talkSPORT betting tips – Best football bets and expert advice for Saturday 22 February

Seven Premier League fixtures headline an action-packed Saturday both on the domestic front and across Europe as Arsenal attempt to close the gap to leaders Liverpool when they play host to West Ham. 

Before that, Everton tackle Manchester United in the lunchtime kick-off while another busy EFL schedule featuring eight matches from the Championship, 11 from League One and 12 in League Two also begins at 12.30pm.

We’ve picked out three bets for you to consider with a focus on the action in England.

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Saturday football betting tips

Bet of the Day

Wycombe Wanderers to beat Wigan Athletic @ 13/20

Wycombe Wanderers are still holding Wrexham and Stockport at bay in the race for automatic promotion out of League One, having beaten Bristol Rovers at Adams Park in midweek.

And new boss Mike Dodds hinted that the Chairboys’ leading scorer Richard Kone could play a part in Saturday’s home clash with Wigan after he returned to training following a four-game injury absence.

Kone has hit 19 goals in all competitions this season and his presence on the pitch, even if only for a few minutes at the end, should ensure Wycombe maintain their momentum against Wigan Athletic this weekend.

The Latics played well in a 1-1 midweek draw at Crawley, but there is a big difference between dominating the struggling Red Devils and avoiding defeat to a Wycomve team that has won nine of their last 14 home League One matches.

Wigan have lost five of their last nine league games and have taken just four points from their last four road assignments.

Special of the Day

Beto 2+ Shots on Target vs Manchester United 29/10 BOOSTED to 16/5

If anyone knows what David Moyes has done to Beto in the past few weeks, can they pass the information on to Ruben Amorim for him to share with Manchester United’s lacklustre strikers?

Beto has been reborn under the returning Toffees boss and looks like offering the greatest goal threat of all the attackers on show at Goodison Park on Saturday.

The Guinea-Bissau international has struck four times in his last three starts for Everton and it is not just his growing goal output that has caught the eye.

He is receiving passes higher up the pitch than in the past and seeing more of the ball than ever before. In fact, his 48 total touches in last Saturday’s 2-1 win at Crystal Palace was the highest he has recorded in any game in his last three seasons of Premier League and Serie A action.

Beto is actually taking fewer total shots per 90 minutes this season than last, but his efforts are no longer hit-and-hope attempts from way outside the box or impossible angles.

And, as a consequence, his average number of shots on target is on the rise with the striker having tested the goalkeeper at least twice in each of his last three appearances.

Back Beto to register at least two more on Saturday when Everton take on a United side that allowed 22 shots, of which seven were on target, against Tottenham last Sunday. 

Longshot of the Day

Sunderland to win from behind against Hull @ 10/1

No Championship team has won more points from losing positions than Sunderland and the Black Cats could be forced to dig deep again this weekend when they host relegation-haunted Hull.

Regis Le Bris’ men were on the wrong end of a Leeds fightback on Monday night when they slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Elland Road.

Sunderland struggled to keep the ball once the Whites got going in the second half and they looked like a pretty tired team by the final whistle.

But they are used to finishing strongly in front of their passionate fans at the Stadium of Light, securing points from losing positions in recent home draws against Plymouth and Watford.

Meanwhile, the Tigers tend to let points slip through their fingers, having recently failed to capitalise on leads against Stoke and Norwich.

Ruben Selles’ side have hit the front in three of their last four Championship games, including away to Sheffield United, so there is scope for them to make the Wearsiders sweat on Saturday.

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