Erik ten Hag insists Manchester United are going to make a success of the season , despite their difficult start to the 2024-25 campaign.
United are 12th in the Premier League, having collected just seven points; their joint-fewest after the first six games in a single season (matching their total from 2013-14 and 2020-21).
Sunday s 3-0 defeat by Tottenham at Old Trafford provided their latest setback, while increasing the pressure on Ten Hag, whose side face Porto in the Europa League on Thursday before returning to Premier League action against Aston Villa three days later.
Against Spurs, United conceded in the first three minutes of both halves in a single Premier League game for only the second time, while allowing their third-highest xG (4.59) by an opponent…
Tottenham have found a back-up for Harry Kane as Carlos Vinicius gets another chance in a top-five European league.
Benfica announced on Thursday they had reached an agreement to loan the forward to Spurs until the end of the season.
Tottenham also have a purchase option of £41million (€45m), minus the loan amount of £2.7million (€3m) should they decide to use it.
Jose Mourinho has his back-up for one of the Premier League s best forwards in Kane.
Using Opta data, we take a look at how Carlos Vinicius fared in 2019-20.
A prolific Primeira Liga campaign
Carlos Vinicius enjoyed the most prolific season of his career in 2019-20, scoring 18 Primeira Liga goals and 22 in all competitions.
The forward was the equal top-s…
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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Ladies and gentlemen, it is teaser time! I improved my teaser record to 3-2 last week — shoutout to the Eagles for not scoring on their final possession. We’ve got a little bit of momentum going with two straight wins, but I’m hungry for more and we’ve got some great options to choose from in Week 6 odds.
This week’s NFL odds board has a few very obvious candidates who we can tease down inside of a field goal, while there are also a few sneaky underdogs who we can tease up that are worth consideration.
Make sure you’re getting the most bang for your buck with your NFL teaser bets. You’re paying for every half point, so don’t let those them go to waste by teasing through zero. You should also look to follow a basi…
The New York Jets and New England Patriots will end their disappointing seasons on Sunday in Foxborough in some weather that certainly parallels both clubs’ performances on the year. With heavy winds and likely snow/rain, bettors are staring at the lowest NFL total since 1993 at 30.5.
With poor conditions for the lowest-scoring offense in football and the New England team total possibly riding on the leg of rookie kicker Chad Ryland, should bettors fade the Pats’ team total one more time this season which the Under has hit in 13 of their last 20 games?
I break down the Week 18 NFL odds and offer my free NFL picks for Jets vs. Patriots on Sunday, January 7.
Jets vs Patriots odds
Jets vs Pat…
How many bets have you lost by the half-point hook? Too many.
As NFL odds tighten with every snap, the difference between winning bets and losing bets is the ability to get the best number for your opinion. That can mean jumping on the opening lines right away or waiting for the market to move later in the week.
That’s where I come in.
Each Sunday night, with odds fresh out of the oven, I suggest spreads and totals to bet now (knowing moves are coming quick) and some lines to bet later (projecting market movement and public perception) with your NFL picks.
Here are the “Bet Now, Bet Later” lines for NFL Week 3 odds.
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Premier League players are to return to contact training this week, but will not be made to self-isolate unless they have spent more than 15 minutes in direct company with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19.
Clubs voted unanimously to pass “stage two” medical protocols on Wednesday, seen as a crucial step in the attempt to resume the 2019-20 top-flight season. The league also announced four more individuals from three clubs had tested positive for Covid-19.
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Stage two protocols deal with contact training, including tackling and aerial duels, actions which require breaching physical distancing guidelines. Players who test…
Harry Kane is determined to shine a light on human rights abuses in Qatar with the help of captains from other national teams after expressing misgivings at the Gulf state hosting the World Cup this year.
The England captain mentioned his Tottenham teammates Hugo Lloris and Son Heung-min – who captain France and South Korea respectively – and former clubmates such as Gareth Bale – the captain of Wales, who are hoping to qualify – as he looked to rally strength in numbers to drive lasting social change.
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Kane and his England teammates were briefed at St George’s Park on Tuesday about the issues surrounding Qatar’s hosting of…