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Bayer Leverkusen will use last campaign s Europa League loss against Roma as motivation to get the job done this time, so says Xabi Alonso.

Leverkusen were knocked out by Roma after a goalless draw in the second leg of the Europa League semis last season, losing the tie 1-0 on aggregate.

But a few things have changed since then with Alonso s side, who are now on an extraordinary 48-match unbeaten run this campaign, ending Bayern Munich s 11-year stranglehold on the Bundesliga title to secure their first trophy since 1993.

They are also a step closer to a treble, having beaten Roma 2-0 away in the first leg last week and reaching the DFB-Cup final against Kaiserslautern.

We haven t forget (forgotten) last season, we felt it. We need to use this energy and…

A flat Week 1 was not foreseen but the schedule gods haven’t done the Atlanta Falcons any favors in Week 2, as Arthur Smith’s new team travels to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a week after an awful performance at home to begin the year.

While Atlanta is in need of a spark, Tampa Bay is coming off a hard-fought opening night win in which it got a little luck but nonetheless showed the heart of a champion.

Can the Bucs improve on their Week 1 performance to cover a massive spread against the Dirty Birds? Find out with our free NFL betting Falcons vs. Buccaneers picks and predictions for September 19.

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The Seattle Seahawks will draw their season to a close on Sunday, as the team takes their 6-10 record on the road to face the Arizona Cardinals before entering an offseason of uncertainty. 

Fittingly, the likely end to the most successful era in the Seahawks’ history will happen at the site of the era’s low point, the last-second loss in Super Bowl XLIX at the hands of Malcolm Butler and the Patriots in Glendale.

Seattle heads to Arizona as 6.5-point NFL betting underdogs but can it throw a wrench in its division rival’s playoff seeding to close the year? Keep reading for our NFL picks and predictions for Seahawks vs. Cardinals.   

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The Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens will meet in prime time Sunday night as the home side Ravens look to stay on top of the AFC North despite not having Lamar Jackson who is considered doubtful for the rivalry game. 

Nobody is running the ball more lately than Baltimore, and with a timeshare in the backfield, there is plenty to like about the supposed Ravens backup.

Here are my NFL player prop picks for Sunday Night Football’s battle between the Steelers and Ravens. Be sure to also check out Jason Logan’s SNF betting picks and predictions!

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The NFL is back in London this Sunday, this time from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It’s another early start for football fans as the Buffalo Bills take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 5 odds. 

After years of London games featuring the NFL’s weaker teams, we have a prime matchup between two of the best quarterbacks in the game, including current MVP favorite Josh Allen.

With that said, let’s dive into the NFL odds and find the best NFL picks on Josh Allen odds for the London Game.

Be sure to also check out our full Jaguars vs. Bills betting preview along with our Jaguars vs. Bills prop bets.

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For my gambling dollar, there’s no better slate of games than Week 2 of the NFL season.

The NFL Week 2 odds are oozing with overreaction as bookies and bettors make knee-jerk decisions based on the first games of the season.

Here’s the thing. Teams are never as good or as bad as they seemed in Week 1. Well, maybe the Carolina Panthers. They look pretty damn bad.

Those abrupt adjustments in market perception make for good bets in the opening hours of the Week 2 odds and also opportunities to buy back the bigger line moves later in the week for your NFL picks. And with that, I welcome you to the first “Bet Now, Bet Later” article of the 2024 season.

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Jürgen Klopp has said he would have to be a “real idiot” to question the character of his Liverpool team after one bad defeat, but immediate improvement on the Watford performance will be essential to overcome Chelsea in the FA Cup.

Liverpool lost their unbeaten Premier League run in startling fashion at Vicarage Road on Saturday and head to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday looking to avoid a third consecutive away defeat in all competitions. Klopp, expected to make several changes for his first FA Cup fifth-round tie, believes no Liverpool player performed at their usual level at Watford. But he insists faith in a team who remain on course to win the Premier League title in record time is unbroken. “I am not a little bit in doubt about the…

Two days after Southampton held Manchester City to a 1-1 draw at St Mary’s last weekend, the club’s new majority owner, Dragan Šolak, looks extremely pleased with his purchase. It was “an absolutely supreme performance playing against probably the best team in the world”, says Šolak, visibly excited by memories of watching his new team end City’s 12-match winning streak.

Born in Serbia and based in Switzerland, Šolak met the Guardian in a suite of offices tucked away in an elegant apartment block in central Milan, one of many places he spends time, he says. He plans to attend as many Southampton games as his travel schedule allows.

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