Premier League tips: Ian Wright’s betting preview for Manchester City vs Arsenal, Chelsea vs Manchester United and Everton vs Watford
Find out who Arsenal legend Ian Wright is tipping for these Premier League clashes this weekend
- Sane to score first, 5/1
- Lukaku to score first, 4/1
- Richarlison to score first, 15/2
THE term Super Sunday rarely lives up to expectation but this weekend promises to be a thriller - it’s London v Manchester as Arsenal head to the Etihad and Man United travel to Stamford Bridge.
Gunners legend IAN WRIGHT took time out from his birthday celebrations this week to give you his thoughts on the mammoth double header and also why Everton’s struggles will continue against high-flying Watford.
Manchester City vs Arsenal betting preview – Leroy Sane to score first, 5/1
Arsenal have put a few results together since losing to Watford but, let’s be honest, they were all games they were expected to win.
A 2-0 win over newly-promoted Brighton, the same result at home to West Brom and a draw against Chelsea have papered over the cracks but Manchester City are a different beast at the moment.
Absolutely everything points to City winning this one for me. They have an embarrassment of riches in attack and everyone seems to be hitting top form at the same time. Leroy Sane is involved in everything at the moment, Raheem Sterling has been on fire and Sergio Aguero will have been buoyed by his record-breaking strike last week. Not to mention Gabriel Jesus and Kevin de Bruyne!
When you look at the players and the form you have to fancy City and I like the 8/1 on a 3-1 win for the hosts.
I don’t like tipping Arsenal to lose but City look great at present and Sane, at 5/1, looks great value to open the scoring and fire Pep Guardiola’s men to all three points.
Chelsea vs Manchester United betting preview – Romelu Lukaku to score first, 4/1
Like City, Manchester United are getting results at the moment but, unlike their neighbours, they aren’t pulling up any trees in doing so.
Everyone’s looking to see if Jose Mourinho will adopt the same tactics as he did at Anfield and to be honest he has the players to play that way.
They showed that against Spurs and if it gets him all-three points at Stamford Bridge he won’t complain, regardless of what the fans say.
I think the goal difference aspect of the title race has already gone, with City hitting goals for fun, so United won’t be looking to smash teams off the park, especially against the so-called big six.
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With that in mind, I think United will win this one as they face a Chelsea side playing with nowhere near the level of confidence they had when beating United 4-0 in this fixture last season. It won’t be a high-scoring affair though so the 9/1 on a 2-1 United win would be my advice.
As for the opening scorer of the match I’ll be backing Romelu Lukaku to end his run of goalless games.
A lot has been made of Mourinho stripping him of penalty duties against Benfica but for me there’s no issue or story there.
He’s missed a couple in the past, United needed to put the game to bed and Daley Blind is competent from the spot. Jose was probably thinking at 2-0 up there would be less pressure on Lukaku and he would go on to score.
It definitely doesn’t mean Mourinho has lost faith in the Belgian and he’ll be leading the line at the Bridge and at a Sun Bets top price of 4/1 he would be my pick.
Everton vs Watford betting preview – Richarlison to score first, 15/2
You have to feel for Everton because after getting rid of Ronald Koeman and appointing David Unsworth you would have expected an immediate lift, as we’ve seen many times before, but it hasn’t materialised.
I’m not saying they’ve got worse but they definitely haven’t got better!
The defence is all over the place at the moment and I think they’ll struggle to cope with the likes of Richarlison, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Roberto Pereyra who are very good at coming in from deep.
There’s a lot of pressure on the players at Everton and I think that’s showing in their performances. I can’t see anything other than a win for Watford and ultimately I think that means Everton need to do away with any thoughts of getting the likes of Carlo Ancelotti, Sean Dyche or Eddie Howe in the dugout.
Lose this, and I think they will, and it’s a survival specialist in the shape of a Sam Allardyce that they’ll need if they are to avoid the dreaded relegation trapdoor.
The Hornets are well organised and very energetic and against a defence playing like Everton’s you can see goals coming. I wouldn’t be surprised to see David Silva’s men take this one 3-0, a tempting pick at 28/1.
Richarlison has been involved in more goals than any other Watford player this season and has had more touches in the opposition box than anyone else in the league. Lump on the Brazilian to score first at 15/2.
Be lucky,
Wrighty.
