Premier League Predictions

Opening weekend fixtures and best odds

These are the keenest 1X2 prices we've recorded across our sampled bookmakers for the round. Where one operator leads on a selection, we've named it.

• Arsenal v Coventry City (21 Aug): Arsenal 1.19, Draw 7.6, Coventry 17.0 — all best at 10bet. A heavy home favourite; the interest is in match specials rather than the win market.
• Hull City v Manchester United (22 Aug): Hull 8.0, Draw 4.9, United 1.43 — 10bet. United strongly fancied away from home.
• Everton v Crystal Palace (22 Aug): Everton 2.2, Draw 3.5, Palace 3.45 — 10bet. A tight, low-scoring type of fixture on paper.
• Ipswich Town v Sunderland (22 Aug): Ipswich 2.75, Draw 3.4, Sunderland 2.65 — 10bet. Near coin-flip, draw well backed.
• Nottingham Forest v Leeds United (22 Aug): Forest 2.31, Draw 3.5, Leeds 3.25 — 10bet. Forest edge the home price.
• Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur (22 Aug): Brentford 2.45, Draw 3.7, Spurs 2.85 — 10bet. Brentford at home are competitively priced.
• Brighton & Hove Albion v Aston Villa (23 Aug): Brighton 2.2, Draw 3.6, Villa 2.88 — all best at Betway.
• Manchester City v Bournemouth (23 Aug): City 1.44 (Sportingbet), Draw 5.0 (Betway), Bournemouth 5.75 (Sportingbet). Prices split across two books here.
• Newcastle United v Liverpool (23 Aug): Newcastle 3.4 (Betway), Draw 3.8 (Betway), Liverpool 1.93 (Sportingbet). Liverpool favoured on the road.
• Fulham v Chelsea (24 Aug): Fulham 3.1 (Betway), Draw 3.75 (Betway), Chelsea 2.1 (Sportingbet).

How to read the value in these prices

Where the same operator holds every best price in a fixture — as 10bet does across most of the early Saturday games — it usually reflects that we sampled fewer books for that match, not that 10bet is universally cheapest. Our odds sample for 10bet was small (27 selections) but returned a low average margin of about 4.8%, which is why keen prices surface there.

By contrast, Betway carried the widest sampled dataset (238 selections) and returned the best price on roughly 91% of them, at an average margin near 6.5%. That combination is why Betway leads several of the bigger fixtures (Brighton, Newcastle draw, Fulham). Sportingbet showed a higher average margin (around 8.6%) on a smaller sample, so it tops fewer markets but still leads the two favourites at City and Liverpool.

Practical takeaway: for tight, near-even fixtures like Ipswich v Sunderland or Everton v Palace, shopping two or three books for the extra tenth on your price matters far more than in a 1.19-shot like Arsenal.

Which bookmaker suits Premier League betting

Choose Betway if you want the broadest, most consistently competitive board across the full fixture list, iOS and Android apps, Cash Out and a Bet Builder for combining shots, cards and goalscorers into one Premier League slip. Its licence-safety and payments scores are the highest in our data.

Choose 10bet if you're chasing the lowest margins on individual match prices — our sample flagged it as the keenest on several opening games — though its overall market depth is narrower than Betway's.

Choose Sportingbet if you back a lot of favourites; it led the shortest prices on City and Liverpool in this round and offers Cash Out with iOS and Android apps.

Choose Hollywoodbets or Sunbet if fast payouts matter most: Sunbet quotes 0–24h withdrawals, while Hollywoodbets is a widely used KZN-licensed name with strong payment options. Note Hollywoodbets is Android-only for apps.

Avoid stretching to smaller books like Easybets or BetXchange for a big multi-fixture Premier League slip — their market coverage and bet-builder depth score lower — unless you specifically want a low minimum deposit (Easybets from R5).

Betting safely and legally in South Africa

Every operator listed holds a provincial sports-betting licence — Western Cape GRB (Betway, Sportingbet, Sunbet, LulaBet, 10bet), KZN Gaming & Betting Board (Hollywoodbets), Gauteng Gambling Board (Supabets, World Sports Betting, BetXchange) or the Mpumalanga Economic Regulator (Easybets). Provincial licensing sits under the National Gambling Board framework, and the minimum age to bet is 18.

Most of these books accept Instant EFT and Ozow, with Capitec Pay and 1Voucher available at several. Deposits generally start at R10 (Easybets from R5). Withdrawal windows range from same-day (0–24h at Sportingbet, Sunbet, WSB, 10bet) to 24–72h at Hollywoodbets and Supabets.