Sportsbet.io's English Premier League Football Pool Discussion Thread

[tomahawk9]

So what do you guys think of Spurs or draw double chance and BTTS combo at 2.55 and BTTS and over 2.5 goals combo at 1.92? 

BTTS at 1.65 is a lock, imo it's the pick of the weekend and the easiest money we'll make in this matchweek    There's gonna be a lot of firepower upfront from both sides (Jesus, Kane, Son, Saka, Martinelli, Richarlison), but the BTTS and Over combo at those odds is too good to pass up

Fun fact: the last time the away team won the north london derby in the EPL was 8 years ago 👀 Spurs 0 - 1 Arsenal

[Welsh]

BTTS at 1.65 is a lock, imo it's the pick of the weekend and the easiest money we'll make in this matchweek    There's gonna be a lot of firepower upfront from both sides (Jesus, Kane, Son, Saka, Martinelli, Richarlison), but the BTTS and Over combo at those odds is too good to pass up

Definitely fancying that Spurs line up more than Arsenal though. Even though, I'd say that Arsenal are the better team if you look at both teams overall. As far as I'm aware both teams haven't really been the best at keeping clean sheets so both teams to score is probably a decent bet to make. Also, worth noting for your predictions in the pool.

I'm thinking of going for a draw personally, maybe a high scoring one at that.

[Igebotz]

Why is Manchester City at 1.35 against Manchester United? Is it really this bad?

I mean, United are definitely on the rise. However, I'm not too convinced. Their best win was probably against us, but everyone knows how abysmal we were at the time. City on the other hand as been pretty consistent, and are by far the best team in the league right now. Especially with Haaland  who's basically scoring for fun.

They had a good game against Arsenal as well I hate to admit.

Why does the Chelsea odd keep rising like Bitcoin? It's interesting to note that Chelsea's odd increased by 15% as a result of Cucurella's illness. If you're planning to build a mansion, you can get the Chelsea game at 1.90 right now. Ladies and gentlemen, our days of kicking asses is about to begin.  I'm hoping that a victory over Crystal Palace will provide the players with the motivation they need to reclaim their winning attitude.

[Welsh]

I'm guessing it's because Chelsea are going through a rough patch, whereas Crystal Palace have been on a decent run, not always getting the results they want, but have looked decent. Palace are also a good defensive team that has some quick players for the counter attack. So, with Chelsea struggling at the moment, especially on the goal scoring front, they could potentially get counter attacked a lot due to having most of the possession.

I'd probably fancy Chelsea at those odds though. It's only a matter of time before they find their form again. They've got too much quality to be playing this poor all season. The Liverpool odds on the other hand I'm a little surprised by, especially when you compare it to the Chelsea odds. One could say, that Liverpool have performed worse than Chelsea, since we've actually been pretty bad against lesser opposition than they have. Liverpool are hovering around the 1.30 mark right now.

[swogerino]

Why is Manchester City at 1.35 against Manchester United? Is it really this bad?

I mean, United are definitely on the rise. However, I'm not too convinced. Their best win was probably against us, but everyone knows how abysmal we were at the time. City on the other hand as been pretty consistent, and are by far the best team in the league right now. Especially with Haaland  who's basically scoring for fun.

They had a good game against Arsenal as well I hate to admit.

Why does the Chelsea odd keep rising like Bitcoin? It's interesting to note that Chelsea's odd increased by 15% as a result of Cucurella's illness. If you're planning to build a mansion, you can get the Chelsea game at 1.90 right now. Ladies and gentlemen, our days of kicking asses is about to begin.  I'm hoping that a victory over Crystal Palace will provide the players with the motivation they need to reclaim their winning attitude.

I think it is because Chelsea is yet to show their transformation under the new coach which up until now they haven't.I disagree with these rising odds as for me Chelsea is a better team than Crystal Palace and most likely today they are going to win the game.I think that 1.90 is a bit high when the real odd Chelsea should have is a maximum of 1.60-1.65 based on the quality players they have.

For me also is worth risking money on the Chelsea game but I would be cautious as even Crystal Palace is not a team that should be heavily underestimated,most probably the best bet is both teams to score here seeing the recent games of both teams.

[DireWolfM14]

Nice!  I love it when a weekend starts out with an exact prediction, and a winning bet!

I wasn't as concerned as Welsh the lineup, I don't mind seeing Saliba defending.  But, specifically Gabriel Jesus has been a great addition to bolster the attack.  The Gunners are looking like the real deal.  I don't want to jinx it but it's been a pretty exciting season so far.

I'm also torn about Chelsea @ Crystal Palace.  Chelsea is obviously the better club, but CP can be so unpredictable.  They took a point from Anfield, and even scored two goals against City.  I might take a tie for this one just because I can really see it going either way.

