5 Premier League Tips for the Weekend’s Action - 8/10/22

Saturday’s evening kick-off sees high-flying Brighton, fresh off a thrilling 3-3 draw away at Anfield, host a Tottenham Hotspur side who have failed to win in their previous two games.

Spurs lost 3-1 in the North London derby before failing to break down a resolute Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Tuesday. But prior to those two games, Antonio Conte’s side managed to score ten in three matches, with the usual suspects of Harry Kane, Son and Richarlison all heavily involved.

Spurs have a lot of firepower upfront, so are always dangerous to play against, but in Brighton, they face a side who have managed to score in each of their last six matches. A big part of that has been the pair of Leandro Trossard and Alexis Mac Allister, who have scored five and four goals respectively in those six fixtures and, on such a run of form, you would back them to score again.

With the impressive attacking talent on display here, both sides should score.

Leicester travels to the south coast to take on Bournemouth in one of Saturday’s 3 pm kick-offs, and after a resounding 4-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Monday, Brendan Rodgers will be hoping that his side can use that victory to kick on and pick up more points in their run of games this month.

In the Cherries, Leicester will be facing a side who are in similar form to them, with Bournemouth boss Gary O’Neil overseeing three draws and a win over Nottingham Forest since being put in interim charge – with that win being just Bournemouth’s second of the season.

James Maddison’s inspired performance on Monday helped the Foxes to what was their first win of the season, and his impressive performance meant that it is now three goals in two games for the Englishman, having scored against Tottenham previously.

All of Maddison’s goals this season have come in the first half, and so we expect him to carry on that trend against this Bournemouth side.

Fresh off of a resounding 5-0 win over Copenhagen in midweek, Pep Guardiola’s side now turns their attention to their clash with the Saints on Saturday.

The winner of this one is surely in no doubt, with a sublime Erling Haaland playing a massive role in The Citizens’ strong start to the new campaign. The Norwegian has an astonishing 14 goals to his name so far, and it is widely expected that he will add to that tally on Saturday. Haaland has scored three hat-tricks in his last three home league matches.

Southampton are teetering on the edge of the relegation zone in 16th, with just two league wins to their name this season. They have lost four of their last five league matches, which does not bode well for them, and so expect Guardiola’s side to win here and for Haaland to go home once again with the match ball.

Leeds United travels to Patrick Vieira’s struggling Crystal Palace in one of Sunday’s fixtures, with three points a necessity for Palace as they sit just outside the relegation zone.

Both sides come into this clash with identical records in their last six matches – with two wins, two draws and two losses each. Both sides’ two wins came in late August, however, meaning that they have failed to win since then, and have suffered big defeats to the likes of Manchester City and Brentford.

A win for either of these sides is needed to kickstart their slowly stagnating seasons, and if we had to pick a likely winner we would go for Palace. They put in a decent performance against Chelsea and were unlucky with some refereeing decisions, and played well but were unable to find the net against Newcastle – despite their poor form, they can pick up a win if they have their key players who were missing against Chelsea available.

Leeds played out a drab 0-0 draw with Aston Villa and were thrashed by Brentford in their most recent outings and didn’t ever look like they would emerge victorious, so their poor form leads us to think that Palace can get something from this game.

A resurgent West Ham host Fulham in a London derby in another Sunday kick-off.

Following the Hammers' impressive showings in Europe recently, West Ham have carried on that form with a win at home to Wolves after an unfortunate loss away at Everton, meaning they have won three of their last four matches.

This will give them some confidence going into the clash with Fulham, who were thrashed 4-1 by Newcastle last Saturday, and although they are in relatively poor form with just two wins in their last five, they did have to face Arsenal and Tottenham, and play the majority of the match against Newcastle with 10 men.

In summary, this will be a tough one to call in terms of the result, but we think that West Ham’s summer signing Gianluca Scamacca will score in this one – the Italian is on a decent run of form, with two goals in his last three outings.