Liverpool have been handed a fantastic opportunity to end their season impressively by claiming one of the two remaining Champions League places and they can't afford to throw it away when they travel to the midlands to face already relegated West Brom on Sunday evening.

The Reds boosted their Champions League hopes with an impressive 4-2 away win over rivals Manchester United. The victory moved them to fifth place on the table and within four points of West London giants Chelsea in fourth place. Liverpool have an outstanding game over the other Champions League chasers like Leicester City in third place and Chelsea in fifth spot. The extra game is at West Bromand Liverpool are heavy favourites to secure the win needed to close the gap on both Chelsea and Leicester City according to the soccer betting odds from soccer betting sites.

Premier League giants Manchester United recorded five straight wins in all competitions before they met a stubborn team in Leeds United in the Premier League at the weekend.Rivals Leeds United and Manchester United played out a goalless draw when the two teams met in the league at the weekend.

Manchester United were favourites to get the win at the home of Leeds United on Sunday but the Old Trafford giants could not make it six wins in a row in all competitions as predicted by the soccer betting odds from several soccer betting sites.

Premier League table toppers Manchester City can take their winning run to seven matches in all competitions if they beat Leeds United at home on Saturday afternoon. The Citizens are on a six-match winning run since they suffered defeat at the hands of Manchester United in the Manchester Derby.
Ahead of the visit of Leeds United to the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City are super favourites to pick up the three points at stake via the soccer betting odds from several soccer betting sites.

A win over Marcelo Bielsa's men will extend their lead at the top of the Premier League standings to 17 points having played two games more than Manchester United in second place. The Red Devils will play one of those two games against hosts Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday evening.

United States-based company Bally's are reportedly getting closer to complete the acquisition of online gaming company Gamesys in a deal that would cost around £2 billion.

The agreement stipulates that Bally's will go ahead and pay £18.50 in cash for every single share owned by Gamesys. The fee is valued at around 12.7% above the closing price as at the 23rd of March 2021.

It is also higher than the closing share price of Gamesys by 39.1% just before the first proposal was made by Bally's on the 26th of January.

According to both companies, the pending partnership will see Gamesys will benefit particularly from the business proposal tabled by Bally's especially in the United States and it will also help give the company some sort of exposure into the world's biggest economy.

Penultimate Champions League holders can banish their wretched league form once again when they take on German Bundesliga club RB Leipzig at home in the second leg of their round of 16 tie in the Champions League.

Liverpool have been in freefall at home especially in the Premier League but the good news for Reds fans is that the team won't face RB Leipzig at Anfield, where they have lost the last six matches in the Premier League.

Liverpool will host RB Leipzig at the same match venue as the first leg due to Covid-19 restrictions. The first leg took place in Budapest, Hungary and it will once again host the second leg on Wednesday night. Ahead of the game with RB Leipzig, Liverpool are favourites as per the various soccer betting sites across the world.

British council responsible for overseeing gambling activities in the UK Betting and Gambling Council has rolled out new rules in a bid to curb the promotion of gambling activities by football clubs on social media.

The council confirmed that the new rules will ensure that clubs are guided in their content creation on their social media pages as they look to protect children from getting exposed to gambling and sports betting.

The newly revised code of conduct ensures that football clubs will not be able to add or insert links or calls to action under any post they make on social media.

Chelsea fans have every right to be optimistic about the long-term life under new manager Thomas Tuchel going by what has happened in the short-term life under him.

The Blues have become a different team under him in comparison to the final days of the Frank Lampard regime.

Chelsea legend Lampard was sacked by the club last month after a poor run of results and was replaced swiftly by Thomas Tuchel, who had lost his job as the PSG manager earlier this season. Under Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea have won three and drawn one of the four games played in the league and that has taken the team to within one point of Premier League holders Liverpool in the race for Champions League football next season.

Arsenal are the reigning FA Cup champions and they will start the defence of the title they won last season with an home game with Newcastle United on Saturday evening. The Gunners won a record 14th FA Cup title last season by beating London rivals Chelsea 2-1 in their final clash at the Wembley Stadium.

Chelsea had to finish the game with ten men after Croatian international Mateo Kovacic was dismissed for two yellow cards. Gabonese international hit man Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the star of the game after he bagged a brace against the Blues. Arsenal have two more titles than their nearest challengers Manchester United who have won 12 titles in the history of the competition.

Brentford are undoubtedly one of the strongest teams in the English Championship this season and they are unlucky to still be plying their trade in the second tier of English football after an excellent campaign last season.

Brentford were close to taking the second and final automatic slot for Premier League promotion ahead of West Brom only for Baggies to pip them to the spot on the final day of the regular season in the English Championship last term.

West Brom joined Leeds United in securing an automatic slot, while Brentford had to settle for the playoffs. In the end, Fulham beat Brentford in their London Derby clash to secure the third and final slot for promotion.Brentford have been able to recover from the disappointment of missing out on a promotion place to make a strong start to the new season.

Manchester United have been receiving a lot of criticism for their difficult campaign, but recent weeks have seen the team display a lot of character.

The defeat against PSG at Old Trafford in the recent round places a lot of importance on the upcoming match against RB Leipzig. There will be no fans for this encounter and United will be hoping to make the most of the psychological advantage from the 5-0 victory in the reverse fixture. The match might turn out to be a lot more difficult for United even with the comfortable win in the previous round.