We’re past the halfway stage of the season now, but Premier League week 20 over the weekend of 3-4 January is the first full set of fixtures where all 20 clubs play in 2026. Just four matches take place on Saturday with Aston Villa licking their wounds after a trouncing at Arsenal. Both sides play in televised games again.
Elsewhere, the meeting of Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Ham United sees two of the bottom three battle in the West Midlands. Super Sunday has a huge amount of choice for football fans with the remaining six matches from this set. First of all, Leeds United and Manchester United collide at Elland Road in the lunchtime kick-off.
Liverpool, Newcastle and Tottenham all then play their games at 3pm, with the teatime clash between Manchester City and managerless Chelsea completing the action. As ever, our experts have Premier League betting tips across every single match of the weekend. Read on to see their best bets from another absorbing set of fixtures.
Premier League Week 20 Saturday Games
Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest
A superb run of form for Aston Villa came to a dramatic end before New Year when Arsenal thumped them 4-1. Unai Emery will expect a reaction from his players back on home turf on Saturday lunchtime, then, and Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest look set to be on the receiving end.
The Villans have one of the best home records in the Premier League, so their visitors look up against it after three consecutive defeats. Everton completed the double over Forest in December with an aggregate 5-0 scoreline. That doesn’t bode well for taking on Villa in front of the Holte End.
Emery’s men are 5/6 with some firms to bounce back from that chastening loss at the Emirates. To enhance that price a little more, the suggestion here is combining it in a Bet Builder with Villa to score last, which they’ve managed in seven of their last eight matches. Forest conceded last in three of their four most recent Premier League games, so plenty points that way.
Tip: Aston Villa to Win – 5/6 (& Score Last – 8/13)
Brighton v Burnley
Two sides really struggling for form meet the Amex Stadium. Brighton & Hove Albion have only lost once at home in the league, however, and having twice pegged West Ham back in midweek, should be able to beat Burnley. The Seagulls are long odds-on to hand the Clarets a 14th defeat of the campaign in this division.
It’s a matter of how to enhance the home team’s obvious claims of victory on the South Coast. Burnley have a habit of scoring on their travels, having managed goals in every away game since the opening weekend. Backing a Brighton win and both teams to score could be the answer at 9/4 on Premier League week 20, but there’s a safer bet out there.
Five of both sides’ last eight matches have contained three or more goals, so that might be the wisest way of approaching this. Combining an Albion victory with Over 2.5 Total Goals at 5/4 looks worth a wager. Another alternative is BTTS and Over 2.5 Goals offered at slightly better odds of 11/8.
Tips: Brighton to Win & Over 2.5 Total Goals – 5/4, BTTS & Over 2,5 Total Goals – 11/8
Wolves v West Ham
It’s the mother of all relegation six-pointers as winless Wolves entertain West Ham United at Molineux. Both sides ended 2025 with score draws, and something similar could be on the cards here. The Hammers didn’t win a game in December, but drew three of them, so avoiding defeat at the Premier League’s basement club is the bare minimum expectation.
Neither club has had much joy this term with both sides beginning the New Year in the bottom three. While West Ham are just about keeping in touch with safety, Nuno Espirito Santo must get something from one of his old teams. Rob Edwards rallied Wanderers to a point at Old Trafford last time, however, so the hosts have some straws to clutch at.
It may be that both sides endure relegation at the end of the season. The Hammers haven’t won a game since 8 November, though, so you can see why backing the draw on the best football betting sites appeals here at 12/5. That price can be even further enhanced to 7/2 if combining it with Both Teams to Score, which happened four times to these clubs in December.
Tip: Draw – 12/5 (& BTTS – 7/2)
Bournemouth v Arsenal
Despite having to remodel pretty much their entire back four over the summer, Bournemouth have only conceded six Premier League goals at home during the first half of the season. They haven’t won a match anywhere since 26 October, however, and now face the daunting prospect of tangling with division leaders Arsenal.
The Gunners have a formidable away record and avenged just a second Premier League defeat of the campaign at Villa Park last month by routing the same opposition 4-1 in their final fixture of 2025. Mikel Arteta’s team have the bit between their teeth and now face the out of form Cherries on a 10-match winless run.
This only looks like going one way. Arsenal are long odds-on to beat Bournemouth, who are now resigned to losing star forward Antoine Semenyo. He’s been involved in a dozen of their Premier League goals (scoring nine, assisting three), which is more than 40% of the Cherries’ total so far. A Gunners win to nil, something achieved in three of their last six away matches in the division, is worth chancing at 7/4.
Tip: Arsenal to Win to Nil – 7/4
Premier League Week 20 Super Sunday Games
Leeds v Man Utd
All but six of Leeds United’s Premier League points have been gathered at Elland Road. They come into a trans-Pennine derby with Roses rivals Manchester United unbeaten in six since the end of November. Red Devils boss Ruben Amorim changed formation, but could only manage an Old Trafford draw against Wolves in midweek.
Leeds posted by far the better result when holding Liverpool to an away goalless draw. United’s mixed away record of three wins, as many draws and defeats, while almost conceding two goals per game on average, means who knows what shape they’ll turn up in West Yorkshire in. Amorim is still without key players down the flanks at AFCON.
Given the Whites have beaten Crystal Palace and Chelsea in two of their last three home games, there’s every chance they can nick another famous win over the Red Devils. A Leeds victory with the best online bookmakers is as big as 9/5. That is very tempting indeed with the visitors struggling to find any consistent form.
