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Premier League Betting Previews: 26th - 27th December 2024

Man City vs Everton - 12:30 - Thursday 26th December 2024 - Amazon Prime

Man City @ 3/10 Draw @ 4/1 Everton @ 15/2

Man City: LWDLL

Everton: DLWDD

Manchester City welcome Everton to the Etihad this weekend, with City's horror run continuing after Aston Villa beat them 2-1 at Villa Park at the weekend.

Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers goals were enough to extend City's horror run to one win in twelve matches, as Pep Guardiola's problems continue.

Villa nearly capitalised on an early mistake from Josko Gvardiol, but Jhon Duran’s left footed shot was well saved by Stefan Ortega.

Ortega produced a stunning save from the resulting corner to deny Pau Torres, with the replays showing the ball was agonisingly close to giving Villa the lead.

City were cut open by three passes for the opener as Martinez, Youri Tielemans and Morgan Rogers passes eventually fell to Jhon Duran, who made no mistake as he gave Villa a 16th minute lead.

City youngsters Phil Foden and Rico Lewis combined on the left hand side as the visitors went in search of an equaliser, but Martinez was equal to Foden’s shot across goal.

Josko Gvardiol missed a great chance to level for City, but his header from a Jack Grealish cross was headed high into the Villa crowd at the near post.

Rogers nearly added a goal to his assist, with the midfielder twisting and turning the City defence before his shot hit the outside of Ortega’s post.

The midfielder made amends for that miss as his driving run initially started the move for Villa’s second, and he was on hand to complete the move as he drilled John McGinn’s ball across Ortega in the 65th minute to make it 2-0.

Phil Foden pulled one back in the 93rd minute when he pounced on successive mistakes from Pau Torres and Lucas Digne, but it wasn’t enough as City continued their dreadful run of one win in 12 games.

Pep Guardiola told City+ that his sides second half performance let them down as they fell to another defeat, this time to Aston Villa:

“We make a really good first half, second half we dropped. We changed our pressing for the reason John [Stones] could not continue. Congratulations Aston Villa and keep going.

We have good moments, we had chances, more chances than in the [Manchester] United game, but in the second half we dropped and our pressing was not good enough.

We struggled a little bit and we could not drop them well. We found a goal in the end, but too late.

The solution is bring the players back. We have just one central defender fit, that is difficult. We are going to try next game - another opportunity and we don’t think much further than that.”

Blues Held At Goodison

Sean Dyche's men produced a fine defensive rear guard as they held Enzo Maresca's free scoring Blues to a goalless draw at Goodison Park.

Pedro Neto’s driving run nearly led to a Chelsea opener, but a fine save from Jordan Pickford to deny Nicolas Jackson and a poor header from Gusto on the follow up saw the game remain goalless.

Jackson missed another glaring chance from a Chelsea corner, with the striker heading the ball into the back post from close range, and Pickford made sure Gusto was unsuccessful on another follow up.

At the other end a driving run from Abdoulaye Doucoure set up Orel Mangala, but the Belgian saw his drive from range well saved by Robert Sanchez.

In the second half Jack Harrison had a great chance to give Everton the lead, but the on loan Leeds man hit his strike straight into the body of Sanchez.

Tosin Adarabioyo produced a fine last ditch block to prevent Iliman Ndiaye from scoring a certain goal. Orel Mangala’s long range effort was well saved by Sanchez as both sides held on for a point.

Everton boss Sean Dyche spoke to Sky Sports about getting a good result following the takeover:

"Yeah, it wasn't my only goal for me to do that, but it's a nice add-on.

A very good meeting with them and they seem like really good people. Very serious people, but in a nice, relaxed manner, sharing thoughts, and that's gone well.

Of course, I said to you the other day, I'm not naive, you've got to win games.

If you talk about my own position, win games, and they've made it clear that they're supportive of my role and what I've done here, and what they hope I do.

I've got to win games. I'm not naive enough to think any other way."

Betting Tips

  • BTTS - No @ 5/6
  • Erling Haaland to score first @ 2/1
  • Dominic Calvert Lewin to score first @ 8/1

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace - 15:00 - Thursday 26th December 2024 - Amazon Prime

Bournemouth @ 9/10 Draw @ 13/5 Crystal Palace @ 11/4

Bournemouth: WWWDW

Crystal Palace: DWDWL

Bournemouth welcome Crystal Palace to the Vitality Stadium this weekend, with the hosts enjoying a second successive 3-0 win at Old Trafford.

Andoni Iraola's men ruthlessly exposed Man United's shortcomings for the second visit running, with Ruben Amorim's side suffering more set-piece woe.

United were undone by another set piece, as Dean Huijsen scored his second Premier League goal with a looping header from Ryan Christie’s free kick (29).

A clever ball over the top from Illia Zabarnyi found Evanilson between two of United’s centre backs, and the forwards volley bounced awkwardly before Andre Onana but the keeper did well to block it.

A superb left hand from Kepa prevented Bruno Fernandes from equalising for United, with the keeper digging his team-mates out from a hole of their own making.

United nearly scored from the resulting corner, with Huijsen nearly heading the ball into his own net.

Two goals in two minutes in the second half condemned United to successive home defeats in the Premier League.

The first goal came when Noussair Mazraoui brought down Justin Kluivert in the box, with the Dutchman stepping up from six yards to convert his own penalty in the 61st minute.

