Australian Open Day 4: Preview and Tips

<h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aus Open 2018: Day 4</span></h4> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Federer barely broke a sweat in his opening match and The Wolf says his match will resemble more of an exhibition that a contest.</span></div> <h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 4 – Men’s Feature Match Previews</span></h4> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Hyeon Chung v Daniil Medvedev</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Medvedev’s early season run continued and he delivered in a big way against Kokkinakis in the opening round. The Wolf said the market was wrong, having the Aussie as favourite, and they have somehow installed the Russian as a significant outsider yet again. He is a perfect 8-0 this season and will take an edge in form and match fitness into this one. The pair did face off at the Next Gen Finals at the end of last season with Chung winning in 5 sets. The first to 4 format is much different to what we have seen on the tour and forces a much faster math tempo. Medvedev loves the grind and this will suit him down to a tee. He will look to steer clear of the Chung forehand and his match against Kokkinakis will prove to be the ideal preparation. He was able to direct a substantial amount of ball to the Kokkinakis backhand and will do the same here. The hot conditions will also help him get more out of his serve. Have to take Medvedev with the start.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Medvedev +3.5 ($1.91)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Medvedev WIN ($2.60)</strong></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Tennys Sandgren v Stan Wawrinka</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Patient and effective are the most suitable words that can be used to describe Wawrinka’s first match back on tour for some time. We saw him chip back almost every return and hit slice backhands deep into the court. Then, when given the opportunity he unloaded with what is the most dangerous backhand in world tennis. Sandgrens is what The Wolf refers to as a ‘plodder’. He is not a great mover and will look to attack with his first forehand. He almost always goes inside out with it (into a right handed players backhand) but that means he will be going right into the Wawrinka wheelhouse. Stan will only improve on his first match and The Wolf can see him taking complete control from pillar to post.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Wawrinka -5.5 ($1.83)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Sets Wawrinka 3-0 ($2.75)</strong></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Novak Djokovic v Gael Monfils</strong>Anyone who saw Novak’s opening match will find it hard to believe that we was out of tennis for the last 6 months. Physically he looked in perfect order and his movement was right on point. His game play will improve with every match and it is the one area which Monfils should look to exploit. Djokovic holds a commanding 14-1 record in the H2H but if the Frenchman is to beat him this shapes as his best chance yet. Monfils was outstanding in his title winning run in Doha to start the season but 13 double faults in his opening match here has to be concerning. Both players have undergone changes on serve in the offseason. Djokovic has abbreviated his swing while Monfils has changed his stance. Monfils will put up far more resistance than Young did. If he can take it upon himself to play aggressive he is capable of causing a huge upset. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Best Bet: Over 35.5 games ($1.83)</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Value Bet: Sets Total – 5 Sets ($4.80)</span></strong></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Peter Gojowczyk v Alexander Zverev</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Gojowczyk has been The Wolfpack’s pal in 2018 and he could put himself on the mantle piece. The Wolf is a massive advocate of Alexander Zverev and labelled him a future slam winner and number 1 some time ago. That being said, he is adamant that his time has not arrived just yet – not at the majors anyway. He is yet to make it beyond the 4th round and there were stages in his opening round match against Fabbiano that he looked nervous. He was missing far too many regulation forehands and is yet to prove himself on the big stage and against a top quality opponent over 5 sets. Gojowczyk will keep the errors to a minimum and has shown that he can consistently get into his opponents service games. The Wolf says we will be saying goodbye to at least one of the big boys on Day 4 and Zverev may just be the one who is shown the door.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Over 33.5 games ($1.83)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Gojowczyk WIN ($5.25)</strong></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Jan Lennard Struff v Roger Federer</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Backing the Unders in Federer matches will be a very rewarding play in the early rounds. The total went Under in his opening match despite the reigning Australian Open champion converting just 4 of 13 break point opportunities. He will get just as many opportunities if not more against Struff. The German will look to play big but that will be undoing and will allow Federer to pick him apart. We will see him try to come in behind some big forehands but The Wolf says he doesn’t have the consistency in his game to challenge Roger. You need to hit 5, 6 and even 7 really good shots to win points against the top players and The Wolf cannot see Struff doing so. Frustrations will grow and his game will fall apart. A double break margin in one of the sets will ensure that the Unders salutes.