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December 5, 2024 30 mins

EPL Midweek Highlights + Merseyside & London Derby Chaos! | Football Today, Thursday December 5.

The Football Today Podcast brought to you by Betfair is full of Premier League fever, breaking down the best back or lay betting tips across Matchweek 14 and 15, including a breakdown of two huge matches, the Merseyside Derby Everton vs Liverpool & London Derby Tottenham vs Chelsea!

The panel break down the biggest EPL news with Ange Postecoglou's Spurs, the title race still being alive and give a tip for every game over the weekend.

Get around Football Today's Liam 'Stats Guy' McAllion & Marcus Bazzano as they talk out all things EPL and world football, thanks to Betfair!

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00:00 Intro
02:22 Around The Grounds
10:30 Best Game Of The Matchweek
16:50 Back Or Lay Bets
25:20 Quick Tips
29:40 Outro

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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome back to the Football Today podcast, brought to you
by Betfair. On your side this EPL season. I'm your host,
Liam mccalliy. I wasn't as the stats guy. Little bit
of a bast kick going the knowing? Really well, so
why not Premier League related?

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Is it still the Spotify I stadium?

Speaker 1 (00:17):
I don't know, but that logo the Spotify and they
have the different artists and bands on the I think
it's an underrated.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Jerseys Arena slash stadium Louis Company's Olympic Stadium.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
Okay, Spotify anyway, anyway, I got a kid on. We've
also got Marcus Barzana. He's absolutely fired up. Cole on
the squashet again. Chelsea win five to one and it's
a London derby this weekend.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
No, Chelsea second on the table? How good is this?

Speaker 1 (00:40):
What is going on?

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Chelsea bear? Chelsea bear?

Speaker 1 (00:44):
I don't know that one the now they're equal sorry
above Arsenal.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
Yeah, but Arsenal did get a good result against United
what you'd expect.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
But Liverpool dropping points?

Speaker 2 (00:54):
So is there a totter race? Can Arsenal sneak up?
I don't see Chelsea in the race, but Arsenal.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
Maybe a sneaky one, no doubt it, because Cole Palmer
did squash the reporters saying you get tired. He's like,
I don't want to talk about that.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
He's so chill is well. The biggest game in the
Chelsea players careers has been a Carabou Cup final.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
Really yeah, that's it, said, Champions League hopefully on the
on the horizon, very nice. Today we're going to cover
the top football and EPL news, the best Betfair back
or a bets fort EPL match week the end of
EPR match Week fourteen with our Betfair expert Tony Hargriegs
or as you like to call tea dog. So he's
been going really well with the tips. We're going to
cover match week fifteen, a few tips from Marcus and myself,

(01:35):
so we'll call ourselves experts. I reckon, yeah why not?

Speaker 2 (01:38):
Why not?

Speaker 1 (01:38):
And then we'll go through every match with a quick
fire tip and things like that. You're going to cover
every EPL game this week before we start, make sure
you subscribe to our YouTube channel on the Football Today
podcast follow all the socials football Today. Are you on
TikTok and Football Today Australia on Facebook and Instagram. Lots
of funny shorts, so not of Matilda stuff on there
actually as well, which is a lot of uzzy stuff
being ourselves, a lot of EPL stuff. EPR numbers has

(02:01):
been going really well, it has, it has still I
cannot progress past the easy mode on that.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
Maybe we can do like how to improve the club
for the EPL HL clubs.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Yeah, that would be actually really good.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
It could be a bit fun about Arsenal down in Third
City is struggling, so might do it about them?

Speaker 1 (02:17):
Yeah, Harlan out.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
Although they did get a to get a win this morning.

Speaker 1 (02:20):
They did.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
You talked about Matilda, so why don't we flow straight into.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
The around the ground. So can we can go around
the grounds? We'll start off with the Matilda's Do you
want to go through that? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (02:29):
A three to one win for the Tillies in a
very b team sort of lineup, a different lineup, which
is good to see a lot of Tillies get some
fluidity and chemistry in the team and experience. Although it
wasn't a great performance again defensively.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
No, that was shambles. I watched that.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
They did get the job in the end. I think
Chinese type. They were paying sixty seven dollars they were
for the game. That's dulous, So to even fine in
the back of the net is a fair fair effort
from them.

Speaker 1 (02:57):
Yeah, I think the goal was really good from who
from chen that generally had to take on three or
two Matilda's players, But it was really poor Charlie Grant
and Claire Hunt, who were usually pretty good together. Yeah,
both just didn't go for the ball. That was pretty
shambles the way Chinese pace called. But Matilda's gone the
score sheet. Sean Fryer. I said this in one of
our chats from last week, and we'll playing against Brazil.

