Premier League Predictions: Frustration for Arsenal, United lose Manchester derby, but Liverpool and Chelsea win in style Betting The first matchweek in the Champions League threw up some intriguing storylines, but the focus now returns to the Premier League and some fascinating fixtures. It’s no surprise to see Manchester City and Arsenal occupying the top two positions, but few expected relegation favourites Hull to be third. How will the teams fare this weekend? [...]
Premier League Gameweek 3 Predictions: Arsenal and Chelsea Set for Emirates Showdown Betting It was another solid matchweek for champions Arsenal, while Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea also showed promising signs. Liverpool continues to limp along, and Tottenham are in urgent need of a win when they travel to Nottingham Forest this weekend. Here are the fixtures for round three in the Premier League, along with our [...]
Labour calls for Mayor to explore London Stadium sale to West Ham Sport Business Labour have called on Mayor Sadiq Khan to explore selling the London Stadium to West Ham United. Labour assembly member Bassam Mahfouz has written to Lord Khan urging him to relieve the London taxpayer of the £1.75bn burden of the existing deal between City Hall and the Championship football stadium. The long-term tenancy agreed by [...]
FOMO drives Premier League clubs to new record summer spending of over £3bn September 1, 2026 Premier League clubs set a new record for transfer spending in the summer window as soaring revenues and FOMO drove outlay past £3bn for a second year in a row. While some deals are still to be confirmed by tonight’s 11pm deadline, the gross total shelled out by the division’s clubs is set to pass [...]
Liverpool’s £123m Bradley Barcola signing takes Premier League spending to £3bn August 31, 2026 Premier League clubs are on course to threaten last year’s record £3.1bn summer spending on deadline day after Liverpool completed the £123m signing of Bradley Barcola. Teams in England’s top division have already shelled out around £3bn in the current window, which is set to close across Europe tomorrow night at 11pm. That leaves them [...]
Premier League Gameweek 2 Predictions: Arsenal and Chelsea March On August 27, 2026 It was an absorbing opening week of action in the Premier League with Arsenal cruising, Manchester City battling and Liverpool just about rescuing themselves. Two of the promoted teams won, including Hull’s astonishingly straightforward victory over an abject Manchester United. Matchday two kicks off on Friday night with Enzo Maresca’s City in the capital to [...]
Who sponsors the 20 Premier League clubs after gambling ban? August 22, 2026 The Premier League is underway and you may have noticed a lack of shirts featuring gambling and casino brands. That’s not because they’ve been banned outright, but because the 20 Premier League clubs agreed to a voluntary removal of the sector from the coveted front-of-shirt advertising space. It has meant a mad rush for those [...]
Illegal Premier League betting could hit £1bn within year August 21, 2026 The betting black market could take £1bn in illegal Premier League bets within a year, analysis has warned ahead of tonight’s kick-off. The Premier League returns this weekend with its 20 clubs voluntarily banning gambling and casino brands from occupying the lucrative front-of-shirt sponsorship slot. Gambling brands – not all of whom are regulated within [...]
Premier League Gameweek 1 Predictions: Arsenal Backed for Opening Win August 21, 2026 The Premier League is back! Ten months of excitement, thrills and spills (and no doubt plenty of misery and frustration) are about to get underway! The fixtures for the opening weekend appear to have been kind to the big guns, with the champions kicking us off on Friday night. Here, we take a look at [...]
Premier League: US owners dominate over half of 20 clubs August 21, 2026 The Premier League returns this evening for its 35th season, and clubs have become commodities traded by some of the world’s richest and most influential investors. From private equity funds to billionaires to sovereign wealth, this current crop of 20 team owners – this season seeing Hull City, Coventry City and Ipswich Town replacing Burnley, [...]