[buwaytress]

Well. Fmbetbru must be licking his chops, the only one with Brighton on a win, Liverpool score again though, then SwordsRex gets his exact score, but the rest of us save a handful will be dropping points if we don't find a way past the Seagulls.

Carvalho not really impressing on only his second start. VVD also still can't seem to shrug off his malaise. Man. We had some good moments after going 2 behind and we did deserve that VAR onside.

Only consolation if this doesn't go our way on current results is I have Palace on a win, even if Auba's just equalised, I think there's a good chance. Looking up at all you boys from the bottom.

[Harkorede]

Well. Fmbetbru must be licking his chops, the only one with Brighton on a win, Liverpool score again though, then SwordsRex gets his exact score, but the rest of us save a handful will be dropping points if we don't find a way past the Seagulls.

Carvalho not really impressing on only his second start. VVD also still can't seem to shrug off his malaise. Man. We had some good moments after going 2 behind and we did deserve that VAR onside.

Only consolation if this doesn't go our way on current results is I have Palace on a win, even if Auba's just equalised, I think there's a good chance. Looking up at all you boys from the bottom.

Who else wouldn't like this kind of entertainment and rather have what we've had in the last 10 days or thereabout!

It's not me being so very naive to think Liverpool would win against this Brighton side without conceding a goal, uttery naive right ? But the lads are back into the game, and I can't wait to see Salah score the next two goals to piss of the naysayers.

Newcastle also running riot, moreso without Isak, Aubameyang is also back for good, so many many things to actually still look forward to.

[Igebotz]

Nice!  I love it when a weekend starts out with an exact prediction, and a winning bet!

I wasn't as concerned as Welsh the lineup, I don't mind seeing Saliba defending.  But, specifically Gabriel Jesus has been a great addition to bolster the attack.  The Gunners are looking like the real deal.  I don't want to jinx it but it's been a pretty exciting season so far.

I'm also torn about Chelsea @ Crystal Palace.  Chelsea is obviously the better club, but CP can be so unpredictable.  They took a point from Anfield, and even scored two goals against City.  I might take a tie for this one just because I can really see it going either way.

just when  I about to make a wise decision with my triple wager this weekend, boom! Guess who ruined the party even after going ahead with that terrible own goal by Brighton? I added Liverpool at 1.32 to a slip of Arsenal at 2.2 and Chelsea at.190. Liverpool could not defend for their lives either. We know Trent is terrible at the back, but you can't blame him for failing to cover up the CB from a RB position every fcking game. He's already in the media for failing to stop that first goal, but nobody is talking about how awful VDJ has been for the past couple of games.
It would take Potter some time to get these Chelsea side playing good attacking football, it was a tough one but they got it at the end.

[tomahawk9]

london derby went as expected, home win ✓ btts ✓ and over 2.5 ✓  i didn't go with arsenal to win, but Napoli covered the -1 handicap in another ticket so, profitable saturday (:

and I can't wait to see Salah score the next two goals to piss of the naysayers.

naysayer here,, told you so    We've talked about Salah a few times in the other thread, the guy lost his mojo after Afcon and he still can't find it. Another [predictable] dissapointing performance. Trent, abysmal. VVD with yet another disaster weekend. Arsenal next week. Liverpool's Top 4 hopes are slowly fading away

[DireWolfM14]

Liverpool could not defend for their lives either. We know Trent is terrible at the back, but you can't blame him for failing to cover up the CB from a RB position every fcking game. He's already in the media for failing to stop that first goal, but nobody is talking about how awful VDJ has been for the past couple of games.

Liverpool and Southampton screwed up my five-game parlay.  I really expected the Saits to handle Everton at home, but LFC!?!?  WTF?

naysayer here,, told you so    We've talked about Salah a few times in the other thread, the guy lost his mojo after Afcon and he still can't find it. Another [predictable] dissapointing performance. Trent, abysmal. VVD with yet another disaster weekend. Arsenal next week. Liverpool's Top 4 hopes are slowly fading away

I missed the match, no coverage in my location so I'm still waiting for the recap video.  I was aghast when I saw the score.  LFC is better than this, but I don't imagine they're going to be able to salvage much out of this season.  With the World Cup about to start, the top clubs will be struggling to juggle their super-stars that are committed to their national teams.  It wouldn't surprise me to see a couple normally-mid-table teams make it into the top 5 this year.  Brighton has certainly been taking advantage of the situation.

