
Arsenal have taken control of the Premier League title race, with rivals Manchester City and Liverpool slipping up last weekend.
The Gunners feature in Premier League tipster Ben Smith’s five-leg accumulator for this week’s matches, which run from Saturday, 1st November to Monday, 3rd November. Selections are taken from QuickBet, who offer a wide range of Premier League odds.
It is now six clean sheets in a row for Arsenal, who have won eight on the bounce in all competitions. Even a rotated back four couldn’t be breached in the Gunners’ Carabao Cup clash with Brighton on Wednesday night.
In the league, Arsenal’s victories have been as routine as the scorelines suggest. The 1-0 success over Crystal Palace a week ago extended their run of Premier League matches conceding fewer than 1 xG to eight.
Burnley are no pushovers. They scored away at Aston Villa and Manchester City in recent weeks, but only registered one ‘big chance’ across those two games.
Liverpool are the only top-half side Burnley have hosted so far, and they barely laid a glove on them, managing just three shots in 90 minutes.
Sean Dyche will know Nottingham Forest’s home form must improve significantly if they are to pull themselves out of trouble, a year on from a season that far exceeded expectations.
The former Watford, Burnley, and Everton boss has been appointed to restore stability and discipline - qualities that were lacking during Ange Postecoglou’s brief spell in charge.
Dyche’s impact was immediate, with Forest beating Porto at home in the Europa League before losing to high-flying Bournemouth in his first domestic match in charge.
Manchester United have won three consecutive games, but the jury is still out on them for now. This is no easy assignment for the Red Devils, and Forest look good value to earn at least a point.
Several factors have contributed to Liverpool’s poor run of results, but a major one is their tendency to start games slowly.
They have conceded in the first half in each of their last seven matches, beginning with a 2-1 Premier League defeat to Crystal Palace and most recently a 3-0 Carabao Cup loss to the same side.
Arne Slot made sweeping changes to Liverpool’s lineup for that cup tie with Palace, to the extent that the Eagles went off as clear favourites and the game unfolded accordingly.
The Dutchman not only left out his senior players from the starting XI but also named a bench made up entirely of academy prospects, one of whom, Amara Nallo, was sent off in the 79th minute.
Slot would have been prepared for a defeat, hence the team selection, but the manner of the cup exit won’t have helped the mood around Anfield, and an edgy evening could be in the offing against an Aston Villa side who have recovered from a nightmare opening to the campaign.
Liverpool still look unsettled at the back, with new signing Milos Kerkez under scrutiny and injuries to Jeremie Frimpong, Alisson Becker, and others adding to their problems.
Their front line will surely start firing at some point, but Villa look a decent bet to oblige in the first half.
After putting in one of the worst Premier League performances in recent memory against Brentford two weeks ago, things didn’t get much better for West Ham as they travelled to Leeds United and found themselves two down within a quarter of an hour.
The Hammers can’t defend set pieces. They have conceded nine goals from dead balls, allowing 52 shots from those situations, more than anybody else in the league.
That will be music to the ears of the likes of Dan Burn, always a danger from corners and free-kicks, and perhaps somebody to target in player prop markets for shots and headed shots.
But with no sign of a turnaround any time soon, we’ll keep it simple and back Newcastle to pile more misery on Nuno Espirito Santo, who hasn’t had the best start to life in East London.
Erling Haaland had the ball in the net for the 13th straight game at Aston Villa on Sunday, but the offside flag put an end to the Norwegian’s scoring streak.
Even though the 25-year-old blanked in the West Midlands, he was City’s biggest threat, with three shots in total and each of them testing the goalkeeper.
Games following a midweek European away trip are rarely straightforward, so City can probably be forgiven for that defeat. Pep Guardiola rotated heavily for the Carabao Cup tie against Swansea City, meaning his first-choice players have effectively had a week’s rest before a chance to get back on track.
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