Our selections for the upcoming Premier League campaign look at three markets and include a 3/1 tip for relegation.
The 2025/26 Premier League campaign is now nearly here and the excitement is building ahead of what should be another fascinating campaign.
Liverpool are the 7/4 title favourites as they look to defend their crown, closely followed by 9/4 Arsenal and 100/30 Manchester City.
Sunderland are the 30/100 favourites to be relegated, just ahead of 2/5 Burnley, while Championship champions Leeds United can be backed at 10/11 for a swift return to the second tier.
We take a look at some of the value bets ahead of the upcoming campaign.
Premier League outright tips
Chelsea to finish in the top four @ 4/6
Brighton to finish in the top half @ 10/11
West Ham to be relegated @ 11/2
Chelsea to finish in the top four @ 4/6
Chelsea finished fourth last season under Enzo Maresca and they seem to have stepped up a level over the summer.
The Blues won the FIFA Club World Cup after beating European champions Paris Saint-Germain in the final in New Jersey and they have continued to strengthen their squad.
Joao Pedro, Jamie Gittens, Jorrel Hato, Liam Delap, Estevao, Dario Essugo, Mamadou Sarr and Kendry Paez have all joined the club in recent weeks and they have transformed their attack as a result.
Delap and Pedro could form a deadly partnership in the final third, while Chelsea now have some real strength in depth in key areas.
While Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City are all expected to fight it out for the title, Chelsea look the clear favourites to challenge that trio.
Newcastle United, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest all finished within four points of Chelsea last season, but all three teams are expected to regress, while Chelsea have enough quality across the park to handle their congested fixture list.
Brighton to finish in the top half @ 10/11
Brighton may have lost Pedro to Chelsea, but they moved quickly to replace him with Charalampos Kostoulas. New left-back Maxim De Cuyper looks like he has a big role in the team as well, and manager Fabian Hurzeler has already proven he can deliver the goods after guiding Brighton to eighth last season.
The Seagulls finished above Bournemouth and Brentford, who have both sold their key players this summer.
Brighton, unlike their rivals, look stable and ready to mount another charge for European football.
West Ham to be relegated @ 11/2
West Ham have enjoyed success in both the Premier League and Europe in recent years, but fell to 14th in the table last season and, in truth, could have finished lower in what was a poor campaign.
Graham Potter replaced Julen Lopetegui in January after a poor start, but things weren’t much better under the Englishman and West Ham lost five and drew four of their final 11 games of the season.
Mohammed Kudus has departed for Tottenham and the Hammers have yet to make much of an impact in the transfer market, with Callum Wilson and Kyle Walker-Peters arriving on free transfers, along with new signings Mads Hermansen and El-Hadji Malick Diouf.
West Ham’s -16 goal difference was worse than all but the bottom three last season, and although promoted teams tend to struggle in the current Premier League era, Potter’s side could be in trouble if any of the newcomers surprise this year.
