Tottenham v Huddersfield
Premier League – 12.30 pm
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The Lilywhites had an exhausting fixture in midweek as they dug out a 1-0 home success over Man City in the Champions League. They need to get some momentum going back in the top flight though. A recent drop in form has left their top-four-finish ambitions in a bit of jeopardy. In their last EPL game, Spurs collected a 2-0 home win over Crystal Palace, their first ever game in their new stadium. Prior to that Spurs had put together a sequence of D1 L4.
But they are undefeated in their last five on home soil (W4 D1) as their recent flops have all been out on the road. Tottenham are as short as 20/21 with top bookmakers to win this one to nil. They will be seen as one of the best bets of the day in terms of being a Premier League home banker. They host Huddersfield who have already been relegated and the Terriers have lost nine of their last ten Premier League away games (D1). Huddersfield have only scored in one of their last seven away games as well. There’s really nothing left for them other than pride at this point. Getting anything out of this as 12/1 underdogs is going to be tough.
Gloucester v Bath
Premiership Rugby – 3.00 pm
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A good west country derby will be doing down at Kingsholm on Saturday afternoon. Gloucester are steaming along on some brilliant form with a three-match winning streak going on home soil. That’s some big momentum and home and away they have only suffered the one defeat in their last six Premiership matches, a loss at Bristol right back at the start of March.
So the Cherry and whites go into this game as the strong odds-on favourites with leading bookmakers to the tune of 4/11. But it may not be all that cut and dry because of the head to head. Bath have a fantastic record of form going against Gloucester. They have only been beaten twice by the Cherry and Whites in the last fifteen clashes across all competitions. That has to count for something.
There was a dramatic 31-31 draw when they met at the Rec earlier this season and Bath took a resounding 43-20 win in this corresponding fixture last season at Kingsholm. There is a 10/11 quote on them to hold a +7 handicap in this game and if they are going to do so, then they are going to have shake off some terrible road form. They have won just one away game since September and none in the 2019 calendar year.
Manchester United v West Ham
Premier League – 5.30 pm
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Manchester United are one of four teams battling for two spots for a top-four finish in the Premier League this season. United’s chances of landing in the top four have been hit with a slight dip in form recently. They have lost two of their last three Premier League games, however, both of those were away defeats. Their home form can’t really be faulted as they are undefeated in their last 13 at Old Trafford in the top flight and they have scored at least two goals in all but one of their last eight there.
So Manchester United have good home form and they claimed a 3-1 victory at West Ham earlier this season. The Red Devils are actually undefeated in their last 13 on home soil against the Hammers in all competitions. Manchester United are as short as 4/6 odds-on with leading bookmakers to win this home game. That is because West Ham are in terribly poor form away from home. The Clarets have failed to score in six of their last seven away games and they have failed to win any of those games in that sequence. The Hammers have already lost all four of their away games played against other current top five sides this season. They are big 6/1 underdogs for their trip to Old Trafford on Saturday evening
Leeds v Sheffield Wednesday
Championship – 5.30 pm
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Leeds moved back up to second place in the Championship in midweek thanks to a solid away win at Preston. They are having a ding-dong battle with Sheffield United for second place in the table behind runaway leaders Norwich. They are going to get a tough fixture at Elland Road on Saturday evening as they welcome the Owls. Leeds have won four of their last five on home soil though, so they are going as 1/2 odds-on favourites with leading bookmakers. But they have struggled for recent results against Wednesday.
The Owls are W2 D1 in their last three league games against the Whites, after a 1-1 draw between them at Hillsborough back at the end of September. The Owls are no pushovers at all. They haven’t lost away this season against any of the current top-eight (W3 D3) and they are currently undefeated in their last six on their Championship travels. Home and away Wednesday have lost only one of their last fourteen. They are 11/1 underdogs for this, but will their strengths be enough to frustrate Leeds once again?
