Premier League Matchday 1 Preview: Man City Aiming for Five-in-a-Row

The opening weekend of the 2024/25 Premier League season promises to be an extremely hectic one for football betting sites. 
 
Manchester City head into the new season as the bookmakers’ favourites to win the title for the fifth year in a row and it would be a brave move to back against them achieving the feat. 
 
Read on as we look at some of the best Premier League games for Matchday 1 to highlight the key betting angles to consider. 

Newly-promoted Ipswich Town, Southampton and Leicester City look set to endure a tough weekend as they embark on life in the Premier League. 
 
The fixture list has not been kind to the top-flight new-boys, pitching them against Liverpool, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur respectively. 
 
Backing that trio in a treble pays odds of around 2/1 on several betting apps and can deliver a winning return to punters this weekend. 

We highlighted Aston Villa as a value bet in the top six and top four markets last season and they delivered the goods by finishing fourth. 
 
UK betting sites rate them as 6/4 shots to finish in the top six this season and that still looks decent value given the strength of their squad. 
 
Villa have made some impressive moves in the summer transfer window and look a good bet to build on what they achieved last term. 

There were 30 goals scored on the opening weekend in 2023/24 and we fancy the tally could be even higher this time around. 
 
The games at Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, West Ham United and Brentford all look primed to have plenty of goalmouth action. 
 
With that in mind, odds of around 6/1 on betting sites in the UK for the over 2.5 goals four-fold could pay dividends this weekend. 

Premier League Matchday 1 Odds (via Betgoodwin)