Tip: Leeds to Win – 9/5
Everton v Brentford
Just a point and one place separated the Toffees from the Bees in the Premier League table at halfway through the season. Fresh from doing the aforementioned double over Forest, Everton managed a defeat, draw and win over the festive period. David Moyes’ boys are capable of backing up a win, but Brentford are unbeaten in their last four fixtures in the division.
Since leaving Goodison Park, it’s fair to say that the Toffees have a mixed home record at their new stadium. The opposition Everton face on Merseyside on Premier League week 20 have only picked up six points on their travels, losing seven times and conceding twice as many as they’ve scored. This could be a low-scoring affair.
Under 2.5 goals has come off in six of both sides’ last eight matches across all competitions. That’s a 4/6 chance here, but there might be a way to enhance that price by combining it with a draw. Both of last season’s meetings between Everton and Brentford finished level, so the 9/4 about it happening again looks worth chancing. Combining these outcomes has an even better price of 11/4.
Tip: Draw – 9/4 (& Under 2.5 Goals – 11/4)
Fulham v Liverpool
Defending champions Liverpool have won on their last two visits to the Capital at Spurs and West Ham, but may find a Fulham side in decent form tougher. The Craven Cottage club took points off Arne Slot’s side in both meetings last season. Fulham, who came back at fellow London team Crystal Palace on New Year’s Day have pulled well clear of the danger zone.
A Liverpool side that couldn’t break Leeds down at home aren’t much value at the wrong side of Evens. Their away record in the Premier League shows as many wins as defeats. Fulham posted five wins and a draw at the Cottage in the division during the first-half of the season. The Reds have scored first on each of their last three visits here, so odds of 4/6 say they will do so again.
The value bet here might be the opposite of that. Fulham netted the last goal in each of their last three games. Prior to the goalless draw with Leeds, Liverpool conceded last in three of the five prior games across all competitions. At almost 6/4 for Marco Silva’s side to have the final say on the scoresheet, that appeals as better value than going down the Fulham / Draw Double Chance (10/11) route again.
Tip: Fulham to Score Last – 29/20
Newcastle v Crystal Palace
After the New Year matches, just one point lies between Palace and their hosts on Tyneside. Oliver Glasner’s Eagles have been victims of a fixture list pile-up in the second-half of December that has really taken its toll on the relatively small squad at his disposal. Add in AFCON absences, and it’s no wonder their form has slipped. A trip to St James’s Park off the back of that is hardly ideal.
The Magpies have only suffered two Premier League defeats in front of the Gallowgate End in the first half of the season. Palace have lost their last two visits to Newcastle 5-0 and 4-0. Only Barcelona and Arsenal have beaten Eddie Howe’s side on home turf since September. The Eagles have only managed two or three shots on target in their last three Premier League games.
It could be a long afternoon for the visitors in front of the always vocal Toon Army. At 2/1 for a win to nil on the leading betting apps like each of the last two seasons in this fixture, the Magpies could take full advantage of the lengthy trip facing Palace here. Newcastle should be simply too strong for Glasner’s tired Eagles and definitely have their counterattacking style figured out.
Tip: Newcastle to Win to Nil – 2/1
Tottenham v Sunderland
Spurs have the worst home record outside the bottom three, but welcome a Black Cats team to North London that are the joint-lowest scorers in the division on the road. This may not be a classic, and Premier League week 20 has easier matches to call than this one. Tottenham have been finding goals hard to come by themselves in recent games too, managing to net just once or not at all in each of their last four.
Sunderland now seem to be having similar problems in attack. They haven’t scored more than once in any fixture since the end of November. AFCON has definitely played a part in that. Plenty points to goals being at a premium, them. There’s some 5/6 about the Total Goals at under 2.5 here. That looks a bit of value, given both team’s issues up front.
It was tempting to suggest backing a draw at around 11/4. Despite being so shot shy on their travels, the Black Cats could get something here and it’s Even-money for a Sunderland upset or share of the spoils in the Double Chance market. The low-scoring angle looks the best bet on offer here, especially given their respective records of Spurs not performing in front of their own fans and the Wearsiders’ woes on the road.
Tip: Under 2.5 Total Goals – 5/6
Man City v Chelsea
The departure of Enzo Maresca from Stamford Bridge on New Year’s Day leaves Chelsea leaderless for a tough trip to the Etihad. Following a rare goalless draw at Sunderland in midweek, this is a golden opportunity for Manchester City to get a win. At the time of writing, Strasbourg head coach Liam Rosenior is the leading candidate to become next Blues boss.
Any appointment is likely to come too late to influence the players ahead of this teatime kick-off, however. Chelsea have a decent away record but, going into the weekend, only Arsenal have picked up more home points than City. The Blues have conceded twice in their last three Premier League matches, so keeping Pep Guardiola’s side out is going to be tricky.
At the Etihad, Man City averaged almost three goals per game during the first-half of the season. A home win looked assured at 4/6, so it’s a question of how to enhance those odds a bit more. The suggestions are either backing City for victory and Over 2.5 goals in the match at 6/5, or combining success with Guardiola and Both Teams to Score at 15/8. Both have merit.
Tips: Man City to Win & Over 2.5 Total Goals – 6/5, & Man City to Win & BTTS – 15/8
