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AFL Preview: Swans v Bombers

<b style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sydney v Essendon<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Friday 7:50pm at SCG</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Sydney are hoping their surge back into contention continues on Friday night when they meet a desperate Bombers team at the SCG.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Sydney have moved up to 12th on the ladder with a 5-7 record after their dramatic come-from-behind victory against Richmond. Sydney have now won five of their last six after astonishingly dropping six straight to open the year. The Swans have kept opponents to 81 or under in each of those six wins.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Essendon are clinging to a Top 8 position, sitting in eighth with a 6-6 record. The Bombers have won just four of their last 10 but before the bye they had belted Port Adelaide by 70 points in one of their best wins of the season. The Bombers have posted 100-plus in four of their last five. Essendon have conceded 116-plus in their last three interstate gamws.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Stats That Matter</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>– Sydney have won six straight against Essendon with the Bombers held to less than 82 in all those matches.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>– The Swans have covered 4 of the last 6 matches.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>– Sydney have covered 6 of their last 9 at the SCG when favoured by 18 or less.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>– The under has hit in 7 of the last 8 games when the Swans have been favoured by less than three goals at the SCG.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>– The Bombers have covered just 3 of their last 13 interstate games.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>– The over has hit in 9 of the last 11 Essendon interstate games with the Bombers conceding 112-plus in 9 of the last 10.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>– Since 2012 the Bombers are 5-1 over when an underdog of 18 or less.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>– The under is 40-25 when an interstate underdog of 18 or less comes off scoring 110-plus.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>– The Bombers and Swans are both 63% under teams in night games since 2012.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>– Sydney are 7-14 ATS in night games at the SCG.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Betting Data</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>2017 Line: Sydney 5-7, Essendon 7-5</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>2017 Over-Under: Sydney 6-6, Essendon 7-5</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>What To Expect</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Sydney are the hot team in the AFL at present and on home turf should be winning but against the two-faced Essendon team, nothing is for sure. On their day the Bombers could beat any team in the premiership. When they are off they can get embarrassed by any side. The best play is the under. Night games are typically under games this time of year and the Swans are a big under team at the SCG.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>How It’s Shaping Up</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Under 180.5 points ($1.88)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Josh Kennedy has averaged 110.6 points an outing over the last five games and has not shot lower than 102.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Josh Kennedy 110+ Fantasy Points ($1.90) </b></span><br />
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AFL Preview: Swans v Bombers

Sydney v Essendon Friday 7:50pm at SCG Sydney are hoping their surge back into contention continues on Friday night when they meet a despe...

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European U21 Championship: Young Lions ready to roar in Poland

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 600;">All four Group A sides at the U21 European Championship still have a chance to finish top of the tree and gain automatic qualification to the semi-finals but England are in pole position having bounced back from falling behind to beat Slovakia 2-1 on Monday evening.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 600;">At half-time, the Young Lions were heading out of the tournament, trailing 1-0 and looking worryingly blunt. The first 45 minutes saw a familiar theme of England dominating possession but failing to create many clear-cut chances.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 600;">It was a situation that demanded a response and, to his credit, head coach Aidy Boothroyd found one. Strong words were exchanged between the players at the interval and Boothroyd made changes with Jacob Murphy brought on in place of Mason Holgate to add more aggression from an unfamiliar full‑back role.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 600;">An inspired England grew into the game and notched twice in 11 minutes to turn the tie on its head after the break, putting the youngsters within touching distance of a first semi‑final since 2009.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 600;">Boothroyd's boys deserve credit for standing firm under pressure towards the end of Monday's match; Calum Chambers and Alfie Mawson again formed a formidable centre-back partnership whilst Nathaniel Chalobah excelled again at the base of the midfield.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 600;">The midfield, so worryingly loose in the 0-0 draw against Sweden, was far more compact and began to work England's game-breaking players into threatening positions. And up top Tammy Abraham kept the Slovak defenders honest, finding plenty of space in the channels.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 600;">This may not have been a performance of overwhelming technical quality, but it drew on plenty of resilience. The feeling remains that England are yet to truly hit their stride, but this was a performance full of promise.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 600;">Boothroyd has now called on his players to give it their all in their final Group A match against Poland on Thursday night in Kielce. Should the Young Lions produce the same display we saw in the second period on Monday, England should have no problem justifying their 1.65 favourites tag.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 600;">Hosts Poland 6.40 kept their chances of making the final-four alive with a late 2-2 draw against Sweden. Dawid Kownacki's penalty in second half stoppage time denied the defending champions a victory and gave the White Eagles their first points in the competition.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 600;">For the second successive match Marcel Dorma's men started superbly, Lukasz Moneta firing the Poles into a sixth-minute lead. But the Swedes turned the tables on the hosts and deservedly found themselves in front before half-time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: 600;">Poland - needing a point to avoid crashing out of their own tournament - struggled to regain their early momentum and were on the back foot for the majority of the match. But the White Eagles did put the pressure on in the closing stages and found a breakthrough from the spot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Slovakia 2.86 were in control of Group A and in a solid position at half-time of their second pool fixture against England but two goals in 11 minutes from the Young Lions has left Pavel Hapal's troops relying on results elsewhere.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Martin Chrien's perfectly-timed glancing header gave the group a deserved advantage against England and although Slovakia fought back bravely when behind, they were unable to force home a leveller.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Adam Zrelak - scorer of 10 goals in qualifying - unable to fashion any space in attack and although Hapal's men quality on the ball impressed again, the dark horses weren't given the same freedom in the final-third they enjoyed in their opening day win against Poland.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The free-scoring Slovaks beat the Netherlands home and away en-route to the finals and 12 of their squad have already tasted senior international experience. They've already showed they're strong enough to compete at this level with a pair of positive performances and shouldn't be dismissed at the prices on offer.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Opponents Sweden 2.46 have picked up two points thus far but the Blue-Yellow have been left frustrated by penalties. Linus Wahlqvist's saved spot-kick against England denied Hakan Ericson's men maximum points before a stoppage-time penalty from Poland saw the Swedes chuck away a winning position.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In both encounters the defending champions have performed with aplomb. Having come through a tough qualification pool unbeaten - finishing a point ahead of Spain and four clear of Croatia - the Swedes have impressed.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The two nations know a win is vital to have any chance of progression and with qualification more or less out of their hands, I'm expecting an open, attacking and entertaining encounter with Over 2.5 Goals an attractive 1.74 shot.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With the majority of goal-based selections prohibitively short, I'm going to have a small interest in the 10/1 available for Both Teams To Score In Both Halves. Collectively these two teams have seen BTTS and Over 2.5 Goals selections bank in three of their four group-games and a repeat looks likely.</span></div>
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European U21 Championship: Young Lions ready to roar in Poland

