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Premier League 2025/26 Betting: Three Quickly Improving Teams Who are Still Undervalued

The 2025/26 Premier League season is hotting up, and England’s top flight is starting to take shape. At the summit, Arsenal look to be head and shoulders clear of reigning champions Liverpool and Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, opening up a four-point gap at the top of the table. At the opposite end, however, mainstays West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Nottingham Forest all look to be in serious danger of suffering relegation.

Sandwiched in between those championship contenders and potential basement dwellers, however, a whole host of sides are jostling for position. Some seem to be on a downward trend, slipping down the standings and beginning to nervously look over their shoulders at the trap door. Others, however, are quickly improving and starting to climb their way into contention. And the best news is, the bookies haven’t yet cottoned on.

So, with multiple matchdays now in the book, which teams look to be on a positive trajectory? And, more importantly, how can you make the most of their positions? Let’s take a look.

Manchester United

Ruben Amorim finally seems to have turned a corner at Manchester United. After a disastrous year in charge at Old Trafford, the Portuguese manager has reeled off three straight victories, most recently defeating Brighton at home one week on from a famous victory away at rivals Liverpool. These recent exploits have catapulted the Red Devils up to sixth place in the table, just two points behind second-placed Bournemouth, but online betting sites still don’t appear convinced that United’s rebirth is the real deal.

Ahead of that recent clash against the Seagulls on matchday nine, the bookies made Amorim’s men a 2.00 favorite to claim all three points. Even when Matheus Cunha gave the hosts a 1-0 lead with his first goal for his new club, the popular Bovada live betting service still only made United a 1.45 favorite. Value bettors will argue that the Red Devils should have been around that price already, especially considering their current form and the fact that their stacked squad seems to be finally gelling.

The good news for punters, however, is that this undervaluation means that there is money to be made backing United. In their upcoming trip to Nottingham Forest, Amorim’s side is considered a 2.20 favorite, but considering the miserable form of the Tricky Trees, coupled with the newfound winning ways of United, the visitors should be far shorter, without question under 2.00. It will be interesting to see whether the bookies finally start to believe the hype in the coming weeks, should the Red Devils emerge with three points once again.

Aston Villa

Unai Emery has done a tremendous job in charge of Aston Villa, transforming the West Midlands club from a relegation contender into a top-six mainstay over the course of the last three years. However, a dismal start to the 2025/26 season saw the bookies lose faith, with many thinking that the Villans could be in for a negative change in fortunes.

Villa opened the campaign without a win in their first five games. In fact, they didn’t score a single goal in their first four. However, in recent weeks, things have begun to click, and they are beginning to look like the team that punters began to rely on last season. The Villains have reeled off four straight victories to gatecrash the Premier League’s top half, leapfrogging betting darlings Chelsea in the process.

It’s the quality of opposition that Emery’s men have defeated that has truly caught the eye. A 2-1 away victory at high-flying Spurs on October 19th was a result no one expected, and even fewer expected them to follow that up with a 1-0 home win against title-chasing Manchester City. On both occasions, the Villa Park side were huge underdogs, and it seems that will remain the case in the coming weeks as well.

Aston Villa are a 4/1 underdog for their upcoming trip to face champions Liverpool at Anfield, even though the Reds have lost their last four games. The bookies also make them a 3/1 shot to finish in the top six, despite the fact that they are already positioned in eighth and have achieved such a lofty finish in each of the last two seasons. The bookies are writing off the Villans, providing ample opportunity for value bettors to cash in.

Newcastle United

Another team that endured a disastrous start to the season was Newcastle United. The Magpies staggered out of the gates, winning just one of their first six. Much of that was due to a crisis initiated by wantaway striker Alexander Isak, with the Swede eventually getting his wish and departing for Liverpool. The Tyneside outfit struggled to replace their top scorer, but on transfer deadline day, they eventually did.

Nick Woltemade arrived from Stuttgart for a somewhat overinflated £69m. And to say the young German striker has hit the ground running would be an understatement. The 23-year-old has scored four goals in his first six Premier League games, helping his side to two wins in their last three.

Even still, though, the bookies still seem somewhat unconvinced. Newcastle were a 1.70 betting favorite for the recent visit of Fulham, but one would expect the odds to be shorter considering the Magpies were at home and bang in form. They duly got the job done thanks to a last-minute winner from captain Bruno Guimarães, and further victories at inflated odds could be just around the corner.