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Premier League Betting Tips for Saturday 20th December

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| BY Sam McLoughlin

This weekend will see the Premier League get underway for Matchday seventeen of this campaign, with the table starting to take shape and a few teams already upsetting the apple cart, we’re all set for another weekend of pure PL drama.

@Footy_Tipster gives his best predictions ahead of this round of fixtures in the English Premier League..

We’re in for a busy Saturday in the Premier League, the last Saturday action before the Christmas break. Make sure to check out this weeks Acca on William Hill News.

We get things started in the North-East, where Newcastle United take on Chelsea at 12.30pm.

Kicking off at the traditional time of 3pm, Bournemouth welcome Burnley to the south coast, whilst Sunderland also make the trip south to face Brighton. Manchester City return to the Etihad Stadium to face West Ham, whilst Wolves look to pick up their first Premier League win of the season when they take on Brentford.

On Saturday night at 5.30pm, we head to North London where Tottenham Hotspur will take on Liverpool in a exciting encounter.

If that doesn’t give you your football fix for the day, there’s another two games to come at 8pm. The league leaders will head to Everton whilst Leeds and Crystal Palace battle it out for three points at Elland Road.

You can view the Newcastle v Chelsea Bet Builder on William Hill News.

Now, let’s take a closer look at some Premier League odds and Premier League betting angles for Saturday’s fixtures:

Newcastle v Chelsea – Saturday, 12.30pm

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Newcastle were embarrassed last weekend after losing 1-0 away at their rivals Sunderland, it’s a defeat that puts Newcastle in twelfth spot before the Christmas period, although they are just four points off fifth.
The Magpies secured their spot in the EFL Cup semi-final after beating Fulham on Wednesday night, a win that now extends their unbeaten record at St James’ Park to nine games, with nine of those ending in a victory (D1).
We could be in for goals in this one, Newcastle have conceded in each of their last nine Premier League games whilst they’ve seen both teams score in eight of those. However, They’ve never gone ten in a row without a clean sheet under Eddie Howe before.
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Chelsea stopped their winless run of four games last weekend with a 2-0 victory against Everton, that was then followed up with a 3-1 victory against League One side Cardiff to secure their spot in the EFL Cup semi-final.
Chelsea have kept four clean sheets in their last five away Premier League matches, losing 3-1 to Leeds United at Elland Road in the other game. They’d only kept five clean sheets in their 38 away games beforehand.
The Blues have lost each of their last four trips to Newcastle, scoring in just one of those visits as well. I’m going to back Newcastle to get a victory here given their home record but it should be a close game.

Prediction: Newcastle To Win, Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea.

Bournemouth v Burnley – Saturday, 3pm

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Bournemouth return to the familiar surroundings having played their part in one of the best games we’ve seen this season, a 4-4 draw at Old Trafford which seemed to have everything but that doesn’t change the fact that the Cherries haven’t won any of their last seven Premier League games.
It’s all gone wrong for Andoni Iraola after an unbelievable start to the season, the Cherries enter Matchday seventeen in thirteenth place, they’ve failed to score in each of their last two home Premier League matches – they haven’t gone three without a goal since August/September 2023.
Bournemouth did the double over Burnley the last time they met in 2023-24, as many wins as they’d managed in their previous 13 league games against the Clarets (W2 D3 L8).
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Since securing back-to-back wins against two fellow relegation candidates in Leeds and Wolves, things haven’t gone to plan for the Clarets having lost each of the last seven games that followed those two victories, most recently a 3-2 defeat to Fulham which was met with boos.
Scott Parker must be concerned, especially as he’s seen his side concede at least two goals in nine of their last eleven Premier League games, only Wolves (35) have conceded more than Burnley’s thirty goals thus far.
The Clarets made unwanted history last weekend having lost seven top-flight games in a row for the first time since 1895, it’s really hard to put a case together in this one for this Burnley side, as this poor run is expected to continue.

Prediction: Both Teams To Score & Bournemouth To Win, Bournemouth 2-1 Burnley.

