Claudio Ranieri jokingly labelled Leicester City s hard-fought 1-0 win over West Ham as his best moment of 2016, despite leading the Foxes to the Premier League title last season.

Leicester defied all predictions to complete a remarkable title triumph in 2015-16, but a run of just one win in nine league matches had left them just three points above the relegation zone before the Hammers visited the King Power Stadium on Saturday.

However, Islam Slimani s thunderous 20th-minute header and a stoic defensive showing ensured Leicester have breathing space over the bottom three heading into the new year.

And wily Italian Ranieri is now hopeful of climbing away from the danger zone after celebrating what he quipped was his personal highlight of the year.

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Manchester United are in desperate need of a Premier League win when they take on Aston Villa on Sunday.

The pressure has piled on Erik ten Hag after last week s sorry 3-0 loss to Tottenham.

United have lost three of their six league fixtures this season, winning just twice against Southampton and Fulham while they have lost their last two home matches in the top flight by an aggregate score of 6-0.

Their tally of seven points is their joint-fewest after six games of any Premier League season (two wins, one draw, three losses), having made identical starts under David Moyes in 2013-14 and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 2020-21.

They now face another of the league s top teams when they take on Villa, who are fresh from their Champions League triumph ove…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is convinced Manchester United have developed significantly since suffering three semi-final defeats in 2019-20 as they prepare to host rivals Manchester City in the last four of the EFL Cup.

Had things gone a little differently last term, Man United might have ended the campaign with three trophy successes, breaking Solskjaer s duck as the club s boss.

But, United lost 3-1 to Chelsea in the FA Cup semis, suffered a late 2-1 defeat to Sevilla in the Europa League and fell at the same stage of the EFL Cup to City, losing 3-2 on aggregate.

The elimination by City was particularly chastening given the manner of the first-leg home loss, as United were swept aside and somewhat fortunate to only lose 3-1 – the 1-0 away win in the second meeting w…

Through three weeks of NFL action, there’s been no shortage of disappointments, surprises… and glorious NFL prop betting values to cash in on. As we have so far this season — and will continue to do so each week — we look into every one of those beautiful prop markets to uncover the week’s best team, player, and derivative prop bets.

We do the heavy lifting so you don’t have to. 

We’re hitting another guilty pleasure kicking prop, hitting a price drop with one of the league’s best pass-catching tight ends, and setting our watches to some Zach Wilson sacks.

We bring you our favorite free prop picks and predictions for Week 4 of the 2021 NFL season.

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2022 NFL playoff teams

The NFL playoffs are one of the most exciting times of the year for sports bettors, all leading up to the biggest day on the sports calendar: the Super Bowl. 

NFL playoff betting takes on an increased intensity as the level of competition rises and the hype brings in many extra bettors to football betting sites. 

With just two games remaining until the Super Bowl, the prop markets in the NFL playoffs are getting as efficient as they’ve been all season.

For this weekend’s NFL player props, I’m squeezing the value out of a plethora of plays that I’m confident will have more value now than the closing number.

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Back from a whirlwind trip to London, the Buffalo Bills take on their former offensive coordinator Brian Daboll and his New York Giants in the latest SNF odds. 

The Bills may be short on preparation, but this matchup is a gift from the schedule-makers, as the latest NFL odds point to one-way traffic in this Week 6 matchup.

With a shaky offensive line, no Daniel Jones, and a questionable Saquon Barkley, the Giants have a mountain to climb against their New York neighbors — and Buffalo is set up as one of the popular NFL picks this weekend.

I’m looking closer at the props market for this Week 6 odds battle, and make sure to also check out our Giants vs. Bills betting preview and our Josh Allen spotlight picks!

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The Jacksonville Jaguars will head to Nashville on Sunday to take on the Tennessee Titans in Week 18 odds. The Jags control their destiny and with a win, would clinch the AFC South title.

NFL odds opened with the Jags as 3.5-point road favorites for this divisional rivalry. Here are my best free NFL picks for Jaguars vs. Titans on Sunday, January 7.

Jaguars vs Titans odds

Jaguars vs Titans predictions

It’s always tough to handicap a game where you don’t know who will start at quarterback, and as of Friday, that’s still a question mark for both teams.

Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson told reporters that franchise QB Trevor Lawrence could be a game-time decision, which would give C.J. Bea…

We get our second Sunday of the season. The NFL Week 2 odds are humming with action before kickoff, with some major moves to spreads and totals.

This is one of the trickier weeks of wagering, as bettors have to be careful not to overreact to Week 1 results and read into those outcomes a little deeper. Are teams really as good or as bad as they looked? 

One more game is on the slate as the Philadelphia Eagles are home favorites against the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football.

Here’s a look at the opening NFL odds for Week 2 and what’s driving those spreads and totals on Sunday.

NFL Week 2 Odds

These are the current NFL odds for Week 2 with Monday’s finale looming. 

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Patson Daka has just spent half an hour recounting the journey that led from school playing fields in Zambia to the spearhead of Red Bull Salzburg’s attack, so it seems cheap to follow up with the kind of question that speaks of football’s maddening impatience levels. But he is about to resume a season whose success can be measured by a strike rate of a goal every 74 minutes in Austria’s Bundesliga, so here goes: would it be fair to say he is the next Erling Braut Haaland?

There is laughter at one end of the line and some relief at the other. “I’m not the next anything,” Daka says. “There’ll only be one Haaland and there’ll only be one Patson. I just want to become the best vision of myself.”

Salzburg arrive at Anfield…