Saturday's Premier League shots, assist, cards, goalscorer predictions

When to bet

Fulham vs Aston Villa
Saturday 3pm

Manchester United vs Brentford
Saturday 3pm

Bournemouth vs Arsenal
Sky Sports Main Event & Sky Sports Premier League, Saturday 5.30pm

Best bets

Youri Tielemans to score or assist
1pt 7-2 Paddy Power, Betfair

Lucas Digne to register an assist
1pt 7-1 bet365

Christian Eriksen to be shown a card
1pt 15-2 bet365, Boyles

Antoine Semenyo to have three or more shots
2pts 5-4 bet365

Premier League player props preview

Fulham vs Aston Villa

Despite their strong start to the season, one of Fulham's weaknesses this term has been defending set pieces.

Only Leicester and Southampton have conceded more shots from set plays than the Cottagers and three of the seven goals they have allowed have come from corners.

That spells trouble against Aston Villa, who excel at such situations. No team has scored more set-piece goals than Villa this season and it may be worth keeping their dead-ball specialists onside in what looks like a favourable matchup.

Youri Tielemans and Lucas Digne tend to split the set-piece duties and the Belgian has had a strong season, with a goal and three assists for Unai Emery's side in all competitions.

Digne has chipped in with a pair of league assists and racked up another for France during the international break.

Take Tielemans in the goal or assist market but given the fact that Digne has taken just one shot all season, it may make sense to stick with the left-back just to be a provider.

Manchester United vs Brentford

One of the key issues for Erik Ten Hag's Manchester United team is how much space they leave in their midfield.

With Kobbie Mainoo injured for the foreseeable future and Manuel Ugarte a doubt, Christian Eriksen and Casemiro could feature in the middle of the park for the Red Devils against Brentford.

Their lack of mobility could be a real issue against a team like Brentford, who are so slick on the break.

Casemiro is as short as 7-4 to be shown a card but the value looks to be in his potential midfield partner Eriksen, who is a whopping 15-2 to be carded.

The Dane has been booked twice in three league starts this season and looks overpriced to suffer the same fate, especially given the fact that referee Sam Barrott has dished out the second-most cautions of any referee in the Premier League this season, with 32 in five games.

Bournemouth vs Arsenal

Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo has been one of the standout performers in the early part of this Premier League season and he ranks second behind Erling Haaland for shots taken with 31.

The Ghanaian has registered at least three shots in all seven league games and could extend that run to eight against Arsenal.

While playing two games with ten men has skewed the data somewhat, it is still notable that only four teams have conceded more shots than Arsenal this season.

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