Match Week 36 Preview

"The Contest", Mbappe & Crab Legs

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Seinfeld

Recently, the creators of the Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld & Larry David) were being interviewed and revealed each other’s top four favorite episodes.

For those who don’t know about the show, it’s an American TV sitcom that ran 9 seasons, from 1989 to 1998.

If you’re looking for your next binge watch and somehow haven’t seen this show - give it a go. Start on Season 2, as season 1 was not very good. If you just want to see a couple episodes, check out one of these.

Jerry Seinfeld top 4

(s: season, e": episode)

  • The Contest S4E11

  • The Soup Nazi S7E6

  • The Merv Griffin Show S9E6

  • The Marine Biologist S5E14

Larry David top 4

(s: season, e": episode)

  • The Contest S4E11

  • The Opposite S5E22

  • The Puffy Shirt S5E2

  • The Pen S3E3

Clean Sheet top 4

(s: season, e": episode)

  • The Contest S4E11

  • The Marine Biologist S5E14

  • The Boyfriend (Keith Hernandez) S3E17&18

  • The Opposite S5E22

Elaine, George, Kramer, Jerry

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☝️What 2 Look 4 👀- Match Week 35

  • 5.4.1 Week - 5 Saturday, 4 Sunday, 1 Monday.

  • CS match of the Week - Significant Impact

    • West Ham v Arsenal - London Derby (East v North)

    • Relegation contender hosting title contender.

    • Arsenal & Tottenham are HUGE rivals.

    • West Ham can impact both sides seasons.

    • A Hammers win could hinder Gunners title hopes AND drop Spurs to relegation if they were to lose.

Saturday

-116 Draw +290 +280

🌍EUROPE RACE

  • Over the last 10 matches Chelsea have 5 point - FIVE. Liverpool with 19.

  • Blues beat the Reds last October 2-1.

-364 Draw +481 +838

🌍EUROPE RACE

  • Over the last 10 matches BHA have 19 points. Wolves with 10.

  • Have Wolves stopped playing or will they go all out.

+173 Draw +265 +139

🌍EUROPE RACE

  • Over the last 10 matches FFC have 14 points, Bournemouth 18.

  • These sides have met just 15 times. The Cherries have 7W 2L 6D.

+298 Draw +266 -115

🌍EUROPE RACE

  • Over the last 10 matches Man United have 20 points, Black Cats 11.

  • This is a one-sided affair historically with United leading 25W 4L 6D.

-280 Draw +441 +644

 🏎️🌍 TITLE & EUROPE RACE

  • Over the last 10 matches City have 24 points, Everton 11.

  • Everton lead the all-time with 16W 5L 12D.

Sunday

+431 Draw +318 -174

🌍EUROPE RACE

  • Over the last 10 matches Burnley have 5 points - FIVE. Villa with just 11.

  • How is Villa still in 5th.

+174 Draw +225 +160

🌍EUROPE RACE

  • Over the last 10 matches Palace have 14 points, Everton 11.

  • Everton lead the all-time record with 16W 5L 12D.

+158 Draw +248 +159

🌍👇 EUROPE & RELEGATION

  • Over the last 10 matches Forest have 16 points, Newcastle 12.

  • Newcastle lead the head-to-head 13W 5L 3D.

+411 Draw +310 -166

🏎️👇 TITLE & RELEGATION

🏇LONDON (East v North) DERBY

  • Over the last 10 matches Arsenal have 20 points, West Ham 13.

  • This Derby has been all Gunners 39W 9L 10D.

Monday

-125 Draw +290 +310

👇RELEGATION

  • Over the last 10 matches Spurs have 8 points, Leeds 14.

  • A win and West Ham loss would put Spurs in a great spot heading into the final two matches.

✌️ The Table

  • 3 matches to play - and ALL BUT 2 teams are playing for something.

👌 EPL Quick Hits

  • Man United interim manager Michael Carrick is expected to be named full time manager after 8 rival candidates were dismissed.

