Premiership Best Bets
 

Tottenham v Stoke (Sat 15:00)

**BEST BET - TOTTENHAM TO WIN TO NIL @ 6/4**

Tottenham:

• Won 13 of 19 home league games under Harry Redknapp

• Jermain Defoe & Robbie Keane scored 52% of Spurs’ Premiership goals in 2009/10

• Won last 8 consecutive home league games against sides outside the ‘big four’

Stoke:

• Won 2 of 23 away Premier League matches since promotion

• Joint lowest away scorers in the division – 2 in 4 games

• Haven’t won at White Hart Lane since 1975


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Hull v Portsmouth (Sat 15:00)

**BEST BET - LAY HULL @ 2.68**

Hull:

• Only taken 22 points from last 38 Premier League matches

• Kept a clean sheet in just 2 of last 19 league games at the KC Stadium

• Scored just 21 goals in last 28 Premiership fixtures

Portsmouth:

• Haven’t lost at Hull since 1980

• Haven’t lost a league game by more than 1 goal to any side outside the current top 6

• Won last away Premiership match 1-0 at Wolves


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Burnley v Wigan (Sat 15:00)

**BEST BET - OVER 2.5 GOALS @ 39/40**

Burnley:

• Over 2.5 goals in last 6 consecutive league games

• Only Chelsea conceded fewer home goals – 2 in 4 matches

• Scored 7 goals in last 3 games against teams outside the current top 3

Wigan:

• Over 2.5 goals in 5 of last 7 league games

• Kept just 1 clean sheet in last 8 Premiership matches

• Scored at last once in 5 of last 6 Premier League fixtures (barring 4-0 defeat at Arsenal)


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Birmingham v Sunderland (Sat 15:00)

**BEST BET - SUNDERLAND TO WIN @ 8/5**

Birmingham:

• Lost 5 of last 6 league games

• Lowest home scorers in the division – 2 in 4 games

• Lost last 2 games at St Andrew’s – 1-0 to Aston Villa & 2-1 to Bolton

Sunderland:

• Scored 13 goals in last 5 league games

• Only 1 defeat in last 5 Premiership matches

• Darren Bent & Kenwyne Jones scored 13 of Sunderland’s 17 league goals this season


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Bolton v Everton (Sun 13:30)

**BEST BET - DRAW @ 12/5**

Bolton:

• Only lost 1 of last 5 Premiership games – 2-1 at Manchester United

• Drawn 5 of last 7 league matches at the Reebok

• Haven’t beaten a team currently in the Premier League at home since February ‘09

Everton:

• Unbeaten in last 4 league games

• Drawn last 2 Premiership matches 1-1

• Only once since 1979 has either side won by more than 1 goal in this fixture


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Man City v Fulham (Sun 15:00)

**BEST BET - MAN CITY TO WIN @ 1/2**

Man City:

• Won last 6 consecutive league games at Eastlands

• This fixture over 2.5 goals for last 5 successive meetings

• Both teams scored in last 5 consecutive Manchester City Premiership matches

Fulham:

• Haven’t won away since opening day of the season

• Only 2 teams scored fewer goals this season – 8 in 8 games

• Only won 2 of last 7 Premiership fixtures