England U21 v Poland U21 Thursday 22nd June, 19:45 Live on Sky Sports All four Group A sides at the U21 European Championship still...

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Germany v Chile: Battle-hardened Chile to win a close one

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;">Germany played well in patches in their 3-2 win over Australia, but they gave away two awful goals (keeper Bernd Leno should've done far better in both instances), and at the other end of the pitch they lacked their usual ruthlessness. Coach Jogi Loew admits his team has plenty of work to do to improve, but he seems to be relishing the opportunity to face a Chile side that has become a winning machine.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;">Chile are full of confidence after winning the Copa America in 2015 and 2016, and while coach Juan Antonio Pizzi's style doesn't always inspire the same oohs and aahs as his predecessor Jorge Sampaoli, he helped the country retain their continental crown. There is quality throughout the team, and Bundesliga-based midfielders Arturo Vidal and Charles Aranguiz provide power and grit in midfield (Aranguiz has been far better for Chile than he has for Bayer Leverkusen), with former Hamburg player Marcelo Diaz setting the tempo.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;">In attack Arsenal talisman Alexis Sanchez is expected to start (he came on as sub and set up the opening goal in the 2-0 win against Cameroon), while Eduardo Vargas continues to be a mystery. The striker was largely hopeless for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga, but he comes alive when he pulls on the red shirt for his country. He netted the first goal of the opening win over Cameroon, and his record in tournaments is very strong - he has finished as top scorer in each of Chile's Copa America successes.</span></span><br />
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Germany v Chile: Battle-hardened Chile to win a close one

Germany v Chile Thursday 22 June, 19:00 Live on ITV 4 This is arguably the most mouthwatering prospect of the group stage, with the wor...

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Cameroon v Australia : over 2.5 goals

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Cameroon v Australia : over 2.5 goals

Cameroon v Australia – Fri 1:00am AEST The Socceroos fought to the very end against Germany but it could have and should have been a lo...

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Mexico v New Zealand : over 2.5 goals

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>A goal right at the death gave Mexico a share of the points against Portugal and it is a result that really puts them in the box seat to make it out of the group. A big win here means they will control their own destiny in the final group game and as already mention with goal difference likely to play a role the Mexicans will be going all out in this one. New Zealand will unfortunately be the victim of a big scoreline.</b></span></span><br />
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Mexico v New Zealand : over 2.5 goals

Mexico v New Zealand – Thur 4:00am AEST A goal right at the death gave Mexico a share of the points against Portugal and it is a result th...

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Russia v Portugal: Ronaldo and co to pick up first win

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">First, a bit of housekeeping. Our mate Tobias had a fine end to the week, as he nabbed two winners from three Confederations Cup bets across the weekend. The standard's been set.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now we switch our attention to the hosts Russia, as they look to follow up their victory over New Zealand with a victory against Portugal. Russia were comfortable winners in their opener, but that says more about the merits of New Zealand than the quality of the home side. As hosts of next year's World Cup, the Russians are short of competitive action to sharpen them up, while Wednesday's opponents Portugal are still in the midst of a qualifying campaign.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It speaks volumes about Portugal's squad depth that they could afford to leave players like playmaker Bernardo Silva out of their starting XI for the 2-2 draw with Mexico on Sunday. Fernando Santos' European champions were moments away from opening their campaign with a win, only for Hector Moreno to snatch a 91st-minute leveller.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Given that Gelson Martins and new Milan signing Andre Silva only came on as subs against Mexico, and Bernardo Silva didn't play at all, Santos has plenty of scope to freshen up his side if needed. Skipper Cristiano Ronaldo will once again hope to focus on football, rather than speculation about a potentially momentous exit from Real Madrid.</span><br />
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