September 26, 2024 • 24 mins
EPL Matchweek 6 Predictions - Arsenal Robbed, Chelsea to Fire & Goals Galore | Football Today.
The Football Today Podcast brought to you by Betfair is full of Premier League fever, breaking down the best back or lay tips across Matchweek 6 of the EPL season. We discuss all of the latest news including a frantic Manchester City vs Arsenal battle & Erling Haaland breaking records again...
The panel break down the weekend's biggest matches including Manchester United vs Tottenham, Chelsea's great form, rapid fire tips and also have a Socceroos trivia question.
Get around Football Today's Liam 'Stats Guy' McAllion & Marcus Bazzano as they talk out all things EPL!
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00:00 Intro
01:30 Around the grounds
12:36 Back or Lay Bets
19:41 Trivia
20:50 Quick Fire Match Week 6 Predictions
23:55 Outro
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome back to the Football Today podcast, brought to you
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I'm your host, Leam mccallay and also known as the
stats Guy.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
As always, I'm.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Joined by Marcus Barzado, fired up Chelsea fan after some
actual inform Chelsea Blues. What is going on the league
when the league's turned around?
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Maresca. He's doing brilliant thing, is he is.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
He's even making Nico Jackson look like a like a start.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
He's been working with a finishing coach this year and
he's looking a little bit better. Your goals and an
assist in his first four or five games.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Yeah, I can't believe that's going on to Chelsea, but
we have wings are going good. Definitely touch on that
bit of Chelsea, a bit of every team will cover.
We're here if for all things English Premier League heading
into an exciting match week six. Today, we're going to
cover the top football and EBL news. A lot happened
over the weekend and this week our best Betfair back
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Speaker 2 (01:05):
All right, let's get into it, have a bit of fun.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
I'm surprised you're doing this podcast because he actually played
some minutes today for me. Yeah, bench, yes, he played.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
I didn't actually bring up that. No one's coming to
the first show, but yeah, I'll say that. Yeah, he
finally played against Barrow ye top of league too, like
fourth division, fourth division floing. Fine, yeah, so we beat
we beat bar good on him right around the grounds.
We'll start off with the biggest match of the weekend
that we talked about last week, Arsenal. Man City obviously delivered.
(01:38):
It's delivered to all that's that's up. The score is
just awesome. So much happened. Harlan got on the score sheet. Yeah, finally,
I say finally. He only missed two games and not
growing against but he did well.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Viney turn though, he turned key. Yeah, and then Harland
does what Harland does.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
So now he's got one hundred goals for Man City
in like what is that three or four years.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Broke another record, didn't that's guy. Did he first to
ten goals, quickest to ten goals in the Premier League season? Yes, yeah,
five games, I.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Think everywhere every week, quickest the fourteen goals, fifteen goals,
quickest to twenty goals.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
It was the Bulls double thirty eight, seventy six.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
So he's on track, on track for seventy six six
when the record is thirty six.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
That's what that is.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Nuts. There's just a lot happened in this game. Obviously
an Arsenal red card.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Arsenal, We're on top for the first half and in
the lead, and then they got that red card. People
are saying, oh, it should have been a red card
for people in the office, Alex, people that know from
our past podcast not happy with the red card Arsenal Fins.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
It was definitely it was there.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
He wasn't even going for the second yellow, second yellow.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
He wasn't going to the.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Ball in Mars. Yeah, but then again, it's just another
consistency thing.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Yeah, Whereas it happens a lot almost every game, and
every game is differently.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
But when you're on a yellow, yeah, exactly, Yeah, cost
your team. YEP. One of the most famous victories in
Arsenal Football Club's Premier League history.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
So hard had they were, they were on top of them.
They've gone and obviously got a red card. They come
out of out a half time man City and go
we're just going to try and get through this defense.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Arsenal had done really well thirty three shots to five.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Yep, they just like they parked the play pu yeah,
not pu play yeah, and then City they just couldn't
quite get it in the goal hole until John Stones.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
How many people like.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Goal I don't know if some people say that I
don't like the onion bag, but I don't know about
goal hole. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
John Stones ninety eighth minute equalizer.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
They sort of celebrated like they won, which I thought
fair enough. They've got a lot of Harland through the
ball at the back of Gabrielle. He's like yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
So that was really weird.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
But yeah, yeah, Arsenal they would have been a little
bit filthy because they had a really good first half,
held down, really strong defensively, but a drawer at the aid.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
He had still a really good the early injured trust
are just don't do that when you're such a good
play for him. You fluffed it.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
He got to your team. He cost famous victory. Yeah,
he did cost in the game. We didn't even talk
about Califiori's wonder strike that was the first time curving
from the keep up.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Should Edison do more or just like because it wasn't
in the corner, it wasn't the bottom corner, it wasn't
the top quarter.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
I think because it was curving away so much that
he thought he had it covered and because of the
rotation that was nuts.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
It just curved because you.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Never really see those, because it didn't like, it wasn't
hit with pure pace. It's all of just floated and
curled away into the Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I think just the way it was curved.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Yeah, but it's always possible to do better. But I'm
happy to did because that was an awesome goal you got. Ray,
I held really strong Arsenaline goal. Ye, Like a lot
of people said Arsenal had really wide offensively they did
to an extent.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
City still got lots of shots off and Ray had
to save it.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Fair for sure. Yeah, he's a brilliant goalkeeper. He's so good.
But there was another record broken, another record broken who
had zero passes for ninety minutes during that game.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Two players a single.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
I've gott no idea to honest, Kai Havertz and Timber
really both registered past zero passes.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
You can't be doing that. How are you allowed in
the league?
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Look, I know defensively they're working there, absolute bums off.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
How do they not even get a touch?
Speaker 3 (05:13):
But they did? They Ki have It's made attempted five
passes zero. I'm not sure how many Timber attempted. Wild
They both ended the game with zero passes in nineteen minutes.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
That that is just very weird and you you could
do it better than they would have won if they
had maybe had.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Imagine getting paid like one fiftyund a week just run
to not pass the ball even once.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
That's a very good point. There aren't way too much money.
Has a very good point. Last one on that game
is probably the biggest news out of it. You can
take away two all great game. What happened rodri acl injury.
