{"id":361,"date":"2026-02-28T18:06:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/?p=361"},"modified":"2026-02-28T18:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:06:56","slug":"premier-league-predictions-and-best-bets-leeds-to-do-arsenal-a-favour-by-drawing-with-manchester-city-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/?p=361","title":{"rendered":"Premier League predictions and best bets: Leeds to do Arsenal a favour by drawing with Manchester City | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Our football betting expert Jones Knows provides his insight across the weekend Premier League card.<\/p>\n<h2>Leeds vs Manchester City, Saturday 5.30pm, live on Sky Sports &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/super6.skysports.com\/\">PLAY SUPER 6!<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/768x432\/skysports-leeds-united-man-city_7173575.jpg?20260224101708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/384x216\/skysports-leeds-united-man-city_7173575.jpg?20260224101708 380w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/768x432\/skysports-leeds-united-man-city_7173575.jpg?20260224101708 760w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/1600x900\/skysports-leeds-united-man-city_7173575.jpg?20260224101708 1024w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/2048x1152\/skysports-leeds-united-man-city_7173575.jpg?20260224101708 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"Leeds vs Man City\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/>\n    <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Everyone automatically looks at Erling Haaland for goals. But the smarter angle right now might be his creativity. There has been a dramatic uptick in creative output.<\/p>\n<p>He only created 10 chances from open play in his first 18 league games of the season in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s already created 10 in just nine league games in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>And in terms of recent output, he&#8217;s registered six assists in his last 17 games.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re seeing a more rounded Haaland that is being asked to join in more with build-up. He&#8217;s rolling balls across the six-yard box. He&#8217;s slipping runners in behind.<\/p>\n<p>With City expected to score twice by the market, Haaland&#8217;s assist price of 7\/2 with Sky Bet is of interest.<\/p>\n<h3>SCORE PREDICTION: 1-1<\/h3>\n<h2>Brighton vs Nottingham Forest, Sunday 2pm, live on Sky Sports<\/h2>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/768x432\/skysports-brighton-nottingham-forest_7173571.jpg?20260224101616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/384x216\/skysports-brighton-nottingham-forest_7173571.jpg?20260224101616 380w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/768x432\/skysports-brighton-nottingham-forest_7173571.jpg?20260224101616 760w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/1600x900\/skysports-brighton-nottingham-forest_7173571.jpg?20260224101616 1024w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/2048x1152\/skysports-brighton-nottingham-forest_7173571.jpg?20260224101616 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"Brighton vs Nottingham Forest\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/>\n    <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Elliot Anderson has been nudged further forward under new boss Vitor Pereira &#8211; and the player himself has admitted the message is clear: more end product, more presence in the final third and importantly for us more shots.<\/p>\n<p>Music to the ears of anyone who plays in the player-prop markets.<\/p>\n<p>If you factor in the super-sub concession, he&#8217;s fired off 17 shots across his last four appearances. For a player who, earlier in the season, was often stationed deeper and tasked with linking play rather than finishing it the algorithms that price the shots markets are lagging behind this positional tweak.<\/p>\n<p>At 11\/8 with Sky Bet for two or more shots, the line feels based on Anderson&#8217;s old role, not his new one.<\/p>\n<h3>SCORE PREDICTION: 1-2<\/h3>\n<h2>Fulham vs Tottenham, Sunday 2pm, live on Sky Sports &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/super6.skysports.com\/\">PLAY SUPER 6!<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/768x432\/skysports-fulham-spurs-tottenham-hotspur_7173574.jpg?20260224101644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/384x216\/skysports-fulham-spurs-tottenham-hotspur_7173574.jpg?20260224101644 380w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/768x432\/skysports-fulham-spurs-tottenham-hotspur_7173574.jpg?20260224101644 760w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/1600x900\/skysports-fulham-spurs-tottenham-hotspur_7173574.jpg?20260224101644 1024w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/2048x1152\/skysports-fulham-spurs-tottenham-hotspur_7173574.jpg?20260224101644 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"Fulham vs Spurs\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/>\n    <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The relegation alarm bells are sounding for Tottenham, who are now 5\/1 to be a Championship team next season.<\/p>\n<p>With 11 games to go, that&#8217;s real money being matched. We&#8217;re no longer discussing the unthinkable. We&#8217;re discussing the plausible.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re in enormous danger.