Despite Brentford making just 7.83 fouls per game, making them the second cleanest side in the division, Nathan Collins has still managed to get stuck in, making 0.76 fouls per 90. Across his last seven Premier League starts, he’s committed nine fouls with at least one in each of those, and he also made an infringement in the reverse fixture.

Chelsea are the Premier League’s 4th most fouled side, drawing 11.9 per game, and Collins will be dealing with Cole Palmer, Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez, who draw 4.83 fouls between them this season. Across Chelsea’s last six games in all competitions, opposition centre backs have combined for 14 fouls, and so Collins will be kept very busy and is likely to be forced to commit an offence.

After he secured us a 15/1 treble winner in the last edition of this column, it would be rude not to back Destiny Udogie to make three or more tackles again at a fair price. Since returning from injury, he’s made four starts and has tackle counts of 3, 7, 4, 7. His season average across all competitions sits at 3.45 tackles per 90, and he’s landed this bet in 12 of his 21 league starts this season.

Udogie will be tasked with containing Southampton’s brightest spark, Tyler Dibling. The teenager has drawn plenty of attention from opposition full-backs, being dispossessed 2.51 times per 90 this season. In the reverse fixture, Udogie played just 28 minutes before Djed Spence moved to left back, and between them, they managed four tackles, which would be enough to land this bet with Bet365’s ‘Sub On, Play On’ offer.

Since arriving in Manchester, Patrick Dorgu has been all action, putting in energetic displays from wing back and involved in fouls, tackles and shots galore. In terms of efforts at goal, he’s averaged 2.17 shots per 90 for his new club in all competitions, with at least one in six of his seven starts. He also looks desperate to score his first United goal, having had five shots against Real Sociedad and a further four against Nottingham Forest last time out.

Man City are not the dominant force they once were, and since the start of 2025, they’ve conceded 11.83 shots per game across all competitions. On their travels, that average is up to 13, including League One Leyton Orient, having had 13 shots, and so United will get chances to attack. Despite having a turgid season of their own, Ruben Amorim’s men have the chance to do the double over their bitter rivals for just the second time since 2010, and so their fans should be well up for it, and hopefully this pumps Dorgu up to continue his shooting streak.