Brighton v Sunderland – Saturday, 3pm

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Having put together a four game unbeaten run in November, Brighton have struggled so far in December as they look for their first win of the month, having drawn one and lost two, most recently against Liverpool.
December always tends to be difficult for the Seagulls, they are winless in their last nine Premier League games in December (D5 L4) since beating Spurs 4-2 in 2023. In fact, only in April (19.4%) do they have a lower win rate in the Premier League than they do in December (20.8%).
Brighton have seen all but one of their eight (88%) Premier League games on home soil produce both teams to score, victory in this one would see the Seagulls keep their spot in the top half of the table for Christmas.
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The fixture that all Sunderland fans would have looked out for at the start of the season was the visit of Newcastle and it didn’t disappoint for the Mackems, a 1-0 victory at the Stadium of Light on Sunday not only secured bragging rights but also moved them to just two points from the top four.
However, their impressive start has been down to their home form, they’ve won just two of their first eight Premier League games away from home, scoring just four goals in the process.
This is the first ever Premier League meeting between Brighton and Sunderland, and first league meeting overall since a 2-1 home win for the Seagulls in February 2005 in the Championship, i’m going to back the Black Cats to get themselves a point.

Prediction: Draw, Brighton 1-1 Sunderland.

Manchester City v West Ham – Saturday, 3pm

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Manchester City have really closed the gap on Arsenal at the top now and if results go there way this weekend, Pep Guardiola’s side could find themselves at the top of the tree for Christmas, they’ll be difficult to shift as well given they tend to find form in the new year.
Speaking of form, the Cityzens have now won each of their last six games in all competitions and return to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday having secured their spot in the EFL Cup semi-final with a 2-0 win against Brentford on Wednesday night.
Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 19 Premier League games against West Ham (W16 D3) since a 2-1 home defeat in September 2015, whilst they’ve lost none of their last 46 Premier League home games against sides starting the day in the relegation zone (W42 D4).
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West Ham extended their winless run at the weekend to five games now in the Premier League with a 3-2 defeat to Aston Villa, a defeat which keeps the Irons in the bottom three and now three points from safety.
The Hammers have seen both teams score in five of their eight away games in the league so far, whilst they’ve scored in seven of their last ten visits to the Etihad Stadium, so there’s hope this side can at least grab a goal.
West Ham have lost 15 of their last 16 Premier League away games against Man City, with the exception being a 2-1 win in September 2015 so i’m not expecting that trend to end here, with Manchester City expected to get the win.

Prediction: Both Teams To Score & Man City To Win, Manchester City 4-1 West Ham.

Wolves v Brentford – Saturday, 3pm

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Wolves sit bottom of the Premier League table and remain the only side that are still yet to pick up three points so far, with history showing that no side have ever survived relegation with a points tally as low as that of Wolves at this stage of the season.
The Old Gold are winless in their last twenty games in the league but Rob Edwards will feel like everything is just going against his side, having come so close to taking an unexpected point away at the league leaders Arsenal on Saturday night before conceding late one.
Wolves have lost each of their last nine Premier League games, their longest losing run in their league history. Only three teams have ever lost 10+ consecutive Premier League matches within the same season, the Old Gold will not want their name on that list.
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Brentford are yet to pick up a victory in December having drawn one and lost three, including their quarter-final tie in the EFL Cup against Manchester City on Wednesday night, that’s now five defeats in their last five away games.
The Bees travel to Molineux sat in fifteenth place in the English top-flight, yet they remain closer to the top five than they do the bottom three which just shows how congested it is above them.
Brentford have been really poor on the road in the Premier League, having won just one of their eight away games so far (L7) there’s definitely some hope for Wolves and although i don’t think they’ll win, i’m back Wolves to get themselves an early Christmas present with a point.

Prediction: Wolves or Draw, Wolves 1-1 Brentford.

