24/25 Match Week 30 Recap & 31 Preview

Gearing up for the home stretch sipping on a mixture of Margarita and Rum. CS Highly Recommends John Watling’s Rum - ask for Peppin (YT) and follow them at @JohnWatlings on X.

The excitement this season comes from the European Races - who will finish top 4 and top 5-6 finish and get to play in Europe next season. The TITLE is Liverpool’s and RELEGATION is all but decided.

In Today’s CleanSheet:

• Headlines 📌

• Current Situation📈📉

• Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥- Championship Top 4

• Off Island 🏝️ - Ministry of Tourism

• Best Bets 💰

Headlines 📌

• Match Week 30 Results. For all results, see Current Situation 📈📉 below, but here are a couple highlights.

  • Top 6. All top 6 teams won, keeping pace with each other.

  • Goal of the MW. Newcastle’s Sandro Tonali put the Geordies up on Bee’s at 73’. Watch here.

  • Villa. Got a big win at BHA putting them within striking distance of the Europe spots and ahead of BHA in the table. Been a great run for Villa who are in the Semi’s of the FA Cup and Elite 8 of the Champions League. Here is Marcus Rashford’s first goal for Villa after the move from United. and WHAT A PASS.

  • Everton. Since David Moyes took over the Toffee’s no other team had taken more points in the PL, however they couldn’t get it done at Liverpool falling 0-1. Liverpool goal here.

  • Against the Former Club. Anthony Elanga scores for Forest, what a goal against his former side Man United. Here is the goal with his interview.

  • GBP. Crazy stat, since 1992 the London Derby has seen Chelsea win 36 and Spurs win 8. In the history of the rivalry, 179 matches have been played, Chelsea have won 81, Spurs 55 with 43 draws.

    • Kind of reminds CS of the Packers-Bears rivalry. Since 1990 Green Bay has also dominated the rivalry, winning 51 and losing 20.

  • PL Record. Arsenal had a PL Record 50 completed passes in the lead of to their goal in their 2-1 win against FFC. Watch here.

• Quick Turn Around. MW31 - 5.4.1. 5 Saturday, 4 Sunday, 1 Monday.

Current Situation 📈📉

• Liverpool have a 12-point lead with 8 matches to play. If Arsenal win out, Liverpool would need to most likely lose 3-4 matches. They have lost 1 all season.

• Forest kept pace with Chelsea and City and take a 6 point lead into the race for top 4.

• Wolves took a 9-point lead over the top of Relegation, just can’t see any of the bottom 3 teams catching them.

• Newcastle and Palace do have a game in hand which could impact the push for Europe.

• Very little movement in the standings from last week.

What 2 Look 4 👀- Match Week 31

Match of the Week 👑

• Ipswich Town +175 v Wolves +160 SAT 9a - Can the Tractor Boy's make it 2 in a row and put the pressure on Wolves down the stretch.

Derby’s 🏇🏇

• Man United +230 v Man City +110 SUN 1030a - MANCHESTER DERBY - Both sides underperforming on the season expectations. This one means more for City in the standings.

• Brentford +213 v Chelsea +117 SUN 8a - WEST LONDON DERBY - Tough place for Chelsea to get points and they will need to in their race for the top 4. This one means more for Chelsea.

Look At These Match Ups 👓👓👓👓👓

• Aston Villa +100 v Forest +260 SAT 1130a - Two hot clubs, both in the Semi’s of the FA Cup, looking to solidify Europe for next season.

• Palace +140 v BHA +185 SAT 9a - Both sides coming off disappointing results mid-week.

• Fulham +320 v Liverpool -120 SUN 8a - Not an easy road match at Craven Cottage but one Liverpool will be focused for.

• Everton +425 v Arsenal -135 SAT 630a - Toffee’s been tough under Moyes at Goodison.

Meh 🤷🤷🤷

• Leicester City +470 v Newcastle -210 MON 2p - LCFC just look like they are playing out the season while Newcastle are fighting for Europe.

• Tottenham -266 v Southampton +583 SUN 8a - Can Spurs beat the last place team at home. It shouldn’t be a question, but it is.

• West Ham +200 v Bournemouth +130 SAT 9a - Cherries are really struggling, Hammer’s not much better.

CleanSheets Counter & Goal Tracker

Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥

Big Championship Matches

All on Paramount+.

The TOP 4 Teams fighting for the TOP 2 Spots all hit the road this weekend. Here are the matchups and the position of each team in the Table.

• 5 Coventry City host 3 Burnley 630am Saturday.

• 23 Luton Town host 2 Leeds United 630am Saturday.

• 19 Oxford United host 1 Sheffield United 9am Saturday.

• 6 West Brom host 4 Sunderland 630am Saturday.

Off Island 🏝️

Bahamas Ministry of Tourism Crashers

Long story short - CS and companions stumbled across a VIP party being thrown by the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism at John Watling’s Distillery. The event was to celebrate the countries new tourism campaign, their partnership with Bahamas Music Star Lady E, and to launch their music video you will might start to see in ad campaigns - Holiday (check out the YT Video). Lady E was a GREAT host!

The tour of the Distillery was equally impressive and really brought an authenticity to some of the Bahamas's history. Definitely felt like a step back in time.

Which brings us to a history lesson and the highlight of the evening.

The Golden Age of Piracy is considered 1650 to the 1720’s. Henry Avery looted over $100,000 from the East India Trading Company in 1696 and escaped capture to Nassau in the Bahamas. In 1713 Benjamin Hornigold declared Nassau the “Pirate’s Republic” with over 1,000 Pirates in the area. Hornigold acquired a fleet of ships with over 400 crew and appointed Edward Teach commander of his largest ship - Queen Anne’s Revenge. Teach became a “legend”, you may recognize him as - Blackbeard.

On September 5, 1717, King George I issued the “Proclamation for Suppressing of Pirates” - The King’s Pardon. If you surrendered by September 5, 1718, you would be granted clemency. The majority of Pirates took the deal and went to work for the King as Privateers tracking down the remaining Pirates. The King also assigned Woodes Rogers the first Governor in Chief of Nassau.

Pirates are often synonymous with Rum. Rum has been an Industry in the Bahamas since the 17th century, all distilled from sugar cane. John Watling’s is named after a 17th Century buccaneer named Pious Pirate, because he observed the Sabbath and forbade all forms of gambling aboard his ships.

Best Bets 💰

UP$138.

• WIN $140 - Ipswich Town to Win v Bournemouth +700. $20

• LOSS ($20) - BHA Villa to Draw +280. $20

• WIN $28 - Wolves to Win v West Ham +135. $20

• Loss ($10) - Newcastle, Palace, Wolves to Win +481. $10

Ipswich Town to Win v Wolves+175. $20

Both sides have been playing better. If Ipswich wins, they will be within 6 points of Wolves with 7 to play so let’s take the home team to put the pressure on Wolves.

Everton Arsenal to Draw +240. $20

Everton have been tough defensively and while Arsenal can score, I like Moyes to find a way to get a point at Goodison.

Brentford to Win v Chelsea +213. $20

Chelsea are playing better and for the top 4 but it’s Bee’s have played the Blues tough the last couple years.

Newcastle to Win at Leicester City -210. $42

Just feels like LCFC has mailed it in. Sure they could find one big game in them, but there is too much on the line for Newcastle to not win this one.

West Ham to Win v Bournemouth +200. $20

Bournemouth are struggling and the Hammer’s will find goals at home.