Premier League betting: Liverpool best backed for title, Huddersfield for relegation
We've got the latest Premier League odds updates from the Sky Bet trading floor who report Liverpool are the best backed team to win the Premier League with Huddersfield backed for relegation.
Liverpool are the best backed team to win the Premier League this season, with Sky Bet reporting Jurgen Klopp’s side have attracted the most money in the build-up to the big kick-off.
We’ve got the answers to some of the burning questions in the antepost betting markets in the Premier League – examining Man City’s price and who have been the best backed teams for relegation – with one or two surprises in there.
Klopp has splashed the cash in the transfer market this summer and the Champions League finalists are 4/1 second favourites behind odds-on shots Manchester City to lift the title in May.
With such money being spent at Anfield, plus the prohibitive price for Man City, punters have been backing the Reds to end their long title drought.
We’ve got all the answers to all the big betting questions direct from the Sky Bet trading floor…
Who have been the best backed team to win the Premier League?
Liverpool are the best backed team of the Premier League this season with around 32% of stakes running through them. Surprisingly Arsenal are the second most popular with around 16% followed by Man City & Man Utd with 14% & 12% respectively.
How does Man City’s outright price this year compare with other favourites over recent years?
Looking at the recent seasons there wouldn’t have been a favourite as short as City’s 4/6. They went off 6/4 last season having opened as a 9/4. The season before we opened 6/4 when Pep was announced as manager in February, over the course of the spring this was gambled into 6/5.
However from that point onwards they drifted and were eventually 9/4 on the opening day of the season. A factor in this was that Jose Mourinho had joined United in May, which saw them gambled into co-favouritism.
City opened the 15/16 season as an 11/4 shot with Chelsea being the favourites that year at 13/8. Chelsea were also 7/4 favourites in the 14/15 season. In short, nothing comes close to the 4/6 quoted about the holders.
How did Man City’s price move last season throughout the campaign?
City were 6/4 on the opening day and were never bigger than that at any point in the season. They were odds-on for the title by September and by the close of the year they were around the 1/100 mark with nobody close to challenging.
Are Man Utd bigger than usual at 7/1 to win the league?
United were 13/5 on the opening day of the season when David Moyes had taken over. After that disastrous season they opened at 7/1 but started the season around 6/1 for Louis van Gaal's first year in charge, only to ease to 8/1 after losing to Swansea.
Then last year, as mentioned, they were the subject of a serious gamble. Having failed to even look like landing it, we're happy to push them right back out and they've been far less popular, despite still attracting their share of money.
Have Liverpool been second favourites before, or as short as they are now?
Liverpool haven’t been second favourites in recent years with Chelsea, City and United usually being priced shorter than them.
Who are the best backed teams for relegation?
Huddersfield and Wolves are the best backed teams in the relegation market with each taking around 14% of total stakes. They’re followed by Everton (12%) and Bournemouth (8%).
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