The nail-biting battle for the Premier League’s various European qualification spots shares the stage with the FA Cup Final between Crystal Palace and Manchester City this weekend.
Find out why Arsenal have to be taken on at home to Newcastle and which Palace starlet can defy gossip column noise to net at Wembley for the second successive visit.
Back Bees to tee up triumph by establishing authority early
A place in next season’s Europa Conference League is the carrot for the side that finish the Premier League season eighth.
Incumbents Brentford are 17/20 favourites to see off fellow challengers Fulham in a west London derby at the Gtech Community Stadium and look a decent bet to do just that, having surged to their current position on the back of four successive wins.
The Cottagers have lost six of their last eight in all competitions and it will be a surprise if they can rouse themselves to turn over their in-form foes, particularly given their poor away first half-form this season.
Only relegated Leicester (10) and Southampton (11) have claimed fewer first-half ‘points’ in the 2024/25 Premier League than Marco Silva’s side (15), while only the Saints (4) and West Ham (5) have netted fewer times before the break on their top-flight travels than Fulham’s six.
That brings us to the bigger odds of 19/10 about Brentford in the HT/FT market. Only Manchester City (26) and Newcastle (21) have netted more home first-half goals in EPL action this term.
Brentford half-time/full-time vs Fulham
@ 19/10
Reported City transfer target in the form to hurt his suitors
The rumours linking Manchester City with a move for Crystal Palace talisman Eberechi Eze may end up being true, but the timing of their emergence in the week leading up to the FA Cup Final feels precision designed to play on the England man’s mind ahead of the big game.
However, the 26-year-old is in such fine form of late that any potential kidology may not be enough to stop finding the net against Pep Guardiola’s side, who have shipped twice to the Eagles both times the clubs have met in the league this term.
Anytime scorer odds of 7/2 look very fair about a man who has netted five in his last for Selhurst Park outfit. He also scored after just eight minutes when Palace visited the Etihad in April and had the ball in the net again only for it to be ruled out on a marginal offside call.
Eberechi Eze to score vs Man City
@ 7/2
Newcastle underrated for Emirates win on recent head-to-head
Only champions Liverpool (25) have won more Premier League games than Newcastle (20) this season and the Magpies can clamber over Arsenal into second with victory in north London.
The Gunners are 10/11 favourites for three points but have to be taken on at the prices given they’re winless in their last five games in all competitions and their last four at The Emirates.
Newcastle will have plenty of win backers at 12/5 having won eight of their last 10 in call competitions and beaten Mikel Arteta’s men to nil three times across league and cup this term.
However, the oversized odds on the away win, mean that Eddie Howe’s side can be backed at 6/4 with the draw no bet caveat meaning stakes will be returned if Arsenal are looking at the league with renewed focus now their UCL semi-final defeat is firmly in the rear view mirror.
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Newcastle to beat Arsenal (draw no bet)
@ 6/4