A mistake from Kobbie Mainoo was pounced on two minutes later, as the Cherries walked through the United defence before Semenyo slotted past Onana as Bournemouth made it 3-0 in the 63rd.

Another strong left hand from Kepa ensured that Rasmus Hojlund couldn’t give the hosts a consolation goal, as they fell to successive 3-0 home defeats against Bournemouth.

Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola told Sky Sports his side were solid, not amazing as they secured successive 3-0 wins at the Theatre of Dreams:

"I'm happy we were more clinical today, we scored from a set-play, that gives us the chance of having more of a threat because we're a short team otherwise.

It was a solid performance. Not amazing, but solid. I'm happy we kept playing the same way, kept pushing until the end.

We have 28 points, that's good, everyone is quite bunched up but to have that at Christmas is a good amount. We have two more chances this week and we'll try to get the maximum there too."

Blues Held At Goodison

Gabriel Jesus continued his brilliant run against Palace, as his double helped the Gunners close gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Gabriel Jesus picked up where he left off in midweek, as he scored his fourth goal in as many days against Palace to give Arsenal a 1-0 lead in the 6th minute.

Bukayo Saka’s cross eventually fell to the Brazillian, and he made the most of the cover provided by the other Gabriel as he side footed the ball into the bottom corner.

Ismaila Sarr provided an instant response, with the winger curling Tyrick Mitchell’s ball beyond David Raya and into the bottom corner in the 11th minute.

Jesus scored a second of the match in the 15th minute, with this finish the best of his five goals, as he side footed the ball into the roof of the net from the edge of the box to give Arsenal a 2-1 lead.

Jean Philippe Mateta should have levelled when Ismaila Sarr picked William Saliba’s pocket, but the Frenchman was unable to dink the ball over David Raya.

Gabriel Magalhaes continued to be a key weapon from set pieces for Arsenal, with the defender heading his effort into the Palace crossbar.

The Gunners made it 3-1 in the 38th minute when Kai Havertz tapped in from close range, after Gabriel Jesus’ header hit the outside of the far post and bounced into the path of the German.

Ismaila Sarr should have pulled back another for Palace, but his header was well saved at the back post by David Raya.

Jesus passed up another chance to secure back to back hat-tricks, but Gabriel Martinelli was on hand to deflect Declan Rice’s drive into the Palace net in the 60th minute to make it 4-1.

Rice turned from provider to scorer as he found the Gunners fifth with a curling effort into the bottom corner with six minutes remaining (84).

Oliver Glasner gave his verdict to PalaceTV on Crystal Palace’s defeat to Arsenal on Saturday evening:

“You can see today how crazy football is sometimes, because when you compare today's half to the first-half at Emirates, it was far better today, but we were 1-3 down [today] and there we had one more than they had.

Many parts of the game, many parts of football we did really well, but one very important part, defending our box, we did terribly today.

We conceded three goals in the first-half after crosses, and this is what we have to do better. A top team like Arsenal, they punish you if you give them too much space in your box.

That was the disappointing part today, but I think how we played, the goal we scored was amazing.

The chances we created, how we pressed them in many situations was really good. But the crucial part is defending our box, and this was not good enough today.

We wanted to make it a little bit more open, playing with more bravery, that’s why we could create several chances, but again, when you concede five goals, you can't win it.”

Betting Tips

  • BTTS @ 8/13
  • Evanilson to score first @ 9/2
  • Jean Philippe Mateta to score first @ 6/1

Chelsea vs Fulham - 15:00 - Thursday 26th December 2024 - Amazon Prime

Chelsea @ 4/9 Draw @ 18/5 Fulham @ 5/1

Chelsea: WWWWD

Fulham: DWDDD

Chelsea welcome West London rivals Fulham to Stamford Bridge, with both sides held to disappointing draws in their last game.

Enzo Maresca's side were denied top spot in the Premier League table after Liverpool's bitter rivals Everton held them to a goalless draw.

Pedro Neto’s driving run nearly led to a Chelsea opener, but a fine save from Jordan Pickford to deny Nicolas Jackson and a poor header from Gusto on the follow up saw the game remain goalless.

Jackson missed another glaring chance from a Chelsea corner, with the striker heading the ball into the back post from close range, and Pickford made sure Gusto was unsuccessful on another follow up.

At the other end a driving run from Abdoulaye Doucoure set up Orel Mangala, but the Belgian saw his drive from range well saved by Robert Sanchez.

In the second half Jack Harrison had a great chance to give Everton the lead, but the on loan Leeds man hit his strike straight into the body of Sanchez.

Tosin Adarabioyo produced a fine last ditch block to prevent Iliman Ndiaye from scoring a certain goal. Orel Mangala’s long range effort was well saved by Sanchez as both sides held on for a point.

Enzo Maresca told ChelseaTV his side’s performance in drawing at Everton gave him greater satisfaction than last weekend’s win over Brentford because of the way his players showed a different side to their game:

“I’m absolutely happy.

I just said to the players I’m more happy today than the Brentford game. The reason why is I was quite worried about this game. It’s a tricky game, a tricky stadium, a tricky team.

They are defensively top. They are one of the five best teams in Europe in terms of clean sheets. You struggle to create chances against them. It was not an easy game.

You have to deal with and learn to play different games: long balls, second balls, channels, set-pieces.

Football is not only how good we play on the ball. It’s also how you defend and how you deal with that. I’m very proud today.”

Cottagers Held By Saints

Marco Silva was disappointed as his side were held to a goalless draw at home by the Premier Leagues bottom side Southampton.

