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Everton vs Leeds | Saturday 28th November 2020, 12:30
One of the games of the weekend takes place on Saturday evening as Leeds travel to Merseyside to face Everton. If it’s anything like Leeds’ last trip to Liverpool in September, which saw seven goals, we’re in for a treat.
Neither side have looked solid defensively – with Everton shipping 16 goals to Leeds’ 17 so far this season– and that could mean we have an end-to-end game on our hands with both sides knowing they can get at each other’s fragile backlines.
Having said that, the home side here have the fourth most goals to their name, with 19, with much of that down to Dominic Calvert Lewin having the season of his career to date.
Leeds battered Arsenal last time out but somehow didn’t find the net – with it ending 0-0. They had 25 shots on The Gunners goal and should have taken all three points. They’ll be eager for more on Saturday and will fancy themselves up against Everton, who have conceded two goals or more to their last six Premier League opponents.
This game screams goals. We’ve seen Leeds play some excellent football this season, so fluid and quick in their transitions from defence to attack, and their pressing philosophy is only heightening their attractive play.
Everton have started well, and the Richarlison-Calvert-Lewin-James combination is proving very easy on the eye. It’s hard not to see both sides scoring here with a few goals in the game so Over 2.5 Goals and Both Teams To Score at 20/23 with Boylesports looks too good to turn down.
There have been a combined 66 goals between these outfits this season, and with two of the most respected managers in the game in Carlo Ancelotti and Marcelo Bielsa going head-to-head on the touchline, we can anticipate a few goals.
Considering the gaps that will be found in midfield and out wide, we can expect a few corners and cards too. The ‘classic’ bet – as it’s famously known – of BTTS, Both Teams Over 3 Corners and Both Teams Over 1 Card is available at 15/2 with Bet365. That is a great bet to cheer on when you’re expecting a great game.
Everton’s opponents usually hit high corner stats and The Toffees should take the initiative given they are favourites, so could see some corner kicks of their own.
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Manchester City vs Burnley | Saturday 28th November October 2020, 10:00
Sean Dyche’s Burnley earnt a vital three points, grinding out a 1-0 victory at home to Crystal Palace on Monday night, however they will struggle to harness that momentum when they travel to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.
City fell to a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham last time out, and come into this one looking for their first win since the announcement of Guardiola’s new two-year contract.
It has been a very tough match-up for the visitors in recent years, avoiding defeat would be an outstanding achievement.
The hosts have started the season slowly after having a longer 2019/20 campaign than most of their rivals, playing in the latter stages of the Champions League, they are currently 13th and need to put together a run to push up towards the top four positions, a minimum requirement of their domestic season.
Process
City’s Expected Goals (xG) numbers and rankings are slightly skewed by them having played one game less than a lot of the division. However, one markable improvement and statistic is their defensive numbers, they have the third best xG against total in the division at 10.2, which has seen an upward trajectory since the return to the team of Aymeric Laporte and addition of Ruben Dias.
Burnley, on the other hand, have struggled so far, with their first win of the season coming on Monday, offensive quality or lack of has been their main issue. Dyche’s men are sat in 17th looking over their shoulders, having scored just four goals in eight matches coming from a total of 7.2 xG, ranking them 19th on both metrics.
Reliable players in James Tarkowski and Ben Mee are still present, and remain the club’s best chance of competing in the Premier League. They have limited the opposition to just 9.9 xG in eight games so far, the second best defensive record in the league, though they have played one less than the majority of the division, given how little ball possession they tend to have it is a tremendous effort.
Recent meetings
City have won the last six meetings on the bounce to an aggregate score of 23-1. Very dominant, stylistically the hosts just have too much dynamism in attack for Burnley to deal with.
The pace in wide areas, including overloads with the full backs and expert creative midfielders none more effective than Kevin De Bruyne usually overwhelm the Clarets and this fixture could be the same story.
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