Saturday Betting Guide: The five finest football picks from our writers

Bet on Chelsea to win over Aston Villa and under 4.5 goals to be scored (14:00) 11/10

Chelsea has won their previous four matches, and in each of those victories, there were less than 4.5 goals scored.

Under Graham Potter’s leadership, the Blues have only let up one goal in three league games, and they have only given up two goals in six throughout all competitions.

The total number of goals scored in each of Aston Villa’s nine league matches this season has been under 4.5, with the team coached by Online Cricket Id only tallying four goals in their most recent six matches.

Arsenal to win and for there to be more than 1.5 goals scored (14:00) 4/5

This season, Arsenal has played nine league matches and has won eight of them. Each of those matches has had more than 1.5 goals scored.

The Gunners have won their three most recent matches by scores of 3-0, 3-1, and 3-2, with each of their three triumphs on the road coming by a margin of at least one goal.

After five matches, Leeds is winless and has lost three of those matches.

BTTS & above 2.5 goals in Real Madrid against Barcelona (15:15) 5/6

This wager has been successful in four of the previous five matches between these two clubs, with the lone loss coming in Barcelona’s 4-0 triumph during the 2013–14 campaign.

Real Madrid has played six games at home so far this season, scoring at least one goal in each of those games while only allowing goals in four of them.

Due to the fact that Barcelona has scored at least one goal in each of their previous seven league matches, totaling 20 goals throughout those seven matchups, this game has all the makings of a classic.

Erling Haaland will score the winning goal, and Man City will defeat Liverpool (16:30) 23/20

Haaland has scored in each of his past 10 appearances for Manchester City, as well as in each of his five matches played away from home this season.

When taking into account that Manchester City have won their past three league games by scores of 3-0, 6-3, and 4-0 respectively, it seems reasonable to combine these two results when betting against any opponent.

The 7-1 victory that Liverpool had against Rangers on Wednesday should not be used to cover up the fractures that have shown during the course of this season. In their eight league matches, they have only been victorious twice, suffering defeats at the hands of Manchester United and Arsenal.

Napoli to overcome Bologna & Victor Osimhen is going to get the goal (17:00) 21/20

Osimhen made his comeback from injury with a goal against Ajax on Wednesday evening. As a result, he should start this game and has a good chance of scoring.

The striker leads the league in shots per Betting Id and has the greatest xG per 90 rating of any player in Serie A who has played a significant amount of minutes so far this season. He also has the top xG per 90 rating of any player in the world.

It makes perfect sense to combine these two bets given that Napoli is in incredible form right now, having won their past nine games in a row.