Following Monaco s sensational title triumph in 2016-17, normal service was resumed in Ligue 1 last season as Paris Saint-Germain regained their crown by a crushing 13-point margin on the way to another domestic treble
Under the scrutiny of UEFA s Financial Fair Play rules, the 2017 excesses that brought in Neymar and Kylian Mbappe to further skew the balance of power have not been possible for PSG this year. Their most significant acquisition for the campaign that gets underway when Marseille host Toulouse on Friday is Thomas Tuchel.
The former Borussia Dortmund coach is the high-end tactician the capital club s Qatari owners have craved as they turn their attentions towards the final frontier of Champions League success.
For all his undoubted talent, Tuchel has…
Wolves will no doubt be fielding a full strength team following their £25,000 fine by the F.A. for previously deliberately fielding a weakened team against Manchester United, while Chelsea will hope they are unaffected by the furore surrounding Wolves and will expect to pick up an important three points.
Wolves Boss Mick McCarthy came under fire from all quarters for his team selection against United earlier in the season. As it turned out it may have been a wise decision as his rested first team picked up three points in their following league game. After all, a £25,000 fine pales into insignificance against survival in the Premier League. Adopt tactics like this agaain, though, and the club are likely to be punished much more severely. Wolves will be unperturbed by the late…
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Marking their return from September’s international break this weekend, West Brom will travel to Fratton Park when they meet Portsmouth on Sunday afternoon.
Starting with the hosts, storming their way to a Championship return for this season, Portsmouth simply have their sights set on keeping hold of their second-tier status this time around. However, despite opening the 2024/25 campaign with an action-packed 3-3 stalemate away at promotion contenders Leeds, John Mousinho’s men have largely failed to find any kind of stability. Heading into September’s international break with another worrying display as they slumped to a 3-1 drumming at home against Sunderland, the Blues have failed to win any of their first five …
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has acknowledged the 2019-20 season across Europe would likely be lost if football is unable to restart by the end of June.
The 2019-20 season has been suspended indefinitely across most of Europe due to the coronavirus pandemic, with Euro 2020 also pushed back to 2021.
While leagues are hoping to restart between the end of April and the beginning of June, there is as yet no definite return date and Ceferin has conceded it may be impossible to finish the season at all.
In that case, UEFA s president has suggested the campaign would have to be considered as null and void.
If we don t succeed in restarting, the season will probably be lost, Ceferin told Italian publication La Repubblica.
There is a plan A, B and C…
There are not many who believe Chelsea have much of a chance of beating French champions PSG, but that is nothing new for Gary Cahill.
Cahill was part of the Chelsea side that enjoyed an unlikely triumph over Bayern Munich in 2012 to take out the title.
Chelsea were managed by stand-in Roberto Di Matteo at the time and Cahill is hoping current interim manager Guus Hiddink can achieve a similar feat with the club, despite his side still being in the bottom half of the Premier League table.
We have to prove that we’re a good team and good players on the biggest stage. he said.
Everyone talks about wanting Champions League football and they want Champions League.
We’ve managed to get through the group and we are facing PSG. It’s massive.
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Covers is throwing an entry into the Circa Million Pro Football contest for the 2021 season and Adam Chernoff has been tabbed to make the weekly picks so let’s dig right in.
Here are his five ATS picks for Week 9 of the Circa Million betting contest.
Week 8 record: 3-2Season to date: 19-11
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Week 1 in the NFL features an NFC North rivalry on Sunday with the Minnesota Vikings hosting the Green Bay Packers at U.S. Bank Stadium.
After back-to-back seasons of missing the playoffs, the Vikes will try to start off on the right foot against a Green Bay side that has cruised to division titles each of the last three years.
Oddsmakers are expecting a close contest with the Packers opening as short 2-point road favorites when the line hit the board in May, before slimming to -1.5. Here are our best free Packers vs. Vikings NFL picks and predictions for September 10.
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The Houston Texans are hitting the road and heading east to New Orleans to take on the Saints in the last preseason football game of 2023 tonight. NFL odds have the Saints as tepid 2.5-point favorites, with the total on the board at 38.
It should be relatively exciting too, with both teams expected to deploy their rookie quarterbacks. For the Texans, that’s No. 2 overall pick CJ Stroud — who is expected to start in the season opener — while the Saints are likely to go with fourth-round pick Jake Haener for the vast majority of the game.
Find out where my best bets lie in our NFL picks and predictions for Texans vs. Saints on Sunday, August 27.
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Two teams on opposite ends of the NFC food chain collide in Week 11 odds, with the Dallas Cowboys laying double figures when they visit the Carolina Panthers this Sunday.
The NFL odds have set Dallas as 10.5-point road chalk, marking the second straight week the Cowboys have been double-digit favorites. They made good as 17.5-point home faves in Week 10, blasting the New York Giants and improving favorites of -10 or higher to 8-2 ATS on the season.
Meanwhile, Carolina has just one win to its name at 1-8, and its record against the spread isn’t much prettier.
The Panthers enter Week 11 at 1-6-2 ATS but enjoyed a mini-bye after losing last Thursday. That means they could have some extra bodies back on defense in time to battle Dallas’ high-oct…
This year’s rendition of the Super Bowl features a litany of offensive playmakers on both sides, including San Francisco 49ers star wide-out Deebo Samuel. Samuel was the Niners’ undisputed top weapon two years ago, but with the addition of Christian McCaffrey and the ascent of Brandon Aiyuk, touches are harder to come by these days.
Still, with more competition for targets and a strong Chiefs pass defense in front of him, Samuel’s Super Bowl odds are a even a bit lower than usual. Does that make for betting value on taking the Over on his NFL odds? I let you know as I assess the Deebo Samuel odds and give my best NFL picks and predictions for Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, February 11.For more Super Bowl predictions, be sure to check out Jason Logan’s 49e…