5 Premier League Tips for Midweek's Action - 19/4/22

On Tuesday, Liverpool face fierce rivals Manchester United at Anfield and will be desperate to re-enact their 5-0 thumping of the Red Devils at Old Trafford.

Jurgen Klopp’s men come into this game in electric form, having beaten Manchester City at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-finals by a 3-2 scoreline, effectively keeping their quadruple dream alive.

Sadio Mane was instrumental in the Reds' first-half demolition of City last weekend, scoring twice and having three shots on target in the match. The former Southampton forward has scored 13 goals in 28 Premier League matches this campaign and will fancy his chances against a United defence that has leaked 44 goals in 32 matches, including two against bottom of the table Norwich on Saturday.

Chelsea and Arsenal go head to head at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday in a meeting of third against sixth.

Thomas Tuchel’s men come into this match in decent form since their 4-1 and 3-1 defeats at the hands of Brentford and Chelsea, having thumped Southampton 6-0, exited the Champions League despite a 3-2 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu, as well as beating Crystal Palace 2-0 in the FA Cup semi-final.

Arsenal’s Champions League hopes look to be fading, as they’ve won just one of their last five games, which came via a 1-0 scoreline against Aston Villa at Villa Park as Bukayo Saka scored the only goal of the game.

Since then, the Gunners have lost 3-0 away at Crystal Palace, as well as suffering shock 2-1 and 1-0 defeats to Brighton & Hove Albion and Southampton despite accumulating 3.99 XG in the latter two matches.

Everton and Leicester City go up against one another at Goodison Park on Wednesday in an intriguing encounter.

The Toffees are 17th in the table, just three points above Burnley, whilst Leicester’s hopes of qualifying for European football via the league effectively all but ended last weekend with a 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United at St James’ Park.

Prior to their 1-0 win over Manchester United earlier on this month thanks to Anthony Gordon’s deflected strike, Frank Lampard’s men had seen the Over 2.5 Goals market land in their last three matches, following 3-2, 2-1 and 4-0 defeats against Burnley, West Ham and Crystal Palace.

Brendan Rodgers’ side will be disappointed following their 2-1 defeat to Newcastle last time out, but, they will perhaps take inspiration from their 2-1 victories against PSV and Crystal Palace, as the Foxes look to gain some momentum ahead of their Europa Conference League semi-finals clash with Roma later on this month.

Newcastle United takes on Crystal Palace at St James’ Park, with each sides’ supporters looking forward to a potentially entertaining fixture.

The St James’ Park club were bottom of the table when Howe took over at the helm, and are now 12 points clear of the relegation zone with just six games to go.

Patrick Vieira is also doing a tremendous job at Selhurst Park, having overseen a squad overhaul last summer - since then, the Frenchman has seen his team challenge for a top-half finish, as well as reach the FA Cup semi-finals.

A player to look out for in this match is Newcastle’s Brazilian midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, who has looked like a superb signing since his £40m move from Lyon in January. The 24-year-old scored a brace against Leicester at the weekend, on top of the audacious backheel flick he bagged in early March away at Southampton.

Due to his recent goalscoring prowess, Guimaraes is priced at 16/5 to score anytime against the Eagles on Wednesday night.

Manchester City hosts Brighton & Hove Albion at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night, with the Cityzens looking to maintain their title challenge.

Pep Guardiola’s side will be desperate to put their nightmare FA Cup loss to Liverpool behind them and can perhaps use the second half as inspiration for this fixture, having created enough chances to win the game by itself, despite trailing 3-0 at half time.

Brighton come into this match in good form, having earned 2-1 and 1-0 victories away against the likes of Arsenal and Tottenham, but, will be wary of the quality that City possess, having been hammered 4-1 at the Amex Stadium by Wednesday’s opponents back in late October, as Ilkay Gundogan, Phil Foden (2) and Riyad Mahrez all scored.

City have scored three or more goals in a match 18 times across all competitions so far this season, hence why they are priced at 13/8 to beat Brighton with a -2 Goal Handicap.