He is probably the backbone of this city lineup. When
he plays, as we've said for the last couple of years,
they win. The stat is there. It just wins so
much when he's playing. He's probably the best, the best
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defensive midfielder in the world. Is this going to cost
him the title? That's a bit of a yen. Definitely
could it, definitely could. I think who comes in. He's
a good player, but nowhere near Rod.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
He likes to triple pass the player in the middle
and sort of create something from the like he scored
a goal against Chelsea doing the same thing. Actually, yeah,
so I think that is a big, big blow and
only just like two three days after he publicly said
that players are almost about to go on strike because
they played too much football. I two three days later
does his ACL Maybe?
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah, the footy gods were just not on his side there,
but he's spot on, Like, I don't know if the
ACL had anything to do with how much football they
are playing. But the more they're playing like this, there's
way too much going on for their legs.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
I think. I know they're professionals, but like.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
I know, but they're getting paid.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
I know.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
So the three hundred grand away to play two max
three games, I.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Don't know if it's there's certain sports you can play
multiple times a week.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
I don't know if one of them, what do you reckon?
Speaker 3 (06:53):
I think squads should be big enough to rotate, unless
just maybe because the squads is like to twenty four
players on. Maybe just expand that from we have.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
To rotate more.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Maybe like there's a rule something.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Yeah, yeah, that's that's brutialf for Man City. They'll be
annoyed with that.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
A lot of Arsenal fans were secretly very happy about
that because once he went off fast and I started dominating.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
But yeah, I still think you will be I think City.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Will be a case. Yeah, I think so. They're always
bounced back.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Talking about bounce back. Spurs bounced back.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Angel was so happy he was getting into the low
just about they conceded really Earlyford again.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Two weeks in a row, twenty two seconds.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Brentford scored, which is Andres really happy to silence the critics.
He comes out, he comes out to the media last
week they were bagging him. Gone, oh this guy has
got this guy and scored so thank you scores Brendan
Johnson's scores.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
They'll be happy with that. It's just against Brentford.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
I think Spurs fans and age might need to come
down a little bit, but they'll be happy to get
it on the winners list.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Much needed any of that win.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Talking about both Chelsea fans got the Scarff down there
dominant Chelsea. That was awesome. Three Neil win against west Ham.
That's three wins in a row. Come beyond saying that
as a Chelsea fan, I.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Don't know if I don't know if that was Chelsea
just looking really good or west Ham looking really so.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
The defense of west End was shocking.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
But the fact that Nico Jackson is finishing those type
of goals and like one was on the outside of
the boat.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Last year he couldn't even finish when he had a
goal with no goalkeeper in it.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
So I think that's a big step for Chelsea just
having someone that's going to consistently score.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
And you saw in the Cup game rotated the full
front four and the rotated front four in the Barrow
game was Felix Mudric Netto and in Kunku.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Yeah, that's that's unbeliev Yeah, there's a lot of depth
in attack.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
Still.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
I was gonna say worries about defense, but even they've
held up pretty wide defensively. So you say that there
are two clean sheets in a row.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
With Robert Sanchez the goal, well.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Yeah, Robert Sas has been good, good name mate.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
He just turned into prime NOI over the past two weeks.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Yeah, awesome, next one Notts in Brighton draw. They're both
still unbeaten, so I can't understand. Bright always started last
couple of season started well, not to also un beating
and no one's really talked about him.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
So that game was crazy as well.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
That was nuts. I watched that one.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Yeah, controversial. Morgan gives what that's second yellow?
Speaker 1 (09:04):
So yeah, he went in very like harshly, sort of
two footed, but he got the ball first. He was
already on the yellows. That's very risky, but he sort
of went like stamp sort of studs down.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Yeah, stood on the ball.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
So then that just caused man, he got sent off.
They actually were in the game then the like could
they were playing well, nuts, he goes off, Brighton still
ended up a drawer. Then both managers get red carded
and said off. So that was just red cards. You
get a red car, you get everyone gets a red card,
and yeah, it gives white. I think he's really step
and I was so annoyed because he's in my Fantasy
Premier League team and that's what cost me the win
(09:37):
this week.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
So I was not happy because he got a minus one.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
What'd your score?
Speaker 1 (09:41):
I can't remember, but it wasn't a good week. I
just got lucky as that I was even close. But yeah,
I think that was a bit stiff. Yeah, Morgan, what
I was clean? I put Lewis Diaz as captain.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Oh, I just put him in this week.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Yeah everyone's catching onto Lewis Dairs, but you've got got
him a week early.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Yeah. Nice.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
All right.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
To finish off the around the grounds, we'll talk about
some Aussie news in the soccer or the football. Joe
Gauci made his debut or Aston Villa, the Aussie goalkeeper
in the.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Car Back Cup. Five saves. I had a look to
one win.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
That's awesome for the for the Aussie Yeah, it was
a terrible performance of Maston Villa, but I was just
looking on their social media, looking through their comments and
the fans reaction from that game. We were saying like
that game was surrendous. But one thing is for certain,
Joe Gauci played very well. There you go, and was
probably arguably man the match.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Surely he can get into the first They've only got
like and Emmy Martinez. He's not world classes.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Hitningt win a World Cup or anything. Shure, we get
Joe Gauci in there.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
Yeah, well that's what everyone wants to see, so.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Run maybe just assies Yeah, we'll get a petition going eventually.
Our Martinez will retired eventually, so maybe Joe Gaci just
hang around.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
I don't know. He kind of looks old, but I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
He's probably not even that old.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Is he? Thirty?
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Two goal kids? Probably another two years in him. Okay,
then Joe Gatti straight in?
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Yeah, easy.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
The other news talking about it, Joe Gacchi soccer, But
then soccer is I've got a new head coach obviously,
Graham Arnold's out that we posted about last week. They've
gone with Tony Popovich Sydney FC. We're just I was
gonna say, coaching legend. He won a few Did he
want to win.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
A few titles with him?
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Well, not with managing them, No, he was assistant. Yeah,
but he didn't manage Western Sydney for five years. First
Glory for a little bit, and then he went to
Greece for ten games and then back to Victory.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
What you were talking about earlier was the soccer is
going to have this big expansion and have a look
at all these options maybe across.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
The world, extensive search to find the new just gone
around the corner.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Tony just probably just popped in a was around the corner,
just get me.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Couldn't get Kevin Musket.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
So yep, I don't know. Musket. Musket's been really good in.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
The it was he was heavily linked, but he ruled
himself out. So I think Popovich was definitely the.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
I think he'll be a decent coach, but I would
preferred Nick Montgomery. Okay, but he only just became the
assistant manager at Tottenham.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Within Oh okay, it's probably it was such coach on
the trouble. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, hands back pretty bad.