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Under 29.5 games ($1.73)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: 2nd Set Scorecast Federer 6-4 ($4.50)</strong></span></div> <h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 4 – All Men’s Tips</span></h4> <div class="su-table" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <table style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; height: 859px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em !important; width: 835px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <tr class="su-even" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Match (Time AEDT)</span></strong></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tips</span></strong></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(11:00) Querrey v Fucsovics</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Over 38.5 games ($1.91)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: 1st Set Score After 6 Games 3-3 ($1.75)</strong></span></td></tr> <tr class="su-even" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(11:00) Smyczek v Ramos-Vinolas</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Ramos-Vinolas WIN ($1.52)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Sets Ramos-Vinolas 3-0 ($3.40)</strong></span></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(11:00) Kicker v Lacko</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: 1st Set Winner-  Kicker ($3.50)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Kicker WIN ($5.25)</strong></span></td></tr> <tr class="su-even" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(11:00) Thiem v Kudla</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Over 33.5 games ($1.83)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: To Win A Set – Kudla ($2.10)</strong></span></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(12:30) Berdych v Garcia-Lopez</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Berdych -6.5 ($1.80)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Sets Berdych 3-0 ($2.00)</strong></span></td></tr> <tr class="su-even" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(13:00) Vesely v Mannarino</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Over 36.5 games ($1.80)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: 1st Set Correct Score 7-6 ($3.90)</strong></span></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(14:00) Khachanov v Del Potro</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Khachanov +6.5 ($1.83)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: 1st Set Correct Score 7-6 ($3.10)</strong></span></td></tr> <tr class="su-even" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(14:15) Chung v Medvedev</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Medvedev +3.5 ($1.91)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Medvedev WIN ($2.60)</strong></span></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(14:15) Djokovic v Monfils</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Best Bet: Over 35.5 games ($1.83)</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Value Bet: Sets Total – 5 Sets ($4.80)</span></span></strong></td></tr> <tr class="su-even" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(14:30) Donskoy v Fognini</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Donskoy +5.5 ($1.91)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Donskoy WIN ($3.60)</strong></span></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(14:30) Goffin v Benneteau</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Benneteau +7.5 ($1.91)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Sets Total – 5 Sets ($7.00)</strong></span></td></tr> <tr class="su-even" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(16:15) Gasquet v Sonego</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Sets Gasquet 3-0 ($1.53)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: 2nd Set Scorecast Gasquet 6-1 ($7.50)</strong></span></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(16:15) Verdasco v Marterer</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Over 36.5 games ($1.80)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Marterer WIN ($4.00)</strong></span></td></tr> <tr class="su-even" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(17:00) Gojowczyk v A.Zverev</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Over 33.5 games ($1.83)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Gojowczyk WIN ($5.25)</strong></span></td></tr> <tr style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(20:30) Sandgren v Wawrinka</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Wawrinka -5.5 ($1.83)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Sets Wawrinka 3-0 ($2.75)</strong></span></td></tr> <tr class="su-even" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(20:30) Struff v Federer</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Under 29.5 games ($1.73)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: 2nd Set Scorecast Federer 6-4 ($4.50)</strong></span></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 4 – Women’s Feature Match Previews</span></h4> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Garbine Muguruza v Su-Wei Hsieh</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Wolfy likes everything he saw in Muguruza’s opening match. Firstly and most importantly there were no signs of injury. Outside of that, the part which The Wolf found most impressive was her ability to harness her game and stay in complete control. She held back on the power meter and looked very good at the net. We have seen her game grow with Martinez in her corner and if she can stay injury free she will be making a very deep run. Hsieh went 8-6 in the 3rd after being bageled in the opening set and will no doubt crumble when Mururuza gets the upper hand.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Under 18.5 games ($2.00)</strong></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Lesia Tsurenko v Agnieszka Radwanska</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Radwanska has been one of the most consistent players on the WTA Tour for some time but her lack of power has prevented her from ever winning a Grand Slam. We opening round match against Pliskova epitomises all that she is about. Her opponent was the aggressor and when she made her shots she was able to get the better of Radwanska. It makes backing against her at the line a very profitable play in the long run. Tsurenko just has to play 20 minutes of her best to take a set. Overs.