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WGM’s Best Weekend Bets: Fri 18 to Sun 20 Sep 2015

Written by Ben Blaschke

The NRL finals are into their second week and we’re loving the look of tonight’s clash between the Sydney Roosters and Canterbury Bulldogs. The Bulldogs have a proud history of lifting for the finals but it appears their record might be overshadowing the fact that they’ve been in pretty poor form in recent weeks and looked woeful in attack last week against a Dragons outfit battered with injury. The line for this one looks nowhere near big enough to contain the Roosters.

Another crucial round of EPL action kicks off on Saturday with Manchester City looking to get back to their winning ways domestically after falling to Juventus in the Champions League midweek. City have won all five games so far this season in the Premier League, scoring 11 goals in the process, but tonight’s opponents West Ham have also scored 11 and won’t die wondering here. We expect plenty of goals.

Finally, we like the look of the Arizona Cardinals to take care of the Chicago Bears tonight in a game the sportsbooks are having trouble splitting. But the stats heavily favor the Cardinals. They impressed in a solid win over New Orleans last week while the Bears fell at home against Green Bay. If anything, both sides look to have carried over much of last year’s form so it’s worth noting that the Bears won only two of their eight home games last season while Arizona has covered the spread in 10 of their last 14 games.

WEEKEND BETS
Fri NRL Sydney Roosters v Canterbury Bulldogs Sydney Roosters -8.5
Sat EPL Manchester City v West Ham United Total goals OVER 2.5
Sun NFL Arizona Cardinals @ Chicago Bears Arziona Cardinals -1.5