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video sdc-article-widget callfn\" data-account-id=\"6057984924001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"b9905f3b-cf42-4e1f-9f8c-31d7a32f0c95\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/api.condatis.sky\\\/auth\\\/video\\\/token&quot;,&quot;tokenRequired&quot;:true,&quot;fetchMethod&quot;:&quot;url&quot;,&quot;fetchOptions&quot;:{&quot;encoded&quot;:true},&quot;headers&quot;:{&quot;X-SkyGDP-Proposition&quot;:&quot;sportweb&quot;,&quot;X-SkyGDP-Territory&quot;:&quot;GB&quot;,&quot;Authorization&quot;:&quot;OGY5ZDgxZjRhNzYwNGQ3MTljMjFhMDJlOGVmODRhYzA=&quot;}}\" data-caption=\"Sky Sports reporter Michael Bridge is at the Tottenham Hotspur training ground to recap the ins and outs of Igor Tudor's Premier League press conference\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-component-name-alias=\"ui-sitewide-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_b9905f3b-cf42-4e1f-9f8c-31d7a32f0c95\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"49\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-sport-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"DESF5xFjJ\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"\" data-sdc-id=\"7175795\" data-sdc-video-id=\"b9905f3b-cf42-4e1f-9f8c-31d7a32f0c95\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"videoplayer\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:b9905f3b-cf42-4e1f-9f8c-31d7a32f0c95\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"\" data-defer-source=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"\" data-autoload=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>              <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/768x432\/skysports-michael-bridge-igor_7175816.jpg?20260226155435\" alt=\"Spurs re-cap: Tudor says Tottenham Hotspur job is his biggest challenge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/768x432\/skysports-michael-bridge-igor_7175816.jpg?20260226155435 600w,https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/1600x900\/skysports-michael-bridge-igor_7175816.jpg?20260226155435\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster-img excluded-image\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-poster\"\/><br \/>\n              <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-loader\"\/><\/p>\n<p>              <\/span><\/p>\n<p>              <video id=\"id_b9905f3b-cf42-4e1f-9f8c-31d7a32f0c95\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-video\"\/>\n            <\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>              <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\" data-testid=\"sitewide-video-caption\">Sky Sports reporter Michael Bridge is at the Tottenham Hotspur training ground to recap the ins and outs of Igor Tudor&#8217;s Premier League press conference<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And what should worry everyone associated with the club most, isn&#8217;t just the results, it&#8217;s the identity crisis. They look caught between philosophies and styles. There&#8217;s an injury situation that&#8217;s bitten hard. And when the pressure has gone up, the response hasn&#8217;t been there so far.<\/p>\n<p>Fulham have won all five of their Premier League games against bottom-five sides this season. They&#8217;ve also won the last two Premier League meetings with Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>And this is the key point: Fulham know exactly who they are. Structured. Aggressive in the right moments. Calm in possession. Against a side operating like a bottom-three team, at home, that&#8217;s massive.<\/p>\n<p>Do Spurs have the stomach for this? The mentality? The scrap? Because right now, all the underlying indicators say no. Fulham at Evens with Sky Bet looks good to me.<\/p>\n<h3>SCORE PREDICTION: 3-1<\/h3>\n<h2>Manchester United vs Crystal Palace, Sunday 2pm, live on Sky Sports &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/super6.skysports.com\/\">PLAY SUPER 6!<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>This is one of those scheduling spots where Manchester United being out of Europe gives them a huge advantage. Oliver Glasner has developed a very clear pattern. When there&#8217;s a knockout game in Europe, everything goes into it. Emotionally, tactically, physically, the dial gets turned up. The issue? The league game that follows often pays the price.<\/p>\n<p>Across the last eight league fixtures immediately after a midweek knockout match, Glasner&#8217;s teams have lost six, drawn one and won just once. And even that victory &#8211; against Wolves last weekend &#8211; had more than a whiff of fortune about it. Fine margins went their way.<\/p>\n<p>Now they head to face Manchester United who have started to find some rhythm. There&#8217;s been more purpose in their attacking play. At 11\/8 with Sky Bet for Manchester United to win by two or more goals, you&#8217;re getting a price that doesn&#8217;t fully account for a predicted post-Europe wobble from Palace.<\/p>\n<h3>SCORE PREDICTION: 4-0<\/h3>\n<h2>Arsenal vs Chelsea, Sunday 4.30pm, live on Sky Sports &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/super6.skysports.com\/\">PLAY SUPER 6!