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Over 20.5 games ($1.73)</strong></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Ashlegih Barty v Camila Giorgi</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Consistency was the name of the game for Barty in her opening round match as Sabalenka tried to take control of the baseline exchanges. That will not be the case against Giorgi. The Italian doesn’t have the power to take the game away from Barty and we will see the Aussie play more of her own game this time around. Giorgi has been in great form – making the final in Sydney but she will have to overcome a poor record against Barty. Ashleigh posted a 6-3 6-0 win over Giorgi last season and it is hard to looked past such a result. With the crowd behind her Barty will march into the 3rd round.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Barty WIN ($1.62)</strong></span></div> <h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 4 – All Women’s Tips</span></h4> <div class="su-table" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <table style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-collapse: collapse !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em !important; width: 656px;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Match</span></strong></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important; text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tips</span></strong></td></tr> <tr class="su-even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Kerber v Vekic</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Over 18.5 games ($1.73)</span></strong></td></tr> <tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Safarova v Cirstea</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sets Safarova 2-1 ($3.80)</span></strong></td></tr> <tr class="su-even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Halep v Bouchard</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Over 18.5 games ($1.83)</span></strong></td></tr> <tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sharapova v Sevatsova</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Sharapova -3.5 ($1.80)</span></strong></td></tr> <tr class="su-even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Muguruza v Hsieh</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Under 18.5 games ($2.00)</span></strong></td></tr> <tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tsurenko v Radwanska</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over 20.5 games ($1.73)</span></strong></td></tr> <tr class="su-even" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Barty v Giorgi</span></td><td style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-image: initial !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-size: initial !important; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204) !important; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.125rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0.5em 1em !important;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barty WIN ($1.62)</span></strong></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7eMpl7owf6c4QR3jnjv8-HcemxczPggHyQe7hznUGX_OkfYCZPpWw8L1PtNOc6x7nrsMYO35J1BIKA-mgJ98M_dsq-toG-4-ujgvHqZnCu72BPXSc9k5wgwwl2_40Lz6H8Zv2G6Sow8/s1600/GettyImages905482534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL7eMpl7owf6c4QR3jnjv8-HcemxczPggHyQe7hznUGX_OkfYCZPpWw8L1PtNOc6x7nrsMYO35J1BIKA-mgJ98M_dsq-toG-4-ujgvHqZnCu72BPXSc9k5wgwwl2_40Lz6H8Zv2G6Sow8/s640/GettyImages905482534.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /> <span style="background-color: white; 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Australian Open Day 4: Preview and Tips

Aus Open 2018: Day 4 Federer barely broke a sweat in his opening match and The Wolf says his match will resemble more of an exhibition th...

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A-League Tips Round 17

<div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Brisbane v Perth – (Thur 7:50pm)</strong>The Wolf made note of the Glory’s defensive issues and they were on full display again last week as the Victory found a late winner against them. They have now allowed 14 goals in their last 4 games – all losses. They will not get a better chance to rectify those problems than this week against the Roar. Brisbane have the equal worst attack in the A-League (16 goals) and have failed to score in each of their last 3 games. Both sides will fancy their chances to collect all 3 points and if it comes down to who can find the back of the net The Wolf says we have to be on the visitors. Brisbane have lost their last 4 at home and conceded multiple goals in each of those matches. Perth offered plenty in attack last week and are great value as outsiders here.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Perth Over 1.5 goals ($2.45)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Value Bet: Perth WIN ($3.40)</span></strong></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Western Sydney v Melbourne Victory – (Fri 7:50pm)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Josep Gombau has definitely helped the Wanderers turn a new leaf. They have lost just 1 of their last 6 and the biggest improvement has come on the defensive end. They have allowed a total of 3 goals in their last 4 matches but will have to do it without Hamill who was sent off in the draw with Wellington. Barbarouses handed the Victory all 3 points with a last gasp winner last week but building on that result will not be easy. Kevin Muscat’s side have managed consecutive wins just once this season but have won 3 of their last 4 away games. They would have made it 4 in a row had Williams not been sent off in Welling ton a fortnight ago and red cards has been a problem in their recent meetings with the Wanderers. They have had a player sent off in each of their last two meetings with the Wanderers and cannot afford a repeat. The men in blue are undefeated in their last 5 meetings against the Wanderers and have conceded just once to them in that stretch. The Wolf is predicting a very tight affair with very little between them.