Friday 19th August 2022

In Across the Leagues EXTRA today:

• Premier League Predictions…
• Weekend Acca @ 120/1…
• Man Utd v Liverpool…

Enter your predictions today…

Congratulations to storryj who was the Week 2 winner of our Premier League Predictor game, with 58 points.

Week 1 winner tonyrose sits top of the overall 2022/23 Leaderboard.

The Predictor game continues with Week 3 this weekend…

It’s quick, free and easy to play…

Pit your wits against your fellow ATL Extra readers & PL Predictor players. Enter your predictions before every round of games for your chance to win our weekly cash prize, and get yourself in the running for the end-of-season grand prize, too.

PLUS – as well as cash prizes. This season the weekly prize-pool also includes a one-month subscription to our Across the Leagues betting service, worth £20. Bonus!

Get playing today…

Go to: www.premierleaguepredictor.co.uk

• Full details, rules and prize info are on the site

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This weekend’s round of games kicks off with Tottenham v Wolves on Saturday lunchtime, live on BT Sport.

Don’t miss the Saturday 12.30pm deadline for entries:

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Premier League Predictions…

Here are our predictions for this weekend, along with Chris Sutton, who has replaced Mark Lawrenson at the BBC:

STAT ATTACK:

Manchester United v Liverpool - Monday 8pm, Sky Sports

Did you know…

• Man Utd have got the Most Cards in 4 of their last 5 Premier League meetings with Liverpool - including the last 2 clashes at Old Trafford

Different bookies have different versions of the ‘Most Cards’ market. For example:

Man Utd 0 Alternative Card Handicap is 5/6 (1.83) at Bet365

Most Cards: Man Utd is 3/4 (1.75) at Unibet

Team to Receive The Most Cards: Man Utd is 4/6 (1.67) at Paddy Power, Betfair Sportsbook

Most Booking Points: Man Utd is 3/4 (1.75) at William Hill

Team Most Booking Points: Man Utd is 8/11 (1.73) at Skybet

Cards & Booking Points betting explained >>

So close…!

This season we’re building a weekly accumulator from the matching selections in our Predictor grid, across the Match Result and Goals markets. Rolling up for some big odds…

Our 40/1 attempt in Week 1 saw six out of eight legs ticking the box. In Week 2, we went one better…

Last week’s 119/1 acca hit the bar in spectacular style, with the final leg of the nine-fold (Liverpool) missing the mark on Monday night. Thanks for all your emails though! Absolutely brilliant to hear that so many of you cashed-out, or backed Crystal Palace on the Draw/ Win Double Chance to guarantee a profit.

A special mention goes to Chris B, who locked-in some big winnings after leg eight on Sunday afternoon:

“Hi Oliver, watching the Chelsea game I could not see Spurs scoring this side of Christmas, THEN! I went straight to Betfair and laid Liverpool. Early games of a season are notorious for upsets, so to avoid stress levels, I banked. My initial £10 stake, will win me just shy of £900. Brilliant tipping. Thanks, Chris”

How did you do? Drop me a line at: oliver@acrosstheleagues.co.uk

• I’ve been away in the Peak District this week, so if I haven’t replied to you yet, apologies! I’ll be back at my desk in my full capacity on Monday

The Weekend Acca…

As I said last week, at these odds, we only need one winning acca all season to make it all worthwhile…

Here’s our Week 3 combo. These picks all match-up across the predictions from myself, my Across the Leagues colleague Shaun, and Chris Sutton on the BBC:

Tottenham v Wolves - Tottenham to win
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa - Both Teams to Score: Yes
Fulham v Brentford - Both Teams to Score: Yes
Leicester v Southampton - Over 2.5 Goals
Bournemouth v Arsenal - Arsenal to win
Leeds v Chelsea - Chelsea to win
West Ham v Brighton - Draw
Newcastle v Man City - Man City to win
Man Utd v Liverpool - Both Teams to Score: Yes

• The nine-fold acca pays 120/1 with SpreadEx

Enjoy the weekend football…

P.S

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Best wishes,

Oliver Upstone

Across the Leagues Extra