Place your Premier League bets – where your money should go this weekend
THEY are the men and women who follow their football teams home and away, the regional football writers who watch and report on every shot, pass and tackle - and the hacks who know their sides inside out. Or should do!
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Liverpool v Watford: Premier League match preview
So we've enlisted their help to pick out the best bets for this weekend's football matches with thepools.com bookmakers. Paul Gorst follows Liverpool at home and abroad for the Liverpool Echo, Sam Luckhurst is with Manchester United home and away for the Manchester Evening News, while Jordan Blackwell hopes to be the latest writer to report upon a Leicester City Premier League title triumph for the Leicester Mercury. We asked them and their colleagues from around the country for their best tips for this weekend's matches.
Back-to-back clean sheets at Bournemouth and Salzburg have been a welcome boost for Jurgen Klopp and his defence. Watford have scored just nine goals all season and might struggle to get into double figures at Anfield. Only Liverpool to score, and they surely will, is 5/6
Mo Salah might be in the mood to oblige with a first scorer tip once more on Saturday, he's 14/5to score first, but if you want longer odds, then Virgil van Dijk is a decent shout to nod in one of those teasing deliveries from Trent Alexander-Arnold. He's 14/1 to score first, regardless of who assists!
Arsenal have a leaky defence this season (Image: Vincent Kalut/Photonews via Getty)
Jamie Vardy (Image: Marc Atkins/Getty)
Leicester City v Norwich City (3pm Saturday) Jordan Blackwell
Leicester have conceded just 10 goals, the best defence in the division, while Norwich have failed to score in five of their eight away games.
As a result, Both Teams To Score “No” is a very big 5/6with thepools.com.
Jamie Vardy has 16 goals in 16 games and is determined to match his own Premier League record of scoring in 11 straight games.
The Canaries' defence, the second leakiest in the division is unlikely to stop him.
He's only 4/9with thepools.com to score at any time, but he's a much bigger 9/5to open the scoring.
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City have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 10 games in all competitions and have looked weak at the back with Aymeric Laporte out.
It’s unlikely that they’ll keep a clean sheet against Arsenal.
Both Teams To Score is a measly 4/9, but City to win and BTTS is a much bigger 13/10.
With Sergio Aguero still out injured, it’s down to Gabriel Jesus to lead the line again and he'll be full of confidence after his hat-trick on Wednesday night.
He’s 10/3to score the first goal and 4/5to score at any time.
It's going to be a tight affair with plenty of history between the teams as well as some promising starts to the season. I see a score draw (16/5). And no, this is not a derby!
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