Sidemarket Special: City to bounce back with rout of Norwich

Betting Tips | Article posted on February 5th, 2025

Negredo can lead the charge as City look to bounce back with another Norwich rout.

In his weekly column Jaymes Monte picks out the best bets from the side markets of this weekend’s Premier League matches…
Liverpool v Arsenal – Arsenal to win to nil – Back Yes @ 8.07/1This bet stems largely from my belief that Arsenal are completely overpriced in the Match Odds market at 3.613/5. Therefore the knock-on effect is that the Gunners are over priced in many of the sidemarkets.
Perhaps there is a case for Liverpool to be made slight favourites given that they are on home turf, but we shouldn’t forget that Arsenal are the league leaders and are in a rich vein of form themselves – eight wins and two draws from their last 10. In my opinion there should be much greater parity in the betting.
Liverpool have yet to earn a single point this season from games against their fellow top-four inhabitants, with Arsenal comfortable 2-0 winners in the meeting at the Emirates.
No Premier League goalkeeper has kept more clean sheets (11) than Wojciech Szczesny this season and that 8.07/1 about the Gunners winning here without conceding looks solid value.
C Palace v West Brom – C Palace Clean Sheet? – Back Yes @ 3.02/1The difference that Tony Pulis has made since being introduced as manager of Crystal Palace cannot be understated. Seemingly down and out at the bottom of the Premier League table, the Eagles now look as though they may survive with a bit in hand. And that’s largely down to a new defensive rigidity.
Every one of Palace’s six wins under the former Stoke boss have come without conceding a goal. Including a 2-0 victory in the reverse fixture at the Hawthorns.
Furthermore, the Baggies look bereft of attacking quality and extremely short on confidence at present. Julian Speroni has kept five clean sheets in his last seven league games at Selhurst Park and odds of 3.02/1 on that tally improving is a bet worth siding with.
Norwich v Man City – Man City Total Goals – Back four or more @ 3.814/5I fear for Norwich this weekend, I really do. Not just because Manchester City have scored 24 goals in their last five games against the Canaries, but because that could be compounded even further by the Citizens looking for a reaction to Monday night’s loss to Chelsea.
Manuel Pellegrini and his players will know that they need to reassert themselves by showing that Monday’s performance was a one-off, that they are still the team that everyone should fear and that they deserve to be the title favourites. And the best, and quickest way of doing that would be with an emphatic win over Chris Hughton’s

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