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Premier League Gameweek 3 Tips: Arsenal v Chelsea Headlines a Table-Topping Weekend

Two weeks in, four clubs still have a maximum six points — and two of them meet at the Emirates on Sunday. Here’s our read on gameweek 3, plus a look at the sides already in trouble.

Arsenal v Chelsea: Two Perfect Records Collide

Sunday’s late kick-off is the closest thing gameweek 3 has to a title-race preview. Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal have started the season exactly as they finished last, keeping Coventry and Aston Villa both scoreless in their opening two games, but they do it without William Saliba, Christian Mosquera and Jurrien Timber all missing through injury — a defence running well below full strength against the toughest attack they’ve faced yet. Xabi Alonso’s Chelsea arrive with their own perfect record and a habit, over the last couple of seasons, of scoring against Arsenal even in defeats. Both teams to score has a real case here purely on the numbers, even with Arsenal as clear favourites on home soil.

Everton v Man Utd: A Club in Crisis Meets a Team Finding Its Feet

This is the fixture we keep coming back to. Everton’s deadline day was, by most accounts, a mess — Iliman Ndiaye and Beto both sold, with Jack Grealish arriving on loan and Ainsley Maitland-Niles for a nominal fee the only incoming business to show for it. That leaves David Moyes with Thierno Barry as his only senior recognised striker, and reports over the weekend suggested Moyes himself may not see the situation through. Michael Carrick’s Manchester United, by contrast, are unbeaten and building quietly. A misfiring, understrength Everton at home to a United side with momentum is exactly the kind of gameweek 3 fixture that looks different on paper than it will by full time.

Man City v Coventry: A Formality on Paper

Manchester City have opened Enzo Maresca’s first full season with two wins from two, and Coventry’s return to the Etihad as a promoted side makes them prohibitive favourites — the shortest price on the coupon this weekend by some distance. Fixtures like this are rarely value on the match result itself; where they tend to be worth a look is the goals and clean sheet markets instead.

Nottingham Forest v Tottenham & Ipswich v Liverpool

Oliver Glasner’s Forest host Roberto De Zerbi’s Tottenham on Saturday in a fixture that looks tight on paper between two sides still finding their identity under new management. Friday night’s opener sends Andoni Iraola’s Liverpool to Portman Road — still very much the early days of the post-Slot rebuild, against an Ipswich side who’ll fancy their chances of a home upset if Liverpool are anything less than sharp.

Gameweek 3 Match Odds

Odds correct at the time of writing and subject to fluctuation — always check the current price before placing a bet.

Betting Sensibly on Gameweek 3

Nine fixtures across a Saturday and a Sunday is a lot of temptation to chain into one big accumulator. Whatever you back this weekend, it’s worth deciding your stake in advance and treating each selection on its own merits rather than letting one strong opinion talk you into staking more than planned. Deposit limits, time-outs and self-exclusion tools are all available at responsiblegambling.bet365.com if you want to set boundaries before kick-off.

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