BETMGM GOLDEN GOALS MD29: ANOTHER MAN CITY SLIP-UP ON CARDS
Arsenal host Chelsea on BetMGM Golden Goals Matchday 29 having fallen 15 points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool.
While the trophy looks like it’s all but destined for the Anfield trophy room there is still much to play for in the quest for European qualification and to avoid relegation.
As well as the London Derby at the Emirates this week’s Golden Goals card features David Moyes welcoming former club West Ham to Goodison Park and Brighton’s trip to face Manchester City while Brentford venture south to the Vitality to take on Bournemouth.
Elsewhere, Wolves will look to put further distance between themselves and the bottom three away to basement boys Southampton and this week’s Golden Goals fixtures conclude with Ruud van Nistelrooy hoping to get Leicester going against his former side Manchester United.
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Everton 1-0 West Ham
David Moyes faces his old side West Ham United at Goodison Park, looking to continue his impressive run since his return to Everton.
The Toffees are unbeaten in eight Premier League games – their longest such run since 2012 – though are without a home win since 1st February.
West Ham had enjoyed a mini-revival of their own under new boss Graham Potter but Monday’s disappointing defeat to Newcastle leaves them in 16th.
For a side which has conceded 48 goals in 28 games – outside of the bottom three only Wolves have shipped more – all four of the Hammers’ wins on the road this season have been to-nil.
Notably, they have picked up just one point fewer away from home than at the London Stadium, as well as conceding eight fewer goals in that span too.
Everton may have only lost once since Moyes’ return – and that was in his first game – but they have also conceded in each of their last five.
They could well get a much-needed clean sheet here; recent meetings between these two have hardly been goalfests with only two of their last 12 Premier League matches containing over 2.5 goals.
Only the bottom three have scored fewer goals than West Ham’s 32 and Everton’s 31 while the Toffees are 17th for corners won with West Ham (121) faring only slightly better meaning a home win, under 2.5 goals and under 10.5 corners at 11/2 might just make sense even if it won’t excite the neutral.
Moyes will get the win against his former club – but only just.
Manchester City 2-2 Brighton
Saturday’s defeat to Nottingham Forest was the ninth of the season for the Citizens, the joint-most of any season under Guardiola.
A 10th defeat would be the most losses in a campaign by defending champions since Chelsea lost that amount in the 2017-18 season. It’s been a truly torrid campaign.
However, if ever there was a fixture City would want next, Brighton at home might just be it. They have won their last 10 games against the Seagulls at home and have never lost to them in the top flight.
Despite that healthy record this is a dangerous one for the defending champions with Brighton on the longest winning streak of any team in the division, having won their last four in a row.
The hosts are conceding lots of goals – they’re on course for their worst defensive campaign in more than a decade – and Brighton have scored two or more goals in each of their previous six games in all competitions.
In-form Seagulls striker Joao Pedro has scored in each of his last three games. If he gets a goal here he will become only the second Brazilian behind Richarlison, who has managed the feat three times, to score in four in a row in the Premier League.
This one has score draw written all over it but over and above that 24/5 for Joao Pedro to score anytime and Brighton to score 2+ goals is definitely one to ponder.
Southampton 1-2 Wolves
Southampton were 45 minutes away from producing a miracle at Anfield last weekend.
However, as has been the case numerous times this season, Ivan Juric’s defence couldn’t withstand the Merseyside onslaught.
Mohamed Salah and company put three past Aaron Ramsdale, the fourth successive game in which the former Arsenal man has shipped three or more goals.
Last weekend’s result means 68 goals conceded across 28 matches for Southampton and their pitiful points total remains at nine. For context Derby County, who recorded the worst Premier League points total in history with 11, had already racked up 10 points by this stage in the 2007/08 season.
Fortunately for Southampton’s easily breachable backline, Wolves will be without main man Matheus Cunha. The Brazilian is serving the second match of his suspension so he, and his 13 league goals, will have to watch on from the stands.
Marshall Munetsi, a winter addition from Stade Reims, has been impactful in the final third for the Old Gold.
He has two goal contributions in his four league matches since signing in January – including his first goal of the season against Everton – and as a result 17/4 for Munetsi to score or assist anytime and a Wolves victory may well hold appeal.