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Best Bet: Under 2.5 goals ($1.95)</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Value Bet: Both Teams To Score – NO ($2.15)</span></strong></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Newcastle v Wellington – (Sat 5:35pm)</strong>The door has been opened for the Jets and a win here would see them close the gap to Sydney FC to just 3 points. They are coming off back to back home wins over the Mariners and Roar and can complete the treble against the A-League’s bottom three sides. The Jets have posted 3 consecutive clean sheets at McDonald Jones Stadium with the Phoenix scoring just a single goal in their last 6 away games. The Nix have the worst away record in the A-League by some margin with 6 losses and 2 draws in their last 8 trips. For the better part of the season the Jets were a goal scoring machine but they have added another string to their bow with their newly found defensive prowess. We’ll be sticking with the Jets at home.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Newcastle WIN ($1.66)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Teams To Score – Newcastle Only ($3.00)</strong></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Sydney FC v Central Coast – (Sat 7:50pm)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The Mariners remain the only team to take all 3 points against Sydney this season but The Wolf says they could not be meeting them at a worse time. Graham Arnold and his troops were evidently frustrated in a 0-0 draw with Adelaide last weekend and when you combine that with the fact that they lost to the Mariners last time out, you have a recipe for the Sydney FC masterclass. The Sky Blues are undefeated at home this season (6 wins and 2 draws) and have scored multiple goals in all 8 of those matches. Sydney have dominated this series with 8 wins, 1 draw and just the 1 loss in the last 10 clashes. They have scored 3 or more goals in 6 of those matches and The Wolf says we could see them really break the hearts of the Mariners at Allianz Stadium. There will be a party in the grandstand for the hosts.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: HT/FT – Sydney/Sydney ($1.75)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Sydney FC Over 3.5 goals ($4.00)</strong></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Melbourne City v Adelaide – (Sun 7:00pm)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Adelaide’s performance last week was inspiring to say the least. While his side battled on the field coach Kurz has his own rivalry going with Graham Arnold. The German’s display of emotion at full time will have provided his players with an immense amount of motivation. He has shown faith in a large number of youngsters including Strain, O’Doherty and Ochieng – all aged under 21. They face a very different opponent this week. Melbourne City play at a much slower pace than Sydney FC and they are not as strong in the middle of the park. Kurz will have a plan to contain McCormack and if the Reds can keep him quiet they will go a long way towards getting a good result. Adelaide have conceded 3 goals in a 5 game stretch which is a testament to their collective effort defensively. The Wolf cannot see City scoring multiple goals and that will allow the visitors to grab at least a point.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Under 2.5 goals ($1.90)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Value Bet: Draw ($3.50)</strong></span></div> <h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best Bets Round 17</span></h4> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Newcastle WIN ($1.66)</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Value: Sydney FC Over 3.5 goals ($4.00)</strong></span></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0B6hnAK8H6r9gfW6JfdYT3J4V_iMgQxyPjyUbttt5bLm3EuLJIyVwhw4ClzTlO5DQ4SxdIPtz5qzQe-feDsbdHu2NO9YgsDXw6KX4kU0VcLzF4I5AKwY2rGKjIp5lS20RhDim6XzFw8/s1600/Nicholas%252BAgostino%252BLeague%252BRd%252B11%252BBrisbane%252Bv%252B8_KlmUNlwsnl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0B6hnAK8H6r9gfW6JfdYT3J4V_iMgQxyPjyUbttt5bLm3EuLJIyVwhw4ClzTlO5DQ4SxdIPtz5qzQe-feDsbdHu2NO9YgsDXw6KX4kU0VcLzF4I5AKwY2rGKjIp5lS20RhDim6XzFw8/s640/Nicholas%252BAgostino%252BLeague%252BRd%252B11%252BBrisbane%252Bv%252B8_KlmUNlwsnl.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><br /></strong></span></div>

A-League Tips Round 17

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Chelsea v Norwich: Strong Blues line-up to win with ease

<div class="entry-body__intro" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a game that Chelsea could have done without given their busy schedule, but they'll be out to get the job done with the minimum of fuss when Norwich visit Stamford Bridge says Mike Norman, and our man is betting accordingly...</span></div> <div class="entry-body__story" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(187, 187, 187); border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>Chelsea v Norwich</b></span><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wednesday, 19:45<br />Live on BBC1</strong></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Chelsea's stars not at the peak of their powers</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fatigue was cited as one of the main reasons for Chelsea's lacklustre performance against Leicester on Saturday, which ended with the Blues recording three <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">consecutive goalless draws</strong> for the first time in their history.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's undoubtedly a busy time of the season but it's hard to see why Chelsea's players should be any more tired than any of their recent opponents. Norwich had played the same amount of games in the same space of time as <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Antonio Conte</strong>'s men when they held the Blues to a 0-0 draw 10 days ago, and so too had Arsenal when they met in the EFL Cup last week.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A bigger factor as to Chelsea's disappointing recent results is surely the lack of form shown by some of their star players, notably <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Eden Hazard</strong> and <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Alvaro Morata</strong>. Conte's men registered no fewer than 54 shots at goal in their three recent draws with a very impressive 20 of them being on target. They did enough to win all three games but simply couldn't put the ball in the net.