There are 2 English Premier League fixtures taking place on Monday and we suggest a bet in each.
WEST HAM v SHEFFIELD UNITED
West Ham are 6th on the table, but are coming off a disappointing goalless draw at Fulham. Prior to that they beat Villa 3-1 on the road. Their home form has been decent this season with 5 wins and 3 draws in their 11 matches, but their last home game was a 3-1 defeat to Liverpool.
Looking at West Ham’s goal stats, 6 of their 11 home matches would have delivered profits had you been backing over 2.5 goals.
Sheffield United are bottom of the tale, but they have won 2 of their last 5 games. Last time out they were competitive in losing 2-1 at home to Chelsea and prior to that they beat West Brom 2-1 at home. They have only won once on the road this season and that came a couple of weeks ago against Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Sheffield United have only scored 6 goals in 11 away matches and 6 of their 11 matches had 2 goals or less in them.
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West Ham 15/20
Draw 27/10
Sheffield United 39/10
Suggested Bet: Handicap, West Ham (-1), the draw at 53/20
For this best to arrive West Ham need to win by exactly 1 goal and given Sheffield United’s recent improvement I think this could be as competitive match and favour West Ham to edge it.
CHELSEA v NEWCASTLE
Chelsea have a new lease on life and are up to 5th on the table after 3 successive victories, most recently beating Sheffield United 2-1 on the road. Their last home game was a 2-0 win over Burnley and Chelsea have only lost twice at home this season with 5 wins and 4 draws in their 11 matches.
Chelsea home games have averaged 2.9 goals each and you would have collected profits in 6 of the 11 games if you had being backing over 2.5 goals.
Newcastle are 17th on the table and have recently freed themselves from a horrible run that saw them lose 5 matches in succession. They beat Southampton 3-2 at home last time out and although they lost to Palace at home prior to that, their last away game was a 2-0 win at Everton.
Newcastle have had 3 wins and 2 draws in their 11 away matches and Newcastle away games have generally been tight on goals with 9 of the 11 games resulting in profits for those backing under 2.5 goals.
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Chelsea 1/4
Draw 21/4
Newcastle 12/1
Suggested Bet: Both Teams to Score, YES, at 13/10
I expect Chelsea to win the game, but Newcastle scored in their last 4 matches and I think there is some value in the price.
Note: All prices correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
