Our Premier League Predictions, Tips & Markets to Watch for 2021/22

If you ask four different people on who is winning the Premier League in 2021/22, you could get four different answers. Simply put, within the past six months, Manchester City’s dominance over the league in 2020/21 has had a few spanners thrown into the works as Chelsea have conquered Europe, whilst Manchester United have crafted their improving squad even more, just as Virgil van Dijk returned for Liverpool.

Now, City are 8/13 to defend their title, Liverpool 5/1, Chelsea 11/2 and United 15/2, and in reality, we can’t see Pep Guardiola’s men not getting the job done once again.

Ruben Dias will surely only go from strength to strength at just 24, whilst Phil Foden will only just be turning 22 by the time the season concludes. At the same time, the addition of Jack Grealish and potential acquisition of Harry Kane would like more like Guardiola is playing FIFA Career Mode than battling within a league season.

If City get these two over the line, it’s over, and it’s over for some time into the near future. United, however, need to be considered at 15/2, simply because Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane have no doubt patched up the two vulnerable positions in the squad. The question for the Red Devils now is not the team, but the manager.

Chelsea have clearly advanced under Thomas Tuchel and van Dijk returning for the Reds could add 15+ to Liverpool’s tally within itself. However, we can’t look past the champions this season, because they haven’t exactly gotten worse.

The Premier League top scorer odds are likely to fluctuate a lot before the first ball is kicked, simply because there is still so much to be said in the transfer market. As of now, last season’s Golden Boot winner Harry Kane leads the way at 11/4 to be the top scorer once more, and with a move to City still on the cards, this could get slashed.

As a Spurs player he is 11/4, but given how no team in the Premier League has scored more than City since the arrival of Guardiola in 2016, Kane will jump into the clear favourite if he moves to City.

You still have to consider the irreplaceable Mohamed Salah. The Liverpool man was beaten by just a goal last season as he got 22 compared to Kane’s 23, but this doesn’t take away the fact the winger has netted 95 league goals from 145 appearances in the Premier League. If van Dijk helps Liverpool return to their old ways, Salah’s goals should only increase.

Timo Werner and Raheem Sterling are both 16/1 on the Premier League Golden Boot odds, whilst Bruno Fernandes is 25/1, a season after he racked up 18 goals in 37 Premier League games.

Not too long ago, Wolverhampton Wanderers were dreaming of the Champions League, whilst Sheffield United also looked like they could head for the Europa League. Now, the Blades are back in the Championship and Wolves are without their leader, Nuno Espirito Santo.

Brentford are heading into their debut Premier League season, and they are now priced at 15/2 to finish inside the top 10. They will find it tough to merely compete in the league, but we have seen teams come up plenty of times before and upset the odds.

FA Cup winners Leicester City will be in the Europa League once more, but they did lose their Champions League spot last season for the second season running when it seemed as if it was guaranteed - they are now 4/1 to get into the top four.

Everton made a few moves under Carlo Ancelotti as well, but in the end, they finished 10th and he departed for Real Madrid. Now, with Champions League winner, Rafael Bentiez as the head coach, they are 11/1 to get into the top four and 3/1 to get into the top six.

Sky are offering odds on the most assists, and there are a good few names to choose from. Kevin De Bruyne is currently priced at 3/1 to make the most assists once more this season, and if Kane signs, this could be the tip of the season.

Elsewhere, Fernandes and Sancho to get 10+ goals and 10+ assists each is priced at 6/4, which based off the past three seasons in their respective leagues, will come in undoubtedly. Time will tell if Sancho continues the form shown at Borussia Dortmund, but he has reached double figures in the Bundesliga in both these aspects in two of the past three seasons, although he still managed to get eight league goals from 26 games last time out.