To put it bluntly: Southampton are sleepwalking into the Championship. Their abysmal home record won’t get any better here.
Bournemouth 2-2 Brentford
Are Bournemouth running out of steam?
The Cherries went on a remarkable 11-game unbeaten run in the league between November and January but have now only won one of their last five league matches and only the bottom three have picked up fewer points than Andoni Iraola’s side since February.
Their poor run of form has coincided with the absence of Illia Zabarnyi. Bournemouth have failed to win any game in 90 minutes since the Ukrainian’s dismissal against Wolves – but he should be back in the starting XI this weekend alongside his defensive partner Dean Huijsen.
At the other end of the pitch, record signing Evanilson has netted two goals in two starts since returning from a seven-match absence due to a broken foot while Justin Kluivert continues to be at his unrelenting best with 10 goal contributions across the last eight league matches.
Both players were on the scoresheet in the reverse fixture and you can add them both to score or assist anytime and both teams to score in the match at 23/4 with BetMGM.
It would, of course, be remiss of us not to mention the litany of attacking options that Brentford have at their disposal too.
Bryan Mbeumo? 15 league goals to his name. Yoane Wissa? Just two goal involvements away from becoming the second Brentford player to clock 50 Premier League goal contributions, a milestone he may reach against Bournemouth with four goals in his last two appearances against them.
While Mbeumo and Wissa rightfully get the headlines, Mikkel Damsgaard has become an unsung hero for this Brentford side; he has 10 assists in the league this term, second-most in the division and the most by a Brentford player in a single Premier League campaign.
All three provide good value to score or assist anytime on Saturday at 33/20, 9/5 and 14/5 respectively in what should be a goal-happy game at the Vitality.
Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea
It’s safe to say Arsenal are closer to a top-four race than a title one at the moment.
With only six points separating the Gunners and Chelsea going into this weekend the cruel reality is clear for Mikel Arteta and co. despite the fact they advanced to another Champions League quarter-final this week.
European campaign aside, Arsenal have struggled in the scoring department in recent weeks and are winless in their last three Premier League games with the 1-0 defeat to West Ham inflicting the most damage.
That said, they have never lost back-to-back London Derbies in the Emirates era nor have they tasted defeat in any of their last six league games against Chelsea.
The Blues may have won their last two top-flight games – against Southampton (4-0) and Leicester (1-0) – but they’ve also lost each of their last three away fixtures in the league which is as many as the previous 19 beforehand. And lest we forget the exact same fixture last season, which ended 5-0 to the Gunners with Kai Havertz bagging a brace against his former club.
Like Arsenal, Enzo Maresca’s men have left a lot to be desired in the striking department this season; goals have had to come from all parts of the pitch, including left-back given Marc Cucurella has scored in his last two Premier League appearances.
Despite their recent domestic performances, we expect Arsenal to come out victorious in this one. It’s a London Derby against a big six club, and they simply have to do better than last week if they have any hope of finishing the season strong.
Leicester 0-3 Manchester United
After losing 12 of their last 13 league matches, Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester are six points from safety in 19th place.
Van Nistelrooy actually managed his opponents this weekend, Manchester United, to a 3-0 win over Leicester earlier this season so he will be hoping he can flip the result this time round.
Ruben Amorim’s men lie 14th in the table though Sunday’s draw with Arsenal did at least make it three games unbeaten, despite criticism of their performance.
Still, they remain some eight points behind 10th-placed Fulham. United have never finished in the bottom half of a Premier League table but need to pick up points quickly to avoid that statement becoming a false one come May.
And in the week they announced plans for a new 100,000-seater stadium, they have arguably the perfect opponent.
Leicester have the league’s lowest xG (1.04) per 90 minutes in the Premier League and have scored just 25 goals from 28 games. Their top scorer is defensive midfielder Wilfred Ndidi with four and as a team they have found the net just three times in 2025.
Their struggles in attack don’t stop there, with 5.64 chances created per 90, only bottom-of-the-table Southampton are less creative. The Championship surely beckons.
Curiously, United have already won this fixture three times this season by an aggregate 10-3 – they met in both domestic cups as well as the return match in the league.
They will have no issues making it four from four and, given captain Bruno Fernandes has scored three already against them, 6/1 for him to score in an away win to-nil is eminently plausible.
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