(03:17):
She is an absolute baller the way that she can
just dribble around players. She can play midfield, you can
play defense. I don't like how we're playing five in
defense against Chinese type pay though that was in the
first half. They sort of opened it up with four
and then three, But why are we playing five defense
against the forty first ranked team in the world.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
I guess it does become look an aggressive aggressive aggressive
wing backs because I did find the back of the net.
Tu I'm pretty sure to Mickey allocately assist the third.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
Goal at a center back did also get the back
of the net as well, But yeah, I don't know,
I just don't I'd rather play some more midfield, maybe
another attacker against a lower ranked team. I don't know.

Speaker 2 (03:50):
Perhaps, Yeah, hopefully, hopefully they can find the back of
the net a few more times in Geelong.

Speaker 1 (03:55):
Geelong. Yeah, it's a bit of a random one down there,
but yeah, back on the winner's list. They had to
win that one to probably get a bit of media
off their back because they were really against Brazil. Good
to get back on the winner sheet. There. We'll going
to the EPR. We we can have a look at
match week thirteen to start with. And I saw he
wasn't happy he got they got booed off. Yeah, I
don't know about that. Boys.

Speaker 2 (04:13):
Boying's a bit harsh, but I guess in the London
derby against.

Speaker 1 (04:16):
Fulham they should be beating.

Speaker 2 (04:17):
And they didn't play great Tottenham either. They only had
seven or eight shots.

Speaker 1 (04:21):
For they had less shots than Fulham, which is like
shots and like getting chances on goal is their thing.

Speaker 2 (04:26):
Tottenham Fulham were a good team. But don't get me wrong,
but I think Tottenham at home should be doing a
little bit better.

Speaker 1 (04:31):
Yeah, they smash City four nil and then they away
from home, yeah, away from home at bloody eddy Ad
and then Pep's is like mad and going crazy and
then come back Tottenamot's first eighty. It's the most spurzy
thing as we'll touch on because we're going to be
touching on a London derby. Bit of a sneak preview
there next one this morning with some crazy results. Crazy
three old Newcastle Liverpool games three all it could have

(04:52):
been I reckon six all there chance there was.

Speaker 2 (04:55):
I think McAllister hit the post and Murphy hit the post.

Speaker 1 (04:59):
Sa Salah hit the post.

Speaker 2 (05:01):
I think so. Yeah, there could have been plenty more
goals on offer and also controversial finish as well. Oh
my god, bluddy reblowing the whistle as Newcastle on the
halfway line from a quick throw following a cross or yeah,
if you haven't seen it, you got five minutes extra time,
so it was the ninety fifth minute. On the ninety
fifth minute, Pope sends them down the other end. Usually
if there's a play on and like it looks like

(05:23):
okay they're.

Speaker 1 (05:24):
Gonna have a chance on goal, the ref will go
around twenty seconds. Even if you have a corner. The
ref always does that, always a little bit.

Speaker 2 (05:30):
There's always like time added on from stoppages full stoppages.

Speaker 1 (05:34):
It was very weird. And then as Newcastle were out
past halfway it was a two on one on the
left wing, the ref goes, nah, I've had enough, I've
got money on Liverpool.

Speaker 2 (05:43):
So I did stop the halfway line, but so did Wilson.
To be fair, he was with him.

Speaker 1 (05:47):
Yeah, so it's either way.

Speaker 2 (05:48):
It would have been a three on three if they
kept going either way. Yeah, but still's dodge I reckon. Yeah,
Newcastle three three is probably a fair fair result. Yeah,
have played really well. Ishax goal was unbelief and then
Calah I brought him into my fantasy. He's doing he's
not up for the Aussie Rules mark and he.

Speaker 1 (06:08):
Short arms it and if he's got out.

Speaker 2 (06:10):
The back, if it's there to take an unimpeded catch.

Speaker 1 (06:13):
Yeah, as a keeper you got to keep, but just
take it.

Speaker 2 (06:15):
There's no point of letting you go out for a
goal kick. Maybe you get to waste a few more seconds,
but three, that's I guess you were three two up
at the time.

Speaker 1 (06:22):
Still, Still it was fun. Sorry, Yeah, you got to
grab the ball and it's a bad look on him
the last couple of weeks, saying he wants to be
the number one keeper and things like that. He concedes threat.
To be fair, it wasn't his fault. The couple will
be back very shortly in the next couple of weeks,
I think, yeah, yeah, I think not this weekend, but
possibly match weeks.

Speaker 2 (06:41):
Just taking a look now, potential return fourteenth of December, okay,
so that would be in a week's time pretty much.

Speaker 1 (06:48):
Yeah, yeah, so he needs to just take that because
he's a good keeper. He saved a couple of penalties lately.
He's the first Will player to save two penalties in
a game I'm pretty sure, which was last week. So
he's a good keeper. But what the hell was he
doing there? We could have we could have grabbed that.
Not sure he costs costs. He's seen the three points there.
But yeah, it was an awesome game.

