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Liverpool made it two wins from two under Arne Slot as goals from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah sealed a 2-0 victory over Brentford in his first Premier League home game in charge.

The Liverpool supporters inside Anfield gave their new head coach a warm welcome and his team responded with an opening goal after only 13 minutes as Diaz finished emphatically from Diogo Jota's pass following a scintillating counter-attack.

The breakaway goal was reminiscent of Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp but Slot is trying to implement his own playing style and, as in the opening-weekend win over Ipswich at Portman Road, it wasn't until after half-time that his side really hit their stride.

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Alisson was called into action to make a smart save from a Nathan Collins header but Brentford lacked cutting edge without the absent Ivan Toney and Liverpool deservedly doubled their lead as Salah's impressive start to the season continued.

The Egyptian's second goal in as many games was superbly taken as he clipped a cool finish into the corner after narrowly beating Brentford's offside trap from Diaz's pass.

Liverpool could easily have been out of sight by then, with Flekken having saved from Diaz and Andrew Robertson, among others, while Trent Alexander-Arnold struck the bar directly from a corner.

But the victory never looked in genuine doubt and ensures Slot can prepare for next weekend's trip to Manchester United, live on Sky Sports on Super Sunday, on the back of two wins.

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Bournemouth were forced to settle for a point after VAR denied them a stoppage-time winner in a 1-1 draw against Newcastle.

Dango Ouattara rose to head in Lewis Cook's corner from the right but, following a VAR review, he was adjudged to have used his left arm to help the ball over the line and so the goal was chalked out, much to the fury of Cherries boss Andoni Iraola.

"I'm not against the referee because he gave the goal and didn't even have the chance to go to the monitor and watch it. If he had the chance, I'm sure he would give the goal," the Spaniard said, speaking to Sky Sports after the final whistle.

"We have very short sleeves and the ball never touches the skin of Dango. They send us the diagram (to show what constitutes handball) and now they take this decision. Considering the minute it was, it's obviously three points for us."

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Led by Alexander Isak, who was eager to get off the mark for the season, Newcastle made a promising start - until their momentum just dropped away and Bournemouth's press began to cause problems.

With 37 minutes gone, the hosts - who had hit the bar through Antoine Semenyo not long before - established a deserved lead over their passive visitors. Joelinton cheaply turned over the ball to Semenyo, who drove on and crossed for Marcus Tavernier to roll in.

The impressive Semenyo came close with another two openings himself, before putting the ball on a plate for Evanilson just after the hour. The Brazilian stretched to meet it at the far post, but somehow failed to convert a chance with an xG value of 0.63.

That afforded a Newcastle side growing in confidence the opportunity to level, which they did 13 minutes from time. Harvey Barnes' delicious cross flew over everyone in the box and dropped perfectly for Anthony Gordon, whose first-time connection beat Neto.

Following two big saves from Neto, Bournemouth thought they had won it in the 93rd minute. Ouattara, under pressure from Dan Burn, jumped and bowed his head to meet Cook's delivery.

The goal was given on the pitch, but on the recommendation of VAR Simon Hooper, Coote ruled the goal out, which quickly turned the atmosphere inside the Vitality hostile, as the sides shared the points.

Newcastle climb to fifth in the embryonic Premier League table as a result, with Bournemouth down in 14th after a second straight draw.

Iraola bemoans disallowed goal - 'It's not a factual decision'

Bournemouth's Andoni Iraola speaking to Sky Sports:

"We should have won the game. We have lost two points and I will complain, but nothing will happen.

"I'm not against the referee because he gave the goal and didn't even have the chance to go to the monitor and watch it. If he had the chance, I'm sure he would give the goal.

"I'm completely sure. But he doesn't have the chance.

"They always say it's a factual decision - it's not a factual decision. We watched the video; the ball goes very strong after touching the shoulder.

"We have very short sleeves and the ball never touches the skin of Dango. They send us the diagram (to show what constitutes handball) and now they take this decision. Considering the minute it was, it's obviously three points for us.

"I'm very frustrated because my players deserved much more."

Redknapp: Ouattara disallowed goal not conclusive

Jamie Redknapp on Sky Sports Premier League:

"I don't think it does [hit Ouattara's arm]... I don't think it's conclusive enough. I can feel the manager's pain. It looks more like shoulder to me.

"There isn't anything that's conclusive. There's still a grey area between the arm and the shoulder. They say it's about where the shirt sleeve ends. It looks more like shoulder to me.

