The first full round of Premier League fixtures in 2025 is an intriguing coupon headlined by Liverpool’s meeting with Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
United fans could be forgiven for watching this one from behind the sofa with the hosts our strong handicap fancies, while elsewhere goals look guaranteed at Villa Park and Alexander Isak is backed to continue his consistent contributions to Newcastle’s goals-for column.
Weekend Premier League best bets
Alexander Isak (Newcastle) to score vs Tottenham @ 21/20
Aston Villa vs Leicester – Over 3.5 goals @ 13/10
Liverpool (-2) to beat Man Utd @ 7/4
Bet on the latest English football odds at Betzone
Swedish marksman decent value to bag against leaky Lilywhites
Newcastle have won their last five league games, scoring 16 and conceding one in the process, but in the main their away form remains patchy enough for us to look past them at 5/4 to beat Tottenham in north London.
Prior to the Magpies’ victories at Portman Road and Old Trafford amid their current purple patch they’d won just two of their first eight road games in the division this season.
Injury-ravaged Spurs certainly are vulnerable though, having conceded 15 goals across their last four home games in all competitions and that gives the 21/20 about Alexander Isak to score a compelling feel.
The Swedish striker has been bagging with metronomic regularity this term, netting seven goals in his last six outings and at least once in 10 of his last 13 appearances for the club.
Tip: Alexander Isak (Newcastle) to score vs Tottenham @ 21/20
Goals on the cards as struggling defences collide at Villa Park
The 13/10 about over 3.5 total match goals in Aston Villa vs Leicester must come under serious consideration with the Foxes’ EPL away games averaging four total goals this term and the same wager having copped in three of Villa’s last five home league games.
Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s visitors are having a torrid time defensively at present, shipping 17 in their last six league outings home or away, so could land us our bet through concessions alone.
Villa have also struggled to keep clean sheets on home turf in the top flight this term, shipping at least once in eight of their 10 Villa Park assignments so far and twice in four of those fixtures.
Tip: Aston Villa vs Leicester – Over 3.5 goals @ 13/10
Liverpool to add a new entry to scrapbook of United hammerings
Dry January will already be underway for many and it feels inevitable that Manchester United will begin the new year in sobering fashion, with a beating from their hated rivals at Anfield.
The size of the task facing Ruben Amorim in turning the Red Devils around is evident after a run of four straight defeats. All four of those reverses saw them concede at least twice, while the last three also saw the Old Trafford outfit fail to score.
Liverpool have won five of their last six home games by a margin of two-goals or more and the handicaps look the way to play United’s visit, with Arne Slot’s side just 1/4 for three points.
Slot steered the hosts to a 3-0 win in the reverse fixture earlier this term and the 7/4 about his charges overcoming a two-goal handicap again looks fair value. Visiting fans may well fear the scoreline could edge closer to the 7-0 hammering the Red Devils suffered at Anfield in 2023.
