Fresh from weekend winners at 3.5 and 2.75 respectively, Andy Schooler is back with his Premier League best bets for the midweek action in the top-flight.
Andy Schooler’s Premier League Best Bets: February 24th 2025
Even in the good times, which feel rather a long way off right now, Man City found Spurs to be their bogey team. Since fans returned post-COVID, Tottenham have won five of the sides’ last nine meetings, including a crushing 4-0 victory at the Etihad back in November. At the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the hosts have won six of eight v City, including in this season’s League Cup. Of course, City are not the only team here who have endured a disappointing campaign but the signs are Spurs are healing.
Premier League Best Bets: Tottenham v Manchester City
They’ve won three in a row in the Premier League and have welcomed the likes of Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson and James Maddison back into the starting XI in recent times. City were without their main goal threat, Erling Haaland, in their defeat at home to Liverpool on Sunday, a result which must have really hammered home how poor they’ve been in recent months – it was very much a changing of the guard moment. Their confidence must be very low right now and so a trip to a team which has consistently troubled them, is far from ideal. Back Spurs.
Premier League Best Bets: Chelsea v Southampton
With Nicolas Jackson out with a hamstring injury, Enzo Maresca turned to Pedro Neto to play centre forward at Aston Villa on Saturday. Despite the Blues losing 2-1, there were some good signs for them in defeat and the manager certainly seemed happy with how Neto had performed. “We created many chances,” he said. “Last two games, we struggled with that and lacked a threat. Today, Pedro played really well and we tried with him during the week (in training). It works well with him.”
That sounds to me like Neto will play in the same position here and, if that is the case, then he looks good value at 2.8 to score at any time. Southampton have been awful, conceding 3+ goals in 14 of their 26 Premier League games so far this season. They shipped five to Chelsea in the reverse fixture and, despite the hosts’ iffy form, it would frankly be a surprise if they didn’t score multiple goals here. If they do, the centre forward surely has a great chance of getting his name on the scoresheet.
Premier League Best Bets: Manchester United v Ipswich
For this round’s props bet, I’m actually turning to the team markets. Here’s why. United’s first-half woes continued at Everton on Saturday where they found themselves 2-0 down at half time. That poor showing extended their awful goalscoring record in the opening half of games. Remarkably, they’ve scored only one goal in their last 17 in all competitions. That helps show why their opponents have scored first in 62% of league games this season.
Ipswich actually made a fast start in their weekend game at home to Tottenham and should have taken the lead before losing 4-1. The Blues have actually opened the scoring in 42% of their Premier League matches – not bad at all for a side in the relegation zone. Given those stats, I’m very interested by the 3.25 on offer about Ipswich in the first half draw-no-bet market. They won this bet in three of their last seven away games. United have clearly struggled to win this market for a long time, while it’s stakes returned if it’s all square at the interval. What’s not to like?
Premier League Best Bets 2024/25: Matchday 27
Tottenham to beat Man City @ 3.2 with kwiff
Pedro Neto anytime scorer v Southampton @ 2.8 with kwiff
Ipswich to win the first half (draw no bet) v Man Utd @ 3.25 with kwiff
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