EPL season starts in less than a month
Mo Salah again leads the way in race for Golden Boot
Books are offering some goalscorer head-to-head prop bets
With the start of the new English Premier League season less than a month away, the books are open for the Golden Boot winner. Sportsbooks are also offering some goalscorer head-to-heads and we’ll take a look at three of the most interesting match-ups.
Mohamed Salah vs Sergio Aguero Most Goals Odds
| Player | Odds |
|---|---|
| Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) | -134 |
| Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) | +101 |
*All odds taken 07/09/19.
The bookies are expecting the EPL title to boil down to another battle between Liverpool and Man City, and so Mohamed Salah vs Sergio Aguero could end up being pivotal. Salah is again favored to win the Golden Boot and so is also expected to beat Aguero in this head-to-head. But this is less clearcut than it first appears.
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Both players have had busy summers, with Salah’s Egypt having only just been knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations, while Aguero’s Argentina side were knocked out of the Copa America by Brazil on the weekend. Neither will join up with their respective clubs until they have had some time off, so it’s conceivable that neither will start the EPL season in game one.
This follows on from last summer when both had prolonged breaks after the World Cup, but unlike Salah, Aguero was able to hit the ground running when he did re-appear. A repeat this summer would give Aguero a head start.
Also, despite Salah winning last season’s Golden Boot (he was in a three-way tie with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and teammate Sadio Mane), he scored ten less goals in 2018/19 than he did the previous season. Aguero’s consistency could see him win this one.
Our pick: Aguero +101
Jamie Vardy vs Raheem Sterling Most Goals Odds
| Player | Odds |
|---|---|
| Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) | +149 |
| Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) | -202 |
The Man City factor gives Sterling the edge here, but in terms of being a natural goalscorer there’s only one winner. Vardy scored 24 times in Leicester’s title-winning season of 2016 and, despite the Foxes failing to hit those same heights since, he has continually been among the league’s leading scorers.
Add in the fact that Brendan Rodgers has strengthened his squad considerably over the summer, giving Leicester a genuine shot at top six, and Vardy will be at the heart of this charge. With the EPL’s top player for assists, James Maddison, prompting and probing in the Foxes’ midfield, there will be a plentiful supply of chances for Vardy and so not only do we expect him to beat Sterling, we also expect him to be in the race for the Golden Boot.
Whether the Gabonese international can beat Kane if the England skipper plays a full season is difficult to say but if he stays at Arsenal – at the time of writing his future is a little uncertain – then, alongside Alexandre Lacazette, the Arsenal forward line promises to again be very productive.
This one will be close, but we anticipate a fully fit Harry Kane will just edge it.
Our pick: Kane -183