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Ste Tudor picks out the best player bets ahead of Sunday's Premier League action including goals, cards and shots at odds ranging from 5/4 to 3/1.

Crystal Palace v Wolves - Mane at the heart of the action

Crystal Palace v Wolves Sunday, 14:00Live on Sky Sports +

The visitors will be unusually bullish after their late dramatics midweek but there is no looking past their woeful away form. They last won on their travels in the league at Old Trafford ten months ago.

The Eagles meanwhile haven't won at home since the start of November.

If any genuine quality breaks out at Selhurst Park this Sunday it will likely be accidental.

Mane in the main

Wolves may be doomed to the drop but they are not going gentle into the night, consistently out-fouling the rest of the top-flight. They have committed 90 more misdemeanours than Palace this term.

Chief offender is Joao Gomes but it's teenage winger Mateus Mane who gets the nod here for a hefty number of foul involvements beyond Molineux.

Giving as good as he gets down the flanks, the exciting prospect has fouled - or been fouled - five times per 90 across his last five away outings.

Nottingham Forest v Liverpool - Dom on target again

Nottingham Forest v Liverpool Sunday, 14:00Live on Sky Sports Main Event

Vitor Pereira becomes the fourth head coach this season to be the subject of Evangelos Marinakis' scary matchday glare and a 'new manager bounce' cannot be ruled out here. The 57-year-old has previous for turning frowns upside down on initially taking charge of clubs.Scoring goals though has been a serious problem for the Tricky Trees all season, converting the second fewest in the top-flight.As for Liverpool, Mo Salah's post-AFCON form is a big plus, as is welcoming back Dominik Szoboszlai back from suspension.

Szob shots the way to go

It is the versatile Hungarian we're focusing on here, in a game where shots should be in plentiful supply. Forest registered a lofty 35 last time out, at home to Wolves, reaching double figures for shots on target. How they managed to fire only blanks remains a mystery.

Arne Slot's men meanwhile have taken on more attempts this season than Arsenal or Man City.

And a mighty 11.4% of them have come from the right boot of Szoboszlai, a notable percentage from a player who has been deployed as a DM or at right-back for half of his appearances.

The 25-year-old has registered 10 SOT in his last eight outings.

Sunderland v Fulham - Hosts tipped to score

Sunderland v Fulham Sunday, 14:00Live on Sky Sports Premier League

The Cottagers have yet to keep a clean sheet in 2026 and the Stadium of Light is hardly the easiest place to put that right. The Black Cats have only failed to score vs Man City and Liverpool at home this term.

Neither side are in the best of shape at present and a low-scoring draw would hardly surprise.

Hulme fired up at home

The corresponding fixture back in November produced three bookings apiece and a similar tally can be expected again. Both sides are in the top seven for yellow cards received this season.

Acknowledging this leads us to Trai Hulme whose foul-count is pretty low all things considered, but clearly he favours quality over quantity. The Northern Irish full-back has been cautioned seven times this season, three of them in his last six outings.Five of the seven were received at home, Hulme no doubt fired up by Sunderland's baying faithful.

Tottenham v Arsenal - 12/1 NLD Bet Builder

Tottenham v Arsenal Sunday, 16:30Live on Sky Sports Main Event

We are spoilt for choice for narratives in North London this weekend. Are Arsenal beginning to choke, as they have done before to the point of cliche? What can we anticipate from Spurs under new temporary gaffer Igor Tudor? Is it relevant that Tudor has won his first match in charge at each of his last five clubs?

Arsenal hope to welcome back Martin Odegaard after injury. The hosts will be minus three of their first-choice back-four.

Simons to scheme to little avail

With so many of their attacking roster unavailable, Spurs will turn to Xavi Simons for inspiration and enterprise, the Dutch star's cuteness in possession one of the few bright points in what has been an otherwise miserable campaign.

Despite only making a second-half cameo in Tottenham's 4-1 loss to the Gunners back in November, Simons took on two of his team's meagre three shots. He has registered three or more in each of his last three home league games.

Staying with Spurs, but switching to a more negative slant, Conor Gallagher should be backed to commit multiple fouls. Why? Because he's Conor Gallagher and this is a high-stakes derby.

The midfielder has fouled every 35 minutes at home to date since joining from Atletico. Expect that stat to worsen come Sunday evening.

Lastly, the visitors were mightily relieved on Wednesday when Bukayo Saka's injury scare was confirmed as merely a knock. The England international was superb for 70 minutes vs Wolves, with 14 carries and an early goal.

He has eight goal involvements in his last eight North London Derbies.

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