Alex Iwobi and Harry Wilson both had chances to open the scoring for the Cottagers, with Aaron Ramsdale denying Iwobi and Wilson fired his effort into the West London crowd.

Fulham continued to have joy down their left hand side, with Alex Iwobi’s right footed effort across goal narrowly missing Ramsdale’s far post.

Southampton’s one shot on target came midway through the second half, with Adam Armstrong combining with Yukinari Sugarwara, but the striker could only hit his effort straight into the arms of Bernd Leno.

Iwobi had another chance to open the scoring, but his header from an Adama Traore cross was easily saved by Aaron Ramsdale.

The returning Ramsdale was involved again as he prevented Harry Wilson’s effort on the half volley at the back post.

There was time for one more chance from Adama Traore, but the former Wolves man dragged his effort just wide of the target as the Saints held on for a precious point.

Fulham boss Marco Silva gave his brief thoughts to Sky Sports following a disappointing draw at home against the Premier League’s bottom side:

"I have to say that it's a missed opportunity for us to climb in the table.

In our last four results, they were going to have a bigger impact if today we took a step forward and won the game.

We respect Southampton but these are the type of games we need to win at home and we didn't create enough chances in the game."

Betting Tips

  • BTTS - No @ 5/4
  • Cole Palmer to score first @ 100/30
  • Raul Jimenez to score first @ 7/1

Newcastle vs Aston Villa - 15:00 - Thursday 26th December 2024 - Amazon Prime

Newcastle @ 10/11 Draw @ 13/5 Aston Villa @ 13/5

Newcastle: DDLWW

Aston Villa: LWWLW

Newcastle welcome Aston Villa to St. James Park for this Boxing Day encounter, with both sides enjoying impressive wins in their last outing.

Alexander Isak scored his first Premier League hat-trick as Newcastle secured an impressive 4-0 win at Portman Road to move up to 8th in the Premier League.

The Magpies made an electric start at Portman Road, with Alexander Isak scoring in just the 25th second as Newcastle raced to a 1-0 lead.

Anthony Gordon should have doubled their lead, but the winger headed Jacob Murphy’s cross into the ground and the ball bounced over the top.

Jacob Muprhy produced an emphatic finish that hit the underside of the crossbar in the 32nd minute as Newcastle doubled their lead.

Alexander Isak made amends for his earlier miss as he slotted home from close range, the Swede could scarcely have wished for a better Christmas present after Arijanet Muric’s hospital pass was seized upon by Bruno Guimaraes (45+2).

Bruno Guimaraes should have added a fourth with a header, but the Brazilian saw his header go agonisingly wide of Ipswich’s far post.

In the 54th minute it was 4-0, as Alexander Isak did well to adjust his feet to fire home from close range, after a brilliant back heel from Jacob Murphy.

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe told Sky Sports that "world-class" Isak is rediscovering his best form and does not expect the striker's future to be an issue during the January transfer window:

“Early season, we weren't [getting him into the game] and weren't functioning particularly well for him. He plays a part in that as well, it is not one dimensional.

We've seen in recent weeks the team functioning and performing better and giving him more ball around the box. Then it is about his natural ability taking over and he is playing with so much confidence now.

I think we are seeing a return to his very best levels.

Absolutely. There is no part of me or anyone at Newcastle that wants to let Alex go. He's part of our long-term plans. Personally, I don't see that being an issue."

Villa Pile On Misery

Goals from Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers were enough for Villa as they moved to within three points of the top four.

Villa nearly capitalised on an early mistake from Josko Gvardiol, but Jhon Duran’s left footed shot was well saved by Stefan Ortega.

Ortega produced a stunning save from the resulting corner to deny Pau Torres, with the replays showing the ball was agonisingly close to giving Villa the lead.

City were cut open by three passes for the opener as Martinez, Youri Tielemans and Morgan Rogers passes eventually fell to Jhon Duran, who made no mistake as he gave Villa a 16th minute lead.

City youngsters Phil Foden and Rico Lewis combined on the left hand side as the visitors went in search of an equaliser, but Martinez was equal to Foden’s shot across goal.

Josko Gvardiol missed a great chance to level for City, but his header from a Jack Grealish cross was headed high into the Villa crowd at the near post.

Rogers nearly added a goal to his assist, with the midfielder twisting and turning the City defence before his shot hit the outside of Ortega’s post.

The midfielder made amends for that miss as his driving run initially started the move for Villa’s second, and he was on hand to complete the move as he drilled John McGinn’s ball across Ortega in the 65th minute to make it 2-0.

Phil Foden pulled one back in the 93rd minute when he pounced on successive mistakes from Pau Torres and Lucas Digne, but it wasn’t enough as City continued their dreadful run of one win in 12 games.

Unai Emery hailed a “great day” for his side when he spoke to VillaTV, after they showed their quality to beat Manchester City at Villa Park:

“I’m thankful for our supporters.

They are very proud of our work and we need them. How they were here today: supporting us, transmitting their energy, it’s very important for us.

We have our responsibility to them to try and play with energy, to try to show our capacity, our skills, our intensity.

Manchester City are a very difficult team and I think we played fantastic. We played with 11 players – 12 with our supporters. We’re very proud and thankful of them.”

