Dave1962

Top of the table, Arsenal travel to third-place Aston Villa, where they have won three of the last four meetings. Villa could only manage to beat bottom-of-the-table Wolves by a single goal in their last home match. Based on that, this looks a decent price for an Arsenal win.

World number one Judd Trump is ranked two places higher than a resurgent Neil Robertson. Trump has won three of their last four meetings. Their last meeting was in July in a best-of-11-frame match, which Trump won.

In this year's UK Championship, Judd Trump has won all his matches by at least two frames. The last time these two met in a best-of-eleven frame match, Judd Trump won by four frames.

Chelsea are the higher of the two teams in fourth, and Bournemouth are down in fourteenth, five points behind them. I think it is fair to say that Bournemouth are going through a tough spell, having only taken one point from their last five Premiership games. Chelsea came up short away at Leeds in their last match and will be looking for all three points to hold their position in the top four of the table. Prior to losing at Leeds, Chelsea had won their three previous away Premiership games. They won this fixture last season, and I expect them to do so again.

Cheltenham play their football in League Two, while Buxton play in National League North. Cheltenham have won two of their last three home fixtures, which included a win against League One side Bradford City in the FA Cup. In the league, Buxton have lost two of their last three away games.

For a team that are ten points clear at the top of the table and have scored fifty goals in their eighteen Championship games, this looks a generous price for a Coventry win. Ipswich have played one game less than Coventry and are sixteen points behind them. With Coventry winning five of their last six away Championship games, I’m backing them to get the win.

In their last game, Sunderland were away at Liverpool, where they were leading with ten minutes to go, eventually having to settle for a point. That performance must give them an outside chance of all three points at Manchester City. City have only lost two games at home this season. One was against Tottenham in the Premier League and the other was a Champions League game against Leverkusen. Sunderland have a poor record when visiting Manchester City, but being only five points behind them in the table, at these odds I'm willing to give them a shout.

The last three Premiership home games played by Manchester City have all finished with at least three goals. The last eight times Manchester City welcomed Sunderland, the crowd witnessed at least three goals in each game.

In their respective last games, Leeds beat Chelsea at home, whilst Liverpool, also at home, drew with Sunderland. This season Leeds have played seven home Premiership games, which have seen them win three, draw two, and lose two. Liverpool have also played seven away Premiership fixtures, which resulted in three wins and four defeats. Two of those wins came in their opening two away games. With Liverpool lower in the table, take Leeds to once again raise their game and heap more pain on Arne Slot and his team.

Judd Trump has reached the final of this tournament four times in the last fourteen years. He is the defending champion and also won it back in 2011. These longer matches usually bring out the best in Judd Trump. The last person to successfully defend their crown was Ronnie O'Sullivan back in 2018. I'm taking Trump to do the same as 'The Rocket' and win this tournament again.

Former world champion may have slipped down the rankings, but he should still be good enough to beat Lisa Ashton. She has lost to him in each of their last four meetings.

Current World Champion Luke Littler should have little trouble dispatching Darius Labanauskas, who is ranked ninety-four places lower. Littler showed he is in good form by recently winning the Players Championship Finals.