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08/18/2010 - Porto Alegre, Brazil (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brazilian club Internacional hung on to take the Copa Libertadores title, 5-3, on aggregate from Mexican club Guadalajara after a 3-2 victory in the second leg on Wednesday night.
The result came after Internacional earned a 2-1 win at Guadalajara a week ago in the first leg.
It is the second time Inter has won South America's premier club tournament after taking the title in 2006.
Guadalajara started the game on the right foot, with a Marco Fabian De la Mora goal just before the break giving it a 1-0 advantage in the game while tying the aggregate at two.
But Inter took over after the hour mark when Leandro Damiao restored his club's one-goal aggregate advantage.
Things were made tougher for the Mexican club as it was pushing to equalize in the closing minutes when Omar Arellano Riveron earned a red card for a two- footed challenge, forcing his side to play down a man.
Inter took advantage, getting an insurance goal from Giuliano in the 89th before Guadalajara's Omar Bravo pulled one back in stoppage time.
<< Lackey beats former team again as Red Sox rally past Angels
Boston, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Adrian Beltre finished 2-for-5 with a two-run
homer and knocked in three runs, and Kevin Jepsen pegged pinch-hitter Daniel
Nava with the bases loaded in the seventh inning to force in the go-ahead
tally,
<< Teixeira, Yankees drop Tigers to keep pace with Rays
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mark Teixeira had three hits, including a two-run
homer, and Curtis Granderson went deep for a second straight night against his
former team, as the New York Yankees beat Detroit, 9-5, in the third portion
of a fo
<< Braves beat Nats on Heyward single in ninth
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jason Heyward's line drive base hit up the
middle plated Rick Ankiel with the game-winning run in the ninth, giving the
Atlanta Braves a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals.
In Atlanta's
<< Uggla, Johnson get Marlins past reeling Pirates
Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dan Uggla homered in support of Josh
Johnson, who worked eight effective innings to lead Florida past Pittsburgh,
3-2, in the third of four meetings at PNC Park.
Johnson (11-5) bounced back from
Last to first: Busch wins another truck race at Bristol >>
Bristol, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Despite having to start from the rear of the
field, Kyle Busch easily claimed his third consecutive Camping World Truck
Series win at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday.
Busch won the pole for O'Reill
Wright departs Wednesday's game >>
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Mets third baseman David Wright
left Wednesday's game in Houston in the top of the 12th inning with an
undisclosed injury.
Wright singled with two outs and was limping noticeably upon arriving at f
Fresno State, Nevada accept invitations to Mountain West >>
Fresno, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fresno State and the University of Nevada
accepted invitations to join the Mountain West Conference late Wednesday
night.
The two schools received invites earlier Wednesday, the same day it w
Twins beat ChiSox again, open up five-game lead in AL Central >>
Minneapolis, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jim Thome scored the go-ahead run on Danny
Valencia's infield hit during a three-run sixth inning, boosting the Twins
over the White Sox, 7-6, as Minnesota increased its lead to a season-high five
games o
In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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The San Francisco 49ers (5-11 SU, 5-10-1 ATS in 2007; 1-1 SU & ATS in pre-season) found some offensive life last week, and they will try to build some momentum on Thursday night as they travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (7-9 SU & ATS in 2007; 0-2 SU, 0-1-1 ATS in pre-season) in an NFL matchup that is set to get underway at 8 PM ET at Soldier Field (natural turf) in Chicago.
Thursday, August 21
NFL betting odds: CHICAGO -3 (-120), Total 37
NOTABLE STAT: San Francisco was last in points, last in total offense in 2007
KEY NFL BETTING TREND: SF has lost its last seven SU on pre-season road
In the BetUS NFL pre-season football betting odds, the Bears are listed as a three-point favorite (laying -120), with the total posted at 37 points.
Here are some NFL football betting trends as they relate to this matchup (reflecting numbers going into the 2008 season):
* SF has lost 11 of its last 14 games SU
* SF has covered three of its last 11 games
* SF has lost six of its last seven road games SU
* SF has covered one of its last seven road games
* CHI has covered five of its last eight games
* CHI has played five of its last seven games OVER the total
* CHI has covered four of its last 13 home games
* SF has lost its last seven pre-season road games SU
* CHI has covered two of its last seven home pre-season games
Well, I guess we should congratulate the Bears on making their quarterback choice for the season's opening game, as they have designated Kyle Orton the starter against Indianapolis. The Bears obviously have lost patience with Rex Grossman, and what they do with him at this point is anybody's guess. But suffice it to say that there isn't a quarterback competition anymore, at least in training camp.
Meanwhile, the quarterback competition may also be settled in San Francisco, where the Niners bounced back from a lackluster 18-6 loss to the Raiders, in which they turned the ball over four times, to execute a 34-6 rout of the Packers last Saturday. However, coach Mike Nolan has stopped short of saying that, insisting that the job is still open. But J.T. O'Sullivan, the longshot of the trio of Niner signal-callers who opened camp, will start his third straight pre-season game here. Against Green Bay, O'Sullivan was only 8-for-17, and was intercepted, but he also threw for 9.1 yards an attempt, which included a 59-yard TD pass to Josh Morgan. The others struggled.
Some offensive cohesion is badly needed, in light of the Niners' dismal 2007 campaign, in which they were dead last in the NFL in scoring, with just 13.7 points a game. And O'Sullivan is the guy who is most familiar with offensive coordinator Mike Martz's exacting system, because he learned it last year in Detroit. O'Sullivan will go at least the entire first half and may even last longer. He'll be relieved by Alex Smith, with Shawn Hill doing the mop-up work. Three receivers who were out last week - Bryant Johnson, Ashley Lelie and Arnaz Battle - will miss this game too.
That may hurt a little here, especially since the Bears will be using a lot of their defensive starters. And it's the defense that has been keeping the Bears in games thus far. In fact, the defense and special teams were responsible for the first 19 points Chicago scored against Seattle last time out, as the offense really struggled with Grossman at the controls. But maybe the first-team offense has a chance to settle a little bit as it works more with Orton at the helm.
Certainly we have concerns about the Bears' offensive line, but we like the scenario for them here, especially if O'Sullivan doesn't make some bis plays. The Niners may have nowhere else to turn right now, and they have lost seven straight road games in the pre-season. Let's take Chicago, the three-point favorite in the NFL football betting odds.
CHICAGO -3 (-120) **
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