The Premier League is back, with another fascinating season in store.
The 2021-22 title race went right to the wire, with Manchester City pipping Liverpool at the last, while the picture at the bottom was similarly dramatic as Leeds United survived.
The dominant top two have strengthened – including City pinching Leeds talisman Kalvin Phillips – and the league again looks so tough to call at both ends of the table.
Thankfully, Stats Perform AI is able to do that. It has predicted the outcome of the coming campaign, estimating the likelihood of teams finishing in each position informed by their expected results in each match.
These are calculated using betting odds and Stats Perform s team rankings – based on historical and recent team performances �…
The new Premier League season has not even begun yet and we re already enjoying some enthralling narratives.
Beyond the mundane matter of who might win the league, who will beat the drop and how thick the VAR lines will be, there are some tantalising stories we ll be following closely in the coming weeks.
Below, Stats Perform takes a look at some of the big talking points
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Predicting football is often a fool s game – especially in an era when Lionel Messi no longer plays for Barcelona – but Rafael Benitez at Everton? Who saw that coming?
The Spaniard is back in the Premier League, two years after walking away from Newcastle United, having been tempted by the same project that won over Carlo Ancelotti before the lure o…
Burkina Faso begin their quest for Africa Cup of Nations glory against Gabon in Group A on Saturday.
Burkina Faso s quest to put their 2013 Africa Cup of Nations disappointment behind them begins when they face Gabon on Saturday.
The West African nation made it all the way to the final two years ago, but were subsequently beaten 1-0 by Nigeria in Johannesburg.
Gabon are their opening opponents in Group A this weekend as the 2015 tournament gets under way, with head coach Paul Put keen to get a good start in Bata as Burkina look to progress from the group stages for only the third time in their history.
Belgian Put has been in charge of Burkina since 2012 and much is expected of his side after the success in South Africa, especially with Jonathan Pitroipa…
It’s the dress rehearsal for the 2021 NFL season as the Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills will meet in the third and final installment of the preseason on Saturday.
Both clubs are taking very different approaches to this abbreviated tune-up as the Bills will start Josh Allen and play the majority of their starters, while the Packers will sit Aaron Rodgers and most of the team’s No. 1’s.
Due to these very different game plans, the Bills come into Saturday’s home match as an unheard-of 9.5-point preseason favorite after opening at -4 and blowing past the 7 and the 9. The total has been less volatile but did jump two points to 36.5 after the Bills announced that Allen would start.
Here are our NFL free preseason picks and predicti…
With the 2021 NFL betting calendar entering December, books and bettors know exactly who they’re dealing with.
Oddsmakers now have three months’ worth of data coursing through their icy veins, which means getting the best of the NFL spreads and totals takes cunning and perfect timing. And there are plenty of options on the table based on current NFL Week 13 odds.
That’s where our Week 13 “Bet Now/Bet Later” betting analysis comes in: predicting early moves and public perception in order to pinpoint the optimal time to place your wagers. Check out our top spreads and totals to bet now and the best NFL lines to bet later.
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With four weeks in the books, the rankings are settling in and the Top 10 has certainly seen a shakeup with the play of the Eagles, 49ers, Rams, and Packers. The Top 2 spots remain unchanged while the bottom-feeders are still bad. However, everything in the middle is still wide open as only nine teams have a losing record heading into Week 5.
In games on a neutral field, every higher-ranked team would be favored or, at least, a pick ’em on the moneyline in this format. For two teams ranked closely together, the difference in the spread would be a home-field advantage (if any), which varies slightly from team to team.
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With the increased popularity of betting touchdown props, it’s a little harder these days for bettors to find value in the NFL odds market. However, because of price discrepancies across books, having multiple outs is the best way to be profitable with player props.
Each week I’ll find my three best touchdown props for the Sunday slate. They might not be high-win probable plays, but if they aren’t, they’ll certainly be +EV. I’m up 16.55 units over three weeks and have swept the board in back-to-back weeks.
When it comes to Week 4 odds, we’re going all in on short-yardage scores. In my latest NFL picks, I’m going back to a winner from last week in a projected shootout, hitting a low-volume runner who will get the …
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs (8-4) are fresh off of the wrong end of an upset in front of the nation’s and Taylor Swift’s eyes, dropping to the once-upon-a-time 2-5 Green Bay Packers. Mahomes managed to complete just 21 of 33 passes (63.6%) for a measly 210 yards, managing only one touchdown to match his interception.
In Week 14 odds they return home to host the Buffalo Bills (6-6), who find themselves surprisingly desperate for a win this week after dropping three of their last four and four of their last six.
Can Mahomes get things back on track and take advantage of a hobbled Bills defense? Or will the Bills give Mahomes and company another hard week to fight through?
Continue reading for free Patrick Mahomes odds and NFL picks and pred…
Have you ever checked out a sportsbook’s NFL betting lines and noticed something like this?
| Team B | +9.0 | -125 |
| Team A | -9.0 | +105 |
You may have wondered why these lines are displayed with such odd juice discrepancies instead of a more evenly-priced option like Team B +7.5 (-110) / Team A -7.5 (-110), which you can typically find tucked within a dropdown menu. It might make sense to see prices like the above for key numbers like three and seven, but you’ll often see it on non-key numbers a few times across a slate.
The r…
No sooner had the Cyprus manager Temuri Ketsbaia declared Scotland have already qualified for next summer’s European Championship than Steve Clarke comprehensively dismissed the notion. “Football can bite you on the bum,” said the Scotland manager.
Victory for Clarke’s men over Cyprus on Friday would make it five wins from as many matches in Group A. In that circumstance, Scotland could seal a finals berth as early as Tuesday if other results go their way. Ketsbaia insisted the Scots are already bound for Germany. “I believe they have already qualified,” said the former Newcastle United midfielder. “I am not surprised they are at the top of the group. I am sure they will finish first or second.”
‘A real togetherness’: …