Irish Sunday Mirror

16/5 (Betway) ‘anytime scorer’ about Roger Marti is the way to get with red-hot Levante at leaky Villarreal (3.15pm) TWINKLE-TOED WILF CAN GET BUSTLING

Liam’s 12/1 to expose Wig

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CHELSEA were 16/1 (Paddy) for the title going into this weekend. Maurizio Sarri’s garden is full of green shoots and smiling faces. What if he plants a 25-goal striker in January?

First things first though, and Crystal Palace are the job in hand at Stamford Bridge (4pm). Harder graft than advertised, I reckon.

On his day, Wilfried Zaha (below) transforms things for these earthbound Eagles to a degree that feels dreamlike. Like when you’re dozing in bed on Sunday morning, and out of nowhere Darcey Bussell glides in with a cuppa, a bacon sandwich and a saucy enquiry. Ketchup or brown? Magical.

Sadly, you can’t rely on delicious crispy bets served by lithe-limbed figments of the imaginatio­n. Try Palace +1.5 at 12/11 (Betvic) instead. LEEDS drew with a very late handball goal last time out at Elland Road, having created what leading analysts identified as ‘bugger all’ against a crafty, resolute Nottingham Forest.

I’m expecting injury-clouded Wigan (1.30pm) to shake off the fun-loving vibe that did for them at Bramall Lane. The DRAW looks right at 5/2 (Fred). Leeds’ Liam Cooper (left) is an interestin­g ‘anytime scorer’ longshot at 12/1 (Unibet, Betway, 888sport).

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