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: 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
Premier League Betting Lines: Aston Villa vs Leicester and 9 Other Matchday 16 Picks
Forget all that jazz about the Premier League calendar setting-up well for handicaps and blog posts as of a week ago. This is the time of year when the EPL schedule begins losing the plot. Playing catch-up after a few scattered breaks for international football, the Premiership will now undertake a flurry of 3 Matchdays within less than a 10-day span. Manchester United, for … [Read more...] about Premier League Betting Lines: Aston Villa vs Leicester and 9 Other Matchday 16 Picks
Premier League Odds and Predictions: Chelsea’s Sharp Action vs City on Matchday 13
My touts on the Premiership tend to be posted pretty late in the week, and I’ll cop to a bit of personal responsibility for tardy publish times. (The constant crush of American football deadlines this time of year doesn’t help a whole lot.) However, it’s also handy – and makes articles more interesting – to wait until Thursday or Friday to see what the totality of London and … [Read more...] about Premier League Odds and Predictions: Chelsea’s Sharp Action vs City on Matchday 13
Premier League Matchday 6: Blues Can Save All or Fall vs Liverpool
There are a few common threads in the typical early-season Premier League storylines. Less-heralded clubs will often run-up a nice point tally in August, September and October matches, only to predictably fall back once the real football gets going in winter. Aristocrats will slip, slide and work to improve their lineups before becoming prohibitive favorites in fixtures late in … [Read more...] about Premier League Matchday 6: Blues Can Save All or Fall vs Liverpool
English Premier League Matchday 4 Preview: Citizens and Reds Among the Vulnerable?
Sometimes 2 different angles can lead to the same conclusion. For instance, I am personally in favor of universal health care, but not due to a belief in collectivist governance or in professional services as rights. Rather I feel that abiding medical care for all is a moral choice that humanity must make if civilization is to flourish – a building block of a peaceful society. … [Read more...] about English Premier League Matchday 4 Preview: Citizens and Reds Among the Vulnerable?
Premier League Matchday 3 Odds and Preview: Can’t Forget Those Reds
I’ve got to fess up – 2 major boners by WagerBop in the past week can be directly traced to my malfeasance. Baseball fans may have noticed our accurate-yet-misplaced “Chicago White Sox to win” pick at nearly 4-to-1 odds on Monday. The ChiSox did indeed score an upset. However, it was just a filing error – my real 4-to-1 pick was the Detroit Tigers, who lost by 1 … [Read more...] about Premier League Matchday 3 Odds and Preview: Can’t Forget Those Reds
2019-20 Premier League Preview: Complete Vegas Odds and Predictions on Matchday 1
Sometimes you can practically hear a sports-media narrative buzzing in your ears before it arrives, like a noisy vehicle on a country road. There is already a tradition of English Premier League sides playing over their heads on the opening 5 to 10 Matchdays of any season. That’s what made Leicester City’s recent Cinderella run to the EPL title so surprising – not that Foxes … [Read more...] about 2019-20 Premier League Preview: Complete Vegas Odds and Predictions on Matchday 1