Speaker 2 (07:07):
That's why they still have a seven point lead up top.

Speaker 1 (07:10):
So yeah, that's one of the best games of the
season though. That was also for sure next one last week.
I'm just I'm jumping all over the shop here, but
I forgot to say that Lester got a new manager
bounced three to one win over west Ham the first game.

Speaker 2 (07:23):
West Ham had like fifteen on target and lost the
game three to one.

Speaker 1 (07:28):
Yeah, they really did.

Speaker 2 (07:30):
Lester took their chances. They were clinical.

Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah, no, that was that were great and venders away.
It was actually sad that he was leaving. He said
during the week, sad that he had to leave Manu club.
He played there, he was being a legend there and
things like that, so he didn't really want to leave there.

Speaker 2 (07:43):
Fair enough for his manager of your career. The only
other thing is if he wanted to be part of
the coaching staff with Ruben Amrim. But I assume yeah,
I think he wanted his own coaching stuff with him.

Speaker 1 (07:52):
And I think he wanted Venice Road. Sounded like he
wanted to be a first first team coaching first manager
and so it's pretty cool.

Speaker 2 (07:59):
I think this is a good job. You could have
even taken over. Well, there were rumors freaking west Ham.
I think is going on the door. If they're going
to new manager. Maybe they changed.

Speaker 1 (08:09):
Things, like they could be good, like they should be
closer to like Fullham, like that mid table. They have
been so bad. I sure they just can't finish next one.
I just wanted to touch on the two of the
bigger teams. Arsenal down to third which is a bit
of a surprise, but they had a good win this morning.

Speaker 2 (08:22):
You say down to third, but I mean they were
identical with Chelsea and Chelsea did play Southampton.

Speaker 1 (08:27):
I may have just been saying that because I am
a Chelsea fan, but yeah, they've been playing well. They've
got a massive win this morning.

Speaker 2 (08:34):
Two defenders on the score sheet too.

Speaker 1 (08:36):
Yeah, I was very lucky in my fantasy that Timber
and Saliba getting on the score Shit, that's yeah, that's
a huge win because against men you it's a big game.
I know, it doesn't matter where a Manu is. Yeah, exactly.

Speaker 2 (08:46):
I think with Reuben amerin coming in as well, it
has the potential to be a perfect sort of storm.

Speaker 1 (08:51):
So it was not all for a while and I
was like, oh, that would be a good result for
a few teams around them on the table. Their man
City obviously they were six games unbeat.

Speaker 2 (09:00):
Sorry the opposite winless. There we go, that's what I
was seven wins saying that about man City just twenty games.

Speaker 1 (09:08):
I'm but yeah, they're winless in yes, seven games. Then
they go into this morning and beat not three Nils.
I know that not Yeah, died down. Started was like
not you're gonna be in the top six, They're fired,
and then I dropped off.

Speaker 2 (09:23):
Kevin de Bruyn are back in the starting eleven the
months ago, and yes I could assist for Banana silver
and found the back of the ne himself beautiful. Harland assisted,
I took him out an fl honestly, not a bad
result for Lota and I think it was I think
it was Soaka and Jackson. Jackson didn't play.

Speaker 1 (09:41):
And then second in score.

Speaker 2 (09:42):
No oh no, actually I made unlimited trades. What am
I talking about?

Speaker 1 (09:47):
And I'm bought in Gabrielle as well, So there you go,
like my team. Yeah, do we think the just too
quickly on the around the grounds? Do we think the
title race is still open? Last week you said no,
but I'm it's only seven point which you need. It's more.
I think Chelsea and Astill are going to keep winning.
Just a really good form. Yeah, and even City I
reckon we'll bounce back, yep.

Speaker 2 (10:07):
But Liverpool, Liverpool need to have like a solid three
weeks where they just crack the bed. But I don't
know if that's when it could happen, because they could
get a lot of stages of the Champions League get
a bit tighter. Yeah, and then you know they're playing
the better teams and then you've got to play your
best team on a Thursday Sunday.

Speaker 1 (10:23):
Yeah, true, which could be a bit difficult.

Speaker 2 (10:24):
But because they don't particularly have the greatest squad depth,
let's be real, compared to the likes of Chelsea and City.
Uh so, yeah, it could be tough.

Speaker 1 (10:35):
Yeah, I think it's gonna be tough to catch them,
but you never know. With the Premier League, all right,
best game of the match week, we've got on London
Derby and North London Derby. Everyone's excited there, Chelsea and Tottenham.
So it's Tottenhama's Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It used
to be at white Hart Lane. And what did Chelsea
used to call it a little while ago, three point
three point l I used to love that, John John

(10:55):
Terry jo.

Speaker 2 (10:57):
All the time.

