Manchester United are in desperate need of a Premier League win when they take on Aston Villa on Sunday.
The pressure has piled on Erik ten Hag after last week s sorry 3-0 loss to Tottenham.
United have lost three of their six league fixtures this season, winning just twice against Southampton and Fulham while they have lost their last two home matches in the top flight by an aggregate score of 6-0.
Their tally of seven points is their joint-fewest after six games of any Premier League season (two wins, one draw, three losses), having made identical starts under David Moyes in 2013-14 and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 2020-21.
They now face another of the league s top teams when they take on Villa, who are fresh from their Champions League triumph ove…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is convinced Manchester United have developed significantly since suffering three semi-final defeats in 2019-20 as they prepare to host rivals Manchester City in the last four of the EFL Cup.
Had things gone a little differently last term, Man United might have ended the campaign with three trophy successes, breaking Solskjaer s duck as the club s boss.
But, United lost 3-1 to Chelsea in the FA Cup semis, suffered a late 2-1 defeat to Sevilla in the Europa League and fell at the same stage of the EFL Cup to City, losing 3-2 on aggregate.
The elimination by City was particularly chastening given the manner of the first-leg home loss, as United were swept aside and somewhat fortunate to only lose 3-1 – the 1-0 away win in the second meeting w…
NFL underdogs are 30-18 ATS entering Week 4 of the 2021 season – a 62.5 percent cover clip for those point spread pups. That’s the best three-week start for NFL underdogs since 2002, when dogs finished 29-16-1 ATS (64 percent).
But excuse me if I’m not doing cartwheels.
As a guy who prides himself on making his best NFL picks from only teams getting the points (and a guy who couldn’t do a cartwheel to save his life), I’ve seen this song and dance before. You see, underdogs always have an early-season edge.
In the opening month of the schedule, point spreads are made from public perception and offseason projections formulated from last year’s results. The so-called good teams are rarely as good as we think and ba…
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are on a mission to make the Super Bowl for the third year in a row but first, they’ll have to get by the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship on Sunday afternoon.
Despite losing to the Bengals at the start of the month, oddsmakers expect Kansas City to win comfortably in the rematch with NFL betting lines opening with the Chiefs as 7-point home favorites.
Here are our best free NFL picks and predictions for Bengals vs. Chiefs on Sunday, January 30, with kickoff at 3 p.m. ET.
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And then there were four.
The NFL odds is down to a pair of conference championship games with a ticket to Arizona on the line. The pressure on the field matches the pressure at the sportsbooks, with bookies and bettors going head-to-head in the NFL odds just three more times this season. It’s enough to make you cry.
If you’re out to be the “champ” this Championship Sunday, you need to get the best of the number to back up your bets. I help you do just that, sizing up the best spreads and totals to bet now and which lines you’ll want to bet later.
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A pair of NFL division leaders square off on Sunday afternoon as the Baltimore Ravens host the Detroit Lions. The Lions are atop the NFC North with a 5-1 record while the Ravens are the No. 1 team in the AFC North with a 4-2 mark.
NFL odds for this Week 7 showdown opened with the Ravens as 2.5-point favorites before shifting to the key number of -3. Check out my best free NFL picks for Lions vs. Ravens below.
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The Detroit Lions are fresh off a 20-6 road victory against the Buccaneers which improved their record to 5-1 straight up and against the spread. Their only loss this season came in overtime against the Seahawks. The Lions have gone a perfect 3-0 on the road,…
It’s only fitting that the first Detroit Lions home playoff game since 1994 features Matthew Stafford.
However, Stafford will be wearing a visitors jersey as he leads the Los Angeles Rams into battle vs. Jared Goff and Co.
Both teams will believe they can win this game and the betting odds leave very little to choose between them.
While there are a number of different subscription-based TV channels and streaming services available to watch this game… did you know that you can also live stream Rams/Lions directly from legal sports betting sites?
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Three weeks into the NFL season we’re starting to get a far better idea of which offenses we can trust, ones we need to avoid, and which players are starting to earn more usage in those offenses.
Now it’s time to turn that information into cold, hard cash with my first touchdown scorer NFL picks for Week 3!
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The Belgium national team visit Wales tomorrow night in the first game of qualifying for the World Cup in 2014.
The team from the low countries of Europe have not qualified for a major tournament in a decade, after previously being part of the furniture at earlier international tournaments.
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However, the current generation of players in the Belgium national side is regarded as of the best they have ever produced.
Not only does Belgium have players reaching their peak, but they also have some outstanding youngsters coming through as well.
These should be exciting times for fans of the Red Devils. They have achieved some impressive results in recent times, including a 4-2 friendly win over neighbours Holland.
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Roberto Martinez insists Portugal s Euro 2024 quarter-final clash with France will not merely come down to Cristiano Ronaldo s duel with Kylian Mbappe.
Portugal and France face off in Hamburg on Friday, with a last-four meeting with either Germany or Spain the prize for the victor.
Many have billed the match as a head-to-head battle between Mbappe and his idol Ronaldo, with both superstars desperate to hit top form after underwhelming starts to the tournament.
Ronaldo is yet to score from 20 shots worth 2.75 expected goals (xG), the former being a tournament-high tally, and he was in tears at half-time in extra time after seeing a penalty saved in Portugal s last-16 tie versus Slovenia.
Mbappe, meanwhile, suffered a broken nose in France s Group D opener …