The 2026-27 Premier League season has arrived at Gameweek 3, and we have four picks across a loaded weekend. Let’s get into it.
Below, I’ll break down my top four Premier League best bets for Gameweek 3.
Premier League Best Bets
The club logos in the table below represent each match that our soccer betting staff is targeting from today's games. Click on the team logos for any of the matchups below to navigate to a specific bet discussed in this article.
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Nottingham Forest vs. Tottenham
Spurs have yet to score a single goal in two Premier League matches. An embarrassing return for a club that spent over $300 million this summer. That has to change.
Roberto De Zerbi will have had his squad in grueling training sessions all week with the message that this squad is too good to be sitting on 0 points and 0 goals.
Meanwhile, Forest are in decent form under Oliver Glasner at the City Ground and will create chances.
Both teams scoring here feels inevitable: Spurs out of sheer desperation and Forest because they have the quality to punish a defense still finding its feet.
Pick: Both Teams to Score (-143)
Manchester City vs. Crystal Palace
Manchester City are coming off their best transfer window in years, and the quality in this squad is extraordinary.
Yes, it will take time for Enzo Maresca’s new group to gel — but at home against a Coventry side who are winless and struggling so far in their first season back in the top flight, a 3-goal winning margin is very much on the cards.
Erling Haaland will be licking his lips. Back City to put on a show at the Etihad.
Pick: Manchester City -2 (-145)
Aston Villa vs. Hull City
This is a tricky one given the context. Aston Villa are winless, having conceded five goals in two matches and shipped four at Brighton.
Hull, remarkably, sit third with six points and two clean sheets. But the quality gap here is significant, and -115 is a great number on a side with Villa’s pedigree.
Unai Emery will have had a full week to work with his new squad, and the talent is there. Hull have been excellent, but a reality check is coming. Back Villa to finally show up this season.
Pick: Aston Villa Moneyline (-115)
Arsenal vs. Chelsea
The biggest game of the weekend is the London Derby between Arsenal and Chelsea.
Arsenal have been flawless — six points, four goals scored, no goals conceded through two matches as the reigning champions set the early pace.
But Chelsea’s attack has been on fire, scoring seven goals in two games under Xabi Alonso. Their defense, however, has been wide open, conceding five goals across those matches, still managing to win both.
Arsenal will likely win this one, but Chelsea will give that stellar Gunner backline their biggest challenge of the young season.
There will be goals at both ends in what should be the match of the week.
Pick: Both Teams to Score (-150)
