BETMGM GOLDEN GOALS PREMIER LEAGUE STAT PACK MD6: AGGRESSIVE ANFIELD WELCOME AWAITS FOR MAN CITY
The Premier League returns after an international break dominated by events off the pitch, with Manchester City still the talk of the town ahead of one hell of an occasion at Anfield this Sunday.
That’s right, Liverpool vs Manchester City headlines not only Matchday 6 but our free-to-play prediction game Golden Goals – alongside five other games throughout the weekend.
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Not sure how to call all six? We’ve got you covered with key stats, facts and insight – including a correct score prediction and a Bet Builder – for each of our Golden Goals games below…
ASTON VILLA 2-2 BRENTFORD
- Kick-off: Sat 10th Oct, 15:00
- Match odds: Aston Villa 8/5; Draw 5/2; Brentford 6/4
- Aston Villa PL form: WLDLL
- Brentford PL form: WDDDW
- Player to watch: Kevin Schade (Brentford)
- Key stat: Brentford have only won once in nine visits to Villa Park across all competitions.
Our first Golden Goals game of the weekend is one known for draws, with six of Aston Villa’s nine home meetings with Brentford ending in a stalemate.
Unai Emery’s side have started the new campaign much like last season: listlessly, losing both their previous two home games while waiting until Matchday 4 to stick the ball in the back of the net for the first time.
To put that into perspective, Emery's side lost only five of their 19 league games at Villa Park all of last season.
The Bees, meanwhile, are one of five sides yet to be beaten after five games played and are unbeaten in their last 11 matches across all competitions.
It’s no surprise they’re seen as one third of the league’s ‘Bermuda Triangle’ alongside Brighton and Bournemouth.
Villa certainly know what it’s like to feel lost against the west Londoners.
Keith Andrews and co. are unbeaten in three against the Villans, having done the double over them last season – Dango Ouattara scored the only goal in both games – and knocked them out of the League Cup on penalties.
Ouattara stars in our 11/2 Bet Builder for the game alongside Germany international Kevin Schade, who has scored in both away games for the Bees thus far including a brace in the 2-2 draw with the Cherries last month.
BetMGM’s Bet Builder: Draw, BTTS and Schade & Ouattara 1+ SoT each @ 11/2
CHELSEA 2-1 BOURNEMOUTH
- Kick-off: Sat 10th Oct, 15:00
- Match odds: Chelsea 4/6; Draw 3/1; Bournemouth 16/5
- Chelsea PL form: LDLWW
- Bournemouth PL form: LDDDL
- Player to watch: Morgan Rogers (Chelsea)
- Key stat: All five Chelsea league games this season have had over 2.5 goals
Cole Palmer, Joao Pedro, Moises Caicedo, Reece James, Junior Kroupi, Justin Kluivert and Alex Scott are all expected to miss this Saturday afternoon clash – not that the scoreline should notice.
This fixture has produced 11 goals at Stamford Bridge over the past three seasons, with both sides notching at least once at some point.
With two-thirds of the Blues’ attacking trio a question mark, expect Morgan Rogers to step up. The England international is joint top scorer alongside Pedro and averages three shots a game.
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Rogers’ success here will most likely come at Adam Smith’s expense. The Bournemouth full-back has already been booked three times this season – the joint-most in the league – and could struggle to keep the former Cherries loanee quiet.
No side has dropped more points from winning positions than Bournemouth and Chelsea's defensive frailties under Xabi Alonso suggest they could take the lead here, only to let it slip again.
Marco Rose’s side are one of only three yet to claim all three points this season with Fulham and Tottenham who sit 19th and 20th – a run that looks doomed to continue in the capital.
BetMGM’s Bet Builder: Chelsea to win, over 2.5 goals, Rogers to score or assist and Smith to be carded @ 17/2
SUNDERLAND 1-1 BRIGHTON
- Kick-off: Sat 10th Oct, 15:00
- Match odds: Sunderland 15/8; Draw 12/5; Brighton 13/10
- Sunderland PL form: LLDWL
- Brighton PL form: WWDLW
- Player to watch: Wilson Isidor (Sunderland)
- Key stat: Sunderland (1st) and Brighton (2nd) lead the league in big chances missed
The international break couldn’t have fallen at a worse time for Brighton after picking up 10 points from their first run of games, including that 3-0 win over Arsenal.
Similarly, it couldn’t have happened at a better time for Sunderland having lost their previous two games despite Brian Brobbey and co. giving the Gunners and City a good run for their money.
Brobbey will be a massive miss for the Black Cats here, having picked up an injury with the Netherlands. Fortunately for the hosts Wilson Isidor has run into some form, with five goal involvements for Haiti over the break.
The Wearsiders are winless in their last four meetings with Brighton, including last season's tight 1-0 defeat when the Seagulls became one of only four sides to leave the Stadium of Light with three points.