Speaker 1 (10:58):
It's got all the time. And if you have a
look at the stats, Chelsea are undefeated in ten of
the last eleven meetings, so you can call it. I'm
trying to think of it something for the Tottenhahot's best stadium,
but there's no there's no three point laying there.

Speaker 2 (11:08):
Well they have they have one Chelsea. That is Chelsea
have one. We'll see the start here for the previous
five at the new stadium Tottenholeum, it's also been a
bit of a happy hunting ground for Chelsea in recent
recent times. So look after the Tottenham weren't that great?
No on the weekend morning as well?

Speaker 1 (11:30):
Yeah, they played tomorrow morning as well, so that'd be
interesting to see if they bounce back. But they have
not won back to back games for nine match weeks,
so they've had every of those matchrieks just they can
never get the same results two times a draw and
then before that was win loss win lost win lost
win lost win lost, Like they just don't know what.

Speaker 2 (11:48):
Their definition of inconsistent.

Speaker 1 (11:50):
It's the most spurzy thing going around. So I'm actually hoping,
like as a Chelsea fan, you'd be hoping that Tottenham
win tomorrow and then they haven't won back to back games,
so then Chelsea win on the weekend. How it works.

Speaker 2 (12:02):
I just hope we'd batter them either way.

Speaker 1 (12:04):
Yeah, what's the the champ before the game. When I
went to a game there, I knew that, but then someone,
this kid was in next to me, like, what are
they saying? Dad about it? He's like, we're not even
playing Tottenham, but we still hate them. I think it
was against Bournemouth and everyone's just the Ravali there is awesome.

(12:25):
So he's going to be a huge game in terms
of goal scorers and score peaks. I've just got some stats.
Brendan Johnson's career best six goals so far this season.
He's been so good. It's a bit of a back
post merchant.

Speaker 2 (12:34):
He's a goal but he's getting in the right spots
to use his pace.

Speaker 1 (12:38):
He's a very good player.

Speaker 2 (12:39):
Since he's since he's turned, since he deleted his social media's, he's.

Speaker 1 (12:44):
Been on social media, which we definitely don't want to see,
and then maybe every player should just do that.

Speaker 2 (12:48):
Well, Enzo Ferida is a band in his family and
now he's now he's got, Yeah, he's got. He's got
two young children, like an infant and like a two
year old and a young wife and he's only twenty two.

Speaker 1 (13:00):
Is very young.

Speaker 2 (13:01):
Yeah, twenty three. Jesus out there. And he goes to
his wife yeah, look, I don't want to be together
anymore like twenty three.

Speaker 1 (13:09):
Yeah, I didn't.

Speaker 2 (13:09):
I didn't really get to experience like growing up in
single life. So what he just left, I don't condone
that you've done that. I'm still with my with my partner.
That's just crack reasoning. But if he's getting goals in
the system, in the game, I mean, fair play to him.

Speaker 1 (13:27):
And you see a celebration.

Speaker 2 (13:29):
That's why he does the phone celebration. Call me up
because you can't get this performing well, you mean the
energy on this show, I don't Yeah, we obviously see.

Speaker 1 (13:40):
Don't condone that.

Speaker 2 (13:40):
But he is in very good form, So I don't
mind the deleting social media.

Speaker 1 (13:44):
Maybe don't leave your fan. Don't leave that's where a
family show.

Speaker 2 (13:48):
You seem like a good family woman. Like I'm like
remember when Hakimi's this is a bit of a team.

Speaker 1 (13:54):
Yeah, he's a friend. Girl friend left him. Try to
take his money, but the smart man he knows he
had always money with his partner, with his mum.

Speaker 2 (14:03):
Yeah, but always money under his mum's name.

Speaker 1 (14:05):
It was very smart.

Speaker 2 (14:06):
But get done you money stealing?

Speaker 1 (14:09):
Yeah, we don't like that, but maybe stay with your families.
That's all. That's all I say. I got on Brendon Johnson.
Next one I want to touch on his parme. He's
got nine goals, got the easiest goal of his career
this morning. But you'll take that every day. He's always
taken that spot and he creates so many chances. He
deserves a.

Speaker 2 (14:24):
Goal contribution in that game because he hit the post.
He put two on the plate for Jo Felix in particular,
who missed an open headed he did, so he deserves
a goal and assists. As to his tally, I think
he's got thirty four thirty five goals now and twenty
three assists since I joined Chelsea.

Speaker 1 (14:41):
The other one was forty eight goal contributions in his
last forty seven games. So if you're anywhere near to
the goalship contributions to games, he's above it. That is,
you're one of the best players in the world. Like,
he's just unbelievable.

Speaker 2 (14:54):
If England won the Euros, yeah, could have. Could he
have been a bound door share Maybe? Could he have
been a boundary He could still be.

Speaker 1 (15:03):
Next year maybe I doubt it. But there's no big
tournament actually that he can.

