Best Premier League Bets for Saturday, April 5, 2025

Five Premier League games are on the program on Saturday, April 5, and we’ve picked out the best bets for each of those games. We’ll start with the game that has the earliest kickoff – Everton vs. Arsenal.

Everton vs. Arsenal Pick: 1-3 Goals

Everton are a good team and will stay in the Premier League for at least another season. They’re 7-13-10 overall, which accounts for 34 points, which puts them in 15th place.

With eight EPL rounds left to be played, they shouldn’t hope to move much higher in the standings. In fact, it seems very unlikely that they will end up in the top half of the table.

They would love to get there, but for that, they need to start winning games, which is something they haven’t done in the Prem since mid-February. The main reason for that is that they haven’t been scoring much – just five goals in their last five games.

Their defense, however, has been elite. They conceded five goals in their last five Premier League games. In fact, there are just four Premier League teams that have conceded fewer goals than them.

One of those is Arsenal, the team with the best defense in the league. Unlike Everton, Arsenal are also good scoring-wise. However, their offense has suffered some major blows lately – Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus are out for the season.

The Gunners also have some big injury problems in their defense, which is another reason why they’ll probably take things easy on Saturday. They need to take a more careful approach  to prevent more players from getting hurt.

This is particularly important given that they have a huge challenge on their hands next week in the Champions League – they play against Real Madrid on Tuesday.

That said, we probably won’t see too many goals, but we do think we’ll see at least one. It can be Everton taking advantage of Arsenal’s injury-riddled defense, but a more plausible scenario would be a goal by the Gunners.

Crystal Palace vs. Brighton Pick: Under 2.5 Goals

Crystal Palace looked horrible earlier this week in the game against Southampton. The final score was 1:1 thanks to a stoppage time equalizer by the Eagles’ backup midfielder Matheus Franca.

They struggled a lot to find the net against the Premier League’s worst defense. Offensive problems cost them their fourth-straight win in the Prem.

They need to straighten themselves up ASAP if they wish to keep their Euro dream alive. It’s a dream that’s hard to come alive, but they still do have a mathematical chance to get to at least seventh place.

A team with a much better chance of achieving such a feat is Brighton, which is currently in eighth place. The problem is that the Seagulls are in poor form, coming off a 3:0 loss to Aston Villa at home earlier this week.

However, they didn’t look as bad as the final score might suggest. They had the ball in their possession for a longer time than the Villans and even created more goal opportunities.

But same as Crystal Palace, they too struggled to find the net. Will the same be the case in the game on Saturday? We think it might, especially given that seven of their last 10 meetings saw under 2.5 goals happen.

Ipswich vs. Wolves Pick: Double Chance Wolves/Draw

Ipswich have risen from the dead! After going winless for 10 Premier League rounds, they got their first win of 2025 mid-week. They defeated Bournemouth 2:1 on the road.

Unfortunately for them, they’re still in the relegation zone, with nine points fewer than the team above – Wolves.

What this means is that the Ipswich vs. Wolves games on April 5 is a sort of relegation battle. If Ipswich win, they’ll stay in the race for a safe spot.

If they lose, Wolves are almost certainly safe from relegation. The same would probably be the case if the game ended in a tie.

So, what’s our pick? We think Wolves will not lose this game, which is why double chance X2 looks like a very good bet.

West Ham vs. Bournemouth Pick: Draw

Bournemouth are in horrible form with four losses and one draw in the last five Premier League games. Their arguably worst performance was earlier in the week when they lost 2:1 at home to Ipswich.

Their dream of reaching the Euro zone is still alive, but it will die out if they lose to West Ham. Luckily for them, the Hammers too are out of shape, with two losses in the last three games.

This is why we predict that neither team will take all three points. Instead, this game looks destined to end in a draw.

Aston Villa vs. Nottingham Pick: Asian Handicap Nottingham +1.5

Just four days after this game, Aston Villa play against PSG in the Champions League quarterfinal. That game is much more important for them than the one on April 5. However, it goes without a question that they would love to beat Nottingham and collect another three points.

They’re in great form, with practically all of their players playing elite soccer right now. In the previous round, they defeated Brighton 3:0 at home, and before that, they beat Brentford 1:0 on the road.

This time, they’re playing against a much tougher opponent. Nottingham too are in great shape, and these guys love playing big games.

They won their last three games, with two of those wins happening against the two heavyweights from London. They also drew with Arsenal just before that.

As a result, they’re relatively safe in the No. 3 spot with five points more than Chelsea who are just behind. But if they win again, they will close in on Arsenal in second place, who currently have four points more – but also a pretty tough schedule ahead (and plenty of injury worries).

Nottingham Forest might not beat Aston Villa, but we think they might do well. They might get a draw from their trip to Birmingham or at least lose by just a single goal.