With the 2020/21 Premier League less than 2 weeks away, it is time to look long-term, and dig into Spreadex’s Specials on the season ahead.

How many Premier League goals will be scored in 2020/21?
Let’s start with something simple. Last season there were 1034 goals scored in the Premier League – and Liverpool and Man City got nearly a fifth of those on their own – a notable, potentially VAR-led drop-off from the 1072 all-time high set in 2018/19. This time out Spreadex are expecting a return to potentially record-breaking form, with a Season Total Goals price of 1050-1070.

How many Premier League hat-tricks will be scored in 2020/21?
There were 11 hat-tricks in 2019/20, with Raheem Sterling getting the 1st, against West Ham on August 10th, and the last, against Brighton on July 11th. That’s exactly the same number of hat-tricks as in 2018/19, and 1 more than the 10 seen in 2017/18. Will 2020/21 be a breakaway season? Spreadex are offering a Season Hat-Tricks spread of 10-11.5.

How many goalless draws will there be in 2020/21?
There were only 21 goalless draws in the Premier League last season, a minor reduction on 2018/19’s 22. Sadly it looks like there could be a few more in 2020/21 – Spreadex’s Season 0-0s spread is 25-28.

How many Premier League red cards will be handed out in 2020/21?
The introduction of VAR in 2019/20 only led to one extra red card being handed out when compared to 2018/19. In total there were 48 sending offs to the season prior’s 47 – for 2019/20 Spreadex are looking for a similar number, with a Season Red Cards spread of 46-49.

What was the fastest Premier League goal of 2019/20?
It took just 47 seconds for Harry Kane to score against Liverpool last October. And even then that makes him look positively sloth-like when compared to Shane Long’s 7.69 second strike in April 2019, the all-time Premier League record. Will anyone be quicker in 2020/21? Spreadex is offering a Fastest Goal spread of 26-30 – measured, of course, in seconds.

Also measured in seconds, Spreadex is offering a Fastest Penalty Goal spread of 180-200 and a Fastest Headed Goal including own goals – of 75-90.

What is the highest scoring Premier League fixture of all-time?
Leicester equalled Man United’s record for the biggest win last season, when they beat Southampton 9-0. However, the most number of goals ever scored in a Premier League game actually belongs to an unlikely pair: Portsmouth and Reading, when the former beat the latter 7-4 in 2007. Repeatedly this decade 9 goals has been the upper limit – will that change in 2020/21? Spreadex has a Highest Goals spread of 9-9.25.

What is the longest winning streak in Premier League history?
Unable to take the record thanks to their 3-0 defeat at Watford, Liverpool nevertheless equalled Man City’s 18 consecutive Premier League wins last season. Will anyone get close in 2020/21? It’s unlikely – Spreadex has a Longest Winning Streak spread of 12-13.5.

What is the longest losing streak in Premier league history?
Sunderland – the Liverpool and Man City of losses. The Black Cats finished the 2002-03 season with 15 consecutive defeats, an astonishing record that is almost as impressive as the winning streaks racked up by Klopp and Guardiola. It would take a truly awful team to match that in 2020/21, hence a comparatively measured Longest Losing Streak spread of 7.5-8.5.

Will a Premier League goalkeeper score in 2020/21?
Not since Asmir Begovic’s 13 second strike for Stoke in November 2013 – the longest goal in competitive football according to Guinness – has a goalkeeper scored in the Premier League. Will it happen this season? Spreadex is offering a binary Will a Goalkeeper Score? spread of 15-22, with the market settling at 100 if the answer is yes and 0 if the answer is no.