He's coming back.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
He's win like win record isn't fantastic, Jaylor, that victory
not bad. Fifty at Perth fifty is good. Yeah, twenty
seven in the Turkish League and then forty two.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
It's hard to manage the tech when he was at
Western Sydney. Yeah, okay, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
He's got a lot to prove. Yep.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
That's all right, all right, that's enough for around the grounds.
A lot happening in the Premier league in the world
of football. Let's get some back on lay bets thanks
to Betfair, the only place to back and lay bet
on the EPL this season.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
We'll started with Tony Hargreaves. He's the man in these.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
We were over to the before we got three or four.
He went three or four this week on our tips,
so expertiefs. Check that out on betfair dot com dot
I talking about check him out. He knows what he's
talking about absolutely, So let's go through his I've picked
out the four best ones, three backs, one lay that
we're going to talk about you.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
I'll go through the first two and then you go
through the next two after that.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
He's going firstly, I used to say, don't back Chelsea,
but there's a new season. It's a new season's backing Chelsea.
Chelsea had a dollar seventy six on Betfair. For Chelsea
versus Brighton, it's Brighton unbeaten. But Chelsea have won the
last three so I have been really strong. Brighton though
they've lost nine of their last thirteen away games, as
Tony points out, and Chelsea have won the last two
meetings between these two.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
He talks about Nicholas Jackson.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
As we've been talking about Nicholas Jackson incredible scoring form.
He's scored in four of the last six Chelsea home games.
He's got two goals last game. I think he's gonna yeah,
get him over the one and yeah back Chelsea in
this one.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
He's been very good. And Cookie scored a hat trick
midweek as well. Yes, yeah again, both both attackers are
scoring and I think, yeah, Jackson can do it.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Actually, does he have a balloon for every goal? Like
you know how he has a balloon celebration?
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Yeah, three ballots?
Speaker 3 (13:46):
Yeah, I'm sure. Actually I don't. I don't think he
did this morning. Maybe not against Barrow, yeah, but even possible.
I wonder what laying Brighton holding out for a Chelsea draw,
but look decent little bit of value there for Chela.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Yeah, absolutely, laying Brighton right now you can get four
dollars eighty so is on Betfel, which is really good
as well. So then because the drawer is possible. Chelsea's
form at home this season hasn't been too good, yep,
but I don't mind that Ellis Yeah scored that gain yep,
But I don't mind this at all. Backing at the
dolls seventy six pretty good bet there. The other one
he's got Tony Hugreve's expert tips both teams to score.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
No, both teams are not scoring in.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Wolves versus I've said that both teams will not score
in Wolves versus Liverpool at two dollars twenty two, so
he's backing that.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
I really really like this one.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Only three of the last ten meetings between these sides
have had both teams score. I had a look, most
of them at Liverpool winning to kneel.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
So far Liverpool's a number one defense by an absolute
mind's been very stingy. They've considered one goal in the
entire season so far. Tony also has won two bets
with this exact bet on Liverpool already this season. For
both teams to score for Liverpool not happening. So yeah,
I think this is a really good bet at the moment.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
If it's red, keep going red, yeah, keep ye.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Yeah. Liverpool's defuse is so good at the moment.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
One defense. They've probably been one of the most pleasantly surprising,
like they've had an easy start, but they've also played
well under the new manager slot.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Yeah, he's been great.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Even Man City have considered some goals to the lower
teams whereas Liverpool just clean sit after clean sheets.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
So I really liked this one.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
And who was it was? Your boy who scored against Liverpool?
I can't remember Callum Hudson. Yeah sounds in the night,
your boy. He is having a ripper season mate, bringing
back to Chelsea. He is my favorite player. That we
buying one hundred and fifty million. Yeah, fine, back, yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
We got enough money, all right, you can finish on
the next one back and lay Yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
Well, Tony's going over two and a half in Everton
versus Crystal Palace dollar ninety five. Okay, you'd sort of
think two lower table clubs are their goals in there?
That have been so far this season evidence defense Everthon
have led by two goals twice and lost this season already.
That was against Villa and Bournemouth. Palace came from two
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goals down to win against Lester and Mateto's just starting
to find.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
I've body, that's my fantasy. He's been good.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
He's been scoring a lot in the Carribou Cup and
then he's but then he scored last game. For past
they've been, they've been the ability this sorry, their ability
to score goals has really improved. I think even without
a lease. Obviously he's dominating for Bayern Munich and then
Everton Calva Lewin's been scoring goals. Yes they haven't been winning,
but that been scoring goals. And we don't even care
who wins in this one as Tony's gone just over
two and a half goals.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Yeah, I like the full ninety five. Plenty of value there.
And he's also going to lay Nottingham Forest at two
dollars forty in their match home match against Fulham, so
we will Fulham are a drawer in this one. Okay,
not to have been unbeaten risky, they've been really strong. Yeah,
so he's going against the two unbeaten sides so far
this season, but they will be without their manager. He's
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got sent off in that game that we talked about,
Gibbs White also sent off. He's really their most creative,
everything goes.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
He's their best player gives.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Yeah. Fulham are unbeaten in their last four, including a
win over Newcastle and two druls in there.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
So the lay is really good because you get you
can get the draw. I wouldn't be surprised if this
is a draw because full of them.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
Have actually been pretty solid.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
As well, and if Gives White was playing, I'd probably
be backing Knots.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
But he's a huge out so I don't mind that.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
From Yeah, like they got war Prews in that midfield
as well. It's actually yeah, it's really yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
I was watching it on the week and I'm like,
I'm really enjoying Knot's forest and I've never I don't
think I've ever said that in my life.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
There their crowd gets into it. Yeah, it's at a city.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
Ground now yeh like under Nuno notoriously negative football as well.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
But yeah, but they haven't been playing. They haven't been
he's a new man, newn That doesn't make any sense.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Are back and late.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Alright, this one, I'm going to give a lay this
week west Ham at three dollars thirty five. I'm laying
them against Brentford, so I'm happy with a Brentford win
or a draw.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Now, Brentford, look, they haven't been amazing, but either of
west Ham. I think Brentford have been west Ham in
five of the last six meetings, so they've dominated this,
including a seven to aggregate at home. I think that's
the the Gtech Community Stadium or whatever they call it
down there. It's such a weird name, but they really
got at home against west Ham. So I'm really happy
to go against west Ham here and lay them. The
Hammer's defense just looks. There was a couple of times
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Chelsea They're like here go Nico. Jackson just walked through.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
Jackson to Sancho. Sancho is like to Jackson the halfway down,
here's the ball, and Jackson just kept running down the
wing and no one was like coming up to face him.
