Not many people place online football bets on AFC Bournemouth to win, but defeat Newcastle United the Cherries must if they want to leave the relegation zone of the English Premier League table. Bornemouth had what in wrestling is called a “hope spot” when they beat Stoke City 2-1 on October 21st, but the following week they suffered their seventh lost of the season, 0-1 to Chelsea. Bournemouth has just four points in five home games this season, compared to 10 points last season. Newcastle, on the other hand, saw a three-game unbeaten streak ended by Burnley, 0-1 on Monday. “We had the game under control,” Magpies manager Rafa Benitez said. “I’m really disappointed.” Newcastle conceded the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute.
- Date: Saturday, November 4
- Time: 8:30 AM
- Venue: St James’ Park
Bournemouth +½ (-115) 2½ (+104) +313
Newcastle United -½ (EV) 2½ (-119) +104
Bournemouth/Newcastle United Draw +250
🔴 Work begins ahead of our away day to @WestHamUtd on Saturday pic.twitter.com/TcBivoQ9hO
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) November 2, 2017
Liverpool snapped a three-game winless skid with a 3-0 win over Huddersfield town on Saturday. It could have been 4-0 but Mohamed Salah missed a penalty kick five minutes before the halftime break. Daniel Sturridge opened the scoreboard five minutes into the second half, Roberto Firmino extended the lead with a header off James Milner’s corner, and Georginio Wijnaldum rounded up the final score.
West Ham United has completed three games without a win, as they drew 2-2 with Crystal Palace on Saturday. the Hammers were close to their first win late September, as well as earn three road points, but they allowed the game-winning goal in the 97th minute, which manager Slaven Bilic said, and rightfully so, that it “felt like a defeat.”
- Date: Saturday, November 4
- Time: 1:30 PM
- Venue: London Stadium
- Football sportsbook odds for fans who place online football bets:
Liverpool -1 (+110) 3 (+104) -149
West Ham +1 (-125) 3 (-119) +442
Liverpool/West Ham Draw +324
🎥 Mark Hughes looks ahead to this weekend's @premierleague encounter with @LCFC
Watch what he has to say about Saturday's game.#SCFC 🔴⚪️ pic.twitter.com/46yVNdbahG
— Stoke City FC (@stokecity) November 2, 2017
Leicester City extended its undefeated streak to four games with a 2-0 win over Everton on Sunday, new boss Claude Puel’s first game as well as first win after taking over the Foxes following Craig Shakespeare’s dismissal. Frailty, thy name is Leicester’s manager position. “I saw a team in Leicester with a good attitude, a good structure and a lot of solidarity,” Puel said. I was impressed with my players. I hope it’s just the beginning of something. Leicester City went 1-2-4 under Shakespeare this season, and 1-0 in one managerless game.
Stoke City beat Watford 1-0 on Saturday, only their second win in their last six games, and first on the road this season. “We had to dig in and be really solid,” Darren Fletcher, who scored the game-winning goal, his first in 26 games, said. “We’ve been hurt by the way we’ve been performing. We needed to put in a performance for the manager and for the fans and we stepped up to the plate.”
- Date: Saturday, November 4
- Time: 8:30 AM
- Venue: bet365 Stadium
- Odds for fans who place online football bets:
Leicester City PK (-102) 2½ (+104) +191
Stoke City PK (-113) 2½ (-119) +168
Leicester City/Stoke City Draw +233