"None of the Newcastle players complained and I just don't think it warranted that intervention. It hits him high up on the shoulder. It's a really disappointing one for them. It feels more shoulder than arm."

Semenyo: We feel hard done by

Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo speaking to Sky Sports:

"We got back into the changing room and everyone was pretty angry that the second goal didn't count. We've seen the replay back and it's come off his shoulder, so we feel like the ref's made the wrong decision, but we'll take a point.

"I feel like we've been hard done by, but we can't do anything about it now."

Howe: I understand it's a contentious decision

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe on VAR ruling out Dango Ouattara's late goal to the BBC:

"I thought the game was lost because I initially hadn't seen anything wrong with the goal.

"We have had it both ways. We have had it for us and against us and we are very grateful for that moment because we have battled hard. What we had at that stage of the game was a valuable point. But I understand that it is a contentious decision.

"I think a draw was fair, but Bournemouth may have a different perspective. They did cause us problems with their quick attacks and while I think we had more chances to score more than one, I think they would probably argue the same. With that, I think a draw was fair.

"In that second half we were a threat from set-plays and crosses and we are frustrated that we haven't scored more than one."

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Sean Dyche called for "reality to the storyline" in the wake of Everton's 4-0 thrashing at Tottenham and explained "there is no money" to change the situation in the final week of the transfer window.

Everton's latest defeat came a week on from their season starting with a 3-0 loss at home to Brighton.

"Until I'm told different, there isn't any finance to go and change things. This is what we are," Dyche said.

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Everton achieved Premier League survival last term despite off-field issues, including being deducted eight points for breaching Profit and Sustainability Rules. But hopes of a more positive season this time around have already been hit by two heavy losses.

The club - amid the latest round of takeover talks - have also sold key man Amadou Onana to Aston Villa, while regulars Jarrad Branthwaite, James Garner, Nathan Patterson and Seamus Coleman are all out injured. Ashley Young missed Saturday's defeat in north London due to suspension.

Crystal Palace part-owner John Textor met with Everton owner Farhad Moshiri in Liverpool this week, as the two men looked to progress a possible takeover of the Toffees by the American.

Speaking after the loss at Spurs, Dyche outlined his frustration at the club's struggle to build on progress they made last term, saying: "We changed the storyline last season, then in the summer we sell big players. You're trying to build a squad and the challenge starts again. It's a never-ending challenge at Everton Football Club.

"There's so many stories, so much noise every day and it's not very often about the football."

The Everton boss called for perspective in the assessment of his side's first two results of the season.

"Is there a reality it's tough to come down here [to Spurs] anyway? Yes. Is there a reality it's even tougher when you've got a thin squad and you haven't invested like these have? Yes.

"Does that mean they win? No. I've shown that many times before, the players I've worked with... But you have to make games like today work in your favour and we didn't have enough to do that today.

"We finished strongly last season. We sell a player [Onana] who's growing and maturing and become a very important player. And then we bring in other players who we've got to start the process with again and make them grow and mature and become important players. It's a cycle that keeps going and going and going.

"That's just the reality of the club and I always try to work on realities. There's plenty of myths about it - the latest one being, it's the last season at [Goodison Park] so we're going to be in Europe. And I went, 'how's that then? So what happened to the last three seasons? Do you think they weren't trying to be in Europe?'

"There has to be some reality to the storyline and I've tried to bring that."

'It's a strange situation here'

Reflecting on the Tottenham game, Dyche admitted he was frustrated his side disappointed early on - and conceded the error from Jordan Pickford for Spurs' second was a significant blow.

"We can't continue to make mistakes at this level," he said. "It's difficult and we are stretched, that's a fact.

"It's a strange situation here and it has been here for a number of years. In my 19 months, we build something and then we have to go back down the hill again to remind ourselves of the challenge. And then we all pull together and we do it again.

"What about reacting to a game at 0-0? Taking responsibility at 0-0? It's easier to take responsibility when you're 1-0 or 2-0 down.

"We've shown before how positive we can be. We know they're a good outfit. We started a bit subserviently. But the first goal… just backing off, letting people run into the box. The second is impossible to legislate for. Then you're in that risk or reward of opening up."

Dyche called on his players to once again show the spirit which has seen them escape relegation in recent seasons. "Let's take it on, let's grow with that mentality. Yet again we're written off immediately."

Alarm bells already ringing for woeful Everton

Sky Sports' Declan Olley at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium:

Just two games into the new Premier League season and Everton are already in a world of pain.

