Weekly Recap (12/7 – 12/10)
VegasInsider Staff Sports Betting Expert
Premier League – England
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Home teams dominated Saturday’s betting slate with a 6-2 record and three of them were upsets.
Chelsea (+232) handed Manchester City its first loss of the season with a 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge.
Burnley (+185) and Cardiff City (+223) also captured upsets at home with victories over Brighton & Hove and Southampton respectively.
Liverpool (-212) and Manchester United (-256) both scored four goals apiece as they won easily as heavy favorites.
Six of the eight games on Saturday saw clean sheets posted and that contributed to a 5-3 ‘under’ mark.
Sunday’s action watched Wolverhampton (+174) stay hot with a 2-1 road win over Newcastle United.
**Excludes Monday’s game between Watford and Everton**
Bundesliga – Germany
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Werder Bremen (-128) scored two goals in the second-half and ran past Fortuna Dusseldorf for a 3-1 win on Friday as a home favorite.
Favorites went 4-1 on Saturday and notable giants Borussia Dortmund (+122) and Bayern Munich (-1250) both connected for ‘chalk’ bettors.
SC Freiburg (+348) posted the lone upset, a 1-0 decision over RB Leipzig at home.
There was only draw (+279) posted on Saturday and it was also the highest scoring game as Hoffenheim and Wolfsburg played to a 2-2 tie.
Borussia Monchengladbach (-172) scored all three of its goals in the second-half as it blanked Stuttgart 3-0 as a home favorite.
Hannover 96 and Mainz played to a 1-1 draw (+268) and the ‘under’ (2 ½) connected.
Serie A – Italy
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Juventus (-172) blanked Inter Milan as a home favorite (-172) on Friday and the 'under' (2 ½) was never in doubt.
All three games on Saturday had exactly four combined goals scored and that included a pair of 2-2 draws.
In the other game, Napoli (-555) blasted Frosinone 4-0 as a home favorite.
The ‘draw’ theme continued in Serie A action on Sunday as four games ended in a tie.
Of those outcomes, Fiorentina and Sassuolo played to a 3-3 outcome and the return paid a little more than double (+210). The ‘under’ connected in the three other draws.
Ligue 1 – France
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Saturday’s action watched Stade Rennes (-169) blank Dijon FCO 2-0 as a home favorite.
In the only other game, Amiens AC (+331) upset EA Guingamp 2-1 as a road underdog.
Sunday’s betting slate saw both games end in draws, with one going ‘over’ (2-2) the total and the other ending 1-1.
**Six games were postponed in Matchday 17 due to the extreme protests taking place in France.**
La Liga – Spain
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Friday's action opened with Getafe and Leganes playing to a 1-1 draw (+186).
Celta De Vigo (+387) outlasted Villareal 3-2 on Saturday as a healthy road underdog.
Barcelona (-243) and Atletico Madrid (-263) both cruised to shutout victories as favorites. The pair combined for seven goals and that helped the ‘over’ go 3-1.
Real Beits (-212) and Real Madrid (-333) captured victories on Sunday as favorites over Rayo Vallecano and Huesca respectively.
Valldolid (+436) pulled off the surprise of the week with a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad as a road underdog.
**Excludes Monday’s game between Girona and Athletic Bilbao**
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