[Joca97]

Really hard round for everyone i think,a lot of results werent expected and i think that whoever got the most points out of this round profited a great amount on the leaderboard. Im hoping now for West Ham to win 2-1 so i can save this round at least

[casperBGD]

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naysayer here,, told you so    We've talked about Salah a few times in the other thread, the guy lost his mojo after Afcon and he still can't find it. Another [predictable] dissapointing performance. Trent, abysmal. VVD with yet another disaster weekend. Arsenal next week. Liverpool's Top 4 hopes are slowly fading away

TBH, changed Son for Salah, and yeah, a bit disappointed, but better than Son anyway, with at least assist
not sure what is happening with LFC, but they are not going to have an easy time reached CL spot with these performance

Newcastle is finally on track, smashed Fulham, but had to conceive, since I had Pope as goalkeeper in FPL

nevertheless, our win against Saints make my weekend great, two in a row now

[Igebotz]

Liverpool could not defend for their lives either. We know Trent is terrible at the back, but you can't blame him for failing to cover up the CB from a RB position every fcking game. He's already in the media for failing to stop that first goal, but nobody is talking about how awful VDJ has been for the past couple of games.

Liverpool and Southampton screwed my five-game parlay.  I really expected the Saits to handle Everton at home, but LFC!?!?  WTF?

I think Brighton has one of the best scouting systems in the league, but no one wants to talk about it yet. They play the most attacking football in the league, and they have never played defense against any team since they entered the league. Tbh, I wouldn't have picked Liverpool to beat Brighton(under Potter) but I figured that since they recently hired a new manager, things might move more slowly for them at first.

I don't trust Southampton; I guess I gave Everton a 1-0 win in the pool. Liverpool, like last season, will have a late top-four battle. The Jurden Kloop 3rd season syndrome is in full swing, and it will only get worse.

[KTChampions]

Liverpool and Southampton screwed up my five-game parlay.  I really expected the Saits to handle Everton at home, but LFC!?!?  WTF?
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Liverpool have already destroyed many betters this season, I think it's time to be wary of betting on them, at least not to add to multibets. If you take away that amazing game against Bournemouth, Liverpool now have a goal difference of 9-9. Obviously, if we take pure statistics, they are still very much overestimated by bookmakers. In my opinion, one should bet on the rivals of Liverpool, but not on Liverpool.

[slaman29]

igehhh must be really happy his team took all 3 points, while Liverpool supporters will be unhappy they lost 2 points in the final times. I couldn't watch any matches at all, I saw a bit of the Arsenal one as it was dinner break watching, but I think we can safely say that half of yesterday's games went as expected?

Saints destroyed me for sure

[swogerino]

igehhh must be really happy his team took all 3 points, while Liverpool supporters will be unhappy they lost 2 points in the final times. I couldn't watch any matches at all, I saw a bit of the Arsenal one as it was dinner break watching, but I think we can safely say that half of yesterday's games went as expected?

Saints destroyed me for sure

Liverpool didn't and that is enough to destroy a lot of points.I think Arsenal ended like predicted and I got a close result there together with West Ham which also got as expected,then in the end I got Chelsea correct score.I was expecting a Brentford win which it didn't come and also a draw in the Southampton game.So yes most likely half of the games ended like expected from the strong ones well except Liverpool which besides losing points to many in the pool I am sure has also ruined many bets that people had made on them.

[Ulven]

igehhh must be really happy his team took all 3 points, while Liverpool supporters will be unhappy they lost 2 points in the final times. I couldn't watch any matches at all, I saw a bit of the Arsenal one as it was dinner break watching, but I think we can safely say that half of yesterday's games went as expected?

Saints destroyed me for sure

Liverpool didn't and that is enough to destroy a lot of points.I think Arsenal ended like predicted and I got a close result there together with West Ham which also got as expected,then in the end I got Chelsea correct score.I was expecting a Brentford win which it didn't come and also a draw in the Southampton game.So yes most likely half of the games ended like expected from the strong ones well except Liverpool which besides losing points to many in the pool I am sure has also ruined many bets that people had made on them.

Most of my predictions for this week were wrong and this made me lose five places in pool, But Arsenal, West Ham and Chelsea made me take my free bet.


Oh yes, the start of the city match is approaching, I hope to get a correct result and regain some positions

[buwaytress]

^Amazing returns on THAT freebet, Ulven! The gift that keeps on giving, huh. Let's see if I manage to turn mine into something useful, pretty good I didn't win anything earlier as it turns out, as I'd have put it on United... who are now on their way to getting whipped by Citeh.

4-0 after first half, at this point, I'd rather City go get another 4 or 5 in second half to punish United for ever thinking they were getting back on track with Ten Hag... shame on me for thinking the derby might throw up an upset *happy sad noises*

[tokeweed]

Anybody watching the match?  Man U fans are leaving and they are mad.  Prolly getting ready to bash some City fans' heads now.  Lolol.