BETMGM GOLDEN GOALS PREMIER LEAGUE STAT PACK: MD5 FULHAM VISIT JUST THE TONIC FOR MAN UTD?
Whether it was Manchester City’s controversial victory over Manchester United, Aston Villa falling foul of Nottingham Forest or Liverpool remaining winless, Golden Goals Matchday 4 did not disappoint.
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BRIGHTON 0-1 ARSENAL
- Kick-off: Sat 19th Sep, 15:00
- Match odds: Brighton 7/2; Draw 11/4; Arsenal 4/6
- Brighton MD4: Won 5-0 vs Coventry
- Arsenal MD4: Won 2-0 vs Sunderland
- Player to watch: Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
- Key stat: Arsenal have won their last two meetings with Brighton by a one-goal margin
Fabian Hurzeler holds the rare distinction of being one of only a select few never to be beaten by the great Pep Guardiola, winning two and drawing two across four games.
Unfortunately for him, that doesn’t translate nearly as well against Guardiola’s protege Mikel Arteta, who he’s failed to beat in each of his five attempts. What’s more, Arsenal are the only big six side not beaten by the German since his arrival on the south coast in June 2024.
He'll get another chance on Saturday but it may take something special to beat them, more so with David Raya in goal.
No side in the league has a better xG difference than the Gunners' +4.1 so far this season – a number that goes some way in explaining why they've conceded just once in their first four games.
The Seagulls haven’t beaten Arsenal at home in over six years either. That was a rare 2-1 victory that saw Bukayo Saka assisting Nicolas Pepe to open the scoring.
Saka is worth highlighting here, with the England international either scoring or assisting in each of his last four league appearances against Brighton. That includes the only goal scored in last season’s nerve-shredding 1-0 at the Amex.
BetMGM’s Bet Builder: Under 1.5 goals and Saka to score or assist @ 21/1
NEWCASTLE 2-1 HULL
- Kick-off: Sat 19th Sep, 15:00
- Match odds: Newcastle 4/7; Draw 3/1; Hull 4/1
- Newcastle MD4: Lost 4-1 vs Leeds
- Hull MD4: Drew 2-2 vs Chelsea
- Player to watch: Mohamed Belloumi (Hull)
- Key stat: Hull are the only side to have played more than one Premier League game at St James' Park without losing (W2, D1)
Matthias Jaissle’s unbeaten start unravelled in brutal fashion at Elland Road last time out – Newcastle’s response now comes against a Hull side refusing to read the ‘newly promoted side’ script.
History offers very little comfort for the Magpies given no visiting team has ever played more than one Premier League match at St James’ Park without losing… except Hull.
Goals should come; Newcastle’s home ground has produced more of those in the top flight than any other venue since last season began, while their defence has kept just two clean sheets in 20 league games. Neither of those came at home.
Yoane Wissa has shown glimpses of his old self and has a goal and assist to his name already this term while Mohamed Belloumi, fresh off a brace at Stamford Bridge, looks Hull’s likeliest source of goals.
Add in a Newcastle side that’s scored in every outing this season and both teams finding the net feels the shrewd starting point, even if the hosts may just have enough to edge their upstart opponents.
BetMGM’s Bet Builder: Newcastle to win, BTTS, Wissa to score or assist & Belloumi 1+ SoT @ 11/2
NOTTINGHAM FOREST 3-0 COVENTRY
- Kick-off: Sat 19th Sep, 17:30
- Match odds: Nott’m Forest 8/13; Draw 11/4; Coventry 19/5
- Nott’m Forest MD4: Won 2-1 vs Aston Villa
- Coventry MD4: Lost 5-0 vs Brighton
- Players to watch: Liam Delap (Nott’m Forest)
- Key stat: Coventry are the fifth team in top-flight history to lose their first four games without scoring
There has never been a better time to play Coventry.
The newly promoted side sit dead last in the table with a -10 goal difference and with no goals scored going into Matchday 5.
Next up for Frank Lampard’s Sky Blues is a trip to Nottingham Forest in what has another rough day at the office written all over it.
Oliver Glasner led his side to their first win of the campaign last weekend in an impressive 2-1 win at Villa Park, with goals from Liam Delap and Igor Jesus – two players who have been knocking on the door the past few games.
Both lead the Tricky Trees for shots per 90 with Delap averaging just over three a game and Jesus just behind with two. With how easy teams are getting at the newly promoted side, expect the two of them to take every opportunity to have a go.
