Read what bet365's Steve Freeth had to say after four draws in the Premier League with all nine home teams denied.
Weekend Review
After being savaged by the UEFA Champions League results in midweek, it was great to get back to the bread-and-butter of the Premier League, with the draw trend continuing from last weekend. It still left us miles behind on the week itself, but we managed to claw back half of the deficit.
Arsenal were a rare winning favourite on the coupon, but the manner of the victory meant failure on both the 'Both Teams to Score' and 'Over 2.5 Goals' markets. David Raya is 8/15 for another Golden Glove, and the Gunners are 16/1 to concede fewer than fifteen goals, which would break the record of the defensively-mean Chelsea side from 2004/05.
We had seven pre-game bets on Phil Foden to be sent off at 80/1 as Manchester City won 1-0 at Old Trafford in a game full of controversy. Ten-man City hit a top price of 13/2 when Erling Haaland stroked home with the Citizens joining Arsenal in recording a perfect start.
The Hull City bubble shows no sign of bursting, with another impressive showing, this time against 1/5 Chelsea, as the Tigers left Stamford Bridge with a deserved point. Incredibly, a win at Newcastle next weekend will see them level Derby County’s record lowest-ever points tally of 11, all before the first international break.
Liverpool’s recent Premier League struggles at Anfield continued as the 1/2 shots failed to land a blow on struggling Fulham in a 0-0 draw. The same outcome played out at Tottenham; at least this was more predictable, as goal-shy Spurs continued to disappoint goals backers as they head to Villa Park next weekend.
Unai Emery may have god-like status at Aston Villa for the work he has done, but it was Jesus who answered Nottingham Forest fans' prayers with a late winner in the battle between the former European Champions, both of whom were winless in the Premier League. It was another good result for the books.
Jose Mourinho had the Real Madrid superstars dancing to his merry tune as Los Blancos justified their long odds-on status with a 4-1 win over Rayo Vallecano, featuring a brace and an assist from Mbappe, a goal from Bellingham, and an assist from Vini Junior as punters filled their bet builder boots.
Barcelona also scored four as they won 4-2 at Levante with Lamal Yamal bagging a brace and the short priced treble featuring the European giants (8/15) was completed by Harry Kane firing home the winner for Bayern Munich at Elversberg.
PSG completed the 5/6 four-fold with the in-form Ferran Torres scoring early in a much-needed win for the Parisians.
In Serie A, our 2 Goals Ahead Early Payout was triggered by Lazio before Diego Moreira scored two in two minutes for Milan at the Stadio Olimpico. However, 8/13 Juventus lost away to Sassuolo with substitutes scoring four of the five goals. The highlight for bet365 customers was those who backed Francisco Conceicao at 21/10 to score anytime and score 2 or more at 18/1 with his replacement, Edon Zhegrova, scoring two off the bench.
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