I was like, you know, I'm just gonna just going
to kick all those legs. Yeah. Cool.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
So I'm worried about west Ham's defense in this one.
The Bees do have some strong attackers.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Still.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
West Ham considered seven goals across their last three games
third worst defense in the league. But yeah, we get
a little bit of a wigger room with the draw
or the win for Brentford. That's why I think it
could be a win homegirn advantage west Ham. Yeah, three
thirty five for a lay bet there win, there we go,
what do you got.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
I'm looking to back both teams not to score. Okay
in the big game Manchester Universe Tottenham War Really that's
a three dollars and five cents both teams to score.
Has failed to hit in five of Manchester United's last
six Premier League games. Tottenham at the start of the season,
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Loki's struggling to score a little bit, so I'm looking
there for a little bit of value. First team to score.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
I don't mind this because men and you just don't
have that many prolific scorers, and Tottenham should be able
to score a couple of goals, especially offensively or a worry.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
That's my only only warry.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
But I'm holding true to the to the recent record
of interest in orders so far this season.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
All right, that's enough of our back or lay bets,
thanks to Betfair, the only place to back in lay
bet on the APL this season. Let's get into my
favorite segment. I say it's my favorite teament. It's like
a roller coaster trivia with Olivia. Let's go Olivia. What
have you got for us this week?
Speaker 3 (19:37):
All right?
Speaker 1 (19:37):
Speaking of the new Soccer US coach, how many caps
does Tony Popovich have for the soccer use closest answer wins.
I feel like you this looked him up before, so
you might know I had wicked.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
I didn't see that though.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
I've got absolutely no clue how many thirty three, Laura higher,
I always go higher, so just go a lot.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
I'll go twenty eight.
Speaker 3 (19:59):
Marcus it was fifty eight.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:04):
Another question, how the goals did he score? Sockers? Not many?
Isn't he many? That all correct?
Speaker 2 (20:10):
Only go I've got no idea. I was maybe, like.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
I was, say, over a decade though, So yeah, right,
it's done well. There a bit of research. Fifty four was
actually all bad. Yeah, and that's for his position. Yeah,
very good, thanks Olivia. That was that was very good.
We were okay then we're we had some ones went
away way off, but that one at least we were
pretty close.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
All right, Let's wrap up the show with the quick fire.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
I say quick fire, sometimes it's not so quick fire.
Match week six predictions I've almost said, but Match week
six predictions for the EPL this weekend, I'll read them out.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
You tell me what you want.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
Marcus Newcastle versus man City, Man City, Yeah, easy one.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
I think you got back Man City even without Roger.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Great. That means stinky yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Yeah. Chelsea versus Brighton.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
We said Brighton, Chelsea Chelsea. Yeah, I think we're going
to continue. The former finally win at home Brentford versus
west Ham.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
Like you on, you know, Brentford Hereford.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
I think I'm going to go to draw, but yeah,
I don't mind.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
Bredford at home is a really good Yeah, but there
Everton verse Crystal Palace. It's weird. Everton haven't been that
bad because they're scoring goals, I haven't. They just don't
know how to finish out of games.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
Yeah, and I think I think Palace with their Lisa
have actually struggled a little bit. Draw.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Oh no, I'm drinking, I'm going Palace. I still think
they'll be too strong. Everton just crap the bed every
time it gets to about the eightieth minute.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
So yeah, every time they go too up.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Yeah, oh, let's just forget out to play football. Yeah,
So shout out to a Meal. I was watching this.
He's a big evident fan. Arsenal vers Leicester City. Who
we going that one? Arsenal got to be Arsenal. They
looked really good even though they had a red card.
Not forrest Verse Fulham is really tough.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
Oh that could draw.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Draw, Yeah that's yeah, I'm happy as to drawing that.
If Gibbs I was playing I would be backing Notts
every day of the week.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
But he's a big he's a big out and they
don't have a manager, so that might be interesting. Wolves
versus Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool, I reckon this could be like
five plus.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
Wolves have been one of the worst teams to watch
this season.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
We called that at the start of the season. I reckon,
they've been so bad.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
I reckon it's going to be similar to that Chelsea
game where Chelsea puts six on him, but six on
him they Liverpool had a defense, so he could be
like six Neil or something like that. Next one, if
Switch Town versus Aston Villa, you know what, the sure
it's an easy one, said you watch, we'll go a
draw here.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
I reckon, Yeah, Twitch home make a scale.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Oh my god, I'm definitely going on. But Olie Watkins
is gonna get a hatch. I reckon, uh Man United
verse Tottenham, You're gonna have be your tenth drawer of
the weekend. I'm tempted just because we're Assie will go, Todd,
Olgo Totenham as well. I think they're starting to find
a little bit of form there. They're a better team
than me.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
I think and you just me and you would just
still need to show that a little bit.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Yeah, agreed. Bournemouth versus Southampton the.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Huge clash again not a great one, but I'm actually
need a Bournemouth for Yeah, they look really solid and
at home as well.
Speaker 3 (23:18):
I think they can get the job done.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
They MP a shambles. They need to bring more Prouse
back somehow.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
I can see.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
It was like their saving.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Gham on loan Amo from two seasons ago.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Yeah, yeah, I'll bring back sad Man Bruce Evison, nothing
is he I think?
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Go Yeah, I'm going Bournemouth as well.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
So that's our tips for the match Week six of
the EPL, and I'm calling it. That's the final whistle
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I think that's it. Thank you very much, Olivia and
Joe behind the camera. Thanks Marcus, lovely works.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
That's guy.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
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Speaker 3 (24:02):
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Speaker 2 (00:11):
As always, I'm.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Joined by Marcus Barzado, fired up Chelsea fan after some
actual inform Chelsea Blues. What is going on the league
when the league's turned around?