These sides have not drawn any of their previous nine meetings… it would be no surprise if it were 10 after Saturday as Forest take full advantage of the situation.
BetMGM’s Bet Builder: Nott’m Forest to win, over 1.5 Nott’m Forest goals & Delap / Jesus 2+ shots each @ 23/20
LEEDS 2-0 CRYSTAL PALACE
- Kick-off: Sun 20th Sep, 14:00
- Match odds: Leeds 3/4; Draw 11/4; Crystal Palace 3/1
- Leeds MD4: Won 4-1 vs Newcastle
- Crystal Palace MD4: Lost 3-2 vs Ipswich
- Player to watch: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds)
- Key stat: Leeds led the league in clearances (140 in four games)
Leeds are still unbeaten across four league outings, banking eight points and a +4 goal difference behind a three-man – at times five – defensive fulcrum.
Crystal Palace, by contrast, remain rooted near the bottom on three points and are undermined further here on Matchday 5 by a threadbare teamsheet.
Axel Disasi is suspended while Jean-Philippe Mateta and Dean Henderson are injured with the likes of Ismaila Sarr and Eddie Nketiah doubtful. Leeds have had the Eagles’ number lately, too. The Elland Road side trounced them 4-1 in last season’s reverse fixture and arrive for this one with Dominic Calvert-Lewin in fine fettle.
The striker has four goals already while, at the other end, Palace’s numbers generally flatter to deceive albeit they do arrive after a convincing 4-0 Europa League win on Thursday.
That said, it’s absolutely fair to expect Leeds to stay stingy – and to dominate set-pieces too given their 4.5 corners per 90 well outstrips Palace’s league-low 2.25.
BetMGM’s Bet Builder: Leeds to win, under 2.5 goals, Calvert-Lewin to score anytime & Leeds most corners @ 11/1
BOURNEMOUTH 1-3 LIVERPOOL
- Kick-off: Sun 20th Sep, 14:00
- Match odds: Bournemouth 15/8; Draw 13/5; Liverpool 23/20
- Bournemouth MD4: Drew 2-2 vs Brentford
- Liverpool MD4: Drew 0-0 vs Fulham
- Player to watch: Alexander Isak (Liverpool)
- Key stat: Both teams have scored in each of Bournemouth’s four Premier League games this term
Three points from four games leaves Bournemouth 15th – and history offers little comfort against a Liverpool side that has won 14 of the last 18 league meetings against them, scoring in all but one.
Every lead the Cherries have held this season has been squandered, with three of those ending in draws.
Liverpool, scorers of at least two in six straight meetings between these sides, will hope to punish that again on Matchday 5.
Alexander Isak has settled quickly this season with three goals while Marcus Tavernier remains Bournemouth’s chief threat after three goal involvements in four outings.
Andoni Iraola returns to a dugout he left only months ago, aware Bournemouth’s only win in the last six meetings was one he masterminded here in January.
With Liverpool one win from four in the Premier League so far but wins in each of the Champions League and EFL Cup, the Basque head coach will expect success again here.
BetMGM’s Bet Builder: Liverpool to win, Isak to score anytime & Tavernier to score or assist @ 11/1
FULHAM 1-2 MANCHESTER UNITED
- Kick-off: Sun 20th Sep, 16:30
- Match odds: Fulham 23/10; Draw 13/5; Man Utd EVS
- Fulham MD4: Drew 0-0 vs Liverpool
- Man Utd MD4: Lost 1-0 vs Man City
- Player to watch: Bryan Mbeumo (Man Utd)
- Key stat: United have lost just once in 21 league meetings with Fulham
Seventeen years is a long wait for anything – especially a home win over your fiercest gatecrasher.
That’s Fulham’s grim reality on Matchday 5. The Cottagers sit bottom on form with a single point from four games and now welcome a Manchester United side which has won eight of their last nine visits and drawn the other.
Both teams have scored in seven of the last 10 head-to-heads and United’s only clean sheet across any competition was against Azerbaijani side Sabah in the Champions League.
Bruno Fernandes is likely the smart play for player props with two or more shots in nine of his last 10 outings against Fulham, while Bryan Mbeumo rates a solid bet too given he’s got two goals in his last three.
A trip to west London is likely just the tonic for a United side reeling after a controversial Manchester Derby defeat on Matchday 4 and a midweek home cup loss to Brighton.
BetMGM’s Bet Builder: Man Utd to win, BTTS, Fernandes 2+ shots & Mbeumo to score or assist @ 9/2
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