Betting Tips

  • BTTS @ 8/15
  • Alexander Isak to score first @ 100/30
  • Jhon Duran to score first @ 5/1

Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham - 15:00 - Thursday 26th December 2024 - Amazon Prime

Nottingham Forest @ 13/10 Draw @ 13/5 Tottenham @ 7/4

Nottingham Forest: WLWWW

Tottenham: DLLWL

Nottingham Forest welcome Tottenham to the City Ground in a blockbuster encounter, with Nuno looking to get one over on his old employers on Boxing Day.

Forest come into the game on the back of an impressive win as goals from Ola Aina and Anthony Elanga ended the Bees' unbeaten home run.

Mikkel Damsgaard should have given Brentford an early lead at the Gtech, but the Dane saw his effort well saved by Matz Sels after great work by Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa on the right hand side.

Wissa was involved again as he lobbed Morato’s failed clearance onto the roof of the Forest net.

A faint touch from Murillo was the difference as Wissa narrowly missed out on converting Bryan Mbeumo’s ball across goal.

Forest nearly scored from their first chance as Elliot Anderson’s cross was met by Chris Wood, but the striker saw his effort well saved by Mark Flekken.

Ola Aina was the unlikely source as Forest scored a 38th minute opener, with the full back slotting Neco William’s cross across Flekken and into the bottom corner to make it 1-0.

Anthony Elanga doubled Forest’s lead six minutes after the restart (51), with the winger scoring in successive games after he pounced on Keane Lewis Potter’s mistake before curling past Flekken.

The Bees had a chance to set up a grandstand finish, but Ajer saw his brilliant volley well saved by Matz Sels as the game ended 2-0 to Forest.

Nottingham Forest head coach Nuno Espirito Santo gave his post match thoughts to Sky Sports:

"We had to change [our approach] and the boys did well. It was about holding the result.

Brentford caused us problems in the second half but we dealt with it, which shows the character and resilience in the team.

We're improving, becoming more mature in terms of control. Overall it was a good performance.

Until the last minute it was about keeping the clean sheet. That save from Matz Sels [from Kristoffer Ajer] was huge for us.

It's not about the table. It's about improving, realising that there is still a long way to go and that we've achieved nothing yet."

Spurs Hit For Six

Two goals a piece from Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz were enough as Liverpool beat Spurs 6-3 in a Christmas classic to send the Reds four points clear.

Liverpool took a 23rd minute lead at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium through Luis Diaz, with the Columbian heading a pinpoint Trent Alexander Arnold delivery into the bottom corner to make it 1-0.

The Reds went 2-0 up in the 36th minute when Alexis Mac Allister headed a failed clearance over Fraser Forster to double their lead.

A mistake from Mac Allister let in James Maddison as the midfielder coolly halved the deficit for Spurs in the 41st minute.

It was 3-1 heading into the break as Dominik Szoboszlai slotted Mohamed Salah’s pass through the legs of Forster in the first minute of injury time (45+1).

Salah grabbed the first of two goals nine minutes after the restart (54), with the Egyptian on hand to tap in at the back post after Archie Gray failed to clear the ball twice.

Dominik Szoboszlai returned the favour for Mohamed Salah in the 61st minute as Liverpool threatened to run riot as they went 5-1 up.

Dejan Kulusevski volleyed in Dominic Solanke’s chip in the 72nd minute as Spurs went in search of an unlikely comeback.

Solanke managed to grab a goal of his own, as he hit Brennan Johnson’s header on the half volley into the Liverpool net to make it 5-3 with seven minutes remaining (83).

But any hopes of a thrilling comeback were ended as Luis Diaz grabbed his second of the match two minutes later (85), with the Columbian firing Salah’s pass across Forster as the game ended 3-6 to Liverpool.

Ange Postecoglou described it as a 'bridge too far' when he spoke to SPURSPLAY after Liverpool ran out 6-3 winners in Sunday’s Premier League clash at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium:

“Obviously, a painful one for us. Credit to Liverpool, they are a good side. They were too good for us today.

We were lacking a bit of energy, for sure. It’s just the situation we’re in at the moment. It was just a bridge too far for us.
I’ve never questioned the players commitment, effort, they really care and believe in what we’re doing.

That was evident again today, but you still need to be at a certain level both physically and in terms of quality to be able to do what we need to do against the top teams. Like I said, today, they were just too good for us.”

You have to look at all the other teams. There won’t be a team that was unchanged from midweek to weekend.

We had no choice. That tells you everything.”

Betting Tips

  • Total Goals - Over 2.5 Goals @ 4/9
  • Chris Wood to score first @ 4/1
  • Dominic Solanke to score first @ 5/1

Southampton vs West Ham - 15:00 - Thursday 26th December 2024 - Amazon Prime

Southampton @ 21/10 Draw @ 5/2 West Ham @ 11/10

Southampton: DLLLD

West Ham: LLWDD

Southampton welcome West Ham to St Mary's on Boxing Day, with both sides coming into the game on the back of draws at the weekend.

New Southampton manager Ivan Juric was in attendance as he watched his side secure a hard fought 1-1 from the Craven Cottage stands.

Alex Iwobi and Harry Wilson both had chances to open the scoring for the Cottagers, with Aaron Ramsdale denying Iwobi and Wilson fired his effort into the West London crowd.

Fulham continued to have joy down their left hand side, with Alex Iwobi’s right footed effort across goal narrowly missing Ramsdale’s far post.

Southampton’s one shot on target came midway through the second half, with Adam Armstrong combining with Yukinari Sugarwara, but the striker could only hit his effort straight into the arms of Bernd Leno.