  • Untold Jamie Vardy. This guys story is pretty interesting. Leicester City’s star during their run to the EPL title has a new Netflix show dropping May 12 and it looks GREAT!

  • BHA manager Fabian Hurzeler has agreed to a new three-year contract.

  • Here are all the possible finishing positions for each EPL team. Crazy to see teams still able to move 12 spots with 3 matches to play.

🍀 The Championship

The Playoffs

WINNER TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE - $300M+ on the line

  • Semi-finals are 2 legs.

  • Finals are Saturday, May 23 at Wembley Stadium.

6 SEED 3

  • Friday, May 8

  • Monday, May 11

5 SEED 4

  • Saturday, May 9

  • Tuesday, May 12

✋ European Leagues - All 3 Finals involve the EPL.

Champions League Semi-Final Results

  • Great week for Arsenal, extending their lead in the EPL and advancing to the CL Final.

  • The shootout from PSG v Bayern a week ago became a defensive struggle as PSG put up a wall, took a 2-goal aggregate lead over Bayern and held on with both hands.

  • PSG looking to go back-to-back, winning the CL last season over Inter Milan.

  • Europa League FINAL scheduled for May 30 in Budapest.

  • PSG struck early to go up 2 goals in aggregate.

  • Too little too late as Bayern scored at 90+4’ but fell a goal short.

  • Bukayo Saka scored just before the half and Arsenal controlled most of the 2H.

DID YOU KNOW

  • Since 2018 the EPL has had a team in the Champions League final 6 of 9 times.

  • Twice the EPL had both Finals teams.

  • 2026 Arsenal v PSG

  • 2025 NONE

  • 2024 NONE

  • 2023 Man City (winner) v Inter Milan

  • 2022 Liverpool v Real Madrid (winner)

  • 2021 Chelsea (winner) v Man City

  • 2020 NONE

  • 2019 Liverpool (winner) v Spurs

  • 2018 Liverpool v Real Madrid (winner)

Europa League - Semi-finals

  • Villa make their second ever European Final in their club’s history, winners of the European Cup in 1982. Villa sit 5th in the EPL.

  • Freiburg sit 7th in the German Bundesliga and will be in their first ever European Final.

  • Europa League FINAL scheduled for May 20 in Istanbul.

  • All Villa at Villa Park as they soundly defeat Forest in an all-EPL semi-final.

  • Freiburg getting it done at home over Braga.

  • A red card at 6’ did Braga in as Freiberg scored 3 goals before 10-man Braga got a late goal to make it interesting down the stretch.

UEFA Conference League - Semi-finals

  • Crystal Palace 2-1 (ag 5-1) Shakhtar (Ukraine).

  • Strasbourg (France) 0-1 (ag 0-2) Vallecano (Spain).

  • UEFA Conference League FINAL - May 27 in Leipzig.

🕕 CS World Cup Corner 🌎🍵🏪 - FIRST TIMERS

All players playing in their first WC will be wearing a patch that will spotlight rookie’s in the tournament.

7️⃣ CS World Cup Corner 🌎🍵🏪 - COMMERCIALS

Some great commercials are starting to be released around the world to promote the World Cup.

This one is gonna’ require you to click on the link to watch the commercial - here are the top ones CS has seen.

USA - Fox Sports

Brazil - Brahma Beer

🎱CS World Cup Corner 🌎🍵🏪 - GOAL SCORERS

Interested in who may score the most goals in this year’s world cup? How many goals should you expect?

Players on teams expected to go the farthest will have more games to score in. While Erling Haaland is one of the top goal scorers in the world, Norway is not expected to go as far as France, England or Argentina. Hence, the odds of who will score the most goals.

