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Premier League Predictions and Best Bets - Saturday 17 October 2026

Saturday Premier League Value Hunting

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Oct 17, 2026
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Today’s focus takes us to the Etihad and Craven Cottage for two of the 3pm Premier League kick-offs. Manchester City have won all six of their league games and host an Ipswich side who came from behind to beat Fulham with two late goals last weekend. Fulham are still looking for their first league win of the season, and Hull City arrive in west London sitting eighth.

Results

One from one on Friday, with Köln keeping the margin to a single goal in a 1-0 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt, Younes Ebnoutalib scoring the only goal of the night on 77 minutes.

• Eintracht Frankfurt v Köln: Köln +1.75 Asian Handicap at 1.26 (+5.6%) won

Our last eight previews have returned 11 winners from 20 positions, with three more returning the stake and six losing. That comes to a profit of 2.26% of bank from 8% staked.

Manchester City v Ipswich Town (3pm UK)

City sit top with 18 points from six league games, scoring 16 and conceding five, and the market makes them 1.22 to make it seven wins from seven. Ipswich are 10th on nine points after three wins and three defeats. Their three away games have produced 13 goals, five scored and eight conceded. Most of City’s goals against have come at the Etihad, four in three home league games against one in three on the road. Full-time xG comes in at 2.00 for City against 1.30 for Ipswich, a 3.30 combined total, and City have been doing most of their damage after the break recently, with 11 of their 16 league goals arriving in the second half.

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