The pressure looks to be on Chelsea as they host Manchester City in Thursday night’s top-four clash. Chelsea’s young guns are currently doing better than many pundits predicted in fourth place but that promise needs to be cemented with a place in next season’s Champions League. At the time of writing, Chelsea have a five-point cushion over their nearest challengers, but both Wolves and Manchester United could close the gap to just two-points if winning their Wednesday night games. Chelsea are also facing a formidable force in Manchester City, with Pep Guardiola’s team appearing to have banishe ..read more

Wolves vs Bournemouth is one of five Premier League games on Wednesday night (June 24). Both teams have much to play for, with Wolves in the running for at least a place in next season’s Europa League, while they could still sneak into the Champions League with a grandstand finish to the season. Bournemouth have more worrying matters to deal with, as they currently occupy one of the three relegation spots. But it’s Wolves that came back looking as good as ever with a win at West Ham and Nuno Santo’s team look the Wednesday night bankers ..read more

The latest installment of the Tottenham vs West Ham London derby takes place on Tuesday night (23 June) but both teams looked nowhere near their best in their first games back after the Premier League break. Tottenham set up very defensively against Manchester United before taking an early lead, but their attempts to sit on that lead backfired as Man United grabbed an equaliser. Meanwhile, West Ham lost 0-2 at home to Wolves to continue a run of form that leaves them on the brink of the relegation zone. We fancy this to be a low-scoring match and, hopefully, the bookies have got it wrong by of ..read more

The Merseyside derby is Sunday evening’s Premier League big match. The latest installment of Everton vs Liverpool is the most significant for many years, with Liverpool needing just six points from their final nine games of the season to claim their first Premier League title. Liverpool will surely lift the trophy over the next few weeks, but the bookies are taking few chances by offering a best-priced 8/13 about a Liverpool win. But it’s also a long while since Everton claimed the honours in this famous match up, so we think the draw is the value bet at 3/1 or bigger ..read more

Watford vs Leicester is this week’s rescheduled Premier League Saturday lunchtime kick-off, and both teams are currently looking over their shoulders for different reasons. Leicester sit third in the table with nine games to play and will be looking to maintain their 5-point gap over fourth-placed Chelsea and 10-point gap over fifth-placed Manchester United. Watford are at the other end of the table in 17th place, currently one place outside of the relegation places thanks to a tenuous goal difference. But there are lots of key trends that suggest Watford look a value price to beat Leicester o ..read more

Premier League football returns to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Friday 19 June, with Spurs vs Manchester United. Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho takes on one of his old clubs and he’ll be hoping to exact revenge for Tottenham’s 2-1 defeat at Old Trafford earlier in the season. Tottenham could do with three points too, as they’re currently only eighth in the table and will need a strong finish to the season to have any hope of playing European football next season. But it was Manchester United that were in the best form of the two teams before the Covid-19 Premier League suspension and Ole ..read more

Manchester City still have the faintest of Premier League title aspirations for this season, but it’s likely that the thoughts of both Man City and Arsenal will be focused on the Champions League. Man City would have been concentrating on trying to win this season’s Champions League, as the club potentially face a two-year ban from the competition unless they can get UEFA’s decision overturned. Arsenal on the other hand were growing in confidence quickly under manager Mikael Arteta when last seen and, from fifth place in the table, they’ll be hoping to overtake London rivals Chelsea and Totten ..read more

Aston Villa vs Sheffield United is the first English Premier League post-lockdown match. The break came at a great time for a Villa side who have lost their last four games and are struggling to avoid relegation. But it came at the wrong time for the Blades, who were riding the crest of a wave that looked like it could carry them all the way to be playing European football next season. That means both teams return with a heady mix of motivation and pressure, but we strongly fancy Sheffield United to claim three points ..read more

Real Sociedad vs Osasuna is Sunday night’s (14 June) La Liga match in Spain. It looks a great opportunity for Real Sociedad to continue their push to be playing Champions League football next season, providing they can return in similar form to what they were in before the Covid-19 suspension. By contrast, Osasuna return in mid-table obscurity, with no obvious chance of challenging for European football next season or being dragged into the battle for relegation from La Liga Primera. We’re tipping Real Sociedad to claim three points on Sunday night, and there are plenty of trends to suggest th ..read more

Saturday’s (June 13) throws up an interesting clash between the two bottom teams in the Bundesliga, SC Paderborn 07 vs Werder Bremen. Both teams have put together some decent results since the Covid-19 suspension, but we’re hoping the bookies have got it wrong by making Werder Bremen no bigger than 6/5 (2.20) to claim three points at the Benteler Arena. Indeed, we’re going against the bookies and predicting Paderborn to beat their relegation rivals at 2/1 or bigger ..read more