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08/27/2010 - London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tottenham enjoyed one of its biggest moments in the history of the club on Wednesday as Spurs overturned a 3-2 deficit from the first leg to win 4-0 against Young Boys, booking themselves a place in the group stage of the Champions League.
Harry Redknapp's men were drawn into a group with defending champions Inter Milan, as well as Werder Bremen and Twente. But before they worry too much about Europe's premier club competition, Redknapp knows his team must turn its attentions back to the league for a visit from Wigan on Saturday.
Tottenham has earned four points from its first two games to start the season as they have played to a 0-0 draw with Manchester City before a 2-1 victory over Stoke City last time out.
However, Wigan enters the match in a much different state, having suffered a 4-0 defeat to Blackpool as well as a 6-0 humbling at the hands of Chelsea.
The Latics will also be reminded of what happened the last time they visited White Hart Lane, a 9-1 thrashing by Spurs with five goals coming from Jermain Defoe.
But Redknapp is not taking anything for granted on Saturday, and he believes that those heavy defeats will only serve as motivation for Wigan.
"They've had a couple of setbacks and I'm expecting a tough game, really tough," Redknapp told the club's official website.
"I've got a lot of respect for the manager there, a young guy with a great future and I think he'll have them ready to play, that's for sure.
"They did very well for 30 minutes against Chelsea last week, you couldn't see them getting beaten but then suddenly it all turned around, and Chelsea can do that to anyone.
"They will be strong and difficult to beat."
Chelsea has recorded a pair of 6-0 wins to begin its title defense, and the Blues will try and continue their run of dominance when they host Stoke City, while Manchester United tries to rebound from a 2-2 draw against Fulham with a win at home versus West Ham.
Arsenal hits the road to face Blackburn, Blackpool will hope to recover from a 6-0 defeat to Arsenal when they face Fulham, while Newcastle recorded a 6-0 victory of its own last time out and the Magpies will try for three more points against Wolverhampton.
Sunday's action features Bolton hosting Birmingham, West Bromwich traveling to Anfield to face Liverpool, Sunderland squaring off with Manchester City and Aston Villa entertaining Everton.
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The former Super Bowl
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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