Premier League weekend preview: Can Liverpool derail City?

Gameweek 11 of the Premier League throws up some big encounters within the context of the season, with final yr’s high two scrapping it out at Anfield and the present desk toppers making a difficult go to to Elland Highway.

With simply 5 recreation weeks left till the World Cup begins, we preview three of this weekend’s fixtures under.

Manchester United v Newcastle United

Manchester United put their 6-3 humiliation to rivals Metropolis behind them with a powerful 2-1 victory away a Goodison Park final Sunday night. That end result made it seven wins from the Crimson Devils’ final 9 fixtures in all competitions because the Erik ten Haag rebuild continues to assemble momentum. They welcome a Newcastle aspect to Outdated Trafford at Sunday lunchtime who sit only a level under them within the Premier League desk.

Ten Haag’s males have received six of the final eight head-to-heads between the 2 sides and are considerably generously priced at 19/20 to select up all three factors in opposition to their guests. While they need to have an excessive amount of for the Magpies, an attention-grabbing pattern from the Manchester aspect’s 11 fixtures this marketing campaign contains the away group netting in ten of these. As such, each groups to attain on Sunday is fittingly priced at 8/13.

Newcastle ended a run of six video games and not using a league win with back-to-back thrashings of west London duo Fulham (1-4) and Brentford (5-1), the primary time they’ve scored 4 or extra objectives in successive Premier League fixtures since 2001. They journey to a United aspect who’ve seen 16 objectives scored throughout their final three league matches, with over 3.5 objectives for this fixture appealingly priced at 13/8.

Brazilian winger Antony continued his advantageous begin to his Manchester United profession by scoring the opener at Goodison Park final week – he’s priced at 2/1 to internet anytime on Sunday. In the meantime, Paraguayan midfielder Miguel Almiron scored his third objective in two video games in opposition to Brentford on Saturday, and odds of 11/1 look large for him to internet the opener in opposition to a United aspect who’ve conceded the primary objective in every of their final two league fixtures.

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Leeds v Arsenal

The jury’s out on how a lot of a greater aspect this Leeds group are since they changed fan favorite Marcelo Bielsa with American Jesse Marsch in February. The west Yorkshire aspect started this season strongly (W2, D1) however are actually winless in 5 fixtures, together with a disappointing defeat to Crystal Palace final week after taking the lead within the first half.

They are going to definitely have their work lower out in opposition to one of many strongest Arsenal sides in latest reminiscence on Sunday, with the Gunners closely favoured at 4/7 to select up one other three factors at Elland Highway. Leeds although, ought to take confidence from their solely different fixture in opposition to a high 6 aspect this marketing campaign – a surprising 3-0 win in opposition to Chelsea in August.

Brazilian winger Gabriel Martinelli scored within the first minute in Arsenal’s mightily spectacular win in opposition to Liverpool final week and desires simply two extra objectives to match his highest tally for a Premier League marketing campaign. The 21-year-old, who scored twice on this fixture final season, might be backed at 23/20 to seek out the web anytime in opposition to Leeds, a aspect who they’ve crushed in 10 of their final 12 assembly.

In the meantime, Luis Sinisterra returns to the Leeds squad after netting twice in successive fixtures, earlier than being despatched off in opposition to Aston Villa two video games in the past. The Colombian winger is 9/2 to attain anytime in opposition to an Arsenal aspect who’ve solely saved one clear sheet of their final eight visits to Elland Highway. With Mikel Arteta’s aspect moreover possessing a questionable defensive file this season (three clear sheets in 9), each groups to attain appears appropriately priced at 7/10.

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Liverpool v Manchester Metropolis

Liverpool’s nightmare season was dealt one other heavy blow after they succumbed to defeat in opposition to title hopefuls Arsenal on Sunday. Their home season aspirations proceed to decrease quickly, with the go to of present champions Manchester Metropolis to Anfield this weekend hardly representing a beneficial fixture to get their marketing campaign again on monitor, particularly as they haven’t crushed the Residents of their final 5 league conferences (D3, L2).

Pep Guardiola’s imperious Metropolis aspect are rewriting scoring information after nearly nonchalantly sticking one other 4 previous Southampton final weekend, taking their tally to 44 for the season in all competitions. Their odds of 4/5 to win at Anfield feels nearly surreally low in opposition to Jürgen Klopp’s aspect, who’re heavy outsiders at 29/10 to beat their North-West rivals.

Count on objectives in a fixture that has produced 4 or extra strikes in seven of the final eight conferences in all competitions, with over 3.5 objectives priced at 11/10 for Sunday’s conflict. In-keeping with each of final season’s scorelines, a 2-2 draw might be bravely backed at 12/1.

Norwegian goal-machine Erling Haaland was rested for Metropolis’s midweek journey to FC Copenhagen, the place they did not register a objective for the primary time this season. While his odds of 6/10 to attain anytime at Anfield could seem undervalued, backing the Metropolis striker at 12/5 to internet the opener in opposition to a Liverpool aspect which have conceded the primary objective in six of their final eight league fixtures this marketing campaign definitely represents higher worth.

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