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02/05/2012 - Marseille, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Souleymane Diawara's own goal in the late stages of the first half helped Lyon erase an early deficit and the seven-time Ligue 1 champions tied Marseille, 2-2, on Sunday at the Stade Velodrome.
Benoit Cheyrou and Brandao scored inside 34 minutes as Marseille took control, but Bafetimbi Gomis pulled the first back in the 36th and Diawara's error with halftime looming capped a four-goal first half in the Olympic clash.
Lyon used the point to stay in fourth place. Marseille, which is undefeated in its last eight, remained one point out of the European places in fifth.
Sunday's other games, Auxerre at Caen and Lille at Sochaux, were postponed due to severe cold weather.
<< Price, Canadiens shut out Jets
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shutout of the season as the Montreal Canadiens took a 3-0 decision over the
Winnipeg Jets.
Tomas Plekanec had a goal and an assist while Max Pacioretty and Ale
<< Johnson lifts No. 8 Tennessee past Auburn
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double of the season with 14 points and 11 rebounds as No. 8 Tennessee took
down Auburn, 82-61.
Ariel Massengale added 14 points, five rebounds and four
<< De Rossi signs five-year extension with Roma
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De Rossi, 28, had a contract through the end of the current season, but signed
a new deal to keep
<< Notre Dame dominates DePaul
South Bend, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Natalie Novosel led the way with 21 points
for No. 2 Notre Dame as it dominated DePaul, 90-70, at Purcell Pavilion on
Sunday.
The Fighting Irish (23-1, 10-0 Big East) had five scorers in double figu
Serena leads U.S. past Belarus; Venus returns >>
Worcester, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Serena Williams recorded a singles
victory on Sunday to move the United States into the Fed Cup World Group
Playoffs.
The 2011 U.S. Open runner-up Williams improved to 2-0 this week by overc
Miami upsets No. 7 Duke in overtime >>
Durham, NC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Early in the season, all Reggie Johnson could do
was look on as his Miami-Florida Hurricanes got off to a disappointing 5-4
start.
Recovering from offseason knee surgery to repair a torn meniscu
LSU upsets No. 6 Kentucky >>
Baton Rouge, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Adrienne Webb scored 19 points to lead
LSU as it upset No. 6 Kentucky 61-51 at Pete Maravich Assembly Center on
Sunday.
LaSondra Barrett added 12 points for the Lady Tigers (15-9, 5-5 SEC),
Patriots TE Gronkowski active for Super Bowl >>
Indianapolis, IN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New England Patriots tight end Rob
Gronkowski is active for the Super Bowl.
Gronkowski had been listed as questionable on the injury report for Sunday's
game against the New York Giants because of a high l
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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