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We go again.

LAS VEGAS — Here it is.

Round four, Saturday through Monday fixtures are ready as Premier League action is here and Matchweek 4 is all systems go. I thought the major storyline which came out of MW3 was that of Arsenal maintaining championship form and defeating a tough opponent (Chelsea) with European play on-deck at the new week.

From the betting perspective, MW3 was a walk in high cotton. It was a sterling 4-0 ledger with satisfactions of both “The PropDuster Special,” and my feature play, the *Best Bet by Darkseid Sports*.

Moving on , I’m back again to rejoin the winning ethos — with optimism to include — satisfaction of the *Best Bet by Darkseid Sports.

Here is the deal for MW4:

THE TIMELINE (All Times EST)

COINCIDENTAL STADIUM of the WEEK

A series depicting a stadium which corresponds to a play featured in The Premier League Prologue actions to open business.

• Selhurst Park, Selhurst, South London, England.

MW4 POSITIONS PL

*Best Bet by Darkseid Sports* PAST RECORDS:

W-L-P format.

2024/25 EPL: 21-16-1

2025/26 EPL: 17-18-3

2026 World Cup: 2-0-0

2025/26 EPL Term: Straight Bets (Sides, Totals, DNB, BTTS): 50-38-3 (58.2% Push-or-better)

2026-27 PUBLISHED RECORD:

6-6-0 (All plays, W-L-P format).

• Straight Bets (Sides, Totals, DNB, BTTS): 4-3
• Parlays (Any) : 0-0
• Propositions (SoT, ATG, Team, Match, etc.): 2-3
• Futures: 0-0

*Best Bet by Darkseid Sports* 2026/27 Record: 1-2-0

— ⚽️: “THE BTTS SPECIAL”

• CRYIPS: BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE (-34)

📚:William Hill/Caesars

KEY OPINION

This is a play on the fact the data and my interpretation of the situation at MW4 say both teams will score and concede in this match. Both clubs have really struggled without the ball and defensively in-total to start the season.

KEY METRICS

• CRYIPS: Both these clubs are T20/20 in GA (8).
• CRY: 20/20 in xGA (6.90) & and xGA/90 (2.30).
• IPS: 19/20 in xGA (6.79) & xGA/90 (2.26).

—⚽️: AVLNFO UNDER 2.5 GOALS (-10)

📚: FanDuel

SUPERFACT

KEY METRICS

• AVL: 0 Goals Scored in Premier League play this season.
• NFO: 17/20 in Goals Scored (2) & GLS/90 (0.67)

— ⚽️: “THE PROPDUSTER SPECIAL”

• PLAYER PROP: MUNMCI
• ERLING HAALAND 2+ SHOTS ON TARGET (-05)

📚: BetMGM

KEY OPINION

• Man Utd surrenders 5.0 SoT per match. Generally speaking, an elite striker (in this case Haaland) accounts for up to 40% of a team’s SoT output. 40% of 5 is two. Two SoT’s gets us the money. See what I did there? Furthermore, City has had two extra days in preparation for this match as it had Champions League play on Tuesday while United had its UCL joust on Thursday. Now factor in Man Utd’s shaky backline. Then factor in how the great Norwegian seems to always rise to the moment. This just feels like a spot where Haaland could go off.

KEY METRICS

• MUN: T14/20 in SoT/90 allowed (5.0).

• MCI: T1/20 in SoT/90 (6.33).

— ⚽️BB: LEEDS DRAW NO BET (-35)

📚: BetMGM

KEY METRICS

• LEE: T3/20 in GA (2) & 4/20 in GA/90 (0.67).
• NEW: 16/20 in xG (3.38), SoT/A (17) & xG/90 (1.13).

BEST BET SUPERFACT

MY TAKE

For the *Best Bet by Darkseid Sports* for MW4, it’s a play on Leeds in the Draw No Bet market when it hosts Newcastle Monday evening at Elland Road. LUFC has been really good to myself and readers in the early stage of this term and I see no reason to mess with a good thing. I’ll toss the fact Leeds got drubbed in the 2H against Chelsea in League Cup play this past Wednesday. Pursuant to league play, Leeds has been an ascending project playing deft defense and administering timely scoring. I’ve been impressed. I’ll back them again. Has Newcastle overachieved thus far? We’ll find out. I’m not sold yet. So for all that, Leeds Draw No Bet (-35) is your *Best Bet by Darkseid Sports* for Premier League Matchweek 4.

PRICE CHECK

The average price of the four actions pursuant to this release of “The Premier League Prologue” was -121.

FC Record YTD: 1-2-0

— ⚽️: TOTEVE BTTS (-29)

📚: William Hill/Caesars

I passed on this to focus on other positions. I liked the CRYIPS BTTS better.

MANCHESTER UNITED MINUTES

PREMIER LEAGUE MINUTES (MW4)

https://www.nbcsports.com/pressbox/press-releases/manchester-derby-this-sunday-sept-13-at-11-30-a-m-et-on-peacock-nbcsn-and-telemundo-headlining-nbc-sports-premier-league-coverage-this-weekend

The next Premier League Fan Fest is coming to Denver. You can gather more information at this link:

https://x.com/plinusa/status/2090879105449312578?s=46

BEYOND THE TABLE

You can get the Premier League Table anywhere. It doesn’t matter at MW4. But a Table built on xG is something we can use for Sports Investment purposes over the course of the competition in the now and Squawka has done solid, practical work in bringing us this PL Table built on xG.

https://www.squawka.com/en/features/premier-league-xg-table/

FUTURISTICS REVISITED

RANDOM PROLOGUE POSTING

“THE DOMESTIC BLOCKBUSTER”

• A new series designed to give the international reader an idea what the big game is this weekend in the United States as it pertains to CFB and the NFL. One game. One try.

THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROLOGUE v1.0.

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• Understat
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• Squawka
• Sports Mole UK
• Gemini
• Google (web)
• Grok
• NBC Sports PR
• NBC Sports Soccer
• CBS Sports App
• BetMGM
• FanDuel
• William Hill/Caesars
• Circa Sports
• Real Sports
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DISCLAIMER: The purveyor of Darkseid Sports (me) and the author of this writing (also me) has no affiliation, whatsoever, with Manchester United, the Premier League, any of the above athletes, managers, media entities, sports betting entities, social media accounts and/or any other corporate entity, either portrayed in written form or depicted in corresponding images. The author of this writing is a passionate and very serious Manchester United and Premier League fan.

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