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Maresca. He's doing brilliant thing, is he is.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
He's even making Nico Jackson look like a like a start.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
He's been working with a finishing coach this year and
he's looking a little bit better. Your goals and an
assist in his first four or five games.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Yeah, I can't believe that's going on to Chelsea, but
we have wings are going good. Definitely touch on that
bit of Chelsea, a bit of every team will cover.
We're here if for all things English Premier League heading
into an exciting match week six. Today, we're going to
cover the top football and EBL news. A lot happened
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Speaker 2 (01:05):
All right, let's get into it, have a bit of fun.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
I'm surprised you're doing this podcast because he actually played
some minutes today for me. Yeah, bench, yes, he played.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
I didn't actually bring up that. No one's coming to
the first show, but yeah, I'll say that. Yeah, he
finally played against Barrow ye top of league too, like
fourth division, fourth division floing. Fine, yeah, so we beat
we beat bar good on him right around the grounds.
We'll start off with the biggest match of the weekend
that we talked about last week, Arsenal. Man City obviously delivered.
(01:38):
It's delivered to all that's that's up. The score is
just awesome. So much happened. Harlan got on the score sheet. Yeah, finally,
I say finally. He only missed two games and not
growing against but he did well.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Viney turn though, he turned key. Yeah, and then Harland
does what Harland does.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
So now he's got one hundred goals for Man City
in like what is that three or four years.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Broke another record, didn't that's guy. Did he first to
ten goals, quickest to ten goals in the Premier League season? Yes, yeah,
five games, I.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Think everywhere every week, quickest the fourteen goals, fifteen goals,
quickest to twenty goals.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
It was the Bulls double thirty eight, seventy six.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
So he's on track, on track for seventy six six
when the record is thirty six.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
That's what that is.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Nuts. There's just a lot happened in this game. Obviously
an Arsenal red card.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Arsenal, We're on top for the first half and in
the lead, and then they got that red card. People
are saying, oh, it should have been a red card
for people in the office, Alex, people that know from
our past podcast not happy with the red card Arsenal Fins.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
It was definitely it was there.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
He wasn't even going for the second yellow, second yellow.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
He wasn't going to the.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Ball in Mars. Yeah, but then again, it's just another
consistency thing.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Yeah, Whereas it happens a lot almost every game, and
every game is differently.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
But when you're on a yellow, yeah, exactly, Yeah, cost
your team. YEP. One of the most famous victories in
Arsenal Football Club's Premier League history.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
So hard had they were, they were on top of them.
They've gone and obviously got a red card. They come
out of out a half time man City and go
we're just going to try and get through this defense.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Arsenal had done really well thirty three shots to five.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Yep, they just like they parked the play pu yeah,
not pu play yeah, and then City they just couldn't
quite get it in the goal hole until John Stones.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
How many people like.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Goal I don't know if some people say that I
don't like the onion bag, but I don't know about
goal hole. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
John Stones ninety eighth minute equalizer.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
They sort of celebrated like they won, which I thought
fair enough. They've got a lot of Harland through the
ball at the back of Gabrielle. He's like yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
So that was really weird.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
But yeah, yeah, Arsenal they would have been a little
bit filthy because they had a really good first half,
held down, really strong defensively, but a drawer at the aid.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
He had still a really good the early injured trust
are just don't do that when you're such a good
play for him. You fluffed it.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
He got to your team. He cost famous victory. Yeah,
he did cost in the game. We didn't even talk
about Califiori's wonder strike that was the first time curving
from the keep up.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Should Edison do more or just like because it wasn't
in the corner, it wasn't the bottom corner, it wasn't
the top quarter.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
I think because it was curving away so much that
he thought he had it covered and because of the
rotation that was nuts.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
It just curved because you.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Never really see those, because it didn't like, it wasn't
hit with pure pace. It's all of just floated and
curled away into the Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
I think just the way it was curved.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Yeah, but it's always possible to do better. But I'm
happy to did because that was an awesome goal you got. Ray,
I held really strong Arsenaline goal. Ye, Like a lot
of people said Arsenal had really wide offensively they did
to an extent.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
City still got lots of shots off and Ray had
to save it.
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Fair for sure. Yeah, he's a brilliant goalkeeper. He's so good.
But there was another record broken, another record broken who
had zero passes for ninety minutes during that game.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Two players a single.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
I've gott no idea to honest, Kai Havertz and Timber
really both registered past zero passes.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
You can't be doing that. How are you allowed in
the league?
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Look, I know defensively they're working there, absolute bums off.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
How do they not even get a touch?
Speaker 3 (05:13):
But they did? They Ki have It's made attempted five
passes zero. I'm not sure how many Timber attempted. Wild
They both ended the game with zero passes in nineteen minutes.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
That that is just very weird and you you could
do it better than they would have won if they
had maybe had.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Imagine getting paid like one fiftyund a week just run
to not pass the ball even once.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
That's a very good point. There aren't way too much money.
Has a very good point. Last one on that game
is probably the biggest news out of it. You can
take away two all great game. What happened rodri acl injury.
He is probably the backbone of this city lineup. When
he plays, as we've said for the last couple of years,
they win. The stat is there. It just wins so
much when he's playing. He's probably the best, the best
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defensive midfielder in the world. Is this going to cost
him the title? That's a bit of a yen. Definitely
could it, definitely could. I think who comes in. He's
a good player, but nowhere near Rod.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
He likes to triple pass the player in the middle
and sort of create something from the like he scored
a goal against Chelsea doing the same thing. Actually, yeah,
so I think that is a big, big blow and
only just like two three days after he publicly said
that players are almost about to go on strike because
they played too much football. I two three days later
does his ACL Maybe?
Speaker 1 (06:27):
Yeah, the footy gods were just not on his side there,
but he's spot on, Like, I don't know if the
ACL had anything to do with how much football they
are playing. But the more they're playing like this, there's
way too much going on for their legs.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
I think. I know they're professionals, but like.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
I know, but they're getting paid.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
I know.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
So the three hundred grand away to play two max
three games, I.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
Don't know if it's there's certain sports you can play
multiple times a week.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
I don't know if one of them, what do you reckon?
