There are big stakes in the Premier League match between West Ham and Arsenal.
Gabriel Jesus and partners have fallen to the underdogs in the championship fight. PDO
The most interesting game of the day
Arsenal, who are leading the Premier League, had their worst rout of the season as a guest of Liverpool a week ago, although despite the huge pressure from the less productive home team at the end, they managed to draw 2-2. Liverpool won that match by as much as 4.3–1.5.
The result and the events of the game turned the Premier League championship on its head, when Manchester City, with a streak of six wins, overtook Arsenal as the most likely new champion. At the moment, City’s championship probability is about 59% and Arsenal’s about 41%.
Sunday’s West Ham-Arsenal match is very important for both teams. Arsenal is almost forced to return to a winning position after a weak performance, both because of the actual league situation and their confidence. A second consecutive point loss match could be seen surprisingly badly in the team’s further games as well.
West Ham improved their positions in the relegation battle by beating Fulham 1-0 away in the London derby last time. The match was quite special, as the home team Fulham took control of the ball by as much as 77–23. Measured by expected goals, however, West Ham deserved their three points.
The win brought at least a moment’s pause to the speculations about the team’s manager by David Moyes position and possibly fired. It was also worth noting that the team’s players still seem to be behind their manager.
Ahead of Sunday’s game, West Ham have a three-point neck on first-placed Nottingham.
Arsenal and West Ham’s first meeting of the season ended at the Emirates with Arsenal winning 3–1 (expected 2.0–1.1).
In terms of formations, West Ham will be able to challenge Arsenal with an almost full roster, with only a striker Gianluca Scamacca absent due to knee injury.
On Arsenal’s side Eddie Nketiah has recovered to playing condition, William Saliba hardly still playing and they are definitely gone Takehiro Tomiyasu and Mohamed Elneny. There is no need to make any giant deductions from these.
West Ham has to count a small stress disadvantage after the team played the quarterfinals of the Conference League in Ghent on Thursday (1–1).
In terms of the balance of power, Arsenal is still almost the big favorite in the match, despite slipping last time – more than 60% winner. In terms of goals, the matches of Arsenal, which is strong in attack, should be regarded as high-goal matches.
In terms of betting, Veikkaus has not taken a position one way or the other in this match. I myself am in favor of Arsenal, but its 1.53 coefficient is not quite enough for a decent tip.
Arsenal–West Ham starts at 16:00.
The best betting tip of the day
The best bet tip for Sunday is grabbed from Monday’s side. World Cup snooker starting at 12:00 on Monday Finnish time Mark Allen–Fan Zhengyi-game, the Northern Irishman is very interesting.
Allen was in a huge shock from the beginning of the season, being by far the best player of the entire tour. Allen’s tournament wins came from the UK Championship and the Northern Ireland Open. British Open final Allen lost For Ray’s Day.
After a wild start to the season, Allen hasn’t shined in the same way – of course, there have been 13 wins out of the last 20 games. However, I personally believe that the Northern Irishman has recently recharged his batteries for the World Cup rather than generally deteriorating.
Allen’s opponent Fan Zhengyi was a strong riser a year ago, but this season has more or less gone under the bench for the young Chinese. From the beginning of the season, Fan didn’t manage to keep his nerves under control in the games at all, and even though the series has been born again in the very last games, I don’t think the Chinese is still at the level of the last season.
I see such a big difference in level between Allen and Fan at the moment that there should be no doubt about the winner of the match. However, Allen’s 1.23 straight win isn’t exactly a mega tip.
Here, the more palatable case is Allen’s -3.5 frame leveling with a coefficient of 1.93. However, it’s such a big handicap that I don’t qualify the target until the tag, even if I consider it a meager over-multiplier.
A small reservation should be made for the fact that Allen is not yet at his most sensitive in this match from a 20-day game break, while Fan already has two tough qualifying games ahead of him.
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The total balance of the day’s games for the year: 40/72/94%
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