Blues 2/5 for title cruise

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Chelsea are a best-price 2/5 to win the title at Sky Bet after Manchester City lost 2-1 at West Ham on Saturday.

Jose Mourinho's team shortened again to win the Premier League after just two months of the season gone, as they lead Manchester City, their nearest challengers in the betting, by five points with a game in hand.

That game in hand is against Manchester United on Sunday, but while they would've been outsiders for a trip to Old Trafford in previous years, they are 7/5 favourites to collect all three points.

An eight-point gap would be pretty ominous, even at this stage in the season, and punters are keen to get Chelsea onside given their current vein of form.

Sky Bet offer Money Back in the Manchester United v Chelsea game if Falcao scores at any time - click here for details. Saturday's Money Back special wasn't triggered after Manchester City failed to score more than one goal, while Liverpool saved the firm's bacon by failing to beat Hull at Anfield.

Sky Bet had boosted the Liverpool-Arsenal-Southampton treble from 5/2 to 5/1, but only two of the three obliged after the Reds were held to a goalless draw.

"The Price Boost treble was extremely popular with our customers," said Sky Bet's head of Trading Sandro di Michele.

"I could hardly watch when Mario Balotelli had that golden chance in injury time, but thankfully the mercurial Italian failed to deliver the goods yet again."

Arsenal were cut to 28/1 after they won 2-0 away at Sunderland, but Liverpool drift out to 50s after that 0-0 draw with Hull.

Southampton's incredible start to the season continues and they are 200/1 to win the league at Sky Bet, from a pre-season 1000/1, after they beat Stoke 1-0. Ronald Koeman's side are second in the table, three points behind Chelsea.

In the race for a Champions League spot, Southampton are 6/1 now, with Liverpool drifting to 5/4. West Ham are just three points behind Southampton in fourth, but they are 40/1 for a top-four finish.

At the other end of the table, Sunderland were cut to 9/4 to go down after their loss to Arsenal, while Stoke were trimmed to 10/1 after their defeat.

Burnley and QPR, who weren't in action, remain odds-on for relegation and Crystal Palace are 2/1 after they threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at West Brom.

The Baggies themselves are 3/1 with Sky Bet to go down and Leicester were cut to 4/1 after they lost 2-0 to Swansea in the evening kick-off.