Liverpool's defensive issues continue to grow with Fabinho, Virgil van Dijk's replacement following his long-term injury, likely out of this contest after picking up a problem of his own. Considering West Ham's decent results from a very tough run of fixtures, the Hammers will be some confident of getting something here.
We await to see how Jurgen Klopp will approach this game when it comes to that defensive line but West Ham will hope to be at least competitive if they can't secure victory. Only one of Liverpool's last six games in all competitions have seen a win that was greater than a one-goal margin.
In our Punting Pointers, we have highlighted how high the foul count is for West Ham's Tomas Soucek. He's a great player to back in a lot of the stats markets; high shots for his position while he has had at least one tackle in every Premier League appearance.
The fouls number remains consistently high. In six league appearances this season, Soucek has seen at least two fouls in each; there has been at least three in four of those contests. Rather surprisingly, he has only been booked once.
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The second game on Saturday reflects the first; the away side heavily fancied as they go to a team struggling at the bottom end of the table. Chelsea's 1/2 price for victory should come in despite their mixed form in the league in recent weeks.
Frank Lampard's side aren't losing, they only have one loss in that column, but they are being held back by a number of draws in games they should have won; 3-3 draws against West Brom and Southampton were followed by a dull 0-0 at Manchester United. This game has to end in a win for them.
Much like the City game that comes before it, the outright market being so heavily favoured to one team drags down the prices elsewhere but there is value in backing an unlikely source for a card - that being Chelsea forward Timo Werner.
The Germany international is yet to be shown a card having made nine appearances for the club across all competitions but he is a forward who has seen bookings in recent seasons; there were five for Leipzig in the 2019/20 campaign.
He has committed at least one foul in four of his six Premier League appearances so far but what is interesting is how many forward players are booked when they come up against this Burnley defence. Their last three opponents who were shown at least one card all saw one attacking-based player booked (West Brom's Matt Phillips; Newcastle's Joelinton; Manchester City's Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva).
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Sheffield United's start to the season has been one to forget but they can draw some inspiration from that performance at Anfield. They held the lead and a solid first-half performance ultimately counted for little. They need points though and they need them soon; Manchester City are not the team to face when you're in that situation.
City's form has been odd but their performances in the Champions League offer hope that it may not be a poor season after all. They are and victory in Saturday's early game will move them to within two points of top spot, at least for a short while.
Sergio Aguero is the headline absentee for the visitors but Sheffield United are suffering injury problems of their own and we have to factor this in when looking at their start to the campaign. The fact is they have one point and that should remain the same at the full-time whistle.
There's always little appeal when it comes to Manchester City games, although that will be different when they face Liverpool next week, and the better value comes in looking at bets focusing on Sheffield United. In this contest, Ethan Ampadu's price on tackles catches the eye.
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Odds correct at 1500 GMT (29/10/20)
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