There’s seven Barclays Premier League fixtures on Saturday,
including the clash between Arsenal and Newcastle later in the evening. Before
the clash of the weekend on Sunday, as in-form United host struggling Liverpool,
and after that, to the Liberty Stadium for Swansea against Tottenham. Monday
night football sees QPR travel to Goodison.
I’m going to look at a couple of games, provide some stats,
and give some predictions, and hopefully find a few winning bets for all;
BURNLEY V SOUTHAMPTON
Southampton haven’t won in the League since beating
Leicester at the beginning of November, and have lost their last 3, although
Southampton will feel very disappointed not to have got something from both the
Arsenal, and United game. Having said this, the Saints still have the best
defensive record in the league, conceding 12 from 15. And Burnley are joint
lowest goal scorers in the league (with Villa), with just 10 goals in 15 games.
Burnley have only won 1 of 8 league games at Turf Moor this
season, and scored just 6 goals, and conceded 11 in them games. Burnley have
only scored more than once in a game this season, on two occasions, and both of
them, away from home, against Stoke and Leicester.
Burnley have conceded the most headed goals, with 9 this
season, and when you see how good Pelle is in the air, you can imagine he’ll be
getting on the score sheet.
Southampton are unbeaten in their last four games against
Burnley in all competitions, with 2 wins, 2 draws, and have lost just one of
their last six away games at Turf Moor (W2 D3 L1).
Mark Clattenberg takes charge of this game, and he has given
the second highest amount of yellow cards in the league this season, with 83 in
18 games, an average of 4.6 per game, with 2 red cards shown.
VERDICT; It’s a
tough one to call really, with Southampton near the top, and Burnley near the
bottom, but Burnley above Southampton in the form table. The Saints will
definitely want to get back on track here, but Burnley won’t just lay down.
Under 2.5 goals – 4/6
(Paddy Power)
Over 30 points – Card
Index – 8/13 (Paddy Power)