Iwobi had another chance to open the scoring, but his header from an Adama Traore cross was easily saved by Aaron Ramsdale.

The returning Ramsdale was involved again as he prevented Harry Wilson’s effort on the half volley at the back post.

There was time for one more chance from Adama Traore, but the former Wolves man dragged his effort just wide of the target as the Saints held on for a precious point.

Interim manager Simon Rusk reflected to SFC Media on a Premier League point to build on after Southampton held Fulham to a goalless draw at Craven Cottage:

“Credit to the group, I thought they were defensively really solid today, hard to break down, and the work rate and commitment and their team spirit I thought was top drawer today.

Hopefully that could be a really positive catalyst for them moving forwards. We're the first team to get a clean sheet here in the Premier League, so I think that's excellent.

Again, that can be a great thing for the players, you know, building their confidence and their identity moving forward.

I think for us to firstly take a point away from home in the Premier League is always excellent, and we were pushing at the end with a few set pieces and asked a few questions; I think that's excellent and the lads can hold on to that."

Stalemate At London Stadium

Mohammed Kudus' strike cancelled out Mats Wieffer opener as the game ended with honours even at London Stadium.

Lukasz Fabianski produced a fine save low to his right to deny Kaoru Mitoma, with the Japan international’s volley destined for the bottom corner if not for the keepers intervention.

Mats Weiffer opened the scoring for the Seagulls in the 51st minute, with the Dutchman calmly side footing into the bottom corner after Lewis Dunk’s header back into the box.

That lead lasted just seven minutes though, as Mohammed Kudus followed up with a header after a driving run and strike from Jarrod Bowen (58).

Fabianski came to the fore again, as the Hammers keeper produced a fine save to deny a deflected effort from Yasin Ayari.

Kaoru Mitoma produced one of the misses of the season, with the winger hitting Yankuba Minteh’s cross onto the inside of the post from less than a yard away.

The Seagulls were lucky not to end the game with ten men when Pervis Estupinian’s two footed effort on Killman was deemed to be a yellow card.

There was still time for one more Brighton chance, but Ayari couldn’t find a way past Fabianski after another driving run from substitute Yankuba Minteh.

Julen Lopetegui was honest in his assessment when he spoke to WHUTV following West Ham United’s 1-1 Premier League draw with Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday:

“I think that we were better in the first half, then maybe in the second half they were better in some moments.

We had 15 very good minutes after we levelled the match. We could have scored the second goal, but they recovered and they had chances too.

So I think it was an equal match against a very strong team. We have to highlight the commitment and the behaviour of the players.

[They showed those characteristics] until the end. We achieved one point - we wanted three - but we have to look forward to the next challenge.

We need to try to keep a positive feeling and this is a match that we have not lost. We now have a key [end to the] month as we look to that next challenge.”

Betting Tips

  • Total Goals - Under 2.5 Goals @ 6/5
  • Cameron Archer to score first @ 6/1
  • Jarrod Bowen to score first @ 5/1

Wolves vs Man United - 17:30 - Thursday 26th December 2024 - Amazon Prime

Wolves @ 13/5 Draw @ 13/5 Man United @ 10/11

Wolves: LLLLW

Man United: WLLWL

Wolves welcome Man United to Molineux in this Boxing Day fixture, with new manager Vitor Pereira enjoying an incredible start to life as a Premier League manager.

Goncalo Guedes and Matheus Cunha scored as Vitor Pereira won his first game as visitors' head coach as they beat Leicester 3-0 at the King Power Stadium.

Jose Sa produced an incredible double save to first deny Jamie Vardy and then Stephy Mavididi on the follow up.

A fabulous finish from Goncalo Guedes opened the scoring for Wolves, with the Portuguese midfielder turning Nelson Semedo’s ball over the top across goal and into the far corner in the 19th minute.

A calamity at the back from the Foxes let in Rodrigo Gomes for Wolves second (36), with James Justin leaving Matt Doherty’s cross field pass, with Danny Ward going down too early as well.

A mistake from Toti Gomes nearly let Jamie Vardy in, but the Portuguese defender recovered well and cleared Vardy’s effort off the line as Wolves looked to record a rare clean sheet.

Matheus Cunha scored Wolves third of the half, with the Brazilian hitting Goncalo Guedes’ pass onto the inside of the far post and into the net to make it 3-0 (44).

Santiago Bueno could have headed Wolves into a 4-0 lead, but the Uruguayan defender couldn’t direct Cunha’s cross goalward.

Cunha was involved again as his cross was headed wide by Joao Gomes, but new Wolves manager Vitor Pereira enjoyed a dream start as his side secured a 3-0 win away at Leicester.

For the Foxes, they now head into the Boxing Day fixture having conceded seven goals in their last two games without reply.

Vitor Pereira told WolvesTV that he believes his Wolves players are already showing ‘true spirit’ after the new head coach achieved three points away at Leicester City on his opening game in charge of the team:

“To be here, I cannot explain. I started as a coach when I was 29 and I am now 56, so it means that it’s been a long, long journey to come here and it’s a privilege.

It was very good spirit. A true spirit, which is what I want from this team. What I asked from them, is that at the end of the game we must feel proud about the work that we did and make proud our supporters, and I’m very happy for this.

Of course, we need to improve a lot of things, but the true spirit was there, and this is most important for me.”