Brighton swept the Premier League player and manager of the month awards last month but this is a long trip to face a rough-and-ready side looking to get back on track.
We’re calling this a draw.
Both teams currently sit first and second for big chances created and missed, so expect plenty of opportunities at either end all the same.
BetMGM’s Bet Builder: Draw, BTTS & Isidor to score @ 10/1
MANCHESTER UNITED 2-0 TOTTENHAM
- Kick-off: Sat 10th Oct, 17:30
- Match odds: Manchester United 7/10; Draw 12/5; Tottenham 13/10
- Man Utd PL form: DLDWL
- Tottenham PL form: LDDLL
- Player to watch: Bryan Mbeumo (Man Utd)
- Key stat: This fixture hasn’t finished 0-0 in the last 27 meetings
Sunday's main event isn't the only ‘Big Six’ clash this weekend.
Manchester United host Tottenham at Old Trafford the day before, a fixture that has long gone the way of the hosts with United winning 11 of their last 17 home meetings.
Their recent history is less one-sided. Tottenham won four of the five meetings before last season's 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford.
But for all United's struggles, they haven't been anywhere near as bad as Spurs.
Roberto De Zerbi's side arrive winless in five league games and have failed to score in four of them. Their only goals of the season came in defeat to Aston Villa and one of the scorers that day, Jan Paul van Hecke, is now injured just to add to an already lengthy absence list.
United have injury concerns of their own – but Bryan Mbeumo isn't one of them. The Cameroon international has had 19 shots in five league starts, six of them on target, and looks due another goal.
Spurs have shown positive signs in spells – and are the league leaders in corners taken with United just behind – but have failed to turn these opportunities into results.
They have also shown to crumble quickly when conceding. With what's happened on the other side of Manchester in recent weeks, the pressure only mounts.
And they don’t do well with pressure.
BetMGM’s Bet Builder: Man Utd to win to-nil, Mbeumo to score & over 9.5 corners @ 11/1
HULL 1-1 EVERTON
- Kick-off: Sun 11th Oct, 14:00
- Match odds: Hull 12/5; Draw 23/10; Everton 21/20
- Hull PL form: LDDWW
- Everton PL form: WDDDW
- Player to watch: Thierno Barry (Everton)
- Key stat: Hull have won just five of their 27 Premier League Sunday games
The last time Hull hosted top-flight football before this season they conceded seven to Spurs. Two home Premier League games into their return, no visitor has scored even once.
Everton are just, well, stubborn. Although they arrive on Humberside unbeaten and with three clean sheets of their own, they last tasted a league away victory in February.
With four of the Toffees’ five matches containing fewer than three goals, the under 2.5 total goals mark forms the base of our 10/1 Bet Builder for this one.
Hull’s 18 bookings are a Premier League high despite a contradictorily modest foul count, while nobody has fouled less often in the division to date than David Moyes’ men.
The visitors’ attacking pressure should show on the corner count, too, with Everton averaging five a game and Hull conceding a division-high six. Thierno Barry leads the line alone and looks for goal roughly 3.7 times per 90 – but the most aggressive leg of the Bet Builder belongs to Mohamed Belloumi.
The Hull danger man has tested the keeper with five of his 13 attempts, yet only three Premier League sides have allowed fewer shots on target than Everton.
BetMGM’s Bet Builder: Under 2.5 goals, Hull most cards, Everton most corners, Barry 2+ shots & Belloumi 1+ SoT @ 10/1
LIVERPOOL 3-1 MANCHESTER CITY
- Kick-off: Sun 11th Oct, 16:30
- Match odds: Liverpool 8/5; Draw 13/5; Manchester City 29/20
- Liverpool PL form: WDWDD
- Man City PL form: WWWWW
- Player to watch: Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool)
- Key stat: There have been six penalties across the last six meetings
The Kop has had a fortnight or so to sit with the independent commission’s verdict and now Manchester City arrive to find out just how that’s gone down on Merseyside.
Enzo Maresca and co. rock up to Liverpool having won all five league games but just three of 29 Premier League trips to Anfield – and Andoni Iraola is yet to lose at all since taking his seat in the Reds dugout.
The one nag is Liverpool’s run of four straight home league draws stretching back to the end of last term.
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All three league-and-cup meetings between these two last season contained at least three goals while Iraola’s start has seen the Reds concede in three of their four Anfield games across all competitions.
Dominik Szoboszlai heads up our 4/1 Bet Builder after 13 shots and 10 fouls in his opening five games, while six penalties in the last six meetings promise the referee a busy afternoon.
Should Erling Haaland make the lineup following his knock while on international duty, adding him to score anytime bumps those odds up to 10/1.
BetMGM’s Bet Builder: Liverpool to win, over 2.5 goals and Szoboszlai 2+ shots & 1+ fouls @ 4/1
