24/25 Match Week 36 Preview

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In Today’s CleanSheet:

• Headlines 📌

• Current Situation📈📉

• Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥- FIFA Competitions

• Off Island 🏝️ - Europe Results

• Best Bets 💰

Headlines 📌

• CS Match of the Week. Newcastle +110 v Chelsea +210 SUN 6a - Winner in the driver seat for a top 5 finish and the CL next season. Both have won 4 of their last 6 and played well.

• 5.5 Week. 5 Saturday, 5 Sunday.

• 6 CL Teams. The PL will now have 6 CL teams next season, the top 5 in the table and the winner of Man United - Tottenham in the Europa League Finals.

• 7th &8th . The 7th place team in the Table will be in the Europa Leage as well as the winner of the FA Cup between Palace and City. If City win, the 8th place Table finisher will also be in the Europa League. The UEFA Conference League will then get the next highest table finisher.

What 2 Look 4 👀- Match Week 36

Top of Europe on the Line 🏆🏆🏆🏆

• Southampton +1400 v Man City -549 SAT 9a - This should be all City and it’s possible City will keep the pedal down in hopes of closing the goal differential gap on Arsenal. While second place doesn’t mean much Pep has City rolling and will be looking to use this run as a springboard into next season.

• Newcastle +110 v Chelsea +210 SUN 6a - See Above.

• Bournemouth +145 v Aston Villa +170 SAST 1130a - Knowing either Chelsea or Newcastle will not get three points means Villa will close the gap on top 5 with a win. The Cherries have their own goal of getting into Europe with a top 8 or 9 finish.

• Forest -300 v Leicester City +800 SUN 815a - TBD.

Next Level of Europe on the Line🌍🌍🌍🌍🌍

• Bournemouth +145 v Aston Villa +170 SAST 1130a - See Above.

• Ipswich Town +380 v Brentford -160 SAT 9a - Bees are buzzing with just one loss in their last 7 but a trip to Tractor Boys will require a solid effort to stay in the hunt for an 8 or 9 finish.

• Wolves +170 v BHA +150 SAT 9a - BHA will need to bring their best effort at Molineaux against a side that has been playing their best soccer of the season. Any points for BHA keep them in the 8 or 9 place finishing spot.

• Fulham -115 v Everton +320 SAT 9a - News of the Cottager’s manager making a move to Saudi Arabia is not sitting well at Craven Cottage. FFC need to win out to have a realistic shot at Europe.

• Tottenham +160 v Palace +155 SUN 815a - 9 points over the last 3 for Palace would put them on 55 points and an outside shot of finishing 9 or 10.

Nothing on the Line 🍰🍰

• Liverpool +105 v Arsenal +260 SUN 1030a - Biggest question is will Arsenal recover from being knocked out of the CL. The Gunners do have goal differential over Man City or it’s possible they could drop out of second. Maybe they don’t want to finish 2nd three years in a row.

• Man United +100 v West Ham +260 SUN 815a - If you can’t win the league or make Europe might as well finish ahead of 2 Big 6 clubs and win a win the Hammers have a chance to do that.

Current Situation 📈📉

Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥

FIFA - Beatch Soccer World Cup 2025

FIFA is the “World Governing Body” of Soccer. FIFA takes on many roles in establishing rules, advancing soccer worldwide, innovation like VAR and turf etc. In addition, FIFA has all the administrative “stuff” that big organizations do which we won’t highlight here.

What most people know FIFA for is Tournament Organization/Development. Here are the upcoming tournaments you may or may not be aware of.

Just this week the President kicked off the first meeting of the White House FIFA Task Force.

That’s not the only FIFA event happening this week.

Out in the Indian Ocean is an archipelago of 115 islands off the East Coast of Africa, the Seychelles, which are this weeks host to the 2025 Beach Soccer World Cup.

Here are the current teams and standings in the Group Stage - No USA in this event.

Paul - a CS Insider - is on site at the event and reports “Portugal is looking strong”. Thanks for the detailed analysis Paul - and the pictures!

Off Island 🏝️

Champions League

Often hear about how a hot goalkeeper can take an NHL team to the Stanley Cup Title. In both CL matchups that also seemed to be the case as Inter’s Yann Sommer and PSG’s Donnarumma were major reasons their teams are advancing.

Of course, CS is going to highlight the Goalkeepers - Watch these short videos! Who was better…..

• Yann Sommer - Inter Milan v Barcelona - WATCH

• Donnarumma - PSG - WATCH

• CLASSIC Semi-Final - Inter Milan 4-3 (7-6 aggregate) Barcelona.

  • ABSOLUTE CINEMA (thx Golazo!) - Watch here for a GREAT @CBSSportsGolazo breakdown of all the great plays on X. If you don’t want to click and watch - here’s the storyline:

    • Tied at 3-3 coming into the match, Inter scores 2 1H goals to take a 5-3 lead.

    • Even so, Barcelona scored 3 2H goals to take the lead.

    • With 5’ of extra time, Inter created brilliance at 90+3’ to tie it up.

    • In a heavy downpour Inter took the lead at 99’ and then held on.

• Missing Striker. Arsenal has been knocking on the door for a title but falling up just short and it seemed this year all the pieces were in place - but some said they would need a Striker to get over the hump. Arteta and the Gunners stood pat with their current Strikers, incurred some injuries and fell short of their trophy goals again this season. Some will say signing a Striker would’ve made all the difference, and this Semi-Final loss may be Exhibit 1.

  • PSG 2-1 (3-1 aggregate) Arsenal.

Europa League

• Man United was up 3-0 and hosted Athletic. Athletic got to within 1-3 at HT but it was all United in the 2H as they went on to win 4-1 (7-1 aggregate).

• Spurs beat Bodo Glimt 2-0 in Finland and will move on to the Finals with a 5-1 aggregate.

• All EPL Final.

UEFA Conference League

• Swedish side Djurgarden went to Chelsea down 4-1 and Chelsea scored once and controlled the game wining 1-0 and moving on 5-1.

• Real Betis got a goal extra time to draw Fiorentina 2-2 and advance on an aggregate 4-3.

Best Bets 💰

Stretch Run Betting Results

• MW30 - UP $138

• MW31 - UP $69

• MW32 - DOWN $246

• MW33 - UP$36

• MW34 - UP$86

• MW35 - DOWN $16

Man City to Win at Southampton by -2.5 +130. $20

City is doing what City does and Pep is building for next year, this will be too much for a side looking for one more point.

Wolves to Win v BHA +170. $40

Wolves get back to winning ways while BHA keeps struggling.

Liverpool to Win v Arsenal +105. $20

Champions League sting will continue to impact the Gunners on the road while Liverpool had their hangover match last week and will be looking to reenergize the Anfield crowd.

FFC Everton to Draw +250. $20

Everton’s hot streak has cooled but they have drawn 7 of their last 12. FFC have not drawn in 17 matches. The Cottagers need 3 points to keep their Europe hopes alive. This feel like a draw.

Aston Villa to Win at Bournemouth +170. $20

Villa are better.