Weekend 26.–28. September: Joker weekend

 TOTAL SCORE 8W – 3L

Intro and recap: This is going to be an interesting weekend of football in the Premier League. There are a few games that could go anyway like Crystal Palace – Everton and Burnley – Soton, but there are also games with really tasty odds. Therefore, I will be having a few extra jokers to spice up this weekend and look for those massive odds. 

Match	Bet	Odds
Torino - Atalanta	2	1.66
FC Augsburg - Borussia Dortmund	Dortmund goals over 2,5 YES	2.40
West Ham - Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2.08
TOTAL		8.29

Odds are from Unibet on Friday 25.9.

Since the Premier League games are tough to predict, I am adding couple of games around Europe. First off, my classic, Atalanta going against Torino. Torino lost their opening game of the season to Fiorentina and Atalanta is going to be a big step up from that. Earlier this year Atalanta hammered Torino 7-0 and I do not think enough has changed in the summer to change that, so I think a W for Atalanta is in the books.

Second game is the always exciting Dortmund from the German Bundesliga. On Saturday Dortmund are guests to Augsburg. Augsburg started their season well with a win against Union Berlin, but still Dortmund is just going over there to hammer in some goals. Last season Dortmund scored 5 goals in each of their games against Augsburg and I think Dortmund are only better now. Dortmund will eventually hit their Christmas slump, but they traditionally start their season strong and a are able to challenge Bayern Munich up to that point. 

Last game for the betting line is West Ham - Wolverhampton. West Ham have lost both their games so far and there is more to come. I was expecting Wolves to look tired at the start of the season, but that was total BS and they have looked very sharp. Wolves have also had some signings going in and out, which should refreshen the team and keep the players on their toes and fighting for the spots in the opening XI. So, I see Wolves just being better and taking the win.

 

JOKERS’s are all single bets in my betting sheets, but you can combine them and try to go for those massive winnings.

JOKER
Match	Bet	Odds
Brighton – Manchester United	1	4.90
Tottenham - Newcastle	2	7.50
Liverpool – Arsenal	2	6.50

Odds are from Unibet on Friday 25.9.

Brighton have played their opening games well, even though they lost to Chelsea, they played that game well. Man U started their campaign clunkily last week against Crystal Palace and they looked like a team that didn’t have a preseason. I’m not sure if Solskjaer can fix this in week, so I find that 4.90 odds for Brighton really worth going for. 

Tottenham beat Soton last weekend with an impressive score line of 5-2, but I do not think Tottenham were actually that good and it was more of Soton not knowing how to defend counter attacks. This week Tottenham will have the ball and Newcastle get to counterattack. Newcastle rarely beat the bigger teams, but I feel Tottenham are shaky enough at the moment to be surprised by Newcastle.

Last of the trio of JOKER’s is the Monday night delight of Liverpool – Arsenal. The past few games have been really tight between the two, with Arsenal surprisingly winning both of the last two. 6.50 as the odds for Arsenal victory are surprising to me and worth trying out.