Last Updated on April 5, 2022 6:22 pm by Erwin Noguera
The emotions of the 2021-22 season of the Premier League continue. Now we have to talk about matchday 31, where the teams know that the final stretch of the season is about to begin. More than ever, they must try to add as many possible points. Either to finish in a better position within the classification table or achieve quotas for the next UEFA Competitions.
Something that had not happened in several matchdays is the excellent dispute that there is at the moment for the first place in the standings since for the first time, Manchester City has Liverpool just 1 game away from them. Now they have no margin for error in the following matches if they want to keep first place.
Premier League Matchday 31: Wolverhampton vs. Aston Villa
When: Saturday, April 02 at 10:00 am ET
Moneyline odds: Wolves +180 / Aston Villa +155 (Source: MyBookie.ag)
Draw Offs: +205
Where Can I Watch? ESPN / SKY HD / NBCSN / DAZN.
Where Can Stream? ESPN Play / NBC Sports App
The game that we will enjoy between Wolves and Aston Villa this Saturday, April 02, 2022, at 10:00 am ET, will be transcendental for both teams. Both are desperately looking to add points and thus enter the positions in European competitions. In particular, the Europa League.
Wolves arrive at this match in eighth place in the Premier League standings, with a record of 14 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses, to add 46 points, 2 behind West Ham and 4 behind Manchester United. This means that if Wolves have a considerable winning streak, they could be climbing very important positions in the coming days.
Meanwhile, Aston Villa needs to get out of the terrible moment in which they find themselves and return to the path of victory, since, after two consecutive defeats, they are in ninth place in the table and have a record of 11 wins, 3 draws, and 15 losses. Aston Villa comes from losing its last game against Arsenal with a score of 0-1.
Wolves vs. Aston Villa Betting Pick: Aston Villa
Update
Wolves achieved an excellent victory with a score of 2-1 against Aston Villa thanks to goals from Jonny Otto and a dramatic own goal from Ashley Young in a match held at Molineaux, belonging to matchday 31 of the Premier League.
The game started with a bang, since Jonny Otto, 7 minutes into the game, managed to score the first goal of the game thanks to an excellent counterattack orchestrated by his team. Just 5 minutes later, the former FC Barcelona player, Lucas Digne, left due to injury and, in his place, the one who was going to be the villain of his team, Ashley Young, entered.
Wolves went into the break with a 2-0 partial victory, so they could run the game at will throughout the second half. Although Wolves relaxed at the end of the game and Aston Villa tried to take advantage of it, it was too late, since it was in the 86th minute that they managed to discount after a penalty executed by Ollie Watkins.
Result: Wolves (2) – (1) Aston Villa
Premier League Matchday 31: Leicester City vs. Manchester United
When: Saturday, April 02 at 12:30 pm ET
Moneyline odds: Leicester City +440 / Manchester United -196 (Source: MyBookie.ag)
Draw Offs: +350
Where Can I Watch? ESPN / SKY HD / NBCSN / DAZN.
Where Can Stream? ESPN Play / NBC Sports App
On this day we will have as a highlight the match between Leicester City and Manchester United, which will be played this Saturday, April 02, 2022, at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United.
Manchester United have managed to come together after many days in which they were lost this season in the Premier League, now it seems that they are one of the strongest teams and that they are playing at a very high level of play. United is currently in sixth place in the table, with a record of 14 wins, 8 draws, and 7 losses, just 4 points behind Arsenal, who is in fourth place.
On the other hand, we have Leicester City, another of the very good teams that are having many problems this season, and it seems that they are only going to fight to be in the middle of the table and avoid losing positions. Leicester is in 10th place in the standings, with a very poor record of 10 wins, 6 draws, and 11 losses. Although they are level on points with Aston Villa, Leicester City has to correct any errors in their game if they want to climb positions and fight for Europa League places.
Leicester City vs. Manchester United Betting Pick: Manchester United
Update
One of the best matches that we could enjoy on this day of the Premier League, between Leicester City and Manchester United ended in a draw, Cristiano Ronaldo’s team, who was not present on the pitch in this match, could not win at home against Leicester City in a match that was crucial to their aspirations to be at the top of the standings and, as if that were not enough, they were displaced by West Ham from sixth place in the standings.
Although Manchester United managed to become owners of the ball and be, in some stages of the game, the superior team that we are accustomed to this season, they could not score more than 1 goal.
The first part of this match went unnoticed, with unsuccessful attacks by both teams. After 18 minutes of the second half, Leicester City hit the table and scored the goal that gave them the advantage at the feet of Kelechi Iheanacho. But, the joy did not last long, since, 3 minutes later, Federico Rodrigues Santos equalized the score.
This result does not serve either of the two teams that must seek to add 3 points in the coming day in the Premier League.
Result: Leicester City (1) – (1) Manchester United
Premier League Matchday 31: Crystal Palace vs. Arsenal
When: Monday, April 04 at 02:00 pm ET
Moneyline odds: Crystal Palace +285 / Arsenal -104 (Source: MyBookie.ag)
Draw Offs: +230
Where Can I Watch? ESPN / SKY HD / NBCSN / DAZN
Where Can Stream? ESPN Play / NBC Sports App
The match that is responsible for closing day 31 of the Premier League is, this between Crystal Palace and Arsenal, which will be played this Monday, April 04, 2022, at Selhurst Park Stadium, home of Crystal Palace at 02:00 p.m. ET
Crystal Palace is currently in twelfth place in the table with 34 points, 12 points ahead of the relegation zone, so they can be completely unconcerned about losing the category this season, the main objective for a club that never gives a fight for European positions. They have alternated between wins and draws in their last 4 games and the truth is that their current moment is not so bad, losing only one of the last 10 games.
Arsenal complied with recovering all the matches it had pending, and it was a job that it did in a great way, winning most of the games and climbing to fourth place in the general table, even with a pending appointment to play, taking 3 points from difference to their escorts, an amount that they will seek to lengthen in this opportunity. They will have great chances of achieving this task if we take into account that they have won 6 of the 7 most recent Premier League games.
Crystal Palace vs. Arsenal Betting Pick: Arsenal
Update
On this day of the Premier League, we had surprises after surprises in the different games that we were able to watch. The most pleasant for many and terrible for others was the beating that Crystal Palace gave Arsenal at home.
In this match, although it was played at Crystal Palace’s home and the favorite team to win this match was Arsenal, the locals managed to play an exceptional match in every way to crush Arsenal, complicating their aspirations to stay among the first four places in the table.
Arsenal needed to continue on the path of victory in this game and in the ones to come since they have many teams very close to them that could easily leave them out of all international European competitions.
Result: Crystal Palace (3) – (0) Arsenal
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