Cherries Hammer Sorry United

Ruben Amorim's side suffered more set-piece woe as they were handed a successive 3-0 beating at home against an impressive Bournemouth side.

United were undone by another set piece, as Dean Huijsen scored his second Premier League goal with a looping header from Ryan Christie’s free kick (29).

A clever ball over the top from Illia Zabarnyi found Evanilson between two of United’s centre backs, and the forwards volley bounced awkwardly before Andre Onana but the keeper did well to block it.

A superb left hand from Kepa prevented Bruno Fernandes from equalising for United, with the keeper digging his team-mates out from a hole of their own making.

United nearly scored from the resulting corner, with Huijsen nearly heading the ball into his own net.

Two goals in two minutes in the second half condemned United to successive home defeats in the Premier League.

The first goal came when Noussair Mazraoui brought down Justin Kluivert in the box, with the Dutchman stepping up from six yards to convert his own penalty in the 61st minute.

A mistake from Kobbie Mainoo was pounced on two minutes later, as the Cherries walked through the United defence before Semenyo slotted past Onana as Bournemouth made it 3-0 in the 63rd.

Another strong left hand from Kepa ensured that Rasmus Hojlund couldn’t give the hosts a consolation goal, as they fell to successive 3-0 home defeats against Bournemouth.

Ruben Amorim told MUTV that the bad moments will pass, if Manchester United stay strong to our ideas:

“Everybody saw the game. You cannot speak about fair in football because they scored and we didn’t, but we didn’t give anything [away] until the set-pieces and then we were so near [to scoring] the goal.

But I think everybody felt a little anxious, not just the players but also the fans.

It’s a very difficult moment for our club, you can feel it every game and especially at home.

Two goals, like against Tottenham, very quickly, so you want to respond but you cannot do it because you suffer another goal, and then we suffer until the end of the game.

I felt we created a lot of situations for our opponent [to deal with] but they managed to score and I think that makes the difference.

All the areas are of concern, especially of course set-pieces. We are training on that, we have to improve.

There’s a lot of teams that are really strong on that, so we are working on it a lot of the time.”

Betting Tips

  • Total Goals - Under 2.5 Goals @ 6/5
  • Matheus Cunha to score first @ 6/1
  • Rasmus Hojlund to score first @ 4/1

Liverpool vs Leicester - 20:00 - Thursday 26th December 2024 - Amazon Prime

Liverpool @ 1/14 Draw @ 9/1 Leicester @ 20/1

Liverpool: WWDDW

Leicester: LWDLL

Liverpool host Leicester in the Boxing Day evening edition, with the Reds looking to consolidate their position at the Premier League summit.

The Reds played a full part in a thrilling nine goal encounter at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah doubles helping Liverpool to a 6-3 win.

Liverpool took a 23rd minute lead at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium through Luis Diaz, with the Columbian heading a pinpoint Trent Alexander Arnold delivery into the bottom corner to make it 1-0.

The Reds went 2-0 up in the 36th minute when Alexis Mac Allister headed a failed clearance over Fraser Forster to double their lead.

A mistake from Mac Allister let in James Maddison as the midfielder coolly halved the deficit for Spurs in the 41st minute.

It was 3-1 heading into the break as Dominik Szoboszlai slotted Mohamed Salah’s pass through the legs of Forster in the first minute of injury time (45+1).

Salah grabbed the first of two goals nine minutes after the restart (54), with the Egyptian on hand to tap in at the back post after Archie Gray failed to clear the ball twice.

Dominik Szoboszlai returned the favour for Mohamed Salah in the 61st minute as Liverpool threatened to run riot as they went 5-1 up.

Dejan Kulusevski volleyed in Dominic Solanke’s chip in the 72nd minute as Spurs went in search of an unlikely comeback.

Solanke managed to grab a goal of his own, as he hit Brennan Johnson’s header on the half volley into the Liverpool net to make it 5-3 with seven minutes remaining (83).

But any hopes of a thrilling comeback were ended as Luis Diaz grabbed his second of the match two minutes later (85), with the Columbian firing Salah’s pass across Forster as the game ended 3-6 to Liverpool.

Arne Slot lauded the attacking contribution from every Liverpool player when he spoke to LFCTV following their 6-3 win at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Sunday:

“Until 60, 65 minutes, I really, really, really enjoyed what I saw.

Of course, we were caught one time in bringing the ball out from the back and that immediately led to a goal for Tottenham.

You think if we would have gone into the dressing room with a 2-1, that would not have done justice to all the chances we had – that's why I was quite happy with the fact that we scored the 3-1.

Then 4-1, 5-1, incredible display. But then you also saw that no matter how much quality players have, if they think they don't have to run anymore then in this league, especially against Tottenham because they are so good with the ball as well, they immediately start to create, and that's what they did and they scored two goals.

I was happy that the sixth one went in, to be fair.”

Foxes Hammered By Wolves

Matheus Cunha and Goncalo Guedes scored as Ruud Van Nistelrooy's men were hammered 3-0 at home by Wolves.

Jose Sa produced an incredible double save to first deny Jamie Vardy and then Stephy Mavididi on the follow up.

A fabulous finish from Goncalo Guedes opened the scoring for Wolves, with the Portuguese midfielder turning Nelson Semedo’s ball over the top across goal and into the far corner in the 19th minute.

A calamity at the back from the Foxes let in Rodrigo Gomes for Wolves second (36), with James Justin leaving Matt Doherty’s cross field pass, with Danny Ward going down too early as well.

