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Newcastle head into this one in fantastic form whereas Wolves are far from comfortable as they flirt with the relegation zone. The Magpies’ star man Aleksander Isak has been in sensational goalscoring form, finding the back of the net in his last seven Premier League matches. The swede also netted in the EFL Cup semi-final away against Arsenal before feeling a tweak in his hamstring which saw him rested on the weekend. For this tip, you can’t look past Newcastle scoring in both halves against a weak Wolves defence at 1.83 odds.

Isak to Break Vardy’s Record?

As mentioned, Isak is on a seven match goalscoring run which is only 4 games away from matching Jamie Vardy’s infamous and iconic Premier League record. The Newcastle striker has a terrific record at St James’ Park throughout his tenure at the club. He has 13 goals this season and after being rested on the weekend will be fresh to face a leaky Wolves defence, Isak has scored against tougher opponents such as Man Utd, Liverpool and Aston Villa.

The Swedish talisman will have his eyes on a third career goal against Wolves and with the likes of Anthony Gordon and Jacob Murphy in fine form, Isak will have no shortage of chances falling to him to help us land our tip.

Regarding our tip, some more stats to back up the pick are that when Newcastle are at home this bet lands in 44% of their games and Wolves have conceded in both halves in 50% of all their Premier League games this season.

Inconsistent Wolves

Matheus Cunha has without a doubt been Wolves’ shining light this season scoring on 10 occasions. However the Brazilian was suspended for two matches but makes his return against The Magpies. Wolves’ games have seen the most goals in the league this season with the highest percentage of games seeing ‘Over 2.5 Match Goals’ (80%) and averaging 3.80 goals a game. Unfortunately the goals tend to fall to Wolves’ opponents as seen in their 45 goals conceded which is also a league high. Unwanted stats like these are why Gary O’Neil was sacked last month but things have turned around since their new manager has arrived with a win against Man Utd and progression to the next round of the FA Cup. However this test may be too much for Wolves who will want to avoid a goal frenzy away to Newcastle.

Arsenal will Welcome Spurs to the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night for the north London Derby.

Still the only team with their unbeaten Premier League home record intact this season, The gunners are on a mission to right their recent knockout wrongs in Wednesday’s clash at the Emirates.

While the Gunners’ FA Cup run at the weekend, Ange’s men scored three times after 90minutes against non-league Tamworth albeit only after being taken to an additional 30 minutes.

Arsenal Loss in Form ?

The walls of the Emirates have fallen down if Arsenal’s last two home horror shows are anything to go by, as Arteta’s troops have already ceded their hopes of FA Cup glory and will surely do the same in the EFL Cup after a pair of alarmingly toothless attacking displays.

Five days on from their gut-wrenching home loss to Newcastle United in the latter competition – where they were taught a harsh lesson in attacking ruthlessness – Arsenal were left to lament another pitiful performance in front of goal against 10-man Man United, who defied the odds to keep their FA Cup title defence going.

Bayindir was the hero with two penalty saves, and Havertz was the villain with a catalogue of shocking misses on a day where Jesus was off injured  with an all-too familiar knee injury, strengthening Gooners’ arguments for a shiny new attacker in January.

However, arteta backed his existing players to dig themselves out of their hole as they endeavour to avoid losing three games in a row for the first time since January 2024; defeat in the derby could see them sit nine points below Liverpool having played a game more depending on how the Reds fare at Nottingham Forest.

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The Tottenham faithful may have enjoyed Sunday evening’s viewing, but their side’s sorry performance against National League opposition would have been an extremely painful watch, at least until their Premier League quality finally showed in extra time at the Lamb Ground.

Arsenal have an excellent home record against Tottenham and it is a big ask for the away side to come here and win. Arsenal are now the only side in the premier league to be unbeaten at home this season. All other sides in the league having dropped some points at home. Arteta will be short some players in attack with a mountain of injuries starting to add up for his squad. Saka looks to remain out for this match and a number that of the next matches with a view to a return in February.
Spurs will still be without a large portion of their regularly back four for this match.

Nottingham Forest host Liverpool on Tuesday Evening in the Premier League. This game is of huge significance in the premier league. Many of the home supporters will be expecting a result with how good forest have been this season.

Liverpool are on an incredible run in the premier league and will look to continue this unbeaten streak.

Facing one of the toughest tests of their Premier League title push, The away side will make the trek to the City Ground for a fascinating battle with a high-flying  home side on Tuesday night.

There are just two places and six points between the two championship contenders in the premier league as the Reds square up to one of only two teams to have outwitted so far this season.

The home side have beaten Liverpool already this season and would be another incredible statement if they could take some points off them here.

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Some tiredness was perhaps evident in this last time out in the Premier League, but Arsenal’s failure to get the better of Brighton & Hove Albion allowed the Reds to maintain their six-point advantage at the summit, and still with that outstanding game in hand.

Liverpool may have been slain at Anfield by Tuesday’s hosts back in September, but the Reds possess the only unbeaten away record left in the 2024-25 Premier League and have struck at least two goals in each of their last 12 top-flight matches; five games in that sequence have come on rival territory.

However, Tuesday’s titanic tussle will see the unstoppable force of Liverpool meet the immovable object of Nottingham Forest, who made it seven wins on the spin and five clean sheets on the bounce when Luton Town paid a visit for the FA Cup third round.