Tottenham v Liverpool – Saturday, 5.30pm

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After back-to-back victories for Spurs in December, things looked to have taken a turn but they come into this one fresh off the back of an awful performance at Nottingham Forest which resulted in a 3-0 defeat.
The Pressure is really on Thomas Frank who didn’t exactly get fans on side when he stated it’s not a quick fix but one thing we should expect from this one is goals, with three or more goals produced in five of their last six Premier League games, whilst they’ve seen an overall total of 69% (11/16 PL games) produce over 2.5 goals.
A bounce back for Spurs in this one seems unlikely, as they have won just two of their last twenty-five Premier League games against Liverpool (D6 L17), picking up home wins in 2017 (4-1) and 2023 (2-1).
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Liverpool made it consecutive victories with their win against Brighton last weekend in the Premier League, whilst speculation still remains regarding Mo Salah as he waved goodbye to the Kop at full-time with AFCON on the horizon.
Despite that victory, Arne Slot is a man under huge pressure right now but the Reds will welcome this game with Spurs given their brilliant record, with six wins from their last eight meetings in all competitions.
Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur is the top scoring fixture in Premier League history (206 goals). The last three league matches between the pair have seen 21 goals, while there have been at least three goals in 14 of their last 16 Premier League meetings.

Prediction: Both Teams To Score & Over 2.5 Goals, Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Liverpool.

Everton v Arsenal – Saturday, 8pm

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Everton’s fine form (W4, D1) ended last weekend at Stamford Bridge with a 2-0 defeat against Chelsea but the Toffees remain the top half of the table and will be hoping to enter the Christmas period in touching distance of those European places.
With twenty-four points so far, it’s the highest tally at this stage since the 2020/2021 campaign, a season where they finished tenth under Carlo Ancelotti, there’s just some real signs of positivity for this Everton side.
Everton have won three of the last five meetings against Arsenal on home soil whilst the last two outings have both ended in a draw, i’m not expecting many goals in this one given these two sides sit inside the bottom three of the “Over/Under 2.5 table”.
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It’s fair to say that luck was definitely on Arsenal’s side in their game against the bottom side Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend, they had to rely on two own-goals including one in the 94th minute to get all three points and maintain their spot at the top.
Mikel Arteta’s side will be slightly concerned about this trip to the Hill Dickinson Stadium given they’ve not won any of their last three away games in the Premier League, (D2, L1).
Victory for Arsenal will see them top of the table at Christmas for the third time in the last four seasons, having done so just twice in the first 30 Premier League campaigns. However, the Gunners have gone on to finish either 2nd (2002-03, 2022-23, 2023-24) or 3rd (2007-08) on each of those previous four occasions.

Prediction: Under 2.5 Goals & Arsenal To Win, Everton 0-1 Arsenal.

Leeds United v Crystal Palace – Saturday, 8pm

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The pressure had been ramped up now on Daniel Farke after seeing his side slip into the bottom three after four defeats in a row but his side bounced back in style when a victory against Chelsea was followed up with a dramatic 3-3 against Liverpool before a 1-1 draw away at Brentford to relieve a bit of that pressure.
The Whites have now extended their gap to the bottom three to three points as we head towards Christmas, they’ve scored three goals in each of their last two home Premier League matches (W1 D1) and last scored 3+ in three home games in a row in the 2001-02 campaign.
Leeds are now unbeaten in their last three Premier League games, they haven’t gone four unbeaten in the top-flight since 2022, whilst they’ve won seven of their last eight meetings at Elland Road against the Eagles.
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Crystal Palace suffered a 3-0 defeat to Manchester City last weekend and then followed that up with a surprising 2-2 draw against Finnish side KuPS on Thursday night, albeit with Oliver Glasner making plenty of changes to the starting eleven.
The Eagles might be happy to be on the road again having won each of their last three games in all competitions, no team has won more away Premier League points in 2025 than Crystal Palace (34), while the Eagles have won the most away games (10).
I’m expecting both teams to find the back of the net here as Leeds have seen both teams on the scoresheet in six of their eight PL games at Elland Road this season but i’m going to back Palace just to edge this one.

Prediction: Both Teams To Score & Crystal Palace To Win, Leeds 1-2 Crystal Palace.

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