Big things were expected for the Washington Football Team this season but so far, they’ve failed to live up to their expectations. That’s in contrast to the Green Bay Packers, who started off the season with a humiliating loss but have now won five games in a row to lead the NFC North.

Can the Football Team get back on track, or will the Packers continue their march to the playoffs? Get ready for the big game by reading our NFL picks and predictions for Washington vs. the Packers.

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The Bears and Browns meet in Cleveland with their final games of the preseason. Both teams have done well so far in the preseason, with the Bears going 2-0 and the Browns at .500. 

For this game, you need to read our NFL picks and predictions for the Chicago Bears vs. Cleveland Browns, with kickoff on August 27.

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The Baltimore Ravens begin their preseason by hosting the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday night.

Both teams are Super Bowl contenders and with heated competition at several positions, this should be an intriguing tune-up game. Although most teams don’t care too much about wins and losses at this time of the year, the Ravens have dominated the preseason during the John Harbaugh era.

Oddsmakers expect that success to continue with NFL odds installing the Ravens as 4.5-point home favorites. Here are our best free NFL preseason picks and predictions for Eagles vs. Ravens on Saturday, August 12.

Eagles vs Ravens odds

Eagles vs Ravens predictions

Since John Harbaugh took over as the Baltimore Ravens bench boss …

NFL Week 10 odds give us a Thursday Night Football matchup featuring two bottom-dwelling organizations in the Carolina Panthers and Chicago Bears. Both clubs are currently leading the way in terms of drafting high at the 2024 NFL Draft. 

Despite the lack of competitive quality, there are plenty of angles from a TNF odds perspective to make this matchup both interesting and worth watching.

Continue reading for my free NFL picks for the Panthers vs Bears on November 9th.

If you’re looking for a full-game breakdown, be sure to check out our Panthers vs. Bears predictions as well as our Bryce Young odds spotlight. 

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The number one seed in the AFC, Baltimore Ravens, are getting a huge boost just in time for the AFC Championship game against the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. Mark Andrews has been activated and will play in his first game since an injury in Week 11.

The Ravens are slight favorites in the Conference Championship odds and will be hosting their first-ever Conference Championship game in franchise history. 

We take a closer look at the Mark Andrews odds and give our best free NFL picks for Chiefs vs. Ravens on January 28. Be sure to keep up to date on the NFL odds and check out our Chiefs vs. Ravens predictions, along with our Chiefs vs. Ravens props and our Lamar Jackson odds spotlight! 

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The NFL Week 5 odds close out with a non-conference clash on Monday Night Football, when the Kansas City Chiefs welcome the New Orleans Saints to Arrowhead Stadium.

Kansas City is unblemished through four weeks but doesn’t look like its dominant self, especially considering it could be down one of Patrick Mahomes’ top targets. The NFL odds are still setting the Super Bowl champs as sizeable home chalk against a New Orleans team on a two-game tumble.

My Saints vs. Chiefs predictions dive into the spread and total and give my early NFL picks for October 7.

Saints vs Chiefs predictions

Early spread leanChiefs -5.5 (-110 at FanDuel)

My analysisThe Kansas City Chiefs were as big as -6 for this primetime matchup, b…

More than 1.6million requests for tickets for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa were recorded between February 20 and March 31, world football governing body FIFA announced on Wednesday.

Thirty per cent of the 1,635,136 requests were made by people from South Africa, followed by requests from in order the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Australia. FIFA said applications were made by people from a total of 205 countries.

Tickets for the opening match and the final were the most popular, while 50 per cent of requests were for the matches of particular teams.

The distribution of tickets for the most popular matches will be decided by a draw on April 15, with participants in the draw to be informed by the end of April if they have been success…

Signings have been made and new managers are now in charge at some clubs, but how much will actually change in the Premier League this season?

The two teams who finished at the top seem nigh-on impossible to shift, at least according to the statistical evidence compiled after an incredible 2018-19 title race.

Champions Manchester City and runners-up Liverpool lost five games between them as they battled for the trophy until the final day, leaving others trailing well behind.

Will the gap widen with Eden Hazard torn from Chelsea, or can Manchester United close in after laying stronger defensive foundations?

We assess those questions and more in the Opta data preview for 2019-20.

City and Liverpool set to dominate again

It will…

Aston Villa s Jordan Nobbs is now the outright leader for Women s Super League appearances after playing her 193rd game.

The midfielder started on Saturday, though she could not help Villa avoid a 4-2 defeat to Brighton, who were inspired by full debutant Nikita Parris.

While Nobbs could not mark her special day with a victory, there can be no taking away from the 31-year-old s achievement.

Nobbs tally includes eight appearances in the WSL Spring Series. Before Saturday, she was level with Chelsea s Sophie Ingle, who is out injured.

The new all-time appearance holder!

— Barclays Women s Super League (@BarclaysWSL)

She has started 158 games in total, and taken part in a hugely impressive 124 wins only now-retired Stephanie Ho…

This should be an intriguing game between two teams with plenty to fight for. Liverpool will not have given up on the possibility of sneaking into the top four, despite their odds of being able to do that have gone to 16/1. West Ham are looking a bit better after the last couple of weeks but if they have a bad result and the teams below them get a result then they are right back in the relegation mix.

Rafa Benitez has had a torrid time this season and when you look at the investment in the squad last summer it is easy to see why. It is only now that top players Torres and Gerrard have been performing that results have picked up. It might be too little too late, and things will be that little bit more difficult now that Torres appears to be unavailable again.

Gianfranco …