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It suggests to me that Chelsea aren't too overly tired, and that a <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">peak form</strong> Morata (no goals in his last five games) and/or Hazard (just one goal in 10 outings) would be all that is needed to see the Blues return to winning ways.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Canaries in good form but hit by big-name departures</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Norwich will arrive at Stamford Bridge in <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">decent shape</strong> having won three and drawn one of their last four Championship games, including Saturday's excellent 1-0 win at promotion-chasing Bristol City.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Daniel Farke</strong>'s men have in fact conceded just one goal in their last five outings and have kept three consecutive clean sheets away from home, so they shouldn't lack for confidence when travelling to the capital on Wednesday night.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But departures and injuries mean the Canaries squad is pretty thin on the ground currently; star man <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Alex Pritchard</strong> has joined Premier League outfit Huddersfield, while experienced defender and captain <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Russell Martin</strong> is on the verge of joining Glasgow Rangers.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it's perhaps worth pointing out that prior to their recent mini revival Farke's men were in <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">dire form</strong>, picking up just five points from a possible 30 in the Championship thanks to losing seven out of 10 games including four consecutive defeats on the road.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Safe passage to round four awaits hosts</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If tiredness is genuinely the reason behind Chelsea's recent winless run then surely Conte will make <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">wholesale change</strong>s for the visit of Norwich in this FA Cup third round replay.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But making changes probably means that the likes of Andrea Christensen, David Luiz, Danny Drinkwater, Davide Zappacosta, <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Willian</strong>, and Pedro all come into the starting XI, while Cesc Fabregas and Hazard - who were withdrawn with over 30 minutes remaining on Saturday - are likely to play some part if needed.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In other words, <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">this isn't going to be a weak Chelsea starting line-up</strong>, and odds of around <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="2/7"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>1.29</b></span></span> for them to win the game are fully justified, and more importantly, should easily be landed.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Norwich can be backed at <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="12/1"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>13.00</b></span></span> to produce a shock, with the Draw currently trading at <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="11/2"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>6.60</b></span></span>, but I'm far more interested in backing the hosts to <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">win with ease</strong> than anything else; they should be far too strong for their lower league opponents.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite failing to convert one of their many chances you never felt for one moment that Chelsea were in any danger at Carrow Road in the original tie, and now with home advantage I can see Conte's men running out comfortable winners as they try to book a fourth round tie at home to Newcastle as quickly as possible.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the Betfair Sportsbook we can back <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(187, 187, 187); border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>Chelsea -1 at 4/5</b></span> and that looks like a bet well worth having.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Willian to have a good night</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Assuming he starts then <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Willian</strong> looks a great price to get on the scoresheet at 2/1 on the Sportsbook. The 29-year-old is enjoying a fine season and has scored five goals in his last eight appearances when starting the game from the outset.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to his fine goalscoring record when starting Willian is a fantastic free-kick taker so he should have at least a few chances from <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">dead-ball situations</strong> with the belief that Chelsea will be very much on the front foot and the game will be played in and around Norwich's box.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Take a chance on a big home win</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chelsea's lack of recent goals will hopefully push the price out on a big home win, so keep an eye out on the Correct Score market where I'm hoping to get matched at around the <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="4/1"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>4.80</b></span></span>mark about the <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Any Other Home Win</strong> option.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the bet to land we require Chelsea to win the game by scoring <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">at least four goals</strong> in the process, which is a distinct possibility if they start well.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Canaries' away form in general isn't great; Farke's men have conceded four at Villa, four at Millwall, and three at Cardiff in the Championship this term, and you sense that Chelsea, who'll want to put this game to bed as early as possible, could score a similar amount if able to <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">convert some of the many chances</strong> they'll surely create.