Leeds United may scare champions Liverpool – Jones Knows | Football news

So let’s go again. A clean slate. Clubs start from scratch, as do tipsters.

The healthy season buff of +52.5 is now just a distant memory. The Premier League is back with a renewed air of hitches scattered over the top. The hope is eternal that perhaps a new signing or a change in the bench can take a club to the next level.

However, it has not started without problems for yours. A newcomer of his own has pretty much spoiled plans for an in-depth article on the best betting opportunities in the Premier League from an ante-post perspective. My ever-expanding wife is ready to unleash the next great sports talent of a generation in the world this week. Putting together a plan for lunch has been quite difficult, so committing to a breakthrough of the long reading season with the possibility of passing out in the world of paternity leave at any moment didn’t seem like the best decision.

However, the 2045 Open and Masters champion has decided to delay his adventure in the world. Either you’ve been eavesdropping on what 2020 has been like and you don’t like it, or hopefully you’ve been fine-tuning your short game there.

This has given the father-to-be time to get caught up in the opening weekend and come out the other side with two bets for Saturday’s Premier League action.

Remember comrades, whatever I tip, I’ll pay it back. We’re in this together…

Liverpool vs Leeds United: 1 point in Leeds for having 10 or more shots and being caught offside five or more times (7/2 with Sky Bet – bet here!)

Now this should be a proper soccer game and it’s live. Sky sports from 5pm on Saturday.

The newly promoted Leeds will not change their aggressive, high-paced approach for anyone this season, and certainly not for the Premier League champions. Marcelo Bielsa will send his troops to come face to face with Jurgen Klopp’s side. I’m excited about it.

This brave tactic in front of Liverpool’s high defensive line will translate into scoring opportunities for Leeds, whose fate in this game will be decided if they count on the ruthless striker to turn those chances into goals. I have my doubts on that front, but in terms of creating those opportunities, I’m happy to have them sidelined in the shooting market.

Since Bielsa took over in 2018, Leeds have averaged a remarkable 19 shots per away game, recording 114 more shots on the road than any other club in the world. Bet on heaven Championship during that period.

They were also magnificent against Arsenal at the Emirates in the FA Cup last season, dominating the proceedings, especially in the first half, to the extent that they had 18 shots on goal in their 1-0 defeat.

Liverpool offer opportunities to counter rival teams at Anfield. Southampton had 17 shots last season, Brighton 12 and even Norwich had 12 in the opening day game between the two. Despite their imperious record at Anfield, scoring 55 points out of 57 possible last season, Klopp’s team allowed 172 shots on goal during that span. Leicester, Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea managed to concede fewer shots at home.

With all that in mind, I am happy to lead Leeds to record 10 or more shots during the game. That price alone doesn’t get my clearance pulse racing enough. You need to add juice.

That juice comes in the form of Leeds’ offside amount in the game. I’m sure there will be more than five.

This match is a showdown between the kings of catching offside players (Liverpool) and the kings of being caught offside (Leeds). With such rhythm at the heart of their defense, Klopp’s men squeeze the life out of the teams by playing a very high line that translates into an above-average offside figure in their matches. Last season Liverpool made catching opposing players offside an art form, with 142 players offside against them, 43 more than any other managed club.

Leeds will look to work that space behind that baseline with their quick transitions like they did against Arsenal in that FA Cup clash, where they were caught offside seven times in the 90 minutes. No team was more caught offside than the Bielsa boys in last season’s Championship, as they illegally beat last man 120 times.

Sky Bet has kindly increased the price of shots and offside is doubled to 7/2 and I would be very surprised if it doesn’t come close.

Crystal Palace vs Southampton: 2 points at Southampton / Southampton on the half-time / full-time market (4/1 with Sky Bet – bet here!)

If my pre-postseason breakthrough had made it to post, then Southampton would have been a big turnout.

When the Premier League returned after a three-month suspension, some teams came back stronger than before and that group was led by the Southampton kings, who saw a 71 percent improvement in points per game form to finish in the 11th place Ralph Hasenhuttl is a coach with high standards who is used to competing for big prizes and mixing it with the elite. He could lead Southampton into the top six this season if he maintains his progression.

Their opening fixture faces them off to the side with a completely different trajectory, looking down more than up.

The Roy Hodgson era at Palace seems to be drifting towards a foregone conclusion. Not many managers can survive a streak of taking a point out of the last 27 available. A slow start to the season will be considered unacceptable.

The Saints look good to leave Selhurst Park with maximum points, but instead of the price of outright victory, I have been tempted by the juicy 4/1 to win at halftime and full time. Hasenhuttl’s teams are notorious fast starters and should have finished this one by halftime, as they did in the previous meeting in January, falling out of the winners 2-0 after a vibrant performance in the first half.

Since the turn of the year, only Manchester City have had more shots on goal away from home in the first half of games than Southampton (45), who have seen them score seven times before the break; again, only City have scored more.

They can score first here, take the 4/1 and push Hodgson closer to the starting gate.

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