Premier League Matchday 6 Predictions: No Hiding Place For City At Anfield
After three weeks of headlines, Anfield gets the final word as Liverpool welcome Manchester City on Matchday 6.
Elsewhere, Old Trafford hosts a big-six clash that neither side can afford to lose and Oliver Glasner returns to Selhurst Park.
We’ve lined up tips for all these fixtures and more on what is sure to be one of the most talked-about weekends of the season.
Odds correct at time of publication but subject to change.
Arsenal vs Leeds
Arsenal's perfect start to the season came to an abrupt end on Matchday 5 at the hands of Brighton, leaving Mikel Arteta and co. with three weeks to prepare for another tough test.
But however well Leeds have started this season, there's no escaping the fact that no team conceded more goals to the Gunners without reply last season – losing 5-0 at the Emirates and 4-0 at Elland Road.
Viktor Gyokeres found the net in both games and is expected to start on Saturday, with Kai Havertz set for a short spell on the sidelines.
The timing couldn't be better for the current holder of the Gerd Muller Trophy either, after Gyokeres scored in all four of Sweden's Nations League games.
When Arsenal lose they tend to respond by going on a run – and Leeds are simply in the way if recent history is anything to go by.
BetMGM selection: Arsenal to win, over 3.5 goals & Gyokeres to score anytime @ 4/1
Manchester United vs Tottenham
As poor as some of the results have been for Manchester United and Tottenham so far, you can’t knock the effort.
United shoot more than any other side in the Premier League, averaging 22.6 per game, with Bruno Fernandes and Bryan Mbeumo topping the charts by firing 38 shots in five league games between them.
Both scored in this exact fixture last year in a highly entertaining game that saw Michael Carrick’s side hit a whopping 23 shots.
Spurs, meanwhile, have multiple forwards averaging just over two shots a game across their team, notably Dominic Solanke and Savio.
Neither have converted their chances in the league yet but that matters not in our 2/1 Bet Builder for the game: as long as they at least have a go or two, that’s a winner.
BetMGM selection: Fernandes, Mbeumo, Solanke & Savio 2+ shots each @ 2/1
Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest
Despite having the home advantage, Crystal Palace have failed to beat Nottingham Forest at Selhurst Park in seven meetings – the last four ending with a point shared in south London.
No Premier League meeting between these sides has produced more than two goals. All eight since 2022 have finished 1-1, 1-0 or 0-0, the most recent being a 1-1 at the City Ground last February.
Neither side has exactly hit the ground running this season either. Forest have failed to score in three of their five league games while Pierre Sage's Palace went into the international break on the back of a goalless draw at Leeds.
Oliver Glasner – Palace’s most successful manager in history after delivering the FA Cup, Community Shield and Conference League – standing in the opposite dugout is bound to give the game some needle, not that it will change the result.
All signs point to another drab 1-1.
BetMGM selection: Draw & under 2.5 goals @ 16/5
Hull vs Everton
Newly promoted Hull sit eighth, one place and one point behind a seventh-placed Everton side yet to lose a league game this season.
Goals have been hard to come by against both teams. Hull have not conceded at the MKM Stadium, beating Manchester United 2-0 and holding Aston Villa to a goalless draw.
Their Sunday afternoon opponents, meanwhile, have let in just three in five with three clean sheets along the way.
The problem for David Moyes lies at the other end. Everton have scored only six league goals – two of them from Thierno Barry, their only senior striker, who averages around a shot on target a game.
The Tigers have also scored six, with the goals spread across the team. Top scorer Mohamed Belloumi looks the most likely to pounce, averaging close to three shots a game.
We're leaning slightly towards the Toffees, who are unbeaten in seven across all competitions, but we wouldn't rule out another stalemate in East Yorkshire.
BetMGM selection: Everton or draw, Barry to score & Belloumi 2+ shots @ 3/1
Liverpool vs Manchester City
Of the 176 top-flight meetings between Liverpool and Manchester City, few will have been as charged or as heated as this one. It's an occasion that has had three weeks to simmer since City's guilty verdict was announced and Anfield won't be shy about making its feelings known.
Enzo Maresca's side still arrive top of the table on a perfect 15 points and they've had the better of this fixture lately, winning the last three meetings by a combined 9-1.
How his players react to everything that's gone on, though, remains to be seen.
Andoni Iraola, meanwhile, has beaten City before with Bournemouth and his Liverpool side are unbeaten in seven across all competitions since he took charge. Expect goals at both ends, too, with City's league games averaging 3.6 goals this season.
With emotions running this high, it's unlikely referee Chris Kavanagh will keep his cards in his pocket.
He's averaging five cards a game in the Premier League this season and has shown 30 yellows to City players in the 17 games he's refereed involving them.
Yeah… this is going to be something else.
BetMGM selection: Liverpool to win, BTTS, over 3.5 goals & over 4.5 cards @ 10/1
Odds correct at time of publication but subject to change.