Zero points, zero goals scored and seven goals conceded leave Sean Dyche's side rock bottom of the table after thrashings by Brighton and Tottenham.

The Toffees are making unwanted history having lost their first two games in a top-flight season by three or more goals for the first time. At the other end of the pitch, they have only had two shots on target so far - one in each of the defeats.

The alarm bells are already ringing at Goodison Park - their last season at the ground before they make the move to the new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock. The club cannot begin life there with Championship football, which brings extra added pressure to this campaign.

If this dismal form continues, though, then second-tier football could well become a reality, with a belief the promoted teams this year are stronger than last season's.

However, Dyche remained defiant and upbeat in his post-match press conference that his side can turn things around with key players still to return.

But what Dyche does not need is his leading stars making silly mistakes, as goalkeeper Jordan Pickford did for Spurs' second with an embarrassing blunder.

It was an error that sums up Everton right now.

Everton’s miserable start to the new season continued after a 4-0 defeat at Tottenham, which saw goalkeeper Jordan Pickford make a huge error.

After a 3-0 home defeat to Brighton on the opening weekend, Sean Dyche's side have now conceded seven goals from their first two games and sit bottom of the Premier League without scoring.

Spurs' opener at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was unstoppable, however, as Yves Bissouma thundered home from just outside the edge of the box off the underside of the bar in the 14th minute to put his laughing gas incident behind him.

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Then came Pickford's blunder as England's number one dallied on James Tarkowski's backpass to allow Heung-Min Son to nick the ball off him and finish into an empty net in the 25th minute.

Pickford's embarrassment summed up a poor first half from the visitors, whose only shot on target came in the 58th minute when substitute and debutant Jesper Lindstrom saw an effort saved by Guglielmo Vicario.

But just as Everton began to get a foothold in the second half, the Toffees were undone at a corner in the 71st minute as Cristian Romero headed home on his 100th Spurs appearance.

More misery came just six minutes later for Everton as a wonderful surging run from Spurs centre-back Micky van de Ven saw him tee up Son, who finished low from a tight angle for his second of the game.

While Spurs' season is now up and running with their first victory of the new season after Monday's 1-1 draw at newly-promoted Leicester, Everton's concerns will only have deepened. They have now lost their opening two Premier League matches for the third consecutive season and remain without an away league victory in 2024.

Dyche: It's not our first rodeo

Everton boss Sean Dyche speaking at his post-match press conference:

"It's difficult here and we are stretched and all the rest of it, I don't like making excuses, but we are, that's a fact. It's a strange situation here and it has been here for a number of years, but in my 19 months we kind of build something and then we have to go back down the hill again to then remind ourselves of the challenge and then we all pull together and we do it again.

He added: "The second [Pickford's mistake] obviously, it's impossible to legislate for so you're 2-0 down and when you're 2-0 down at a place like this, anywhere in the Premier League, it's tough against good sides and they are a good side and then you're on that risk or reward of opening up, trying to affect the game in a positive manner, knowing that clubs like this with these type of players who they've brought in, they can hurt you and of course they did, they opened us up and that's the risk or reward of life in the Premier League."

Asked why they started poorly at Spurs: "Yeah, because they're Tottenham and they [Everton players] look around and go where are all of our players? Where are all of the usual players? So there's a human reaction to that.

"We've done well when the challenges have come our way, whether it's been injuries or skinny squads or no money or noise around the outside, we've done great, we've really pulled together and gone right, let's just take it on.

"So I reminded them of that afterwards, I said look, we'll knock the first two games of the season, there are many reasons why - players missing, pre-season injuries and all the rest of it, but remind ourselves that this has been round before. It's not our first rodeo, so therefore let's take it on, let's grow with that mentality. And yet again, we're written off immediately, so I said in a weird way, we seem to be good at that, we get written off and then everyone pulls together and we start changing the story again. I mean, it's a head-scratcher, but it's tough."

Postecoglou: Bissouma's goal start to redemption

Tottenham boss Ange Postecolgou to Sky Sports:

"The performance was good, it was good last week. We limited them to what they're good at - set pieces - which we dealt with well. It's really encouraging for us.

"I also felt, as long as we keep performing and creating chances, those kind of things [scoring that second goal] take their turn. Good pressing on Jordan [Pickford] by Sonny and he got his rewards.

"We want to keep improving. Last week was a strong performance as well, we dominated the game, but we have to close it out. When we do dominate a game, we have to make it count and we did that today."