Speaker 3 (06:53):
I think squads should be big enough to rotate, unless
just maybe because the squads is like to twenty four
players on. Maybe just expand that from we have.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
To rotate more.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Maybe like there's a rule something.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Yeah, yeah, that's that's brutialf for Man City. They'll be
annoyed with that.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
A lot of Arsenal fans were secretly very happy about
that because once he went off fast and I started dominating.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
But yeah, I still think you will be I think City.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Will be a case. Yeah, I think so. They're always
bounced back.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Talking about bounce back. Spurs bounced back.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Angel was so happy he was getting into the low
just about they conceded really Earlyford again.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Two weeks in a row, twenty two seconds.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Brentford scored, which is Andres really happy to silence the critics.
He comes out, he comes out to the media last
week they were bagging him. Gone, oh this guy has
got this guy and scored so thank you scores Brendan
Johnson's scores.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
They'll be happy with that. It's just against Brentford.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
I think Spurs fans and age might need to come
down a little bit, but they'll be happy to get
it on the winners list.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Much needed any of that win.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Talking about both Chelsea fans got the Scarff down there
dominant Chelsea. That was awesome. Three Neil win against west Ham.
That's three wins in a row. Come beyond saying that
as a Chelsea fan, I.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Don't know if I don't know if that was Chelsea
just looking really good or west Ham looking really so.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
The defense of west End was shocking.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
But the fact that Nico Jackson is finishing those type
of goals and like one was on the outside of
the boat.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Last year he couldn't even finish when he had a
goal with no goalkeeper in it.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
So I think that's a big step for Chelsea just
having someone that's going to consistently score.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
And you saw in the Cup game rotated the full
front four and the rotated front four in the Barrow
game was Felix Mudric Netto and in Kunku.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Yeah, that's that's unbeliev Yeah, there's a lot of depth
in attack.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
Still.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
I was gonna say worries about defense, but even they've
held up pretty wide defensively. So you say that there
are two clean sheets in a row.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
With Robert Sanchez the goal, well.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Yeah, Robert Sas has been good, good name mate.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
He just turned into prime NOI over the past two weeks.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
Yeah, awesome, next one Notts in Brighton draw. They're both
still unbeaten, so I can't understand. Bright always started last
couple of season started well, not to also un beating
and no one's really talked about him.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
So that game was crazy as well.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
That was nuts. I watched that one.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
Yeah, controversial. Morgan gives what that's second yellow?
Speaker 1 (09:04):
So yeah, he went in very like harshly, sort of
two footed, but he got the ball first. He was
already on the yellows. That's very risky, but he sort
of went like stamp sort of studs down.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
Yeah, stood on the ball.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
So then that just caused man, he got sent off.
They actually were in the game then the like could
they were playing well, nuts, he goes off, Brighton still
ended up a drawer. Then both managers get red carded
and said off. So that was just red cards. You
get a red car, you get everyone gets a red card,
and yeah, it gives white. I think he's really step
and I was so annoyed because he's in my Fantasy
Premier League team and that's what cost me the win
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this week.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
So I was not happy because he got a minus one.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
What'd your score?
Speaker 1 (09:41):
I can't remember, but it wasn't a good week. I
just got lucky as that I was even close. But yeah,
I think that was a bit stiff. Yeah, Morgan, what
I was clean? I put Lewis Diaz as captain.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Oh, I just put him in this week.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Yeah everyone's catching onto Lewis Dairs, but you've got got
him a week early.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Yeah. Nice.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
All right.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
To finish off the around the grounds, we'll talk about
some Aussie news in the soccer or the football. Joe
Gauci made his debut or Aston Villa, the Aussie goalkeeper
in the.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Car Back Cup. Five saves. I had a look to
one win.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
That's awesome for the for the Aussie Yeah, it was
a terrible performance of Maston Villa, but I was just
looking on their social media, looking through their comments and
the fans reaction from that game. We were saying like
that game was surrendous. But one thing is for certain,
Joe Gauci played very well. There you go, and was
probably arguably man the match.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Surely he can get into the first They've only got
like and Emmy Martinez. He's not world classes.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Hitningt win a World Cup or anything. Shure, we get
Joe Gauci in there.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
Yeah, well that's what everyone wants to see, so.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Run maybe just assies Yeah, we'll get a petition going eventually.
Our Martinez will retired eventually, so maybe Joe Gaci just
hang around.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
I don't know. He kind of looks old, but I
don't know.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
He's probably not even that old.
Speaker 3 (10:46):
Is he? Thirty?
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Two goal kids? Probably another two years in him. Okay,
then Joe Gatti straight in?
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Yeah, easy.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
The other news talking about it, Joe Gacchi soccer, But
then soccer is I've got a new head coach obviously,
Graham Arnold's out that we posted about last week. They've
gone with Tony Popovich Sydney FC. We're just I was
gonna say, coaching legend. He won a few Did he
want to win.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
A few titles with him?
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Well, not with managing them, No, he was assistant. Yeah,
but he didn't manage Western Sydney for five years. First
Glory for a little bit, and then he went to
Greece for ten games and then back to Victory.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
What you were talking about earlier was the soccer is
going to have this big expansion and have a look
at all these options maybe across.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
The world, extensive search to find the new just gone
around the corner.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
Tony just probably just popped in a was around the corner,
just get me.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Couldn't get Kevin Musket.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
So yep, I don't know. Musket. Musket's been really good in.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
The it was he was heavily linked, but he ruled
himself out. So I think Popovich was definitely the.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
I think he'll be a decent coach, but I would
preferred Nick Montgomery. Okay, but he only just became the
assistant manager at Tottenham.
Speaker 2 (11:58):
Within Oh okay, it's probably it was such coach on
the trouble. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, hands back pretty bad.
He's coming back.
Speaker 3 (12:06):
He's win like win record isn't fantastic, Jaylor, that victory
not bad. Fifty at Perth fifty is good. Yeah, twenty
seven in the Turkish League and then forty two.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
It's hard to manage the tech when he was at
Western Sydney. Yeah, okay, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
He's got a lot to prove. Yep.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
That's all right, all right, that's enough for around the grounds.