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMrS1bUq_Oc6fiKazmsnP9kzdjiZHZdz0AIg0Yl1UKDYqkQeVdOmL6rdJP3d-aGjoVXuuN5MWzntT8yUzxDcMjlPASzIslvVhpq3XLOeseKHgE-MruOnZbYKbl9wfLwq6JjOuNVjZXRU/s1600/Nhan-dinh-bong-da-Norwich---Chelsea-Khong-can-Hazard---Morata-cho-luoi-dao-trong-tay-ao-chelsea-vs-norwich-city-1515204041-339-width660height440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="660" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMrS1bUq_Oc6fiKazmsnP9kzdjiZHZdz0AIg0Yl1UKDYqkQeVdOmL6rdJP3d-aGjoVXuuN5MWzntT8yUzxDcMjlPASzIslvVhpq3XLOeseKHgE-MruOnZbYKbl9wfLwq6JjOuNVjZXRU/s640/Nhan-dinh-bong-da-Norwich---Chelsea-Khong-can-Hazard---Morata-cho-luoi-dao-trong-tay-ao-chelsea-vs-norwich-city-1515204041-339-width660height440.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="background-color: white; 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Chelsea v Norwich: Strong Blues line-up to win with ease

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CareerBuilder Challenge: Rahm and Hahn the two against the field for The Punter

<div class="entry-body__intro" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The PGA Tour parks up in California this week for the CareerBuilder Challenge and our man fancies the favourite, Jon Rahm, to go well. Read his comprehensive preview here...</span></div> <div class="entry-body__story" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Tournament History</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After two weeks in Hawaii, the PGA Tour moves on to California for the CareerBuilder Challenge.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">CareerBuilder Challenge</span></strong> began life in 1960 as the Palm Springs Desert Golf Challenge - a five-round pro-am won by Arnold Palmer. Between 1965 and 2012 it was known as the Bob Hope Classic before Humana took over sponsorship and revived its fortunes.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tournament had been failing to attract quality fields and the perception was that the five-round format had much to do with its demise. It was reduced to the conventional four rounds in 2012 and it's been a much better received event as a result.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tournament is a Pro-Am staged over three different courses (listed below) in rotation over the first three days with the host course, the PGA West TPC Stadium Course, staging the final round and that's the best time to watch.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With amateurs in attendance, the first three days are fairly slow and the coverage can be a bit dull but the pro-am aspect of the event finishes on Saturday and the professionals are left alone to fight for the title on Sunday.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Venue</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Stadium Course, La Quinta, California</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Course Details</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PGA West (TPC Stadium Course), par 72, 7,300 yards -Stroke Index in 2017 - 71.59<br />PGA West (Tournament Course), par 72, 7,204 yards -Stroke Index in 2017 - 70.74<br />La Quinta Country Club, par 72, 7,060 yards -Stroke Index in 2017 - 69.63<br />The Pete Dye-designed PGA West Stadium Course was used for the first time two years ago and, as demonstrated by the averages above, it's the hardest of the three used.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">La Quinta was the easiest of the three courses used last year but there have been some changes to the track since we last saw it.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fairway bunkering at the par four first and the par four 17th holes have been updated, around 50 trees have been planted to create new sightlines as targets the green at the par three 15th hole has been rebuilt entirely.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more on the three courses, check out this page <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">here</span></strong> on the PGA Tour's website.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Weather Forecast</span></strong></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">TV Coverage</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Live on Sky Sports all four days. There is some featured groups coverage on Sky from 16:00 GMT on Thursday and the full coverage begins at 20:00.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Last Five Winners</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2017 - Hudson Swafford -20<br />2016 - Jason Dufner -25<br />2015 - Bill Haas -22<br />2014 - Patrick Reed -28<br />2013 - Brian Gay -25 (Playoff)</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">What Will it Take to Win the CareerBuilder Challenge?</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All three courses are set up fairly generously, so as not to embarrass the amateurs, and as a result Driving Distance and Driving Accuracy are not stats to get hung up on. This is basically a low scoring birdie-fest and it's a question of who holes the most putts.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The winner nearly always makes more birdies than anyone else.</strong> In slightly tougher conditions than the norm last year, the winner, Hudson Swafford, notched the most but he 'only' recorded 26. Jason Dufner made 30 on his way to victory 12 months prior, and so as did the 2014 winner, Patrick Reed.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last eight winners have had an average Putting Average ranking of 18.88 and an average Greens In Regulation ranking of 7.5 and they're clearly important stats but which is more important is very hard to gauge...</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the five years between 2005 and 2009, four of the five winners ranked first for putting, with Chad Campbell (who ranked 6th) the odd man out but we've seen a few players win with poor Putting Average stats of late. Dufner ranked fifth in 2016 and Reed ranked fourth when he won in 2014 but Swafford only ranked 24th last year and Brian Gay and Bill Haas managed to win recently with Putting Average rankings of 38th and 39th.