Speaker 2 (15:07):
Yeah, there's no big tournaments, but he is killing it.

Speaker 1 (15:09):
He is all killed. So goals, go out and score
picks for the massive London derby Tottenham Chelsea. What do
you reckon? There's gonna be goals.

Speaker 2 (15:16):
I think Jacko I'm gonna go. Jack called a hat
trick against Tottenham last year at the stadium. There's going
to be goals because both teams Chelsea one of the
best counter attacking teams in the world and Tottenham love
a good high line and play aggressive. Yep, So therefore
I think there will be plenty of goals. I reckon
Jackson was rested, so yep, he'll be fresh. So I'm

(15:38):
going to go three one Chelse. Oh, it's gonna be goals.
Going to go going to back the over with with Betfair,
definitely back the Overhoman won't be paying that much, I think,
I think, I double check. I think I checked. It
was about a dollar forty for Betfair. If you back
the over, yeah, two and a half, but three one
for me, three one. I'm going to go three to two.
I just wouldn't be surprised if ifavor of Chelsea.

Speaker 1 (15:59):
I think, just in better form, much more consistent, Like
every single game you don't know what you're gonna get
with Totenham. That's the thing. They could win this because
at their best they are really good. They very rarely
bring their best. Brendan Johnson I wouldn't be surprised if
he hits the score sheet col Si. I feel like
he's that sort of player that could find a bit
of room against Chelsea. And then yeah, I really like Palmer,

(16:20):
Madaworker and Jackson just all in awesome form. Mattaw is
awesome this morning against Southampton the match. I don't know
if he'll start though, Okay, there you go. So if
he I think Jackson and Palme will start. So I
think that the squawsheet and yeah, it wouldn't be surprised
if Palmer gets an assist and a goal like he's
done so many times. Scored. He scored a Tottenhahotspas Stadium
last season he did. Yeah. Yeah, So that's gonna be
an awesome game. We're expecting at least four goals. You're saying,

(16:42):
I'm saying about five goals. Ye, that's going to be
Actually we could have him. Look at the over three
and a half goals. I reckon, all right, that's not
a bad shout on Betfair. Talking about Betfair, let's go
through the next segment here the back all lay BET's
thanks to Betfair, the only place to back on La
Bett on the EPL this season last week again, three
weeks in a row, we've gone four of six now,
which is pretty good.

Speaker 2 (17:01):
It's pretty good if you're all of them, you're making profit.

Speaker 1 (17:03):
Yeah, maybe no better on all of them, but you
could because we're making Yeah, have a thing. Three weeks
in a row. We lated Manchester City, so that was
really good. Against Liverpool, that was an absolutely backing Chelsea.
I think we've backed Chelsea a lot lately. You we
were all over them, so that was really good. Goals
galore for west Ham versus Arsenal finished most west Hand
games other than that. Niel all against Everton you can

(17:25):
back over. I think that's a really good three one
against Lester as well. Recently yep, and then Tottenham inconsistency.
I think you're Tony, uh yeah, back to Tottenham and Tottenham.
Just the inconsistent of Tottenham. I'm just staying away from
backing them because it wasn't me, it was you. I

(17:45):
didn't want to throw under the bus there lay Fullham.
Maybe you back to.

Speaker 2 (17:52):
You never backed what are you doing thinking?

Speaker 1 (17:55):
But to be fair, they came off that four and
they win against City. You're like that up and about
yeah with fresh off like of four on loss against Wolves,
that's all right. Four from six we're killing it with Tony.
Tony's got two of the Friday games to end match
week fourteen and then we've got four between us four
match week fifteen, so that's very exciting. Here. We'll start
off with the Betfair Expert Tips, so make sure you
check that out on betfair dot com, dot you and

(18:16):
the Betfair Hub because he does a full article on
every single game every match week. So thank you very
much to Tony for that backing. So he's going to
back Tony over two and a half goals in Fulham
versus Brighton at a dollar sixty nine, so not too
bad value there for two teams that have been hitting
the score sheet. The last eight Fulham home games against
Top six teams have had over two and a half goals,

(18:36):
So Craven Cottage, I had to look. They've had so
many goals scored there because Fulham play really attacking.

Speaker 2 (18:41):
The lovely ground.

Speaker 1 (18:41):
Lovely ground one of the old School ground. I've always
wanted to go there. And then nine of Brighton's thirteen
games have also gone over the two and a half goals,
so bright have been really good. I feel like not
many people are talking about where are they on the table?
I think they have been a little bit inconsistent and consistent.

Speaker 2 (18:55):
Yeah, but they're still fifth and they're still fifth and
if they win and City won't lose.

Speaker 1 (19:00):
But just say they're hanging around that fifth and fourth.

