England’s top division has attracted a coach, who few would dispute is the world’s best; the attendant scrutiny will be unrelenting and, if Guardiola has made this move to experience this sport at its most intense, then Sunderland’s visit to the Etihad provides a decent litmus test. David Moyes makes his own bow with the Black Cats, who will hope for more of a bounce from their latest great escape than they experienced last season, when it took them 10 games to record a win. Sean Dyche has only added Johan Berg Gudmundsson to his squad’s outfield ranks so far; the Clarets may have won last season’s Championship but fell short in their previous top-flight campaign through not adding quality and seem similarly beset this time around.
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West Brom finished 14th in the 2015/16 Premier League, following a relegation scare. But if that’s not enough to get your football-enjoyment juices going, let’s focus on the one thing guaranteed to make you feel excited about incoming new football: Every new Premier League kit put into subjective, but also entirely correct, order of merit.
Leicester City begin their Premier League title defence at Hull City on Saturday knowing they will have their work cut out to upstage the big clubs again following a summer of big spending. The Champions League, the European Championships, the European League worldwide friendlies and now the Olympics. “Now they have to win because they are used to winning and have spent a lot of money”.
Leicester were beaten 2-1 by Manchester United in the Community Shield last Sunday but have largely kept their title-winning squad intact, with N’Golo Kante’s departure to Chelsea the only significant loss to a group bolstered by the signings of Ahmed Musa, Nampalys Mendy, Ron-Robert Zieler, Luis Hernandez and Bartosz Kapustka. I’m very curious about this season.
But it’s not all bad news for new managers – at the other end of the betting spectrum Manchester United’s Jose Mourinho and Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola are the least likely for an early exit according to bookmakers, with odds ranging from 50-100/1.
West Ham United, now installed in the London Stadium, and nouveau-riche Everton will be quietly optimistic of their top-six prospects.
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So as you can see, a pre-season outright Premier League victor bet can make a huge amount of cash if a lower-ranked team can pull off an upset win. Punters will have some incredible chances to win throughout the year with bet365 pre-match and live in play betting markets and it all begins this Saturday.
