Friday 27th November 2020

In Across the Leagues EXTRA today:

• Stat of the Week…
• Premier League Predictions…
• Weekend Acca… 

Stat of the Week…

There’s a wide range of football on TV to choose from this weekend…

The Friday night action alone includes Crystal Palace v Newcastle in the Premier League (Amazon Prime Video). Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga (BT Sport). And on the BBC this evening, Tranmere Rovers v non-league Brackley Town in the FA Cup 2nd Round.

For our Stat of the Week I’m going to the historical head-to-heads. If recent meetings are anything to go by, then Burnley are in for a very tough time of it at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon…

Man City v Burnley

• Man City have beaten Burnley 6 times in a row in all competitions since October 2018

• At the Etihad, the last 5 encounters between these sides have all ended in convincing home wins for City: 5-0, 5-0, 5-0, 4-1, 3-0

Burnley have lost five of their opening eight games of the Premier League season. The most recent defeat being a 0-3 v Chelsea.

In this weekend’s Predictions table (see below), it’s unsurprisingly a clean sweep of picks for the City win, with 4-0, 4-0, and 3-0 the suggested scores.

The -2 Match Handicap is a bet that has landed in each of City’s last five home meetings with Burnley. That pays out if Pep Guardiola’s side win by 3+ goals.

TV Stat of the Week:

Man City v Burnley
Saturday 3pm – BT Sport

• Man City -2 Match Handicap @ 13/10 (2.3) with Paddy Power, Betfair Sportsbook, 6/5 (2.2) in general

Play our Predictor game…

Our 2020/21 Predictor game is FREE, and easy to play.

Pit your wits against other ATL Extra readers. Enter your predictions before every round of games for your chance to win our weekly cash prize.

• There’s also an end of season grand prize up for grabs for the overall top scoring player. Full details, rules and prize info are on the site

Go to: www.PremierLeaguePredictor.co.uk

Join the league as we do battle throughout the season. There are cash prizes to be won, every week…

Don’t miss tonight’s 8pm deadline for this weekend’s fixtures, with that Crystal Palace v Newcastle game getting the ball rolling…

• On the predictions screen, don’t forget to hit SUBMIT and then after that, make sure you also press FINISH to confirm your selections!

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Premier League Predictions…

Here are our predictions for this weekend, along with Mark Lawrenson at the BBC.

The Weekend Acca…

When our Match Result predictions match up, my colleague Shaun & I roll these picks into an accumulator.

This week we have the same opinions on 5 of the 10 games…

Premier League Acca:

• Liverpool
• Man City
• Everton
• Leicester
• West Ham 

The 5-fold acca pays 12/1 with Boylesports, William Hill, 11/1 and 10/1 in general.

Correct Scores…

Man City v Burnley also comes up as a matching Correct Score selection for us…

• Man City to win 4-0 is 10/1 with BetVictor, 9/1 and 8/1 in general

And in the Monday Night Football coming up on Sky Sports, for West Ham v Aston Villa, we’re also agreed on the home team:

• West Ham to win 1-0 is 10/1 with Bet365 and BetVictor, 9/1 in general

We’ll be back next week with more stats and predictions for you.

Enjoy the football…

Best wishes,

Oliver Upstone

Across the Leagues Extra