Speaker 2 (19:03):
Mark, which is above where people probably had them think
it was such a tight gap though, like from from
that fifth to thirteenth is only five points.

Speaker 1 (19:11):
Oh yeah, that's true.

Speaker 2 (19:12):
But again, these two teams play like really good football
in the eye.

Speaker 1 (19:16):
Yeah yeah, they play like really good passing pace can
finish even if even if the over doesn't get up,
You enjoy the game, play football. We want over again.
And I'm back in Tony on this one. What's the
other beat you can read about?

Speaker 2 (19:26):
He's going to be laying Tottenham now against He's going
to be laying Tottenham against Bournemouth tomorrow morning, which is
a tricky place to go. That is two dollars sixty.
We said, don't back Tottenham and Tony Grees.

Speaker 1 (19:39):
Then you'll find out my tip as well. Later on.

Speaker 2 (19:41):
I'm going to be laying Tottenham in a different game,
in a different game, but tomorrow morning laying Tottenham against Bournemouth.
Bournemouth have obviously already beaten City and Arsenal at their ground,
so they can pull off a scalp against the Big six.
Spurs have lost sixty six percent of games against middle thirteen.

Speaker 1 (19:58):
It's a class.

Speaker 2 (19:59):
That's weird.

Speaker 1 (20:00):
It's a weird stat. Yeah, it's a spoozy thing.

Speaker 2 (20:02):
Yeah, and Bournemouth are one year three of the last four,
which obviously includes a couple of those big results.

Speaker 1 (20:06):
I don't mind laying Ptonomy because I feel like a
drawers on the cards. Bournemouth at home have been really
good at Vitality Stadium.

Speaker 2 (20:12):
I feel like you probably get.

Speaker 1 (20:13):
More value laying Tottenham than you would laying for Yeah
you do, yeah, spot on, spot on? All right, do
you want to roll straight into Tottenham my one? First,
we'll give Tottenham a rest for we're going into that
because that's the biggest game. I'll get into my first
one and then you get into your first one. I'm
going to get back both teams to score no. Sorry,
both teams has got no so I'm not backing both

(20:35):
to score no negative negative, There we go negative at
two dollars for Everton versus Liverpool. Now I'm thinking Liverpool
winter nil. But Merseyside Merseyside Derby. Last five meetings, both
teams haven't scored. Weirdly enough, the last messy side derby,
Everton won two nil. Yeah, what the hell Everton of crap?
Liverpool are really good, but I think Liverpool is going
to win this easy and no way Everton getting through

(20:57):
the Liverpool defense.

Speaker 2 (20:58):
Pickford gonna break Van Dyke's legs again.

Speaker 1 (21:01):
That was things happened a good some park they do.
But you got Liverpool is the number one defense top
of the table. You've got Everton the fourth west offense.
Even though they scored four goals against, they scored four.
What the hell they're in for? Mate? On one game?

Speaker 2 (21:15):
Brave man?

Speaker 1 (21:16):
Now I'm gone. I don't think both teams are going
to score. Liverpool They're gonna play really attacking, but their
defense is still so strong, still solid. Other than both
teams had a weird week because Liverpool can seeded three
and Evidence scored four. But this week's going to go
this weekend is going to go.

Speaker 2 (21:30):
Back to the norm return to normality. Yeah, and I
think that's going to be all right. What's your first
talking about returning to normality. We're laying Tottenham laying Totenham
against Chelsea. Gave it. I don't mind that, but three
dollars ten Totenhat's per stadium is excellent value considering the
things that we mentioned before. Chelsea's recent record. Obviously, Tottenham

(21:52):
have only won one of the last eleven meetings, They've
only won one of the last five at Tottenham Hot's
first stadium. And yeah, they've only won one of the
last actually one of the last ten against Chelsea in
all competitions, not creds okay, just the Premier League y,
So not a great record Chelsea obviously, I think it's
three on the trot now they've won the league, scoring

(22:13):
goals for fun. And yeah, the quality of the bench
is just unreal.

Speaker 1 (22:17):
No, I agree. We talked about it before. We both
tipping a Chelsea win, but our draws is doable. Doble,
which is a Chelsea probably would take that result anyway
at Totamont's best.

Speaker 2 (22:29):
How we win there, hopefully, hopefully all right.

Speaker 1 (22:33):
My next one, I'm laying Leicester City verse Brighton at
five dollars sixty. Really good odd. See Brighton undefeated in
the last four meeting against the Foxes. That's two wins
and two draws. That's why I'm laying Lester because Leicester
haven't been too bad. I know that they've lost a lot,
but they get on the score sheet even against rude
yeah under yeah, he's been started really well. They've beaten

(22:54):
west Ham even though they conceided a lot of shots.
They decently defensively. Brighton are a much better team at home,
but they should win this. So I'm really happy to
lay Less at five dollars sixty. Like I said, there
was two draws in those last four meetings, so you
do get the draw on your side, yep. But Brighton
just a well od machine. I think they're gonna win tomorrow,
then they're gonna win on the weekend and roll roll
straight into the art maybe in the top four.