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Swafford ranked first for GIR last year</strong> so that's why he was able to overcome the relatively poor Putting Average stats (he was the only player in the top-four to rank worse than seventh) but given the last seven winners have played the par fours better than anyone else, <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Par 4 Scoring is arguably the best stat</strong> to look at.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Is There an Angle In?</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Sanderson Farms Championship was played at Annandale Golf Club between 1994 and 2013 and during that time, D.J Trahan, Chad Campbell and Bill Haas all won both that event and this one. And Scott Stallings really should have done so, too. He won the SFC in 2012 and traded heavy odds-on here before blowing a five-stroke final round lead, so, although it's a little old, Annandale form is most definitely worth close inspection but of more relevance now is form at the <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Waste Management Phoenix Open.</strong></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phil Mickelson, Mark Wilson and Kenny Perry have won both this event and the Phoenix Open fairly recently and a number of players have come close to winning both. Dufner was beaten in a playoff there by Wilson in 2011, Charley Hoffman was beaten by Perry in extra time in Phoenix, two years after he'd won here, and Justin Leonard is another to win here and finish second in Phoenix. Jesper Parnevik, John Rollins and Ryan Palmer have all finished runner-up at both events.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Both are low-scoring events in the desert so it's not a surprise that they correlate nicely.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Bill Haas won here in 2015 it was his first start in nearly three months and Reed took the title after finishing 16th at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in 2014 but an outing at the Sony Open last week looks a plus.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last two winners have finished 13th and ninth in the Sony but a high finish isn't essential. The 2013 winner, Brian Gay, only finished 31st at Waialae and all five winners before him had missed the cut in the Sony the week before they won this.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Is There an Identikit Winner?</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The CareerBuilder Challenge is a <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">difficult event to weigh up</strong>, with all types of characters winning at various points in time.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It used to be a good event for the older, experienced players who could cope with the longevity of the rounds and the idle chatter with all the amateurs and plenty of event experience was important. Between 1984 and 2006, on average, the champion was playing in his seventh Bob Hope Classic but then that all changed.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Between 2007 and 2011, four of the five winners were winning on the PGA Tour for the first time and the odd man out, DJ Trahan in 2008, was only winning his second PGA Tour title.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Big-hitting rookies were seemingly taking control but five years ago it was all change again, when the experienced Mark Wilson took the title in testing windy conditions before Brian Gay beat tour rookie and pre-event event <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="99/1"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>100.00</b></span></span> shot, David Lingmerth, and perennial bridesmaid, Charles Howell III, in a playoff.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having had only one win under his belt - the Wyndham Championship five months earlier - Patrick Reed was still up-and-coming when he won four years ago and having been matched as high as <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="139/1"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>140.00</b></span></span> before the off, he was the seventh winner in-a-row to trade at a triple-figure price prior to kick-off but the last three haven't been quite so outlandish and all three were trading at a double-figure price before the off.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Swafford was winning his first PGA Tour event when he took the title 12 months ago but he was the first first-time PGA Tour winner in five years, so we have a mixed bag of results and it looks hard to predict.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arnold Palmer loved this event and he won it five times between 1960 and 1973 and Bill Hass became the seventh player, other than <em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The King</em>, to win it twice when he took the title in 2015 so multiple winners are fairly common.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">In-Play Tactics</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prior to the last four renewals this was an event in which several winners recovered from relatively slow starts. Haas won from five back with two rounds to go when winning the first of his two titles eight years ago and three years before that, Justin Leonard was eight back at the same stage and a number of winners have been four, five, six and even seven back with two rounds to go. That's all changed of late though...</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having sat second after round one, first at halfway and third after round three, Swafford was never outside the first three places last year and that's fairly typical now. Four of the last six winners have been in front at halfway and four of the last six were leading with a round to go. Being up with the pace is the place to be now but it's still worth looking for an odds-on shot to take on in-running if recent results are anything to go by.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In eight of the last 11 renewals, at least one player has traded at odds-on but ended up losing on a Sunday.