<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/768x432\/skysports-arsenal-chelsea-premier-league_7173570.jpg?20260224101539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/384x216\/skysports-arsenal-chelsea-premier-league_7173570.jpg?20260224101539 380w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/768x432\/skysports-arsenal-chelsea-premier-league_7173570.jpg?20260224101539 760w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/1600x900\/skysports-arsenal-chelsea-premier-league_7173570.jpg?20260224101539 1024w, https:\/\/e0.365dm.com\/26\/02\/2048x1152\/skysports-arsenal-chelsea-premier-league_7173570.jpg?20260224101539 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"Arsenal vs Chelsea\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/>\n    <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This fixture for Arsenal is one of only two remaining in the Premier League against another current top six opponent. The other is the trip to Manchester City in April.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea tend to raise their game when faced with a big fixture but Arsenal&#8217;s defensive process is just too reliable to ignore when assessing the prices for this encounter. Arsenal&#8217;s underlying process remains the best in the league by a fair way with goals being conceded because of mistakes or low probability shots going in from distance.<\/p>\n<p>The last open-play Premier League goal they conceded inside the box that didn&#8217;t come from an individual error was Ollie Watkins&#8217; consolation for Aston Villa on December 30. That&#8217;s nine games ago.<\/p>\n<p>They haven&#8217;t allowed a properly constructed, carved-open, inside-the-box goal in that time. That is elite defensive control. The classic bet of Arsenal to win and under 3.5 goals at 11\/8 with Sky Bet, which has landed in seven of their last 11 home Premier League matches, has a fine chance of landing.<\/p>\n<h3>SCORE PREDICTION: 2-0<\/h3>\n<h3>Jones Knows&#8217; best bets:<\/h3>\n<h3>1pt on: Any goalkeeper to be fouled in Wolves vs Aston Villa (13\/10 with Sky Bet)<\/h3>\n<h3>1pt double on: West Ham &#038; Fulham both to win (12\/1 with Sky Bet)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-table\" data-component-name=\"ui-article-table\" data-testid=\"article-table\">\n<h2 class=\"sdc-article-table__heading\">Jones Knows&#8217; Profit &#038; Loss record 25\/26<\/h2>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-table__body\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<table>\n<caption\/>\n<thead>\n      <\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td\/>\n<td>Best Bet singles (1 unit)<\/td>\n<td>Best Bet multiples<\/td>\n<td>Total P+L<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday One<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday Two <\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday Three<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday Four<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday Five<\/td>\n<td>+2.75<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-2.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday Six<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-4.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday Seven<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-5.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday Eight<\/td>\n<td>-3<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-8.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday Nine<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-9.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 10<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-11.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 11<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-12.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 12<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-14.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 13<\/td>\n<td>-2<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-16.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 14<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-2<\/td>\n<td>-19.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 15<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-20.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 16<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-21.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 17<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-22.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 18<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-23.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 19<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-24.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 20<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-25.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 21<\/td>\n<td>-4<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-29.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 22 <\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-30.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 23<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-31.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 24<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-33.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 25<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-35.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 26<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-37.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Matchday 27<\/td>\n<td>-2<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>-40.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our football betting expert Jones Knows provides his insight across the weekend Premier League card. Leeds vs Manchester City, Saturday 5.30pm, live on Sky Sports &#8211; PLAY SUPER 6! 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