Odds Watch: Market Favours Reputation Over Results This Weekend

The Premier League's weekend card has the market and the early-season table in open disagreement. Here is where the prices stand as of Thursday morning, according to FanTribe's latest fixture odds — and where the standings suggest the market is leaning on reputation over results.

Liverpool short at Ipswich

Liverpool are priced at 1.57 for Friday night's trip to Ipswich, with the draw at 5.0 and the hosts out at 5.9. The confidence is striking given the Premier League table shows Liverpool with two draws from two, while Ipswich, ninth, began their campaign with a victory. The market plainly expects the visitors' form to correct itself.

United favoured where Everton fly

Everton host Manchester United on Sunday with the away side at 2.22, Everton at 3.40 and the draw at 3.75 — even though the table has Everton fourth on four points and United 16th after losing their opener. Results say Everton; the odds say United.

Forest v Spurs: barely an edge

The tightest line of the round comes in Nottingham. Tottenham, bottom of the table with no goals scored and five conceded in two matches, are 2.98 away to Nottingham Forest (2.55, draw 3.6). Forest, 12th with one point, are given only a sliver of an edge over a side yet to register a point.

Arsenal clear of Chelsea

Sunday's headline fixture has Arsenal at 1.73, Chelsea at 5.5 and the draw at 4.0 — a wide gap for a meeting of two teams level on three points after winning their openers, with Arsenal sixth and Chelsea eighth.

The rest of the card

• Brentford, 1.65 at home to Sunderland, are the shortest favourites of the round outside Liverpool, per the same odds data.
• Brighton are odds-on at 1.97 against Leeds — themselves winners of their only game so far — having scored four and conceded none, according to the table.
• Newcastle (2.24) host Bournemouth, while Fulham (2.42) meet Crystal Palace.
• No odds have been listed yet for Manchester City v Coventry or Hull City v Aston Villa — notable given Hull sit second with six points from two.

Over to the Tribe

FanTribe's prediction window for this round is open, so for now the market has the floor. Prices can and do shift before kick-off, and we will track the movement. If you fancy Ipswich at 5.9 or Everton at 3.40, log your picks in the app — once the weekend is done, we will see how the Tribe's collective call measures up.