Odds to score the most WC goals - Top 10

  • Kylian Mbappe, France +600

  • Harry Kane, England +700

  • Lionel Messi, Argentina +1200

  • Erling Haaland, Norway +1400

  • Lamine Yamal, Spain +1400

  • Mikiel Oyarzabal, Spain +1600

  • Ousmane Dembele, France +2000

  • Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal +2000

  • Lautaro Martinez, Argentina +2500

  • Vinicius Junior, Brazil +2500

Top Scorer of Each World Cup

  • 1930 Stábile (8) ARGENTINA

  • 1934 Nejedlý (5) CZECHOSLOVAKIA

  • 1938 Leônidas (7) BRAZIL

  • 1950 Ademir (9) BRAZIL

  • 1954 Kocsis (11) HUNGARY

  • 1958 Fontaine (13) FRANCE

  • 1962 Jerkovic (5) YUGOSLAVIA (CROATIA)

  • 1966 Eusébio (9) PORTUGAL

  • 1970 Müller (10) GERMANY

  • 1974 Lato (7) POLAND

  • 1978 Kempes (6) ARGENTINA

  • 1982 Rossi (6) ITALY

  • 1986 Lineker (6) ENGLAND

  • 1990 Schillaci (6) ITALY

  • 1994 Salenko & Stoichkov (6) RUSSIA & BULGARIA

  • 1998 Suker (6) CROATIA

  • 2002 Ronaldo (7) BRAZIL

  • 2006 Klose (5) GERMANY

  • 2010 Müller & Villa 🇪🇦 (5) GERMANY & SPAIN

  • 2014 Rodríguez (6) COLOMBIA

  • 2018 Kane (6) ENGLAND

  • 2022 Mbappé (8) FRANCE

Could Mbappe pass Klose for most WC goals all time.

9️⃣ CS World Cup Corner 🌎🍵🏪 - BBQ & Broadcasters

34 Days

  • Hey Kansas City - during the World Cup your bars will be able to serve alcohol and stay open for 23 hours, 6am to 5am.

  • If you’re looking to find a place to attend and/or watch the WC - Kansas City is hard to beat. Considered “The BBQ Capital of the World” by many, WC matches at Arrowhead, BBQ and 23 hours of tipping back a Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat Beer.

  • Studio team looks GREAT for the WC coverage - especially Thierry, Zlatan and Peter.

  • Jameis being a correspondent, the crab leg kid as some call him, we will see.🦀🦀 

🔟Best Bets

  • MW 32 UP $87

  • MW 33 ($6)

  • MW 34 ($20)

  • MW 35 $23

Match Week 34 Results

Match Week 36 Predictions

One Bet Per Match This Week

Liverpool to Win v Chelsea -116. $23

Chelsea have way more to play for than Liverpool but the way the Blues are playing this one will go the Red’s way.

BHA to Win v Wolves via Clean Sheet +110. $20

Feels like BHA will be fully on at home in their race for Europe.

Fulham v Bournemouth to Draw +265. $20

FFC plays better at home but Cherries find a way to get a point.

Man United to WIN at Sunderland AND both teams to score +198. $20

Michael Carrick has United playing better than they have in years and while Sunderland has been stout at Stadium of Light, and will score, United will score more.

Man City to Win via Clean Sheet v Brentford +156. $20

Feels like City will be dialed in.

Palace v Everton to Draw +225. $20

Feels like Everton will be in this to win it but allow Palace to draw it at the end.

Villa to Win at Burnley AND Both Teams to Score +168. $20

Villa at Burnley to finish 0-0 +1025. $5

Burnley will score but Villa will score more. Or, maybe neither side will score.

Forest to Win v Newcastle AND Both Teams To Score +270. $20

Forest are playing their best soccer and will score multiple goals while Newcastle find the net one time.

Arsenal to Win at West Ham by -1.5 Goals +148. $20

Gunners are riding high with their last couple wins and Champions League Final. Expect more goals and to keep the Hammers to one.

Spurs to WIN v Leeds -125. $25

Seems like Spurs should not be favored by this much so not over thinking it.

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