On Yves Bissouma's goal following his one-game suspension for his laughing gas incident: "It's a start. But he still has work to do.

"There's no doubting his quality. But we want to make him the best version of himself, that starts with off-field as much as on-field."

Maddison: We were more ruthless today

Tottenham midfielder James Maddison speaking to Sky Sports:

"The scoreline was quite devastating when you look at 4-0, but it was thoroughly deserved. We put away the chances we didn't put away on Monday night [against Leicester], that normally means three points.

"It was nice to take the criticism from the manager of being more ruthless and the next game we've put it into practice."

Odobert makes promising debut as 'special' Van de Ven continues to wow

It was fitting that Wilson Odobert's debut came as a surprise following his shock £30m arrival from Burnley.

Barely a week into life at Spurs, the Frenchman was thrown straight into the team as he started on the left wing and then delivered an exciting display that got the Spurs fans out of their seats.

The 19-year-old was electric in the first half and caused Everton plenty of problems. The numbers proved his threat as he made the most dribbles (7) and had the most touches in the opposition box (7) of any player.

Odobert is still raw as he gave away a loose pass in the second half that nearly resulted in Everton scoring, but his debut was "really exciting" according to Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou.

The Australian also had praise for Micky van de Ven as he labelled him "a special footballer" after he delivered yet another exceptional performance. He is a real fans' favourite now.

The Dutchman's lightning speed makes him a cheat code as he helped unlock Spurs' fourth goal with a fabulous surging assist from his own box for Son to score.

There were major fears when the 23-year-old looked seriously injured in the first half as the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium held its breath, but he was quickly back up and running - as are Spurs now after that disappointing opening draw at Leicester.

Alarm bells already ringing for woeful Everton

Just two games into the new Premier League season and Everton are already in a world of pain.

Zero points, zero goals scored and seven goals conceded leave Sean Dyche's side rock bottom of the table after thrashings by Brighton and Tottenham.

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The Toffees are making unwanted history having lost their first two games in a top-flight season by three or more goals for the first time. At the other end of the pitch, they have only had two shots on target so far - one in each of the defeats.

The alarm bells are already ringing at Goodison Park - their last season at the ground before they make the move to the new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock. The club cannot begin life there with Championship football, which brings extra added pressure to this campaign.

If this dismal form continues, though, then second-tier football could well become a reality, with a belief the promoted teams this year are stronger than last season's.

However, Dyche remained defiant and upbeat in his post-match press conference that his side can turn things around with key players still to return.

But what Dyche does not need is his leading stars making silly mistakes, as goalkeeper Jordan Pickford did for Spurs' second with an embarrassing blunder.

It was an error that sums up Everton right now.

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Everton’s miserable start to the new season continued after a 4-0 defeat at Tottenham, which saw goalkeeper Jordan Pickford make a huge error.

After a 3-0 home defeat to Brighton on the opening weekend, Sean Dyche's side have now conceded seven goals from their first two games and sit bottom of the Premier League without scoring.

Spurs' opener at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was unstoppable, however, as Yves Bissouma thundered home from just outside the edge of the box off the underside of the bar in the 14th minute to put his laughing gas incident behind him.

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Then came Pickford's blunder as England's number one dallied on James Tarkowski's backpass to allow Heung-Min Son to nick the ball off him and finish into an empty net in the 25th minute.

Pickford's embarrassment summed up a poor first half from the visitors, whose only shot on target came in the 58th minute when substitute and debutant Jesper Lindstrom saw an effort saved by Guglielmo Vicario.

But just as Everton began to get a foothold in the second half, the Toffees were undone at a corner in the 71st minute as Cristian Romero headed home on his 100th Spurs appearance.

More misery came just six minutes later for Everton as a wonderful surging run from Spurs centre-back Micky van de Ven saw him tee up Son, who finished low from a tight angle for his second of the game.

While Spurs' season is now up and running with their first victory of the new season after Monday's 1-1 draw at newly-promoted Leicester, Everton's concerns will only have deepened. They have now lost their opening two Premier League matches for the third consecutive season and remain without an away league victory in 2024.

Postecoglou: Bissouma's goal start to redemption

Tottenham boss Ange Postecolgou to Sky Sports:

"The performance was good, it was good last week. We limited them to what they're good at - set pieces - which we dealt with well. It's really encouraging for us.

"I also felt, as long as we keep performing and creating chances, those kind of things [scoring that second goal] take their turn. Good pressing on Jordan [Pickford] by Sonny and he got his rewards.