Speaker 2 (23:14):
I really lost that because you think of the goals
that Leicester scored against west Ham as well, A lot
of them were like really poor defensive mistakes yea, in
particular Max Killman. Yeah, whereas bright and I think they're
better unit defensively.

Speaker 1 (23:27):
So I don't know that at all.

Speaker 2 (23:28):
Yeah, what's my last bet? Yep, it's another lay laying
nodding in forest. Who heard in great form Manchester United
at Old Trafford five dollars ninety for lads. So Men
United all drawer at Old Trafford all you need and
Manchester Noon have a dominant record against Knots. Okay, they've
won twelve one twelve, not just one or twelve, they've

(23:50):
won twelve of the last thirteen meetings dating back to
nineteen ninety six.

Speaker 1 (23:55):
Okay, that's before both of us.

Speaker 2 (23:57):
The last time not Even got to win Old Trafford
was Noteen ninety.

Speaker 1 (24:00):
Four, so they have to in there. They have to take.

Speaker 2 (24:05):
Basically thirty years, yeah, thirty years math although it was
like fourteen meetings no, yeah, because I was.

Speaker 1 (24:14):
Going to say, uh, they went to the Primera, but
they were still fourteen meetings.

Speaker 2 (24:18):
But they played each other a lot in the English
First Division yep, which was the last time they won
against four.

Speaker 1 (24:25):
So they're not going to win it all the time, surely,
But you Notts.

Speaker 2 (24:29):
Have also lost three the last four with that, that
only win coming against eighteenth place Ipswich who have won
win the season. I'm so annoyed that IF Switch. I
know a guy that actually goes to the guy I know.

Speaker 1 (24:40):
I just know a guy. Yeah, I know a guy.
They goes to all the if Switch games. And I
saw his story tune. Yeah yeah, yeah, me and Edelie this.
I helped him write his songs. No Spotify Yeah Spotify Yeah,
shout out to on Spotify. No, he goes to all
the Switch games and I story posted a stories like
three points of Mark and then they last like the

(25:01):
last two games. He always said three points is a mask.
This is crap, and like all your Switch fans are
fed up because they played some really good football at
times and then they're still struggled.

Speaker 2 (25:10):
For in the back of the third last year they
were Pourigan's palace though, yeah in the midweek game, so
we didn't mention that result, but they were poor.

Speaker 1 (25:16):
Yeah, all right, that's the back of a bets thanks
to Betfair. We love all of that and hopefully we
get some winners in there.

Speaker 2 (25:21):
I reckon we've got some good If Tottenham lose this
weekend and Tottenham you're rolling in plenty of money beautiflenty money.

Speaker 1 (25:30):
All right, let's finish off with the EPL Match Week
fourteen and Match Week fifteen quick tips. So the first
two games that Tony games and Tips four, we're just
going to quickly go through them. Fulham Verse Brighton. This
is gonna be really fun game at Craven Cuditing. So
who are you going for?

Speaker 2 (25:44):
I like this, I really like this game. But draw
typical Marcus fashion. Oh you know what, I'm going to
save your save you some time. We're going to draw
for both the games tomorrow morning.

Speaker 1 (25:51):
Oh, I'll save me some time. All right, then we go.
I don't mind that. So we got BM. I'll go
actually for Fulham verse Brighton. I'm going to go Brighton.
I really oh yeah, I'm gonna go stuff two to
one two one brun Bournemouth first time and being draw
raw raw. I'm going to back Bournemouth at home. They've
been really good one through the last four. Back in Bournemouth.
So that's the match Week fourteen. We'll go to Match

(26:12):
Week fifteen. There's some really fun games this weekend.

Speaker 2 (26:14):
We're starting off at the Merseyside derby Everton Liverpool. Perfect
time for US Australian viewers eleven thirty on a Saturday
Game of the week.

Speaker 1 (26:22):
Brian love it.

Speaker 2 (26:22):
Yeah, I am going to go Liverpool.

Speaker 1 (26:25):
That's early for you usually watching it like very well,
am yeah, yeah, you gotta go Liverpool in this one.
Surely it would be a funny actually for Chelsea fans.
It would be great for a like a cheeky drawer,
chicky everything Liverpool draw no way living might happen, good
as some parts not to have it. Next one Brentford
at first Newcastle. This would be a fun game.

Speaker 2 (26:46):
This is a really fun game that stuff. Brentford are
really good at home. Tempted to go them, but yeah,
go oh.

Speaker 1 (26:54):
You want to go to draw the draw results, you
can do it. You want my results, fair enough, I'm
going to go Newcastle. I've been saying, oh they're going
to click eventually. They look so good against them if
they play anything like that. But that was the same thing.
They were a little.

