Mid-Week Update: Pre-Match Delivers & Counta Elite Stays Hot

Mid-week Premier League football. Chaos, drama, and goals everywhere. Newcastle letting a 2-1 lead slip in the 95th minute. Nine goals at Craven Cottage. Haaland reaching his Premier League century. Leeds shocking Chelsea at Elland Road.

Pre-Match Football found value across the board this week, with player shots, bet builders and card markets all landing across the mid-week slate.

Meanwhile, Counta Elite was reading matches in real-time across Europe and England, catching goals in Barcelona vs Atlético Madrid, Liverpool vs Sunderland, and the Chelsea collapse at Leeds.

Pre-Match Football: Finding Value

Newcastle 2-2 Tottenham

Newcastle hosted Spurs in a game that had everything. Bruno Guimarães rifled home in the 71st minute, Anthony Gordon converted from the spot in the 86th, and Cristian Romero somehow rescued Spurs with a 95th-minute overhead kick after his earlier header had briefly levelled things.

Our Bet Builder combined Under 5.5 Match Goals with Anthony Gordon Over 1.5 Shots on Target at 10/3. The match finished with four goals. Gordon had multiple efforts on target before converting his penalty. Both legs landed comfortably.

Fulham 4-5 Man City

Nine goals, Haaland's century, Foden's brace, and the most chaotic final 20 minutes the Premier League has seen all season.

We had two selections on this one. Jeremy Doku Over 2.5 Shots at 7/2 and Phil Foden Over 1.5 Shots on Target at 11/2.

Doku was involved in everything. He set up Haaland's historic opener with a precise low cross, then saw his own effort deflect in off Sander Berge for City's fifth. The Belgian registered three shots before being substituted in the 63rd minute.

Foden was even better. A thunderous strike into the top corner from the edge of the box made it 3-0 before half-time. Then he tucked away his second just three minutes after the restart after Haaland's clever flick. Two shots on target before the hour mark. Selection settled.

Man Utd 1-1 West Ham

West Ham visited Old Trafford on Thursday night, with Ruben Amorim's side looking to climb into the top five.

Diogo Dalot broke the deadlock just before the hour with his first league goal in 19 months. It should have been enough. But with 83 minutes on the clock, Soungoutou Magassa pounced on corner chaos to equalise for West Ham. Another two points dropped from a winning position for United.

Our Bet Builder on this one was sharp. Over 0 Cards for Man Utd. Over 0 Cards in the 2nd Half. Amad Diallo 2+ Fouls Committed. All three landed. Combined odds of 5.50, with the 25% winnings boost taking a £25 stake to a £165.63 return.

We also had Jarrod Bowen Over 1.5 Shots on Target at 10/3. The West Ham captain was excellent all night, taking on defenders and forcing saves from Senne Lammens. He finished with multiple shots on target, including a flicked header at the back post that nearly produced the winner.

In-Play Elite: Counta Elite Stays Hot

While Pre-Match was delivering, Counta was doing what it does best: reading live match dynamics and finding value the market had missed.

December 2nd: Barcelona 3-1 Atlético Madrid

A La Liga title six-pointer at Camp Nou, with Atlético on a seven-match winning streak and Barcelona looking to extend their lead at the top. Counta was live throughout, sending ten signals with eight correct.

As the game developed, the system tracked pressure, shot volume, and game state, pointing to a 3-4 goal outcome exactly where the game finished. Álex Baena fired Atlético ahead in the 19th minute, Raphinha equalised seven minutes later, Dani Olmo put Barcelona in front midway through the second half, and Ferran Torres sealed it in the 96th minute.

December 3rd: Liverpool 1-1 Sunderland & Leeds 3-1 Chelsea

At Anfield, Liverpool's struggles continued. Chemsdine Talbi put Sunderland ahead with a long-range effort in the 67th minute. It took a deflected Florian Wirtz strike nine minutes from time to rescue a point.

At Elland Road, Leeds produced their performance of the season. Jaka Bijol headed home in the 6th minute. Ao Tanaka rifled in a stunning strike before half-time. Pedro Neto pulled one back for Chelsea, but Dominic Calvert-Lewin sealed it late.

Across both matches, Counta maintained roughly a 75% strike rate on in-play signals, correctly calling both half-time angles and full-time goal ranges. Members who followed the streams would have seen the bot lean into late-goal pressure rather than forcing early angles.

Weekend Ahead

The Premier League doesn't stop. Saturday's headline clash sees Arsenal travel to Aston Villa in the early kick-off, while Leeds host Liverpool in a massive 5:30pm showdown at Elland Road. Bournemouth welcome Chelsea, Spurs face Brentford at home, and Man City look to build momentum against Sunderland.

Monday night brings Wolves vs Manchester United at Molineux, where Matheus Cunha returns to face his former club.

Pre-Match Football will have selections across the weekend fixtures. Counta will be live for every match. If November was about setting records, this weekend is about keeping the run going.