"We want to keep improving. Last week was a strong performance as well, we dominated the game, but we have to close it out. When we do dominate a game, we have to make it count and we did that today."

On Yves Bissouma's goal following his one-game suspension for his laughing gas incident: "It's a start. But he still has work to do.

"There's no doubting his quality. But we want to make him the best version of himself, that starts with off-field as much as on-field."

Maddison: We were more ruthless today

Tottenham midfielder James Maddison speaking to Sky Sports:

"The scoreline was quite devastating when you look at 4-0, but it was thoroughly deserved. We put away the chances we didn't put away on Monday night [against Leicester], that normally means three points.

"It was nice to take the criticism from the manager of being more ruthless and the next game we've put it into practice."

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Even though the underlying data and performance metrics didn't showcase Crystal Palace in a positive light in their defeat to Brentford, I thought they were very impressive in the first half.

Up until Bryan Mbeumo's goal, which was the Bees' first shot of the match, Palace were playing some great stuff without possessing that killer final action to generate any meaningful chance creation statistics.

They might struggle to put teams away at times this season but Oliver Glasner's style of football is going to win Palace plenty of points and this looks like a good time to play West Ham, who are going to need a bit of time to settle under Julen Lopetegui. The 11/10 with Sky Bet for a home win, something Palace have achieved in their last four games at Selhurst Park scoring 16 goals in the process, looks a shade of value.

SCORE PREDICTION: 2-1

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Not enough was made about how resolute and organised Leicester were against a very vibrant attacking outfit in Tottenham.

Yes, Steve Cooper's team were limited and stale going forward for the majority of the game, but to restrict Spurs to just 1.18 worth of expected goals and just two shots on target in the second half does bode well for their chances of being tough to beat this season.

Fulham may find that out here in what Cooper will try to turn into a dire game. Marco Silva's attackers are an unreliable bunch having scored more than once in just two of their last nine Premier League games across the campaigns, and although they came out with credit in the 1-0 loss at Manchester United they only created 0.44 worth of expected goals.

This game just screams under 2.5 goals at the prices, where Evens is on offer with Sky Bet.

SCORE PREDICTION: 0-0

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Both teams to score at 5/4 with Sky Bet is just begging to be backed.

Ipswich aren't going to try and low-block their way to a result. As they showed in the first half against Liverpool last weekend, they will press high and aggressively when the time is right and play with a proactive nature when in transition.

This is a team that have scored in 18 of their last 21 matches.

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City's defence has become more vulnerable in recent seasons, especially at home. Last season they conceded at least once in 13 of their 19 home matches, including to bottom-half teams likes Luton, Wolves, Burnley and Fulham.

They will give Ipswich opportunities to exploit space - like they did at Chelsea last weekend where although the final 20 minutes was a procession, the Londoners did create 1.01 worth of expected goals and were only a reliable finisher away from making a game of it.

SCORE PREDICTION: 4-1 | JONES KNOWS' BEST BET: Both teams to score (5/4 with Sky Bet - part of 12/1 weekend treble!)

Southampton vs Nottingham Forest, Saturday 3pm

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The opening weekend swam against the tide of last season when it came to goals.

There was a 3.26 goals per game last season, beating the previous best of 2.85.

Yet all 10 matches went under 3.5 goals on Matchday One with under 2.5 punters turning a big level stakes profit as seven games saw fewer than three goals scored.

That trend is unlikely to continue as teams and players find full rhythm and fitness but I do think a regression is coming in terms of average goals due to the added-on time situation. Last season there was an average of 11.38 minutes added on per game, over three minutes per game more than in any previous season. Late goals in that period of extra play had a huge impact on that average goal count.

However, there was just 10.1 added on across the 10 matches last weekend so less football should help keep the goal average to a more consistent level with what we've seen historically.

This could be a game that gets swallowed up by the unders line as the draw looks a big runner with Evens on offer for under 2.5 rating as an interesting proposition.

SCORE PREDICTION: 1-1

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I can't be having Tottenham here at 4/9 with Sky Bet.

That is awfully skinny considering the amount of problems Everton gave Spurs last season over their two Premier League encounters. When Ange Postecoglou gets a team purring they are capable of great things but I was surprised how lacklustre and unthreatening they were at Leicester. And if they're not scoring two or more goals in a game, their style of football always gives the opposition a chance of a result - as it does for Everton here.