Speaker 2 (27:08):
Bit passion merchants Newcastle James games under the fire, true true, yeah,
and then they don't when it's not so.

Speaker 1 (27:17):
Okay, well this is not but I'm still got Newcastle,
Aston Villa, the Southampton next one Villa.

Speaker 2 (27:23):
I haven't been a great form, but they should get reckon.
I'll win this three No Crystal Palace versus Man City.
I think it was a couple of seasons ago.

Speaker 1 (27:30):
Palace won this.

Speaker 2 (27:30):
Pallas they caused an upset.

Speaker 1 (27:32):
But City, I know they've been in crap form, but
they're back on the winners list this morning to.

Speaker 2 (27:38):
Go City're still going to go. City goals looked better
against yep.

Speaker 1 (27:43):
Man United verse knots. Honestly, Man United weren't that bad
this morning. They The only way they continded was from
the defenders. They actually held up pretty well defensively against Arsenal.

Speaker 2 (27:52):
So they weren't great. They only had like three shots
for the game. I think, But man, you I think
again here not decline.

Speaker 1 (28:00):
Yeah, I love Nots. What's going on there. I don't
like their coach. You don't know their fair. Fulham versus
Arsenal is the next one.

Speaker 2 (28:07):
Yeah, that's another big game again Again Fulham again have
taken points away from Arsenal. I have, uh, but again
it's hard to go against Arsenal.

Speaker 1 (28:17):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (28:17):
Man, they're they're so good defensively as well, and they
get just having goals from defenders is such a luxury,
so good because.

Speaker 1 (28:24):
Yeah, that doesn't happen very often.

Speaker 2 (28:25):
Gabrielle is not there who always scores. That's fine, Saliba
and timber.

Speaker 1 (28:29):
Yep, true stuff. I'm going to go a draw just
because I don't like Arsenal and I genuinely think at
Craven Cottage it's they're gonna be fired up. It's a
big game. Yeah, maybe the passion brings it out and
them they're going to get a draw and then we'll
have there. We go. Last couple of games. If let's
the City versus Brighton, Brighton easy win, you switch down
versus Bournemouth, is it a weirdly tricky one because we

(28:51):
keep but they're still eighteenth, which I'm going Bournemouth.

Speaker 2 (28:54):
I'm gonna go draw five draws.

Speaker 1 (28:57):
Yeah, Tony verse Chelsea, we've both got on Chelsea Chelse.
Are you excited? Am?

Speaker 2 (29:02):
I'm really excited. I'll just what time that's like?

Speaker 1 (29:05):
Am for us? So good? I know there's so much
premiut what time that is?

Speaker 2 (29:07):
Three thirty am on a Monday morning for prime time?
For that and then last week we're coming into the
studio on Monday too.

Speaker 1 (29:15):
You're gonna be right, mate, I have to We could
actually don't watch it. Get to the studio early and
watch it in you three thirty in the morning. In here, No,
I don't watch it at three thirty. Don't know. You
can't go in here, You can't go on.

Speaker 2 (29:31):
I cannot go not go on my phone for an
hour train ride.

Speaker 1 (29:34):
That's all right, Watch a bit of Netflix anyway. Last
one I was alwaking coming here in Netflix and chill
at three thirty. That's not bad. Joe's always have that.
Last one, west Ham best Wolves.

Speaker 2 (29:45):
That what a game came away game of the way,
two of the most exciting teams in the company. I
haven't tipped a draw yet for some stupid reasons.

Speaker 1 (29:51):
I'm going draw. I'm going Wolves.

Speaker 2 (29:53):
Oh why not?

Speaker 1 (29:54):
Why not?

Speaker 2 (29:55):
Even though they just lost they got bad before. I
think they're better than what they said. Yes, I think
Gary O'Neil could be out the door as well. Perhaps
after that result. Actually there are rumors and after reforming
defeating its Everton, you can be a bit rough.

Speaker 1 (30:08):
And we have to touch on that with Betfair in
the future because there is a manager's like next Manage,
so we can have a look at that. Anyway. That's
Magic four and fifteen covered what a week of football.
Premier League is just every day, isn't it? For the
pretty much pretty much. So that's the final whistle for
the Football Today podcast, brought to you by Betfair checkouts
all the fun videos that we're going to be doing

(30:29):
across the socials. That's with Matilda's Premier League Soccer's a
bit of everything, so yeah, sending any questions in the comments.
That's it. Thank you very much to Joel behind the camera.
Thank you Marcus, thank you STATSC got hopefully your Blues
get a big win.

Speaker 2 (30:40):
That's the plan.

Speaker 1 (30:41):
Yep, thank you very much to Yeah Olivia on the
socials as well. And that's another episode of Football Today Done.
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