Spread betting tips: Are some PL players eyeing a day off on Boxing Day?

This weekend marks the start of the frantic festive period in the Premier League with all 20 teams set to play four times over the next two weeks.

Not only will these next four fixtures take us into 2025 and the second half of the campaign but they will also shape which teams are fighting for what from January – May.

There are some big clashes this weekend to kick things off with the most notable tie coming from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday when Spurs take on Liverpool in a mouthwatering tie.

Elsewhere, Aston Villa will take on Man City at Villa Park while Vito Pereira will take charge of his first match as Wolves boss when they travel to the King Power Stadium to take on Leicester City in a relegation six-pointer.

Ahead of all ten fixtures, we've picked out five spread betting tips that could bring in some healthy profit this weekend.

Football spread betting tips this weekend: Our picks

Winning margin: City's woes to continue

Man City's dramatic loss of form has been well-documented in recent weeks and the Blues have now lost eight of their last eleven matches in all competitions.

The situation has reached crisis point as Pep Guardiola scrambles around for solutions and next up is a tricky trip to Villa Park on Saturday. City's record here hasn't been great in recent times and they have failed to win in each of their last two away visits to Villa Park.

Aston Villa's home form this season has been pretty good, too, which only makes things more difficult for Man City on Saturday. The Villains have lost just one league match at Villa Park this season and that was back in August. Since then, they have picked up some impressive victories, including one over Bayern Munich.

Bookings: Who wants Boxing Day off?

One match to keep an eye on this weekend is West Ham vs Brighton due to the number of players who are just one booking away from being able to have Boxing Day at home with the family.

The bookings market is proving to be very popular with punters this weekend due to this interesting stipulation and West Ham vs Brighton is a standout fixture due to the fact there are six players involved who are currently on four bookings for the season.

For West Ham, Edson Alvarez, Lucas Paqueta, Guido Rodriguez and Tomas Soucek are all on the brink of suspension while Lewis Dunk and Jan Paul van Hecke are in the same boat for Brighton.

Scrabbled shirts: Jackson to come up trumps

On Saturday afternoon, it's Everton vs Chelsea at Goodison Park in a fixture that has frequently been a high scoring affair over the years. In the most recent clash, Chelsea put six goals past the Toffees but it's not just goals that we need for the scrabbled shirts buy price to bring in profits.

This market is all about players with high-scoring names (using the Scrabble points system) getting on the scoresheet and when it comes to Everton and Chelsea, their highest scorers this season also have high-scoring scrabble names.

Notable forwards for Everton include Dwight McNeil (24 points) Dominic Calvert-Lewin (32 points) while notable forwards for Chelsea include Cole Palmer (16 points) and Nicolas Jackson (29 points).

It's also worth remembering that Enzo Fernandez (35 points) has scored in three of Chelsea' last five Premier League matches.

Goals cubed: A low-scoring affair at Old Trafford?

Man Utd played out a seven-goal classic with Tottenham in the Carabao Cup earlier in the week but under Ruben Amorim, the underlying data suggests that they are actually a well-organised team from a defensive point of view.

The Red Devils haven't conceded more than 0.78xga in any of their last five matches in all competitions and at Old Trafford, they should be able to keep Bournemouth quiet.

On the other side of the coin, Amorim is yet to get his team playing with any real fluidity in the final third. Chances aren't coming with too much regularity with a lot of United's recent goals coming from opponent errors.

Player goal minutes: Salah to down an old foe

Mo Salah has a very impressive goalscoring record against Tottenham with the Egyptian scoring nine goals in 15 league appearances against Spurs. Four of those have come in his last four appearances against the Lilwhites so he will fancy getting on the scoresheet on Sunday.

For this bet to bring in profits, we need Salah's combined goal minutes to be more than 38′ and given he is someone who has scored more goals in the second half of games this season, this feel like a potentially brilliant bet.

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