The 2022-23 season is right around the corner, with plenty to keep an eye on across Europe.

Title battles in England, Spain and Italy could be too close to call, while France and Germany will see rivals trying to knock Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich off their respective perches – while there is even more set to occur in the fight for European qualification and to avoid the drop.

Central to these battles will be the players, both new signings and established members of the old guard, and here are 10 to watch in the year ahead.

Ousmane Dembele – Barcelona

Previously considered to be one of the biggest pieces of evidence on Barcelona s transfer failings in recent years, Dembele turned a corner in the second half of last season to f…

LaLiga is arguably harder to call than ever before heading into 2021-22 – Barcelona no longer have Lionel Messi to guide the way and Real Madrid have seen significant upheaval, so surely the smart money is on defending champions Atletico Madrid?

Diego Simeone s men won the title in 2020-21 after watching Barca and Madrid trade success for seven years and look in good shape given they ve not lost any major players. But can you really write off the big two ?

Well, you shouldn t, according to Stats Perform predictions.

The Stats Perform League Prediction Model, created by Stats Perform AI using Opta data, has analysed the division ahead of the new season to assign percentages to potential outcomes for each club.

The model estimates the probability of each …

Competition: Champions League
Market: Atletico Madrid to win the Champions League
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After sealing the La Liga title in the final day of the league season, Atletico Madrid are now looking forward to their Champions League final against Real Madrid next weekend.

Diego Simeone’s men have been superb in Europe, winning nine and drawing three of their 12 Champions League games while having knocked out such heavyweights as AC Milan, Barcelona and Chelsea.

As a result, 888 Sport are giving them odds of 8/5 to win the Champions League at Real Madrid’s expense. But their fierce City rivals will still be a difficult entity to beat. Real have lost one and drawn one of their 12 games in Europe this season, conceding just nine goals.

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The Kansas City Chiefs wrap up their 2021 NFL preseason as they host the Minnesota Vikings on Friday night. 

Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes made waves earlier this summer when he said that the only record he wants to break is for the Chiefs to go 20-0 and win the Super Bowl. While their preseason record won’t contribute to that mark, they look like a good bet to finish with a perfect 3-0 record with NFL betting odds installing the Chiefs as 4-point home favorites at Arrowhead Stadium. 

Here are our free NFL picks and predictions for the Vikings vs. Chiefs on Friday, August 27, with kickoff at 8 p.m. ET.

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The turkey is done and it’s time to get things back to normal with Week 12’s Sunday slate of props. We’re eyeing an Over in the Giants’ offense, finding our best fringe tight end play, dissecting the Colts’ run game, and fading the San Francisco playboy for one more week.

We bring you our favorite free prop picks and predictions for Week 12.

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Four weeks of NFL results are flowing through the oddsmakers’ power ratings, which means the Week 5 odds are the tightest set of spreads and totals we’ve had to tangle with in 2022.

The margin of error is getting slimmer by the Sunday, which means shopping for the best number to suit your opinion is vital to your long-term success at the sportsbook. I help you pinpoint the best lines to bet now and which ones you may want to wait on in NFL Week 5.

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As we prepare to leave September and the first three weeks of the NFL season behind, it’s a good time to take stock of what we’ve seen this year and weigh it more heavily against what our preconceived notions were going into the campaign. Which teams or players have exceeded expectations, which are playing below them, and which are just about at par as we near the 25% mark of the schedule?

I believe it’s time to start taking the Browns defense seriously, and that will factor into my first NFL odds parlay play of the weekend. I’ve also seen enough of Baker Mayfield in Tampa Bay to start making some conclusions there too. 

In my second parlay, I’ll focus on what could be the most exciting game of the Sunday slate in Dolphins vs. Bills. 

Join me …

Not all touchdown markets are created equally, and there is plenty of value to be had by shopping around and getting the best price. But that’s just one aspect of creating a profitable touchdown card when it comes to handicapping NFL odds. 

This year’s total profits are at +11.3 units heading into Week 14 odds. For Sunday, I’m targeting a running back who has taken back his No.1 role, betting on the best wide receiver in football at a great price, and then taking a pair of Buffalo RBs in a great running matchup. 

Read more in my latest NFL picks.

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The Philadelphia Eagles’ disastrous December and subsequent early playoff exit prompted them to overhaul both sides of the ball.

Kellen Moore is the new offensive coordinator, utilizing a bevy of weapons on this Eagles attack — including offseason add RB Saquon Barkley. However, none of that matters if the defense can’t keep opponents out of the end zone. 

Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio and his sneaky schemes are the remedy for a stop unit that hemorrhaged points down the stretch and sunk to the bottom of the defensive rankings in 2023.

The NFL odds like those moves, pricing Philadelphia among the top teams in the NFC. It enters 2024 with a season win total of 10.5 (Over -134) and is a favorite in 13 games. For those bettors sti…

Back in the old days, when Mikel Arteta was an Arsenal player and the team had suffered one of those Arsenal defeats, maybe away from home in the Champions League, it was him and only him who would front up to the press and say what needed to be said.

Actually, that is not true. It was Arteta or Per Mertesacker, sometimes both but never anyone else from the squad. Arteta would be collared as he headed for the team bus, its engine revving impatiently, in the bowels of the stadium in, say, Milan or Dortmund, and he would burn with frustration.

They say that you learn more about a player in the low moments, about their character and leadership credentials, and that was certainly true of Arteta. Perhaps it was magnified…