Friday 20th December 2024

In Across the Leagues today:

• Premier League Corners stats…
• Back Gyokeres to score again…
• 58/1 treble for Saturday afternoon… 

Weekend Stats Picks – including Aston Villa v Man City…

We started the week by taking note of a recent splurge of goals scored by defenders - read that article here…

Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella was at it again last night. Finding the net for the second game in a row, this time paying 14/1 in the Anytime Scorer market.

Cucurella is suspended for this weekend’s trip to Everton. But the tussle-haired Spaniard will be back in contention for the games around Boxing Day and New Year…

From a goal-scoring defender, to a tackle-happy striker…

In Thursday’s email I named Ipswich forward Liam Delap as a man to watch for Player to be Carded bets this festive season (as well as Anytime Scorer)...

Delap is banned for tomorrow’s game against Newcastle. But with Ipswich facing Arsenal and Chelsea over the Christmas holidays, the 21-year-old Tractor Boys talent is one to watch. As reported yesterday, no player has committed more fouls in the Premier League this season than young Liam.

Onto this weekend’s stats-picks…

Four of our last five Corners selections have won, and we’re going after those markets again this weekend, targeting two live-on-TV games in the Premier League…

Aston Villa v Man City - Over 10.5 Total Corners

Premier League, Sat 12.30pm - TNT Sports

The home v away Head-2-Head page on our site for this match shows that both teams are averaging 8.0+ Corners For per game this season (Villa home/ City away). And that Over 10.5 Total Corners bets have paid out in four of Villa’s last five home league games, with the same record for Man City on the road…

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Tottenham v Liverpool - Over 11.5 Total Corners

Premier League, Sun 4.30pm - Sky Sports

Tottenham are the no.1 ranked team in the Premier League stats on our site for both Over 10.5 and Over 11.5 Total Corners bets this season. With a matching 88% home strike-rate for both. Spurs’ home league games are averaging 14.8 Total Corners.

Liverpool are clocking-up an average of 7.0 Corners For per game on their travels in the Premier League. And in all competitions, the Reds have seen six of their last nine away matches produced at least 11 Total Corners, including three of their last four trips.

Tottenham’s overall (home & away) 75% league record for Over 11.5 Corners payouts puts them top of our charts for that bet, across all 18 leagues covered on our site…

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Gil Vicente v Sporting Lisbon - Gyokeres to Score

Portuguese Liga, Sun 8.30pm - live streaming on Bet365

We talked about Viktor Gyokeres’ wild scoring streak last month. Since Sporting lost their manager Ruben Amorim to Man Utd, the Lisbon club have stuttered - losing four of their first five games after Amorim left. Sporting returned to winning ways last weekend though, and still remain top of the league - with Gyokeres eight goals clear at the top of the scoring charts…

Viktor has landed the First Goalscorer odds in two out of two league starts this month. And for the season overall in Portugal, nobody can beat his record of 11 x Anytime Scorer payouts from 18 appearances.

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58/1 treble for Saturday afternoon…

Here are this weekend’s three selections for a Win & Both Teams to Score (Win & BTTS) combo in the English Football League…

All Saturday 3pm games:

• Leeds Utd v Oxford Utd (Championship) - LEEDS 
• Newport County v MK Dons (League Two) - MK DONS
• Notts County v Bradford City (League Two) - BRADFORD 

The Win & Both Teams to Score treble on Leeds, MK Dons & Bradford pays 50/1+. The advice here is a Trixie: three doubles and the treble.

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TODAY’S PICKS & BEST ODDS

See above for full details

Aston Villa v Man City:

• Over 10.5 Total Corners @ 20/21 (1.95) Boylesports, 10/11 (1.91) BetVictor, Bet365, Ladbrokes, Coral, SpreadEx, Sporting Index, Betway 

Tottenham v Liverpool:

• Over 11.5 Total Corners @ 5/6 (1.83) Skybet (called ‘Total Over Corners: 12+ Corners’), SpreadEx, Sporting Index, 8/11 (1.73) general

Gil Vicente v Sporting Lisbon:

• Anytime Scorer: Viktor Gyokeres @ 4/5 (1.8) Boylesports, Bet365, 4/6 (1.67) Unibet, BetMGM, BetUK, LiveScoreBet, 8/13 (1.62) Paddy Power, Betfair Sportsbook, 888 Sport, Betfred  

Football League games as listed above:

• Trixie. Win & Both Teams to Score: Leeds, MK Dons, Bradford - best odds Bet365 (58/1 the treble), Betway (57/1), BetVictor (56/1), 50/1+ general

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I’ll be back on Monday with an early look at the stats and opportunities for the Boxing Day games.

Enjoy the football…

Best wishes,

Oliver Upstone

Across the Leagues