Saturday's Premier League Bet Builder, assist, cards and goalscorer predictions

When to bet

Newcastle v Wolves
Saturday 3pm

Brentford v Chelsea
Saturday 3pm

Luton v Aston Villa
Sky Sports Premier League, Saturday 5.30pm

Best bets

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde anytime goalscorer
2pts 8-1 bet365

Mathias Jensen to score or assist
2pts 13-5 Paddy Power, Betfair

John McGinn to be shown a card
1pt 7-2 Paddy Power, Betfair

Player props preview

Newcastle v Wolves

Injuries to Matheus Cunha and Hwang Hee-Chan mean that Wolves are short in attack for their visit to Newcastle today.

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde started up front against Brighton in the FA Cup in midweek and is likely to feature there again given the lack of alternatives at Gary O’Neil’s disposal.

The Frenchman has four league goals across ten starts this season between Wolves and Strasbourg and looks overpriced to get on the scoresheet with bet365, given that they are more than double the price of most other bookmakers.

Newcastle have conceded 23 goals in their last eight league games and could be vulnerable once more, so take Bellegarde to get on the scoresheet.

Brentford v Chelsea

Chelsea have had a gruelling week and a visit to take on their rivals Brentford is hardly an ideal end to it.

The Blues conceded twice from set-pieces in last Sunday’s EFL Cup final, one of which was disallowed, but that has been an issue for Mauricio Pochettino’s side all season.

Only five Premier League teams have conceded more shots from set-plays than Chelsea’s 111 and they face a Brentford side who have generated 11.66 expected goals from such situations, second only to Everton.

With Bryan Mbeumo injured, Mathias Jensen has taken on the majority of set-piece duties and he is worth siding with to either score or assist in this clash.

The Danish midfielder has three goals and three assists from 19 league starts and could be the man to exploit Chelsea’s weakness.

Luton v Aston Villa

John McGinn has been shown nine yellow cards in all competitions this season and the Villans midfielder could be dragged into a physical contest with Ross Barkley at Kenilworth Road. 

Barkley has shone as Luton’s creator-in-chief this term but he is also not afraid of doing the hard yards and his battle with McGinn could be keenly contested.

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