AND, check out the Hot Topic🔥🔥🔥 Section for some of sports greatest comebacks.

In Today’s CleanSheet:

• Headlines 📌

• What 2 Look 4 👀 

• Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥- Greatest Comebacks

• Off Island 🏝️ - Elite 8 (Quarterfinals) in Europe & US National Teams Update

• Best Bets 💰

Headlines 📌

• FA Cup Weekend. It’s the quarterfinals of the FA CUP. Winners advance to the Semi’s on April 20. 6 PL teams and 2 Championship teams remain. As a result, the following games are postponed to a future date - teams in BOLD will play in FA Cup.

  • Man United v Sheffield United

  • Arsenal v Chelsea

  • Palace v Newcastle

  • Wolves v Bournemouth

  • Everton v Liverpool

  • BHA v Man City

  • Here is a more detailed breakdown of the matches (thefa.com)

• Pencil This One In. Relegation on the Line. Luton Town v Forest, Saturday, 10am cst. The Hatters had a chance to jump ahead of Forest mid-week holding a 3-0 HT lead (discussed above) before the wheels fell off, but they get another chance to jump over the Trees at home this weekend. Luton have 3W 2D in their last 5 against Forest. After the change to manager Nuno Espirito Santo Forest got a couple wins but it’s been 1W 1D in their last 8.

• 3.1. Weekend. 3 Saturday, 1 Sunday.

• Salah. Mo Salah was back in Liverpool’s lineup after being injured last month in Egypt’s African Cup of Nations tournament. He did not disappoint. 1 goal, 3 assists and man of the match.

• CBS & Paramount+. If you haven’t checked out the studio show for the Champions League, it’s a great watch. You can check out many of their clips at @CBSSportsGolazo on X. This 1 min clip is a good intro.

• Most Watched. The PL continues to bring in the numbers. Liverpool v Man City has over 1.7M viewers. @HelltownBeer (X) has been reporting the numbers.

What 2 Look 4 👀- Match Week 29

Just 4 Matches This Weekend

4 Home Dogs 🌭🌭🌭🌭

• Burnley v Brentford +115 (Sat) - 1 home win this year for the Clarets and averaging under a goal per game. Brentford have struggled on the road this season losing 6 of their last 7 when traveling. Both sides have only 1 point in their last 5 matches.

• Fulham v Tottenham +105 (Sat) - 9 points in their last 5 for FFC, 10 for Spurs. Both coming in playing well but it’s Spurs who have the streak - W9 D1 in their last 10 against Fulham. Spurs have scored in every PL match this season, can they hold FFC to a goal or less and at a minimum get a road point.

• Luton Town v Forest +135 (Sat) - See Above.

• West Ham v Villa +130 (Sun) - Can anyone figure out the Hammers? Go to their fan sites and there is a lot of frustration with their style of play, but winning solves a lot of problems. A mid-week Europa League win helps. David Moyes has done a great job with this team sitting 7th in the table, yet a home draw to Burnley have people questioning again. Villa on the other hand have won their last 3 road matches 5-0, 2-1, 3-2 but on the year have yet to win in London.

Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥

Bournemouth’s comeback this week got CS thinking about some of the greatest comebacks in sports history - that CS remembers - so since the 1970s. Interestingly, Frank Reich (Football QB) was involved in two of the greatest comebacks in the NFL and NCAA.

NFL

NFL Honorable Mention - The New England Patriots were down to the Atlanta Falcons 28-3 with 2 minutes left in the third quarter, tied the game with 1 min left and won in OT 34-28 - IN THE SUPER BOWL!

NCAA - Football

NCAA - Basketball

MLB - Playoff Series

Golf

RECENT - Champions League Comeback Memory

Off Island 🏝️

Champions League

Champions League Quarterfinals Draw set for 6am cst Friday - depending on when you read the CS you can check out who plays who here.

This Week’s Results

Summary

Europa League - 8 teams advance to the Quarters

• Liverpool & West Ham advance, BHA get knocked out.

• All scores below are Aggregate over the 2 legs.

Europa Conference League - 8 teams advance to the Quarters

• Aston Villa advance.

• Olympiacos win at Tel Aviv 6-1 to overcome 4-1 loss.

• All scores below are Aggregate over the 2 legs.

Congrats! to the USWNT for winning the Concacaf Gold Cup 1-0 over Brazil. A much-needed win heading into an Olympic summer.

More here on the win. (FoxSports)

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CleanSheet Season Gains/Losses: Starting Balance $1000. Current Standing $1,276.

Luton Town to Draw v Forest +260. $20

The Hatters have lost 3 in a row at home and must be stunned after blowing a 3 goal lead, BUT, Forest has struggled to score - scoring 2 or fewer goals in their last 9 including being shut out in their last 2. Feels like a 1-1, 2-2 draw and Hatters stay 3 points behind the Trees.

Burnley to Draw v Brentford +250. $20.

Burnley has looked good, even with the injuries, for 65’-70’ of their matches. It’s closing out the final 30’ where they seem to run out of gas. Brentford are still not clear of the relegation zone and what feels like a lot of potential to score just hasn’t happened often enough. Burney come out strong, Bees equalize late.

Villa to Win at West Ham+145. $20

Villa to Win at West Ham & Hamers do not Score +330. $20

3 places separate these teams in the table (4th & 7th) but it feels like a wider gap in talent and ability to score. Which Hammers team will show up, the one that will score 5 goals or 0 goals. Villa have scored 14 more goals this season than the Hammers and the road has been good to them. Take the favorite and +130 odds on the road and add a kicker with a win and a shutout.

Man City to win via CleanSheet V Newcastle +120. $20

Man City to win by 2 V Newcastle +260. $20

Man City to win by 3+ V Newcastle +155. $20

When Liverpool won the Carabao Cup a friend of a colleague who knows someone who went to prep school with Pep (City’s Manager) said he heard a bartender say a fan of City said he may have heard Pep say something like this to his team “We better FN win the FA Cup”. Add to that Newcastle was the team to knock City out of the Carabao Cup, and this feels like it could be all City.

Wolves to Win v Fulham +155. $20

Wolves have been a surprise all season and are playing above their PL table position. Coventry sit 8^th in the Championship and their run will end at Molineux Stadium by multiple goals.

Leicester City to Win at Chelsea +550. $10

Leicester City to Advance to Semi’s at Chelsea +305. $10

The Foxes sit atop the Championship, although have been struggling of late, and they are a PL team in quality. They have traveled to Samford Bridge and the environment will not be intimidating. Chelsea are, and should be, favored and could possibly take their Carabao Cup final loss and use that as motivation to take another trip to Wembley. Something tells me this will be close, so splitting a taking the odds and splitting it between winning in regulation and advancing.

Liverpool to Win in OT v Man United +700. $10

Liverpool to Win in Penalties v Man United +1200. $10

Man United to Win 1H v Liverpool +285. $10

Liverpool has been on a roll, playing great but can they keep the run going. United has not been United most of the season, especially at home. Liverpool has been on a roll, but can they go into Old Trafford and continue to dominate. After the Carabao Cup championship it was right to PL play mid-week, then a tough trip to Forest, 2 champions league matches and a home draw to City. While Liverpool is probably the right play here laying the -120, something says United will keep it close. So, let’s roll the dice and see if one hits.