Manchester rivals must win to keep pressure on league leaders

The Premier League returns to motion in midweek, with two rescheduled fixtures from match spherical seven to be performed throughout Wednesday and Thursday.

We preview each video games under.

Crystal Palace v Manchester United – Wednesday 20:00

Crystal Palace’s valiant but unsuccessful effort in opposition to Chelsea on Sunday was their fourth loss ‘to nil’ of their final 5 league fixtures – a run of outcomes that has seen the Eagles slip to twelfth within the division. Patrick Viera should demand an upturn in type from his stuttering facet if they’re to keep away from being dragged right into a relegation dogfight – with fixtures in opposition to Manchester United (twice), Newcastle and Brighton of their subsequent 4 video games hardly offering any respite for the south Londoners.

Manchester United’s beautiful comeback in opposition to rivals Metropolis on Saturday ignited murmurs of a title push within the south-west of the town, with Erik ten Hag’s males now on a five-game profitable streak within the league – their longest run since April 2021. The Pink Devils discover themselves only one level behind Pep Guardiola’s males and can leapfrog them – for twenty-four hours no less than – with a victory on Wednesday. They’re 4/5 favourites to attain that, with a Palace victory deemed unlikely at 7/2.

Marcus Rashford has been the sport’s final goalscorer in his final 5 successive fixtures in all competitions, and is 10/3 to perform that feat once more in midweek. In the meantime, new mortgage signing Wout Weghorst may make his United debut on Wednesday, with the towering striker 7/1 to attain a header in opposition to a Palace facet who’ve conceded seven targets of their final two video games at Selhurst Park.

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Manchester Metropolis v Tottenham – Thursday 20:00

Manchester Metropolis misplaced main floor on leaders Arsenal with their derby day defeat to United on Saturday – a loss which noticed them slip to second-favourites within the outright betting at 5/4. Pep Guardiola’s males have received simply two of their final 5 league video games – extremely their worst league run since December 2020 – with an ever-growing hole between them and Arsenal making mounting a comeback more and more tough.

Their opponents on Thursday sadly couldn’t do them any favours on Sunday, with Tottenham’s gutless 2-0 loss to rivals Arsenal making it 4 losses in 5 video games at house. Antonio Conte’s males nonetheless discover themselves in a singular place of doubtless having a bearing on the title final result, with two daunting video games in opposition to Metropolis of their subsequent three league fixtures. They begin as huge 15/2 outsiders for this one, with the Cityzens priced at 7/20 to get their title aspirations again on monitor.

Erling Haaland hasn’t scored in three successive video games – his longest ‘objective drought’ since signing for the membership – however nonetheless leads the anytime goalscoring market at 2/5. Metropolis don’t discover themselves within the strongest of type, however will seemingly have an excessive amount of for this struggling Spurs facet, and might be backed at 17/20  within the handicap market to win by two or extra targets.

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