</strong> Chad Campbell dipped to <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="8/11"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>1.75</b></span></span> last year, David Lingmerth was matched at just <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="1/7"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>1.14</b></span></span> in 2015 and in 2013 there were two to trade really short and get beat. Stallings hit a low of <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="1/7"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>1.14</b></span></span> and Charles Howell III was matched at <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="2/5"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>1.40</b></span></span> before Brian Gay went on to win the title.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Market Leaders</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jon Rahm</strong> didn't play in the Sony Open last week and he only finished 34th on debut 12 months ago but they're the only slight negatives and he's <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">far and away the best value at the head of the market.</strong></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Logically enough, the results suggest this low-scoring birdie-fest isn't a great place to turn up to without a recent outing so the fact that he hadn't played for two months prior to last year's renewal probably accounted for his lowly finishing position and his ropey statistics.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rahm didn't play in the Sony Open last week but he finished second to Dustin Johnson at the Sentry TOC the week before so rustiness shouldn't be an issue this time around. He ranked fourth for Par 4 Scoring on the PGA Tour last year and he loves desert golf so they're two huge pluses. He finished fifth in the aforementioned Phoenix Open and he won the DP World Championship in his final outing of 2017.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Including his maiden win at the Farmers Insurance Open (next week's event) in the same state, Rahm won three times last year altogether (a strike rate of 11.5% in his first full season), he's the third best player in the world on current rankings and he's by some distance the best player in the field. Favourites don't have a terrific record of late in this event but Rahm is value to buck that trend at around the 9/1 mark.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brian Harman</strong> has course form figures reading 8-54-MC-82-11-3 and current form figures (since October) reading 5-8-4-3-4 so his chance is fairly obvious but he was poor over the weekend at the Sony Open and he'll need to overcome that disappointment. He led by three strokes at halfway before rounds on 68 and 70 saw him drift out of contention for the title and (especially compared to Rahm's price) I can't see that there is any value in him here.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Patrick Reed</strong> has been disappointing over the last couple of years and he makes no appeal either and <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kevin Kisner</strong> has only ordinary event form.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Webb Simpson</strong> ticks a lot of boxes. He was the runner-up in Phoenix last year, he was ranked sixth for Par 4 Scoring in 2017 and only the runner-up, James Hahn, outscored him over the weekend at the Sony Open. I can see him going well but at around the 25/1 mark, I can't see any juice in the price.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span></div> <h2 style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0.5rem auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Selections</span></strong></h2> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jon Rahm</strong> achieved in his first full year on both main tours last year was sensational but who's to say there isn't more to come? Debutantes don't have a great record at the Plantation Course so his second placed finish there two weeks ago was impressive enough and he's a great price to claim his first victory in 2018.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">James Hahn</strong> played superbly over the weekend at the Sony Open and I thought he was worth chancing here at <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="64/1"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>65.00</b></span></span>. It's going to be hard to pick himself up after the disappointment of defeat but his hot form at Waialae isn't the only reason I liked him.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many will remember his Gangnam Style dance at the Phoenix in 2013 (see below) but more importantly, he led there after two rounds in 2016 (before finishing 17th) and he also led this event on debut before finishing fourth in 2013. And, like Rahm, he's also a winner in California. Hahn won at Riviera in 2015.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Selections:<br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Jon Rahm @ </span><span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="10/1">11.00</span><br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">James Hahn @ </span><span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="64/1">65.00</span></span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FDdKugfyA09rBzRdt72PaENUoA_Y3f9jmcuGLnAOPsVsrRGNKA4QfccYOke0rcz2p1o7_9a_DxNYBv1IsrQpNGXgXzDEyfe81_n7pD7y5cn3G4T3TUaLSp3pvcJDBP202R1807L6QSg/s1600/James+Hahn+%2528720%2529.956x538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="956" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FDdKugfyA09rBzRdt72PaENUoA_Y3f9jmcuGLnAOPsVsrRGNKA4QfccYOke0rcz2p1o7_9a_DxNYBv1IsrQpNGXgXzDEyfe81_n7pD7y5cn3G4T3TUaLSp3pvcJDBP202R1807L6QSg/s640/James+Hahn+%2528720%2529.956x538.jpg" width="640" /></a><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="64/1"><br /></span></span></strong></div> </div>

CareerBuilder Challenge: Rahm and Hahn the two against the field for The Punter

The PGA Tour parks up in California this week for the CareerBuilder Challenge and our man fancies the favourite, Jon Rahm, to go well. Read...

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