A mistake from Toti Gomes nearly let Jamie Vardy in, but the Portuguese defender recovered well and cleared Vardy’s effort off the line as Wolves looked to record a rare clean sheet.

Matheus Cunha scored Wolves third of the half, with the Brazilian hitting Goncalo Guedes’ pass onto the inside of the far post and into the net to make it 3-0 (44).

Santiago Bueno could have headed Wolves into a 4-0 lead, but the Uruguayan defender couldn’t direct Cunha’s cross goalward.

Cunha was involved again as his cross was headed wide by Joao Gomes, but new Wolves manager Vitor Pereira enjoyed a dream start as his side secured a 3-0 win away at Leicester.

For the Foxes, they now head into the Boxing Day fixture having conceded seven goals in their last two games without reply.

Leicester manager Ruud van Nistelrooy told Sky Sports ‘I can't blame players for mistakes - but it's not something we can allow in our situation’:

"You have to look at how the game went and how the goals were conceded. We all know, and the players know, the goals are mostly coming from individual mistakes.

It's not big chances - all three are not. How the goals went in - that is not something we can allow in the situation where we are and with the importance of the game

Every game is important for us, but that was the most disappointing thing. I cannot blame a player that makes an unfortunate mistake.

Three weeks ago, when we started working together, we had two positive results and four points and we lifted the place up and the fans as well.

We expected a lot more from the game. It's always disappointing then when the fans go against you and make it personal against some of the players.

As a team, we have to stay together and understand the frustration of the fans. We do understand and we are working to change that around."

Betting Tips

  • BTTS - No @ 8/11
  • Mohamed Salah to score first @ 5/2
  • Jamie Vardy to score first @ 12/1

Brighton vs Brentford - 19:30 - Friday 27th December 2024 - Amazon Prime

Brighton @ 4/6 Draw @ 3/1 Brentford @ 7/2

Brighton: DLDLD

Brentford: WLWLL

Brighton welcome Brentford to the Amex on Friday evening, with the Seagulls looking to end a five game run without a win.

Two goals in the space of seven second half minutes saw Mohammed Kudus cancel out Mats Wieffer strike, as the game ended with honours even at London Stadium.

Lukasz Fabianski produced a fine save low to his right to deny Kaoru Mitoma, with the Japan international’s volley destined for the bottom corner if not for the keepers intervention.

Mats Weiffer opened the scoring for the Seagulls in the 51st minute, with the Dutchman calmly side footing into the bottom corner after Lewis Dunk’s header back into the box.

That lead lasted just seven minutes though, as Mohammed Kudus followed up with a header after a driving run and strike from Jarrod Bowen (58).

Fabianski came to the fore again, as the Hammers keeper produced a fine save to deny a deflected effort from Yasin Ayari.

Kaoru Mitoma produced one of the misses of the season, with the winger hitting Yankuba Minteh’s cross onto the inside of the post from less than a yard away.

The Seagulls were lucky not to end the game with ten men when Pervis Estupinian’s two footed effort on Killman was deemed to be a yellow card.

There was still time for one more Brighton chance, but Ayari couldn’t find a way past Fabianski after another driving run from substitute Yankuba Minteh.

Fabian Hurzeler told MyAlbionTV that the 1-1 draw at West Ham represented two points dropped rather than one gained:

“[I think it is] two points lost in the end, as we had plenty of big chances but we weren’t able to score the second goal or to keep a clean sheet. We got punished for one mistake.

It was our fault that we didn’t leave the pitch the winner so we’re disappointed, we controlled the game good in the second half.

There were positive things, but you need to get results in these type of games if you want to achieve something.

At the moment it’s a circle of bad experiences. But no one will help us, we have to work ourselves to get back this winning mentality.

We have to learn to be more mature when we take the lead and manage the game.

But we will keep going, invest more in the detail and get back to a high standard by doing the basic things better.

We have to keep moving forward. These things happen in waves, we have to catch a forward wave.”

Bees Stung At Home

Goals from Ola Aina and Anthony Elanga were enough as Forest ended the Bees' unbeaten home run to move fourth.

Mikkel Damsgaard should have given Brentford an early lead at the Gtech, but the Dane saw his effort well saved by Matz Sels after great work by Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa on the right hand side.

Wissa was involved again as he lobbed Morato’s failed clearance onto the roof of the Forest net.

A faint touch from Murillo was the difference as Wissa narrowly missed out on converting Bryan Mbeumo’s ball across goal.

Forest nearly scored from their first chance as Elliot Anderson’s cross was met by Chris Wood, but the striker saw his effort well saved by Mark Flekken.

Ola Aina was the unlikely source as Forest scored a 38th minute opener, with the full back slotting Neco William’s cross across Flekken and into the bottom corner to make it 1-0.

Anthony Elanga doubled Forest’s lead six minutes after the restart (51), with the winger scoring in successive games after he pounced on Keane Lewis Potter’s mistake before curling past Flekken.

The Bees had a chance to set up a grandstand finish, but Ajer saw his brilliant volley well saved by Matz Sels as the game ended 2-0 to Forest.

Brentford head coach Thomas Frank analysed the Bees' defeat to Nottingham Forest on Saturday when he spoke to www.brentfordfc.com:

"We played a game where, in big spells, we dominated and were on top. We lacked the last cutting edge to create chance, after chance, after chance - but I thought it was enough to score at least one goal.

