After an enthralling end to the Merseyside Derby on Wednesday night, the excitement around this weekend's Premier League fixtures has only increased with a bite of light reignited in the title race.
Arsenal have the chance to at temporarily reduce the gap at the top to just four points when they take on Leicester on Saturday lunch time while Liverpool will have a chance to end their disappointing week on Sunday when they welcome Wolves to Anfield.
At the other end of the table, Ipswich will hope to take advantage of Leicester and Wolves' tricky assignments by picking up points at Villa Park.
Ahead of a blockbuster weekend, we've picked out five spread betting tips that could bring in some big profits this weekend.
Football spread betting tips this weekend: Our picks
| Leicester City vs Arsenal |
Winning margin |
1.45 |
✅ 1.65 |
| Fulham vs Nottingham Forest |
Total goals |
2.65 |
✅ 2.85 |
| Man City vs Newcastle |
Shirt numbers |
✅ 63 |
67 |
| Liverpool vs Wolves |
Scrabbled shirts |
85 |
✅ 90 |
| Tottenham vs Man Utd |
Bookings |
✅ 48 |
52 |
Winning margin: Defence to continue the Gunner attack
The winning margin buy price is certainly more generous than it would normally be at the King Power Stadium this weekend for Leicester vs Arsenal with the bookies clearly believing that Arsenal's injury crisis at the top of the pitch will stunt their flow of goals.
However, if you look into Arsenal's recent goalscorers, then perhaps this belief is misplaced. Between them, Arsenal's defenders have contributed nine Premier League goals this season and with the Gunners by far and away the most proficient set-piece team, we shouldn't discount a big away win on Saturday, particularly as they will be buoyed by Liveprool dropping points on Wednesday.
Leicester have been one of the leakiest teams under Ruud van Nistelrooy, too. The Foxes have lost by two or more goals in seven of their last nine league matches.
Total goals: Craven Cottage to witness a goal glut
On Saturday afternoon, it's Fulham vs Nottingham Forest in a match between two overachieving teams. With both teams currently outperforming their pre-season expectations, it should be an open and attacking match which has so often been the case in matches involving Nottingham Forest this season.
Nuno Espirito Santo's men have been the second-best away team in the Premier League this season and have seen goals fly in at both ends at an incredible rate in recent weeks. A total of 17 goals have been scored across their last three league matches at an average of nearly six per match.
Fulham's games haven't been quite as entertaining but 14 goals have gone in across their last four home league matches at an average of 3.5 per match. All it will take is either team playing to their recent average to cover the total goal buy price of 2.85.
Shirt numbers: A high-scoring match with low-scoring numbers
There is every chance that four, five or six goals go in at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday when Man City take on Newcastle but the most likely goalscorers all have relatively small numbers on the back fo their shirts.
Man City's top goalscorer in the league this season is Erling Haaland (number nine) while Newcastle's top goalscorer is Alexander Isak (number 14). No player in either squad has scored even half the number of goals that these men have produced.
Even if the match finishes 2-2 with a brace from both Haaland and Isak then the shirt numbers final outcome will be 46 which is still well below the shirt numbers sell price of 63.
Scabbled shirts: Back the Liverpool Z's
Our scrabbled shirts tip this weekend comes from Anfield for Liverpool vs Wolves. This is a match that Liverpool should win comfortably given the gulf in quality between the two sides and luckily for us, they are fairly predictable when it comes to goalscorers.
Their top goalscorer this season, Mohamed Salah is worth 23 points per goal based on the scrabble scoring system while other notable high-scorers include Luis Diaz (18 points), Darwin Nunez (24 points), and Dominik Szoboszlai (44 points).
Bookings: A tame affair between two nervous teams
On Sunday, it's Tottenham vs Man Utd in what could be Ange Postecoglou's final match in charge of Spurs. Neither team comes into the match with much confidence so a nervy match is expected on Sunday rather than one full of passion and intensity.
Manchester United have only picked up six bookings across their last five matches in all competitions which works out at an average of just over one booking per match. Interestingly, Tottenham have an identical booking record across their last five matches so only two to three bookings should be expected on Sunday.
Andy is tipster who has been calling Golf tournaments for several years across many different platforms. He has covered all tournaments from the Asian Tour to the Masters.
