Ladbrokes 1-2-Free: Liverpool & Arsenal win while Villa draw

Think you know the score? Then get your predictions in by 17:30 on Saturday 17th January and you could be celebrating as a 1-2-Free winner.

Right, now the rules are out of the way, Ladbrokes runs you through the three matches you have to predict for this week's 1-2-Free, giving our scoreline predictions for each.

First up is Saturday's 17:30 kickoff, with Liverpool travelling to the Vitality Stadium to face Bournemouth, with Arne Slot's side aiming to solidify their spot in the top four, which would secure them Champions League football for next season.

Liverpool tend to struggle against teams who sit back and defend, and that definitely isn't a key principle of Bournemouth's style of play, so it's not too surprising to see us go with a Liverpool win here.

We're predicting four goals to be scored too, with Liverpool winning 3-1. That would be a repeat of the score when the two teams met in August 2023, for what it's worth.

Next up, we have the 14:00 kickoff on Sunday which sees Aston Villa take on Newcastle, with both sides aiming to pick up vital points in the hunt for a top four spot.

Both sides come into the game off the back of a European match this weekend, so neither had a week full of rest. We can't see much separating these two, hence our prediction of a 1-1 draw.

The two sides drew in the first 12:30 match of the season, and we see the points being shared once again this weekend.

The final match to run-through in this week's 1-2-Free is Arsenal vs Man Unied, where we're predicting a win for Mikel Arteta and his side.

Man United are a tough team to play against, but Arsenal actually haven't lost to the Manchester outfit in the Premier League since 2022, and we aren't expecting that near four-year-long unbeaten run to end here.

In fact, our team of experts is predicting a 2-1 win for Man United, with Viktor Gyokeres potentially popping up with a contribution at the Emirates this weekend after scoring in the week.

Below are the three scorelines we're predicting for Bournemouth vs Liverpool, Newcastle vs Aston Villa and Arsenal vs Man United as part of Ladbrokes' 1-2-Free this week.

• Bournemouth 1-3 Liverpool

• Newcastle 1-1 Aston Villa

• Arsenal 2-1 Man United

For what it's worth, Ladbrokes has a Premier League gameweek 23 preview live on the site now, with scoreline predictions for each of the 10 games in England's top-flight this weekend.

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