This week's huge Liverpool-Chelsea, Valencia-Barcelona & Monaco-PSG Treble
Liverpool vs Chelsea - match preview
Off the back of contrasting fortunes in Europe during the week, Liverpool will need to put their collapse at Sevilla behind them for the visit of a Chelsea side rebuilding momentum. The Blues have scored one goal in the first half in their last six trips to Anfield and before Liverpool in five of those matches. They’ve also scored the most goals of any team in the first half of away games in the Premier League this season (8) and have only conceded once before the interval on the road.
With that in mind there are a few options worth looking at, including Chelsea to score first or, for a longer shot, Chelsea to be leading at half-time, but our pick is on the Blues to find the net in the opening 45 minutes, with a best price of 2.20 with Betway.
Valencia vs Barcelona - match preview
It’s second against first in La Liga as two teams hoping to inflict their opponents’ first defeat of the season go head-to-head at the Mestalla. Both teams have exceeded expectations at this early stage but it’s the hosts that have undoubtedly surprised the most, with an 8-game winning streak longer than any side has managed in Spain’s top-flight since the start of last season.
A look at the WhoScored.com match forecast, however, suggests that the visitors should have plenty of opportunities on Sunday. Deemed likely to score a direct free-kick, and likely to score a long shot, it’s hard to look beyond Messi in the goalscorer stakes and he has 8 goals in his last 4 appearances against Valencia. With that in mind, 4.50 from Betway on the Argentine to score two or more is very tempting.
Monaco vs Paris Saint Germain - match preview
Coming into this top two clash in polarising moods, Monaco were dumped unceremoniously out of the Champions League in midweek while PSG made another significant statement that they will be among the favourites this year. Uni Emery’s side are well out in front in Ligue 1 too but have been slow starters on the road in general, so there is value in the half time markets.
The visitors have been level at the break in five of their six league away games this season and in five of their last six league meetings with Monaco. The best price on the draw at half time is 2.80 with Stan James, but it’s worth increasing the value with a PSG win come full time given their vastly superior form ahead of kick-off. With that in mind, Draw/PSG in the Half Time/Full Time market is as high as 5.30 with Marathon Bet.
Using the bet basket via Oddschecker.com, the best company for the treble in our tips this week is Betway, with odds of 47.03
