Following today's UEFA Champions League group stage draw, the most prominent European football/soccer competition is ready to kick off. And so is betting on the same. In this article, we will review all the groups and present them to you. Manchester City is the top contender for winning the trophy, and … Read More... about UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw Completed
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English Premier League Odds: 4 Betting Picks to Wrap Up the 2019-20 Season
WagerBop made a few nice moneyline picks on fixtures over the weekend, blessing readers who "square" gambled our picks with a positive rate-of-return. But on Monday we returned to just-whiffing on the soccer pitch, which means this is as good of a time as ever to bring up the holy spirit of handicapping, Hunter S. Thompson. Thompson's notable quotes include a maxim I've … [Read more...] about English Premier League Odds: 4 Betting Picks to Wrap Up the 2019-20 Season
Premier League Odds and Best Bets: Leicester vs Sheffield and Picks Thru 7/20
Despite the frenetic schedule of Premier League fixtures, all 20 top-level English clubs have managed to play exactly 35 domestic league matches as of early Tuesday morning. That gives us a chance to make a full analysis of the EPL table and discern the main motivation (or lack thereof) for squads headed into their final 2019-20 appearances, the final 3 Premier League … [Read more...] about Premier League Odds and Best Bets: Leicester vs Sheffield and Picks Thru 7/20
Premier League Odds: Moneylines and Picks for the Upcoming EPL Weekend
Liverpool is officially the 2019-20 Premier League champion, and millions of people around the world are celebrating. I couldn’t be more embarrassed. On the night following an excellent 4-0 victory over Crystal Palace last Wednesday, more than a dozen Reds tuned-in via livestream and reacted with delight as Manchester City was beaten 2-1 by Chelsea. The 3 dropped points … [Read more...] about Premier League Odds: Moneylines and Picks for the Upcoming EPL Weekend
FA Cup Quarterfinals: Chelsea vs Leicester Odds and 4 Q-Final Predictions
For many years, the tradition of the FA Cup has been marred somewhat by weak lineups representing top Premiership clubs. Managers do their level best not to rank any competition above another when speaking to the media. But a simple glance at the names taking the pitch for a typical 3rd or 4th-Round fixture tells you all you need to know. Jürgen Klopp has all but projected a … [Read more...] about FA Cup Quarterfinals: Chelsea vs Leicester Odds and 4 Q-Final Predictions
Premier League Restart: City-Arsenal Odds, Spurs-United Total, and Betting Picks Through 6/21
No soccer handicapper has had a weirder reason to be optimistic. Here we are again, and is there any comparison between this and any scenario in football history? Following a months-long suspension of English Premier League play thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, EPL footballers are likely to be fresh as daisies. But the clubs themselves could rustier than an old … [Read more...] about Premier League Restart: City-Arsenal Odds, Spurs-United Total, and Betting Picks Through 6/21
English Premier League: Spurs vs United Odds and Predictions on Matchday 30
Well, that was better. WagerBop’s “team” soccer handicaps went right around .500 last weekend, and .500 is typically a great number in a betting sport full of 3-way markets and partial payoffs. At the same time, many of the correct predictions Nikola and I made were at 1-to-1 (or worse) payoff odds, so we can’t claim punters got more than a piddling sum from any of our direct … [Read more...] about English Premier League: Spurs vs United Odds and Predictions on Matchday 30
Premier League Odds and Previews: Chelsea a Weird Favorite vs Everton on Sunday
Well – as Robin Williams put it in Bicentennial Man – that won’t do. Our soccer blog has bounced back from losing weeks a number of times in a long English Premier League season, and as a veteran handicapper I’m supposed to keep the faith and believe in the process until things turn around. Yet I am also reminded of the “patience mythology” that infects other sports and hobbies … [Read more...] about Premier League Odds and Previews: Chelsea a Weird Favorite vs Everton on Sunday
FA Cup Betting Odds: 5th-Round Lines, Totals, and Predictions
There’s an editor and graphic designer at WagerBop who, from time to time, politely asks for more UEFA Champions League previews in midst of our site’s weekly English domestic picks. I’m all in favor of that, and collaborated with Nikola Velickovic on a series of UEFA futures and moneyline choices on the upcoming Champions League Round of 16. But I’m drawn to the FA Cup each … [Read more...] about FA Cup Betting Odds: 5th-Round Lines, Totals, and Predictions