English Premier League: Best Bets for All Three of Tuesday, December 14th's Premier League Matches
Match One: Brentford (+270) vs Manchester United (-110)
Over/Under 2.5, Tie +280
When: Tuesday, December 14th at 2:30 PM EST
Our first match of the day pits off 10th placed Brentford and 5th placed Manchester United in what should be a fairly competitive match. Man U come into this game riding a four-game unbeaten streak in the premier league, and will put it all on the line against Brentford, who have a two-game unbeaten streak of their own.
Manchester United can credit most of their success to their offense, scoring the sixth-most goals in the Premier League with 26. Their defense however has left much to be desired, allowing 24 goals in just 16 matches. Brentford hopes to capitalize on that behind the play of Ivan Toney, who leads the team in scoring with only four goals.
Ever since his arrival to Man U, Cristiano Ronaldo has been in top form, scoring 7 goals which is good enough for fourth in the league. One of the toughest parts about matching up against United is their bevy of talented attackers, so if the Brentford defense gets distracted and allows Ronaldo to find open space in the box, it’ll be a long night for the Bees.
All in all, I think it’ll be a fairly tight game, but Man U should be able to walk away with victory fairly comfortably. Here are my picks:
Best Bets: Man United to win (-110), Ronaldo to score (-105), Over 2.5 Goals (-118)
Match Two: Norwich City (+230) vs Aston Villa (+130)
Over/Under 2.5, Tie +220
When: Tuesday, December 14th at 2:45 PM EST
Aston Villa has seen a season this year filled with ups and downs–with 19 points they find themselves in 13th place, sitting on a record of 6-1-9 (W-D-L). They’ve been able to pull some major upsets, betting teams like Everton, Man U and Leciester throughout the season, and play other top competition teams very closely even in defeat. However, their biggest enemy of the entire season has been the road–Aston Villa are 2-6 as the away team this season, so what should be a quick and easy road game against last-place Norwich FC is now a bit of a problem. Add on the fact that Aston Villa will be missing a few key players due to a Coronavirus outbreak, and Villa may find themselves in trouble.
Luckily for Aston Villa, Norwich has been downright awful this season–scoring only 8 goals in 16 games, Norwich has scored the least amount of goals and given up the second most amount of goals on the entire season. Despite Villa’s struggles on the road, I expect them to make easy work of this crippling Norwich side.
Best Bets: Aston Villa (+130), Villa to receive over 2.5 Yellow Cards (+168)
Match 3: Manchester City (-800) vs Leeds (+2000)
Over/Under 3.5, Tie (+800)
When: Tuesday, December 14th at 3:00 PM EST
Similar to Aston Villa, Leeds are a side that tend to play high-tier teams closely, but can never seal the deal. They have within one-goal losses to West Ham,Southhampton, and Tottenham, and have even recorded draws against Leicester and Everton. However, this Man City offense will be just too much for the Leeds defense to handle, so this game should play out pretty one-sided.
City comes into this game upon a six-game winning streak in the Premier League, scoring an average of over 2 goals a game in that stretch. They have such a talented attacking front that can generate goals from any side of the pitch, having 13 unique players score a goal so far this season. Much of the offense seems to go through Bernardo Silva, who has 7 goals and 1 assist so far on the season. I expect City to pick up more than a few goals here, but wouldn’t be surprised if Leeds stuck around ‘til the end.
Best Bets: Correct Score 3-1 (+900), Leeds +2 (+180), Both teams to score a goal YES (+108)
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