The English Premier League kicks off on Saturday morning with one TAB punter set to be particularly interested in the result.
Arsenal take on new boys Brentford with the punter in question hoping for a ‘Leicester-type’ fairytale from the newly-promoted outfit after backing them to go all-the-way and win the English Premier League this season.
Their $100 investment could yield them a $100,100 payday!
While there are various other $5 and $10 bets on Brentford to claim the title, the majority of money is firmly in the corner of defending champions Manchester City who are hot $1.72 favourites.
City hold well over half the total investment in the Winner market and are more than four times as popular as the next best backed teams in Liverpool ($6) and Manchester United ($9). In fact, TAB is already carrying a six-figure liability in multis that involve Pep Guardiola’s outfit.
In other news heading into the opening matchday:
- Harry Kane is a popular $4 favourite to claim a fourth Golden Boot
- Brentford are $2.05 to be the top performing promoted club in 2021/22
- Norwich are $1.85 favourites to head back down to The Championship
- Manchester City are heading the market to be in front at Christmas
- Brentford were installed $1,001 to win it all and have been specked into $751
BETS OF NOTE – opening matchday
- Man United or Draw (Double Chance)
$4,000 @ $1.14 on Man Utd or Draw (v Leeds)
- Arsenal Over 2.5 Goals (Team Goals O/U 2.5)
$3,000 @ $3.80 v Brentford
BETS OF NOTE – season
- Manchester United $2,200 @ $10 (to win the EPL)
- Liverpool $1,667 @ $6 (to win the EPL)
QUIRKY BETS – season
- $100 @ $1,001 (to win $100,100) on Brentford to win the Premier League
- $35 @ $1,001 (to win $35,035) on Liverpool to be relegated
- $2 @ $501 on Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) to be Top Goalscorer
- $80 @ $51 on Ivan Toney (Brentford) to be Top Goalscorer
EPL WINNER – TAB Odds
$1.72 Manchester City
$5.50 Chelsea
$6 Liverpool
$9 Manchester United
$41 Leicester
$51 Tottenham
$67 Arsenal
$101 Everton
$126 Leeds
$151 Aston Villa, West Ham
$501 Wolves
$751 Brentford (opened $1,001), Newcastle, Southampton
$1,001 Brighton, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Norwich, Watford
TOP GOALSCORER
$4 Harry Kane
$5 Mohammed Salah
$15 Raheem Sterling, Timo Werner
$17 Gabriel Jesus
$21 Diogo Jota, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Sadio Mane
$26 Bruno Fernandes, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Edinson Cavani, Jamie Vardy, Patrick Bamford
$34 Danny Ings, Ollie Watkins, Son-Heung Min
$41+ Others
TOP PROMOTED CLUB
$2.05 Brentford
$2.75 Watford
$3.60 Norwich
TO BE RELEGATED
$1.85 Norwich
$2 Brentford, Watford
$2.75 Crystal Palace
$3.50 Burnley, Newcastle
$5 Southampton
$6 Brighton, Wolves
$6.50 Aston Villa
$10 West Ham, Leeds
$23 Everton
$67 Arsenal, Leicester
$151 Tottenham
$1,001 Others
**Bet of note: $35 @ $1,001 to win $35,035 on Liverpool to be relegated
TOP AT CHRISTMAS
$1.90 Manchester City
$4.25 Liverpool
$4.50 Chelsea
$6 Manchester United
$29 Tottenham
$34 Arsenal, Leicester
$67+ Others