A lot happening in the Premier league in the world
of football. Let's get some back on lay bets thanks
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Speaker 2 (12:37):
We'll started with Tony Hargreaves. He's the man in these.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
We were over to the before we got three or four.
He went three or four this week on our tips,
so expertiefs. Check that out on betfair dot com dot
I talking about check him out. He knows what he's
talking about absolutely, So let's go through his I've picked
out the four best ones, three backs, one lay that
we're going to talk about you.
Speaker 2 (12:56):
I'll go through the first two and then you go
through the next two after that.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
He's going firstly, I used to say, don't back Chelsea,
but there's a new season. It's a new season's backing Chelsea.
Chelsea had a dollar seventy six on Betfair. For Chelsea
versus Brighton, it's Brighton unbeaten. But Chelsea have won the
last three so I have been really strong. Brighton though
they've lost nine of their last thirteen away games, as
Tony points out, and Chelsea have won the last two
meetings between these two.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
He talks about Nicholas Jackson.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
As we've been talking about Nicholas Jackson incredible scoring form.
He's scored in four of the last six Chelsea home games.
He's got two goals last game. I think he's gonna yeah,
get him over the one and yeah back Chelsea in
this one.
Speaker 3 (13:30):
He's been very good. And Cookie scored a hat trick
midweek as well. Yes, yeah again, both both attackers are
scoring and I think, yeah, Jackson can do it.
Speaker 1 (13:38):
Actually, does he have a balloon for every goal? Like
you know how he has a balloon celebration?
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Yeah, three ballots?
Speaker 3 (13:46):
Yeah, I'm sure. Actually I don't. I don't think he
did this morning. Maybe not against Barrow, yeah, but even possible.
I wonder what laying Brighton holding out for a Chelsea draw,
but look decent little bit of value there for Chela.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Yeah, absolutely, laying Brighton right now you can get four
dollars eighty so is on Betfel, which is really good
as well. So then because the drawer is possible. Chelsea's
form at home this season hasn't been too good, yep,
but I don't mind that Ellis Yeah scored that gain yep,
But I don't mind this at all. Backing at the
dolls seventy six pretty good bet there. The other one
he's got Tony Hugreve's expert tips both teams to score.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
No, both teams are not scoring in.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Wolves versus I've said that both teams will not score
in Wolves versus Liverpool at two dollars twenty two, so
he's backing that.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
I really really like this one.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
Only three of the last ten meetings between these sides
have had both teams score. I had a look, most
of them at Liverpool winning to kneel.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (14:39):
So far Liverpool's a number one defense by an absolute
mind's been very stingy. They've considered one goal in the
entire season so far. Tony also has won two bets
with this exact bet on Liverpool already this season. For
both teams to score for Liverpool not happening. So yeah,
I think this is a really good bet at the moment.
Speaker 3 (14:54):
If it's red, keep going red, yeah, keep ye.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Yeah. Liverpool's defuse is so good at the moment.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
One defense. They've probably been one of the most pleasantly surprising,
like they've had an easy start, but they've also played
well under the new manager slot.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
Yeah, he's been great.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Even Man City have considered some goals to the lower
teams whereas Liverpool just clean sit after clean sheets.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
So I really liked this one.
Speaker 3 (15:16):
And who was it was? Your boy who scored against Liverpool?
I can't remember Callum Hudson. Yeah sounds in the night,
your boy. He is having a ripper season mate, bringing
back to Chelsea. He is my favorite player. That we
buying one hundred and fifty million. Yeah, fine, back, yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
We got enough money, all right, you can finish on
the next one back and lay Yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
Well, Tony's going over two and a half in Everton
versus Crystal Palace dollar ninety five. Okay, you'd sort of
think two lower table clubs are their goals in there?
That have been so far this season evidence defense Everthon
have led by two goals twice and lost this season already.
That was against Villa and Bournemouth. Palace came from two
(15:55):
goals down to win against Lester and Mateto's just starting
to find.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
I've body, that's my fantasy. He's been good.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
He's been scoring a lot in the Carribou Cup and
then he's but then he scored last game. For past
they've been, they've been the ability this sorry, their ability
to score goals has really improved. I think even without
a lease. Obviously he's dominating for Bayern Munich and then
Everton Calva Lewin's been scoring goals. Yes they haven't been winning,
but that been scoring goals. And we don't even care
who wins in this one as Tony's gone just over
two and a half goals.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Yeah, I like the full ninety five. Plenty of value there.
And he's also going to lay Nottingham Forest at two
dollars forty in their match home match against Fulham, so
we will Fulham are a drawer in this one. Okay,
not to have been unbeaten risky, they've been really strong. Yeah,
so he's going against the two unbeaten sides so far
this season, but they will be without their manager. He's
(16:45):
got sent off in that game that we talked about,
Gibbs White also sent off. He's really their most creative,
everything goes.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
He's their best player gives.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Yeah. Fulham are unbeaten in their last four, including a
win over Newcastle and two druls in there.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
So the lay is really good because you get you
can get the draw. I wouldn't be surprised if this
is a draw because full of them.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
Have actually been pretty solid.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
As well, and if Gives White was playing, I'd probably
be backing Knots.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
But he's a huge out so I don't mind that.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
From Yeah, like they got war Prews in that midfield
as well. It's actually yeah, it's really yeah.
Speaker 1 (17:17):
I was watching it on the week and I'm like,
I'm really enjoying Knot's forest and I've never I don't
think I've ever said that in my life.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
There their crowd gets into it. Yeah, it's at a city.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
Ground now yeh like under Nuno notoriously negative football as well.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
But yeah, but they haven't been playing. They haven't been
he's a new man, newn That doesn't make any sense.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Are back and late.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Alright, this one, I'm going to give a lay this
week west Ham at three dollars thirty five. I'm laying
them against Brentford, so I'm happy with a Brentford win
or a draw.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (17:44):
Now, Brentford, look, they haven't been amazing, but either of
west Ham. I think Brentford have been west Ham in
five of the last six meetings, so they've dominated this,
including a seven to aggregate at home. I think that's
the the Gtech Community Stadium or whatever they call it
down there. It's such a weird name, but they really
got at home against west Ham. So I'm really happy
to go against west Ham here and lay them. The
Hammer's defense just looks. There was a couple of times
(18:07):
Chelsea They're like here go Nico. Jackson just walked through.
