Football betting tips: Liverpool to beat Man City and move eight points clear, Kane to outscore West Brom with Son also netting in Tottenham win

The Premier League takes a break after this weekend with international football on the menu - and we're hoping for goals galore on the final matchday before the fortnight off.

Here are our top betting tips and predictions for three of the top-flight games taking place over the next 48 hours, including a monster clash on Sunday.

West Brom vs Tottenham - Sunday, 12pm (LIVE on talkSPORT)

This clash pits the Premier League’s worst defence this season against its most prolific attack.

Like Sheffield United, West Brom are winless this season, and they look destined to make an immediate return to the Championship.

The Baggies were dispatched with ease by fellow newly-promoted side Fulham on Monday night and have shipped 17 goals in their opening seven games.

They now come up against a Tottenham side that are the leading scorers in the Premier League and could go top with a win - albeit temporarily with Leicester and Liverpool playing later in the day.

Spurs have netted 18 times in their opening seven games, with Harry Kane and Son Heung-min forming a formidable pairing.

Gareth Bale may have arrived from Real Madrid in the summer but he's been unable to upstage the duo so far, with Kane and Son scoring 14 of their side’s goals between them.

Kane is the top-flight’s top creator this term too, and by some distance, having claimed eight assists.

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Both men will fancy their chances of finding the net against Slaven Bilic’s struggling side - it is 3/1 that they both score and Tottenham win.

Kane is averaging at least four shots a game and, at 11/8, Tottenham to win and Kane to have two shots on target looks decent value.

The England captain could well outscore shot-shy West Brom on his own - it/s 12/5 for that to happen - while you can get 16/5 for Son to do the same.

Match odds

• West Brom - 5/1
• Draw - 13/4
• Tottenham - 8/15

talkSPORT’s best bets

• Kane to score and Tottenham to win - 13/10
• Kane to outscore West Brom - 12/5
• Tottenham to win and Kane to have 2 or more shots on target - 11/8
• Kane to score anytime, Son to score anytime and Tottenham to win - 3/1

Manchester City vs Liverpool - Sunday, 4.30pm

What a cracker this is so early in the season as the title rivals clash at the Etihad Stadium - and there’s arguably more pressure on Pep Guardiola than Jurgen Klopp.

A City win would see them move within two points of Liverpool, with a game in hand. Lose and City will fall eight points behind the 2019/20 champions - and be left playing catch up once again.

With Sergio Aguero sidelined due to injury, City have been far less prolific than we are used to seeing under Guardiola this season, scoring nine times in their six top-flight games in 2020/21.

Liverpool have had no such issues in attack this season and have netted 17 times in seven games. While losing Virgil van Dijk was a bitter blow, they have won five games in all competitions on the spin in his absence and Joel Matip should return to strengthen their defence further this weekend.

Klopp must decide whether to start Diogo Jota - at the expense of Roberto Firmino - after his hat-trick in the Champions League in midweek.

Whoever Klopp picks alongside Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, Liverpool will pose plenty of problems for City and we are backing them to prove they are a class above and set down a marker that they remain the team to beat. It’s 12/5 for Liverpool to take all three points - we’re jumping on that.

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While Jota is in great form for the Reds, he may not even play so we’re steering clear of him in the goals market and backing Mo Salah to prove the difference for Liverpool.

Salah has seven goals already this term - almost as many as City's entire team - and is 6/4 to net anytime, while you can get 18/5 for the Egyptian to score and Liverpool to win.

Liverpool have scored two goals in each of their last four Premier League games but have conceded in each of them too.

City, meanwhile, have netted just one goal in each of their last four Premier League games but have looked more solid at the back. So we’re not expecting this to be a high-scoring encounter.

Both teams to score and under 3.5 goals is tempting at 12/5 and if, like us, you fancy Liverpool to emerge victorious then you can get under 3.5 goals and a Liverpool win at 17/4.

Match odds

• Manchester City - Evens
• Draw -  14/5
• Liverpool - 12/5

talkSPORT’s best bets

• Liverpool to win - 12/5
• Salah to score - 6/4
• Both teams to score and under 3.5 goals - 12/5

All odds taken from Ladbrokes and correct at time of publication. 

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