BETMGM GOLDEN GOALS MD6: LIVERPOOL’S FLAWLESS START AT AN END?
Arsenal head to St James’ Park on Sunday to take on a Newcastle side struggling for goals since the departure of Alexander Isak.
Five points behind Liverpool already, the Gunners need to avoid dropping points on a ground where they have had their recent struggles.
Elsewhere on Golden Goals Premier League Matchday 6, Chelsea host Brighton, Manchester City face Burnley at the Etihad and Sunderland travel to Nottingham Forest after Sunday’s impressive draw with Aston Villa.
Meanwhile, bottom-placed Wolves won’t be relishing the trip to Spurs and Liverpool have a tricky game on their hands as they head to Selhurst Park to take on Crystal Palace.
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Here’s how we see it playing out…
Chelsea 1-2 Brighton
In the moments after Robert Sanchez’s crazy fourth-minute tackle on Bryan Mbeumo in the 2-1 defeat to Manchester United, Enzo Maresca turned away in disgust and shook his head as he wandered back to the dugout.
He knew what was coming.
Ten-man Chelsea would not recover and it was a hugely damaging and frustrating result against a vulnerable United team on the brink.
We worry for them here, too.
They have won just three of their previous nine against the Seagulls, could be without talismanic midfielder Cole Palmer and – a 5-0 thrashing of West Ham aside – have struggled to score with just five goals coming in the other four games.
That’s despite dominating possession to the tune of a 61.4% average across their league games thus far.
They also appear to have a discipline issue, with 12 yellow cards and one red card. Only four teams have accrued more and none are a fellow ‘top six’ club.
Brighton have also had a disappointing start to the season but carry a better xG than the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool and can count a memorable 2-1 win over Manchester City on their docket.
The Seagulls are very capable of nicking this one. Add both teams to score to the betslip alongside that Brighton win and it comes out at a neat 9/2.
Manchester City 3-0 Burnley
Some results feel pre-written – and Pep Guardiola’s history with Burnley certainly makes this one read that way.
The Catalan has met the Clarets 18 times and won 17, with his side scoring an incredible 58 goals.
City’s machine-like consistency against newly-promoted sides – 22 wins and no defeats from the last 24 – only adds to the ominous feel.
While it’s a small sample size their early-season performance shows they are creating and converting chances at a steady rate, their 9.3 xG ranking second in the league with nine actual goals scored off the back of it.
Burnley sit outside the drop zone but away from Turf Moor have lost 3-0 at Spurs and 3-2 at Manchester United.
More worrying for Scott Parker is that they have allowed a league-worst 10.3 xG against, a vulnerability Erling Haaland will relish.
The Norwegian has five goals in two starts against Burnley and has begun this season by finding the net seven times in six matches across all competitions, scoring the game's first goal in four of those.
City's fast starts, winning at half-time in four of five games, and Clarets keeper Martin Dubravka averaging 3.6 saves per 90 point towards our 22/5 Bet Builder: City HT/FT, Haaland to score first, and over 3.5 saves for the Burnley keeper.
Crystal Palace 1-1 Liverpool
Something has to give as the Premier League’s last two unbeaten records go on the line at Selhurst Park, where Crystal Palace are on an extraordinary 11-match unbeaten run.
Their resilience has been their trademark this season: five clean sheets prove that even when the attack misfires the defence, marshalled by Liverpool target Marc Guehi, invariably stands firm.
The champions arrive on a five-game league winning spree but have relied on late heroics on the road.
Their away form could be brittle last term, too, having dropped points in eight of their 19 away matches – no title-winner for 11 seasons dropped points in more games.
And lest we forget Liverpool have already been held to a 2-2 draw by the Eagles this term in the Community Shield, a game in which Palace created more big chances and took more shots before winning on penalties.
With the Reds prevailing in just two of the last seven head-to-heads, our 4/1 Bet Builder combining the Crystal Palace/draw double chance with Mohamed Salah to score or assist looks a savvy play.
Despite a relatively quiet start to this season by his own high standards, Salah’s record against the Eagles is immense with 14 goal contributions in 15 appearances.
Expect him to make his mark but for this formidable Palace side to have the final word in securing a well-earned share of the spoils.
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Sunderland
Sunderland are resilient. Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Aston Villa was all the more impressive when you take into account they played over an hour with 10 men.
Eight points from their opening five games represent a more than respectable start and they now face a Nottingham Forest side without a win since the opening day.
Ange Postecoglou is yet to taste domestic victory since taking over as manager and, with Newcastle and Chelsea next, will be targeting the newly promoted Black Cats for three points.
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Sunderland, though, are no pushovers. Impressive in adversity against Villa, a point at Crystal Palace the week prior shows they aren’t here just to make up the numbers.
They got their first-ever Premier League win at the City Ground and have won four of the last five meetings. Three points might just evade them – they are yet to score on the road though have only drawn a blank at this ground once since 1990.
At 19/2, the draw, Wilson Isidor to have a shot on target and over 3.5 Sunderland corners appeals greatly. The striker has three goals in five Premier League games, and the visitors average four corners a game.
Tottenham 4-1 Wolves
Spurs showed a lot of guile and resilience in coming back from two goals down to Brighton at the weekend, the first time they have managed to overturn that deficit in an away game in three years.
Does that point to a change in mentality under the new manager?
Thomas Frank said the Seagulls game was the best his team had played all season – but the Dane will have to hope Tottenham’s recent post-European fortunes don’t transfer to midweek EFL Cup duty on Matchday 6.
Spurs have won just one of their last nine games after playing a European fixture during the week and faced Doncaster in the EFL Cup on Wednesday ahead of this one and they’ve won one of seven against the Molineux men.
For Wolves, though, the odds of relegation from the Premier League are shortening with every game. They are as short as 1/2 to go down and it’s no surprise given their woeful start to the season.
They are yet to garner a single point, having conceded 12 goals in five games and the 3-1 defeat to Leeds at the weekend means that is now eight league defeats in 10.
Given the defensive frailties of the visitors, 13/5 for Tottenham -1 and in-form Richarlison to score anytime could be the shout.
Newcastle 1-3 Arsenal
Newcastle have won just once in the Premier League this season – a 1-0 win over bottom side Wolves – but they have also lost just once, too.
Scoring goals seems to be their problem. With three in their opening five matches, only one-goal Aston Villa have scored fewer.
Arsenal visit St James’ Park on Sunday afternoon having also lost a solitary game so far but, with three victories and 10 goals scored, it’s a very different start to the Magpies.
They won’t look back fondly on recent trips to St James’ though: the Gunners lost twice here last season alone and have four defeats in their last five.
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But they have shown some steel in the opening part of the season and Newcastle have personnel troubles with Yoane Wissa ruled out and Anthony Gordon missing the last three due to suspension.
Only Everton and Liverpool have won here since early February but the north Londoners look well set to join that list.
They took 35 points away from home last season, second only to champions Liverpool, and the Newcastle defeat was one of just two.
Viktor Gyokeres has three goals for his new club so far and is 19/4 to score anytime in an Arsenal win and over 4.5 corners for the Gunners, who lead the league in that count with 33.
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