Speaker 3 (18:10):
Jackson to Sancho. Sancho is like to Jackson the halfway down,
here's the ball, and Jackson just kept running down the
wing and no one was like coming up to face him.
I was like, you know, I'm just gonna just going
to kick all those legs. Yeah. Cool.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
So I'm worried about west Ham's defense in this one.
The Bees do have some strong attackers.
Speaker 3 (18:27):
Still.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
West Ham considered seven goals across their last three games
third worst defense in the league. But yeah, we get
a little bit of a wigger room with the draw
or the win for Brentford. That's why I think it
could be a win homegirn advantage west Ham. Yeah, three
thirty five for a lay bet there win, there we go,
what do you got.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
I'm looking to back both teams not to score. Okay
in the big game Manchester Universe Tottenham War Really that's
a three dollars and five cents both teams to score.
Has failed to hit in five of Manchester United's last
six Premier League games. Tottenham at the start of the season,
(19:02):
Loki's struggling to score a little bit, so I'm looking
there for a little bit of value. First team to score.
Speaker 1 (19:09):
I don't mind this because men and you just don't
have that many prolific scorers, and Tottenham should be able
to score a couple of goals, especially offensively or a worry.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
That's my only only warry.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
But I'm holding true to the to the recent record
of interest in orders so far this season.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
All right, that's enough of our back or lay bets,
thanks to Betfair, the only place to back in lay
bet on the APL this season. Let's get into my
favorite segment. I say it's my favorite teament. It's like
a roller coaster trivia with Olivia. Let's go Olivia. What
have you got for us this week?
Speaker 3 (19:37):
All right?
Speaker 1 (19:37):
Speaking of the new Soccer US coach, how many caps
does Tony Popovich have for the soccer use closest answer wins.
I feel like you this looked him up before, so
you might know I had wicked.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
I didn't see that though.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
I've got absolutely no clue how many thirty three, Laura higher,
I always go higher, so just go a lot.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
I'll go twenty eight.
Speaker 3 (19:59):
Marcus it was fifty eight.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:04):
Another question, how the goals did he score? Sockers? Not many?
Isn't he many? That all correct?
Speaker 2 (20:10):
Only go I've got no idea. I was maybe, like.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
I was, say, over a decade though, So yeah, right,
it's done well. There a bit of research. Fifty four was
actually all bad. Yeah, and that's for his position. Yeah,
very good, thanks Olivia. That was that was very good.
We were okay then we're we had some ones went
away way off, but that one at least we were
pretty close.
Speaker 2 (20:34):
All right, Let's wrap up the show with the quick fire.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
I say quick fire, sometimes it's not so quick fire.
Match week six predictions I've almost said, but Match week
six predictions for the EPL this weekend, I'll read them out.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
You tell me what you want.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
Marcus Newcastle versus man City, Man City, Yeah, easy one.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
I think you got back Man City even without Roger.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Great. That means stinky yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
Yeah. Chelsea versus Brighton.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
We said Brighton, Chelsea Chelsea. Yeah, I think we're going
to continue. The former finally win at home Brentford versus
west Ham.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
Like you on, you know, Brentford Hereford.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
I think I'm going to go to draw, but yeah,
I don't mind.
Speaker 1 (21:20):
Bredford at home is a really good Yeah, but there
Everton verse Crystal Palace. It's weird. Everton haven't been that
bad because they're scoring goals, I haven't. They just don't
know how to finish out of games.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
Yeah, and I think I think Palace with their Lisa
have actually struggled a little bit. Draw.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Oh no, I'm drinking, I'm going Palace. I still think
they'll be too strong. Everton just crap the bed every
time it gets to about the eightieth minute.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
So yeah, every time they go too up.
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Yeah, oh, let's just forget out to play football. Yeah,
So shout out to a Meal. I was watching this.
He's a big evident fan. Arsenal vers Leicester City. Who
we going that one? Arsenal got to be Arsenal. They
looked really good even though they had a red card.
Not forrest Verse Fulham is really tough.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
Oh that could draw.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Draw, Yeah that's yeah, I'm happy as to drawing that.
If Gibbs I was playing I would be backing Notts
every day of the week.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
But he's a big he's a big out and they
don't have a manager, so that might be interesting. Wolves
versus Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool, I reckon this could be like
five plus.
Speaker 3 (22:20):
Wolves have been one of the worst teams to watch
this season.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
We called that at the start of the season. I reckon,
they've been so bad.
Speaker 1 (22:25):
I reckon it's going to be similar to that Chelsea
game where Chelsea puts six on him, but six on
him they Liverpool had a defense, so he could be
like six Neil or something like that. Next one, if
Switch Town versus Aston Villa, you know what, the sure
it's an easy one, said you watch, we'll go a
draw here.
Speaker 3 (22:41):
I reckon, Yeah, Twitch home make a scale.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Oh my god, I'm definitely going on. But Olie Watkins
is gonna get a hatch. I reckon, uh Man United
verse Tottenham, You're gonna have be your tenth drawer of
the weekend. I'm tempted just because we're Assie will go, Todd,
Olgo Totenham as well. I think they're starting to find
a little bit of form there. They're a better team
than me.
Speaker 3 (23:05):
I think and you just me and you would just
still need to show that a little bit.
Speaker 2 (23:09):
Yeah, agreed. Bournemouth versus Southampton the.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
Huge clash again not a great one, but I'm actually
need a Bournemouth for Yeah, they look really solid and
at home as well.
Speaker 3 (23:18):
I think they can get the job done.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
They MP a shambles. They need to bring more Prouse
back somehow.
Speaker 3 (23:23):
I can see.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
It was like their saving.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Gham on loan Amo from two seasons ago.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Yeah, yeah, I'll bring back sad Man Bruce Evison, nothing
is he I think?
Speaker 2 (23:33):
Go Yeah, I'm going Bournemouth as well.
Speaker 1 (23:35):
So that's our tips for the match Week six of
the EPL, and I'm calling it. That's the final whistle
for the Football Today Show, brought to you by Betfair.
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Are you said any questions? Get around the comments and
I think that's it. Thank you very much, Olivia and
Joe behind the camera. Thanks Marcus, lovely works.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
That's guy.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
That's another episode of Football Today done.
Speaker 3 (24:02):
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