Premier League Gameweek 4 Preview

The first international break of the season is in the books and attention turns to the return of the Premier League this weekend with a host of intriguing matches. Sunday’s Manchester derby at the Etihad will be top of the bill, while there are also a couple of huge London derbies as West Ham prepare to host Tottenham and Chelsea make the short trip to Brentford.

Before all that, Arsenal will be hoping to bounce back from their 1-0 defeat at Liverpool when they entertain Nottingham Forest, who play their first match under former Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou following the sacking of Nuno Espirito Santo.

Tip 1 – Everton to beat Aston Villa @ 6/4 with bet365, Betway, BoyleSports, Paddy Power, Spreadex

It has been a difficult start to the season for Aston Villa, who were probably happy to have the opportunity to regroup after failing to find the net in their opening three matches, but life may not get easier for Unai Emery’s side when they head to Everton on Saturday.

The Midlands outfit were stung 3-0 at home to Crystal Palace in their most recent outing and they come up against a team who look to have been rejuvenated after losing their opening match to a late penalty at Leeds. A victory in their first match at their new stadium over Brighton was followed by a 3-2 success at Wolves for David Moyes’ side, who have been inspired by Jack Grealish’s loan signing. The former Villa star has four assists to his name already this term and he can inspire his temporary employers to their third league success of the campaign.

Tip 2 – Antoine Semenyo to score vs Brighton @ 5/2 with SkyBet

No player in last season’s Premier League had more shots than Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo’s 125 and, although just 11 were goals, the Cherries midfielder has already made his mark this season. Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is the only player to have bettered his tally of 10 in the opening three games of the campaign and Semenyo was inspirational on the opening night of the season when he scored both of Bournemouth’s goals in their 4-2 defeat at Liverpool, when the champions were perhaps flattered by the scale of their victory.

The Ghanian has proved during his time at the Vitality that he is not shy about trying his luck and he represents some strong value in the anytime-goalscorer market in their south coast clash against Brighton.

Tip 3 – Riccardo Calafiori to score vs Nottingham Forest @ 11/1 with bet365

Arsenal have scored six goals this season, including five in their first home game against Leeds and, while their football has been as neat and tidy as usual, they have also proved to be a strong threat at set-pieces.

Italian defender Riccardo Calafiori has been in the thick of the action, scoring the winner with a close-range header when the Gunners took the points at Manchester United on opening weekend. He could pose a threat against a Nottingham Forest defence which was breached three times by West Ham in their last game.