December’s Premier League Manager of the Month visited his old Molineux home on January 6, where there was no love lost between Wolverhampton Wanderers and fellow former player , Gibbs-white to which Forest’s creative fulcrum responded with a seventh-minute opening goal.

Chris Wood also got in on the act as Santo’s men hit the 40-point mark for the season after just 20 games – the same tally that Arsenal boast – and the hosts are just one win away from matching their all-time best of seven straight league victories.Chris Wood has had the one of the best season of his career and could continue this going forward

Liverpool will look to win this at all costs and go further clear at the top of the table

The Fa Cup Returns this weekend with Manchester City taking on Salford. The two clubs are less than 5 miles away from each other.

They are separated by 64 places in the English football pyramid meet at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, as City play host to Salford City in the third round of the FA cup.

Before shifting their attention to important Premier League and Champions League fixtures later this month, the Citizens will begin their quest to win an eighth FA Cup this weekend and their third in the last seven years under Guardiola.

Last season’s losing finalists to rivals Manchester United have progressed to at least the semi-final stage of the FA Cup in each of the last six years, while they have not been eliminated from the third round since losing 3-2 to the Red Devils in 2012. Including replays, Man City have won their last 11 third-round ties by an impressive aggregate score of 46-4.

The Citizens have also had plenty of success against teams from lower divisions in domestic cup competitions, winning each of their last 24 such matches (across both the FA Cup and EFL Cup) by an aggregate score of 88-12, since losing 2-1 at home to Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup sixth round in 2018.

Salford City have made history as they have progressed to the third round of the FA Cup for the first time after beating fellow League Two side Cheltenham Town 2-0 in the second round at the end of November.

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Salford are now preparing for just their third-ever meeting with Premier League opposition, having previously lost 3-0 away against Everton (2020) and 4-0 at home to Burnley (2023) in the EFL Cup.

Even though Robinson has admitted that it will be “very hard” for his in-form Salford side to keep a clean sheet in Saturday’s clash with Man City, he has insisted that his team will continue to “play the same way” against a Citizens outfit that have won each of their previous 17 matches when facing an opponent for the first time.

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Man City will look to get a quick start in this game with the away side from the lower tier of English football. We would expect them to come out of the block fast.

This Salford side extended their fine run of form with a narrow 1-0 success at Robinson’s former club MK Dons last weekend, courtesy of a first-half goal from Hakeeb and they have climbed up to third in the League Two table with only two points separating themselves and second-placed Crewe Alexandra with Doncaster Rovers down in seventh spot.

Tottenham host Liverpool in the first leg of their Carabao Cup Semi-Final. It’s a big game for both teams, especially for Tottenham who are desperate for silverware after a trophy drought of 17 years.

I think that the level of opposition will be too much for this Tottenham side who are struggling with injuries, especially in defence where they make a lot of errors that lead to goals under an unapologetic Ange Postecoglou. That’s why I’m tipping over 3.5 goals in the match and Liverpool to have the most shots at 1/1.

A Frail Tottenham Defence

In all competitions, Tottenham have conceded 14 goals in their last five games. They are also in a poor run of form in the league, they’re without a win in four games with their last victory coming against Southampton on the 15th of December.

Despite winning 4-3 against Manchester United in the last round of the Carabao Cup they still looked very shaky at the back. Goalkeeper, Fraser Forster made two mistakes which both lead to United goals in the second half. This Liverpool team will look to punish Spurs the same way.

Shots On Goal

Tottenham have had 29 shots so far this Carabao Cup campaign, whereas Liverpool have had 46 shots so far this competition. In the last Quarter-Final, Manchester United had 20 shots while Tottenham only had nine. Liverpool faced six Southampton shots and had 14 shots at the other end in the fixture. 

Liverpool striker, Darwin Nunez is likely to start against Tottenham, he is known for getting shots away and with his blistering pace this allows him to get in positions to shoot. In his 15 Premier League appearances, with eight coming off the bench he has had 21 shots. However, he did score in the last round of the Carabao Cup against Southampton in a 2-1 win so he will want to continue this in Wednesday’s game so expects shots from the Uruguay international.

Their Previous Encounter

Liverpool beat Tottenham earlier in the season 6-3 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It was a game where the Reds dominated and had 24 shots to Tottenham’s nine. In all of Liverpool’s last seven games they had more shots than their opponents.

Looking at both sides recently, there have been an abundance of goals. Tottenham’s last three home games have ended with over 3 goals. Liverpool’s last five away games have ended in over 3 goals which makes this tip even stronger.

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The EFL cup returns this week with the semi-finals taking a place between Arsenal and Newcastle at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night.

Both bosses will be fielding strong teams to ensure they give themselves a good platform to progress to the final.

Arsenal will still be without star man Bukayo Saka for this game and it will likely mean another start for young Ethan Nwaneri who made his way off at half time at the weekend vs Brighton at the Amex.

For Newcastle they continue to progress in the premier league with a 2-1 win in the early kick off on Saturday. With starman Alex Isak on the scoresheet once more after some Lady Luck helped him to steer the ball home.

Newcastle sit fifth in the premier league standings and have really stepped up in recent weeks.

Arsenal are in second place in the table after their score draw vs Brighton 1-1 at the weekend. Arsenal have a good record in the past and Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 13 matches in all competitions. With their last defeat coming in the UEFA Champions league to inter Milan.

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Newcastle and Arsenal have alternated between wins and losses in their last four games against each other in the Premier League.