Nottingham Forest defended well in big spells of the game - they also played 5-4-1, which is the first time they've done that this season.

Even after going to Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal, where they played a four[-man defence]. That's a big credit to what we've done.

Of course we need to learn from that and work out how to solve that better in the future. I still think we did enough to, on another day, play the same game again, get a different outcome."

Betting Tips

  • BTTS @ 8/11
  • Joao Pedro to score first @ 4/1
  • Bryan Mbeumo to score first @ 15/2

Arsenal vs Ipswich - 20:15 - Friday 27th December 2024 - Amazon Prime

Arsenal @ 1/8 Draw @ 13/2 Ipswich @ 16/1

Arsenal: WWDDW

Ipswich: LLLWL

Arsenal welcome Ipswich to the Emirates on Friday, with Mikel Arteta's men rocked by the news that Bukayo Saka will be a long term absentee.

The Saka news was the only dampener on a superb victory, with Gabriel Jesus scoring twice as Gunners closed the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool with a 5-1 victory away at Crystal Palace.

Gabriel Jesus picked up where he left off in midweek, as he scored his fourth goal in as many days against Palace to give Arsenal a 1-0 lead in the 6th minute.

Bukayo Saka’s cross eventually fell to the Brazillian, and he made the most of the cover provided by the other Gabriel as he side footed the ball into the bottom corner.

Ismaila Sarr provided an instant response, with the winger curling Tyrick Mitchell’s ball beyond David Raya and into the bottom corner in the 11th minute.

Jesus scored a second of the match in the 15th minute, with this finish the best of his five goals, as he side footed the ball into the roof of the net from the edge of the box to give Arsenal a 2-1 lead.

Jean Philippe Mateta should have levelled when Ismaila Sarr picked William Saliba’s pocket, but the Frenchman was unable to dink the ball over David Raya.

Gabriel Magalhaes continued to be a key weapon from set pieces for Arsenal, with the defender heading his effort into the Palace crossbar.

The Gunners made it 3-1 in the 38th minute when Kai Havertz tapped in from close range, after Gabriel Jesus’ header hit the outside of the far post and bounced into the path of the German.

Ismaila Sarr should have pulled back another for Palace, but his header was well saved at the back post by David Raya.

Jesus passed up another chance to secure back to back hat-tricks, but Gabriel Martinelli was on hand to deflect Declan Rice’s drive into the Palace net in the 60th minute to make it 4-1.

Rice turned from provider to scorer as he found the Gunners fifth with a curling effort into the bottom corner with six minutes remaining (84).

Mikel Arteta told www.arsenal.com that he had plenty to reflect upon after another memorable away game on Saturday:

“He [Saka] felt something in his hamstring, he couldn’t continue, and he’ll have to be assessed. So, we’re really worried about that one.

It’s very difficult to [say] now – they have tested him inside but very difficult to say how bad it is.

And Raheem as well, we lost Raheem yesterday. We don’t know for how long as well. So, to lose two players in 24 hours is not good.

Unfortunately, with the amount of games that we are playing every three days with this schedule, it doesn’t surprise me but the team will react to that.

The beauty of football – these things happen. He’s [Gabriel Jesus} scored the same amount in 45 appearances in three days, he scored five goals, and he could have scored a hat-trick today.

Great credit to him because he’s put so much work into it, so much belief into what he does and he was patient, and he got rewarded.”

Magpies Hammer Tractor Boys

Alexander Isak's first Premier League hat-trick extended Ipswich's winless run at home in the Premier League, as they fell to a 4-0 defeat at Portman Road.

The Magpies made an electric start at Portman Road, with Alexander Isak scoring in just the 25th second as Newcastle raced to a 1-0 lead.

Anthony Gordon should have doubled their lead, but the winger headed Jacob Murphy’s cross into the ground and the ball bounced over the top.

Jacob Muprhy produced an emphatic finish that hit the underside of the crossbar in the 32nd minute as Newcastle doubled their lead.

Alexander Isak made amends for his earlier miss as he slotted home from close range, the Swede could scarcely have wished for a better Christmas present after Arijanet Muric’s hospital pass was seized upon by Bruno Guimaraes (45+2).

Bruno Guimaraes should have added a fourth with a header, but the Brazilian saw his header go agonisingly wide of Ipswich’s far post.

In the 54th minute it was 4-0, as Alexander Isak did well to adjust his feet to fire home from close range, after a brilliant back heel from Jacob Murphy.

Ipswich boss Kieran McKenna told Sky Sports that his team are going to have to "show a different side" in their next two games against Arsenal and Chelsea to avoid suffering a similar fate after being overrun by Newcastle:

"We have to take some lessons from this. We haven't had many like that and we have been really competitive across the season.

The group has been doing very well to be so competitive. We have to be close to 100 per cent to be competitive and we need to do all the right things.

We didn't manage to do that, we came up against an opponent that was better than us and the game ran away from us.

There are things we need to do better, things that we've done really well this season and didn't manage to show today. It is crystal clear that we are going to have to show a different side of us in these next few games.

The game was realistically gone at half-time. The second half was about showing the right characteristics on the pitch and the crowd showed that too to a really high level.

Most understand how hard it has been for the group to be as competitive as we have been. The crowd know how much effort it has taken. The game got away from us and we don't want that feeling too often."

Betting Tips

  • Total Goals - Over 2.5 Goals @ 4/11
  • Gabriel Jesus to score first @ 7/2
  • Liam Delap to score first @ 12/1

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