Sports Blog 15/01/2016: Premier League betting preview including Liverpool v Man United, Spurs v Sunderland, Villa v Leicester and Stoke v Arsenal

What do Steven Gerrard, Jonjo Shelvey, Nemanja Vidic (twice), Paul Scholes and Javier Mascherano have in common? Yep, they’ve all been sent off in a Liverpool v Man United clash at Anfield in the past 10 years.

So will there be more players seeing red come Sunday when the sides meet for their latest encounter?

As the table below shows, the past 10 meetings between the sides in front of the Kop have resulted in some pretty fiery affairs with the Spreadex Bookings market seeing some tasty make-ups.



This market is based on 10 points being awarded for each yellow card given out in a match and 25 per red, with a maximum of 35 points per player.

The Spreadex traders have Bookings in for 50 – 54 for this one indicating they think there will be at least five yellow cards handed out by referee Mark Clattenburg for this one (Clattenburg incidentally has handed out a total of 54 yellows and three reds in the 17 Premier League matches he had presided over so far this season).

Spreadex clients have so far been fairly one way when it comes to this market with plenty of buys already at 54 meaning they would need at last six yellows (or three yellows and a red) to start turning a profit.

In fact there has been more interest in this market than in actually who will win the game, which is often the case with spread betting where other outcomes in a match can be just as important as the final result, depending on your bet.

The Goal Supremacy, just for interest, is Liverpool slight favourites over their north-west rivals at Liverpool/Man Utd 0.15 – 0.35.

Liverpool v Man United is on Sky Sports 1 at 2.05pm on Sunday.

The other TV games over the weekend start with Tottenham v Sunderland at 12.45pm on Saturday on BT Sport 1 with the Spreadex Goal Supremacy at Tottenham/Sunderland 1.5 – 1.7.

Buyers at 1.7 here would need Spurs to win by at least two goals before they start making money. And after the Lillywhites lost at home to Leicester in midweek and Big Sam’s Black Cats won 4-2 at Sunderland, Spreadex clients have been selling strongly at 1.5 meaning a Sunderland defeat by one goal, a draw or a Sunderland win would all be results that leave them in the money.

The Saturday 5.30pm game is Aston Villa v Leicester on Sky Sports 1. Villa picked up their first league win since the opening day of the season with a scrappy 1-0 success over Crystal Palace in midweek, but Leicester continue to defy the doubters at the top of the table and come into this one with a Goal Supremacy quote of Leciester/Villa (h) 0.25 – 0.45.

Spreadex clients so far have been strong in their backing for the Foxes, buying at 0.45 as they sense an away win. They’ve also been buying Total Goals at 2.45 indicating they think the net could be bulging a fair bit at Villa Park come Saturday evening.

Sunday’s other televised game is Stoke v Arsenal at 4.15pm on Sunday. Arsenal may be joint top but their away form is patchy at the moment with just one win in their last five Premier League games on the road. Stoke meanwhile have already beaten Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea at the Britannia this season.

The Spreadex traders though are going with the Gunners with the Goal Supremacy spread at Arsenal/Stoke (h) 0.45 – 0.65.