5 Premier League Tips - 3/9/22

Erling Haaland hasn't wasted any time introducing himself into the Premier League this season, making the best possible first impression, scoring nine goals in the first five games, including two hat-tricks in his past two matches, putting him in fine goalscoring form to face an Aston Villa side Manchester City could very easily brush aside.

City’s attack has been on fire this season, scoring the most goals (19) and accumulating the most xG in the league (12.4), and are facing an Aston Villa side that has conceded the fourth most goals in the league (9) and the fifth most xG against in the league (8.1), which probably states that Haaland will get plenty of chances in this game, and with the form he is in, he can easily get himself a few more goals.

West Ham’s away record vs the ‘big six’ has been woeful in the past couple of seasons, losing 15 times and drawing twice in their past 17 away games to the ‘big six’, with their last victory coming away to a ‘big six’ side at Stamford Bridge in November 2019.

The only way Jorginho is likely to score is through a penalty, with his last open play goal in the Premier League coming in December 2019, and this game is more likely than other games to see a penalty, with the derby atmosphere promoting hard challenges, and West Ham being a bit sloppy at the back this season, already conceding two penalties this season.

Liverpool fans have been a lot more excited for the Merseyside derby than Everton fans in recent history, with Everton only managing one win against their city rivals in their past 26 meetings in all competitions.

Whilst Liverpool have seen some struggles to start the season, they have dominated most of the play in all their games this season, and this game will probably be no different with the levels between Everton and Liverpool right now are clear, with Everton still looking for their first win of the season.

Since joining Liverpool, Mohamed Salah has scored four goals in seven appearances against the Toffees, including two goals at Goodison Park last season, and Luis Diaz’s thirty-minute cameo against Everton last season was stellar, assisting once and completely turning the game on its head when he came on, with him knowing nothing less than giving his all, especially in a derby.

Brentford and Leeds have had very similar starts to the season, both beating a big team convincingly, with Brentford beating Manchester United 4-0 and Leeds beating Chelsea 3-0, with both teams being steady in their other games and looking good so far to stay in the Premier League.

Three of the last six fixtures between the two sides have finished in draws, with their last fixture looking to end with a draw, but a goal in the 94th minute from Jack Harrison gave Leeds the victory and in the ten combined games the two teams have played in the league this season, both teams have scored in seven of those games.

Wolves under Bruno Lage have not been the most exciting watch, with Wolves fans seeing the least amount of goals in the league last season, and this season, despite the formation change, has seen the same and after the first game against Leeds, their four games have only seen three goals.

Since returning to the Premier League, Wolves have had the better of Southampton, winning five and drawing twice in their eight games facing each other, winning the last three, and whilst Southampton have enjoyed a good start to the season, their away form last season shows for bad viewing, accumulating 15 points, the fifth least in the league.