Liverpool to beat Tottenham @ 33/100
Champions Liverpool can provide the anchor leg of the acca by crushing Tottenham on Sunday afternoon. Spurs followers are in despair, fretting about their team's league position, and a trip to Anfield is the last thing they need at this juncture.
A 5-2 defeat at Atletico Madrid on Tuesday night left the Lilywhites' Champions League hopes in tatters, so they head back to the domestic grind in low spirits.
Tottenham have lost three consecutive London derbies - to Arsenal, Fulham and Crystal Palace - leaving their fans tearing their hair out.
The Reds have won their last five home matches by at least a three-goal margin and by an aggregate total of 19-5, so the Anfield faithful will be expecting a comfortable three points.
Odds correct at time of publication but subject to change
