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London rivals West Ham and Fulham meet Saturday lunchtime in the first live game of four in the Premier League this weekend. Bookmakers are struggling to split the pair with West Ham marginal favourites at 13/8 (Blue SQ/888 Sport) and Fulham 2/1 (Bodog). The draw is priced at 32/13 (pinnacle). Fulham do not have the greatest away record in the Premier League in recent times and have won just four of 49 Premier League London derbies away from home. These two teams are both on three points right now though at the end of the season I think they will finish a good way apart. Fulham will feel they were unlucky to get nothing from a visit to Old Trafford while West Ham were poor in their 3-0 defeat to Swansea. I think the 21/20 (BetVictor/william hill/You Win) is a great price on Fulham in the draw no bet market.

The teatime game sees Man City entertain QPR and nobody needs reminding of what happened when these two sides met last season. City will hope for an easier time of things this time around and are 2/9 (boylesports/william hill) for victory. QPR were poor against Swansea on the opening day and rode their luck against Norwich last weekend. It is hard to see them getting anything from this trip to the Etihad. The London side are 15/1 (32 Red) and the draw is best priced 61/9 (pinnacle). City were not at their best against Liverpool and they might feel they have a point to prove. I think the best way to take advantage of this Man City domination is by backing them to win both halves at 6/5 (paddy Power).

The first of the double header on Sunday sees Liverpool take on Arsenal. Brendan Rodgers side will be boosted by their performance against defending champions Man City where they were the better side before conceding two soft goals. Arsenal have been the better side in both their games this season yet have had to settle for two draws. The new look Gunners strike force have struggled to find the net in the absence of Robin Van Persie. This looks like being a close game and bookmakers make Liverpool the 23/20 (william hill) favourites. The draw is 33/13 (Pinnacle) while a Gunners victory is 3/1 (Stan James). It is a very tough game to call betting wise and I would recommend keeping stakes small and having a try on the new boylesports anytime and first assist market. If Raheem Sterling is selected then the 7/1 (anytime) and 20/1 (first) on him in the assist market looks great value on a player who will see a lot of the ball.

The final live game of the weekend sees Southampton play host to Man United. It has been a tough start to the season for Southampton who played well at Man City yet got nothing. The following week they got a lesson in chance conversion from Wigan. Utd meanwhile showed some real attacking verve against Fulham as Robin Van Persie and Shinji Kagawa both showed their promise against Fulham. It is 6/10 (william hill) a Man United victory, the draw is priced at 73/21 (Pinnacle) and a Southampton victory is 11/2 (general). I think the gulf in class between these two sides is clear and I like United to come out firing at a worryingly weak Southampton defence. The 21/20 (bet365/Stan James) on Man United to be leading at half-time looks good as well as the 13/10 (bet365/paddy Power) Utd/Utd in the half time/full time market.

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