With a little bit over every week till Tremendous Bowl LIX on FOX, let’s take a step away from soccer and see what different betting prospects exist on the market.
Listed below are a number of wagers I’ve in my pocket proper now.
French Open
Iga Swiatek was a loser to eventual Australian Open winner Madison Keys in a basic semifinal, however now comes the time of the yr when Swiatek excels — the publish slam hardcourt and clay seasons.
She’s gained the French Open 4 instances already, together with every of the final three, and it will likely be laborious for anybody to beat her on her greatest floor if she continues to get higher — and keep wholesome — below new coach Wim Fissette.
Some is likely to be pondering, “Didn’t she get beat at Roland Garros within the Olympics final summer time?” Sure, she did, however the courtroom performs a lot otherwise at the moment of the yr than it does in late Might/early June. This worth will definitely not get any shorter between now and the beginning of the event.
PICK: Iga Swiatek (-175) to win French Open
NBA Western Convention
What’s this? An NBA guess from me?
Sure!
The Thunder have one of the best report within the West by 5 video games (as of Jan. 30) and can solely get higher with the return of Chet Holmgren from damage. Whereas the West is taken into account deeper than the East, which of these groups are you able to see beating a deep Thunder squad in a seven-game collection?
The one factor one would possibly fear about is the very fact OKC has by no means carried out it earlier than, however this feels extra like a state of affairs the place it has been constructing for a few years and that is the place it reaps the advantages of the roster constructing, lastly reaching the Finals as soon as once more.
PICK: Thunder (+110) to win Western Convention
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Premier League and League Cup
Liverpool are -450 or so to win the Premier League and are within the semifinals of the League Cup — so why not take the plus cash that the Reds win each?
It might be a close to historic collapse for a group with this massive of a lead at this level of the season to not win the Prem. Liverpool have a six-point lead over Arsenal with a sport in hand, in addition to a more healthy facet than their closest rivals. Liverpool has already earned a degree at Arsenal and host the Gunners on Might 10.
The worth on Liverpool to win the Prem may leap even shorter pending this weekend’s outcomes. Liverpool goes to Bournemouth, who’s competing for a top-four spot, whereas Arsenal hosts Man Metropolis. A Liverpool win and something lower than an Arsenal win would make Arsenal’s job even much less seemingly.
Liverpool are down 1-0 to Tottenham getting into the second leg of their EFL semifinal conflict, however that’s basically nothing. The Reds did all the things however rating within the first leg at Tottenham and may simply win the second leg at Anfield over a group in shambles proper now. Arsenal or Newcastle would await within the last.
PICK: Liverpool (+125) to win Premier League and League Cup
Masters Match
Will Zalatoris’ final couple of years have sadly been misplaced as a result of again and hip accidents, however he’s proven glimpses this yr that he’s getting again to the participant that has three top-tens, together with a runner-up, on the Masters.
His sport is sort of tailored for Augusta Nationwide, and whereas his placing will at all times be a query, it has improved and placing is at all times the streakiest, most random a part of a participant’s sport. See Wyndham Clark’s placing exhibition in his U.S. Open win.
It’s at all times going to be laborious to beat Scottie Scheffler at Augusta, however a wholesome Willy Z — who misplaced to Hideki Matsuyama by a stroke in 2021 — is nearly as good a stab as any, particularly at a worth near 50-1.
PICK: Will Zalatoris (46-1) to win Masters
Chris “The Bear” Fallica has lined sports activities for practically three many years. Whereas school soccer has been his focus, he additionally enjoys the NFL, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, MLB, NHL and Horse Racing, with an “occasional” wager on such occasions. Chris just lately gained the inaugural Circa Soccer Invitational and completed within the High 10 of the Golden Nugget Soccer Contest. He is a multiple-time qualifier for the NHC Handicapping Championship. Keep in mind, “The much less you guess, the extra you lose while you win!” Comply with him on Twitter @chrisfallica.
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