The English Premiership makes its long-awaited return to the pitch this weekend, as Manchester United begins their run for a third straight EPL championship.

The season officially gets underway on Saturday with two of the league's big four, Arsenal and Liverpool, on the fixture. Arsenal's first game is against West Bromwich, and the gunners are heavily favored at -600 in 's EPL soccer odds.

West Bromwich is a +1400 underdog in the match, while the draw odds were set at +525. Liverpool makes their season debut against Sunderland as a -167 favorite at BodogLife. Sunderland is a +460 underdog, and the draw odds in the match are at +260.

On Sunday Manchester United has their first game of the season against Newcastle United. Not surprisingly Man U is a -400 favorite in the match, while Newcastle is a +950 underdog at . This sportsbook is known universally as the best place to wager if you are betting underdogs.

The draw odds are +440. Also on Sunday, Manchester United's biggest challengers for the league title, Chelsea, make their season debut against Portsmouth. The Blues are a -375 favorite and Portsmouth is a +900 underdog. The draw odds are +420.

Heading into the new season Manchester United is favored to capture another league title on the futures odds at 7/5. Chelsea follows close behind at 7/4, while Arsenal is a 9/2 underdog. Rounding out the Big Four are Liverpool at 6/1. The only other EPL team to receive odds better than 100/1 at BodogLife was Tottemham Hotspur, at 50/1.

There are a ton of other EPL futures and props at , including an over/under on how many points each team will end up with at the end of the season.

Manchester United's total was set at 82.5, even though they easily eclipsed that last year when they recorded 87 points. Chelsea's posted total is also lower at 81.5, as they ended up with 85 points last year. The BodogLife oddsmakers must expect Arsenal to have a disappointing season after setting their total at 75.5. Last year Arsenal finished the season with 83 points.

Liverpool is even lower with a total of 74.5; they recorded 76 points last year. Check out live soccer odds with line on nearly 40 international leagues and competitions in the PointSpread.com soccer betting stats section.