Sean Dyche's gameplan saw the Toffees create 4.4 worth of expected goals and post 13 shots on target across the two Premier League games against Spurs, that ended 2-2 and 2-1 to Postecoglou's side.

Everton were very unfortunate not to win both matches based on the underlying data. Stylistically, both teams will be shaping up with the same footballing mantra, so the market is sleeping on a pro-Everton result, especially with how Dyche is going to target Tottenham's clear weakness from set-pieces.

I make the 7/4 with Sky Bet on the Toffees to avoid defeat one of the bets of the weekend.

SCORE PREDICTION: 1-2 | JONES KNOWS' BEST BET: Everton double chance (7/4 with Sky Bet - part of 12/1 weekend treble)

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Aston Villa cost Arsenal the Premier League title last season. Mikel Arteta's team amassed 89 points, getting within two points of Manchester City but took zero points from a possible six against Villa and failed to even score.

There could be an added edge to Arsenal and their approach for this tricky trip. A win at Villa Park would be a huge statement of intent.

Can they do it? Certainly.

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Are they a betting proposition at 4/5 with Sky Bet? I can let them win at those odds.

The fouls markets have triggered my interest.

Only Spurs (261) won more fouls than Villa (256) last season in home matches and West Ham committed 18 fouls against them on the opening weekend as the attacking trio of Ollie Watkins, Leon Bailey and Morgan Rogers are very smart at winning free-kicks.

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When you throw Ezri Konsa (1.87 fouls won per 90) and John McGinn (2.06 fouls won per 90) into the mix, along with what could be a heated encounter considering the recent history, then backing Arsenal players to make fouls rates as a smart play.

The way I'd play it would be to combine Declan Rice, William Saliba and Gabriel all to make at least one foul through the Bet Builder to result in a juicy 11/4 shot with Sky Bet to cheer on.

SCORE PREDICTION: 0-1

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The markets don't give enough respect to Bournemouth.

Yes, the sale of Dominic Solanke will make their life more problematic in front of goal but as a unit, Andoni Iraola has built one of the most organised defensive outfits in the Premier League. Since beating Newcastle 2-0 in November, their expected goals against per 90 record at home of just 1.04 is the fourth best home record of any team.

They are such a difficult team to create quality chances against - mostly down to their exceptional work without the ball.

Newcastle still have questions to answer regarding the expectation that without the extra fixtures they can return to the levels we saw in the 22/23 season. They dug-in against Saints last weekend with 10-men but did struggle to find any rhythm even before the sending off, so I'd be lukewarm about their chances of taking three points against a very difficult team to break down. The 2/1 with Sky Bet on a home win looks more than fair and the 8/11 for the Cherries to avoid defeat is one of the best bets on the card.

SCORE PREDICTION: 1-0 | JONES KNOWS' BEST BET: Bournemouth double chance (8/11 with Sky Bet - part of weekend 12/1 treble!)

Wolves vs Chelsea, Sunday 2pm

Wolves have forgotten how to win football matches, winning just once in their last 12 matches across the campaigns in all competitions.

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That victory came against relegated Luton too, where they only created 0.42 worth of expected goals. Gary O'Neil has to arrest this dismal run otherwise relegation threat will become a problem.

This game screams slow burner. Enzo Maresca showed at Leicester last season he doesn't like taking risks early on in a game and is all about control. In 23 away games last season, his Leicester side kept 16 first half clean sheets - a 70 per cent strike rate. Meanwhile, Wolves, who can be very toothless in attack, only scored nine first half goals in their 19 home matches last season. The 0-0 half time correct score is simply too big at 5/2 with Sky Bet.

SCORE PREDICTION: 0-2

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I'm not sure the 4/1 with Sky Bet about Dominik Szoboszlai scoring will be available once the Arne Slot regime really kicks into gear. The Hungarian looks exactly the type of goalscoring midfielder that Slot wants to help his front three and the signs were positive against Ipswich where he has three shots and posted four touches in the opposition box.

This game should present Szoboszlai with opportunities to let fly from range - something he loves to do.

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Only Bruno Fernandes (37) has had more shots from outside the box since the start of last season than Szoboszlai (31). Brentford's tactic of defending deep and keeping very narrow with their defensive blocks means shots from range are fired at a huge rate. The 456 shots from outside the box they've conceded at an average of 5.92 per game is the most of any Premier League team to have played more than 37 games in that period.

Szoboszlai to score from outside the box at 11/1 with Sky Bet is a runner.

SCORE PREDICTION: 2-0

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