I have a couple people I picked out to contribute to Streakhelp from time to time. I've monitored Ryan's and Christian's pick history over the last few days and I was impressed with some of their insight. Today I'll debut some of their picks. Hopefully this will help improve content frequency so I can stay on top of this blog better. Good luck today.
Streakhelper's Picks:
Pick #1 Tottenham win
Tottenham goes into this game 7-1-2 with a 6 goal difference coming off a 3-1 road win over Fulham. Aston Villa goes in at 3-6-2 with 1 goal difference coming off a 3-2 win over Norwich at home. On the road, Villa has been a drawing machine. On the road they are 0-4-1, with their lone loss coming to Manchester City, who sits at the top of the table. On the other side, Tottenham has played exceptional at home. Going 3-0-1, with their only loss to Manchester City as well in an ugly 1-5 loss. All three of their home wins came to teams that are about as good or better compared to Villa. They include a 4-1 win over Liverpool (6th in table), 2-1 win over Arsenal (7th in table), and a 3-1 win over Queens Park (9th in table). Aston Villa sits at 8th, with all of their draws to teams currently below Tottenham. Considering how strong Tottenham has been (so far) this season at home, I would take them. A draw definitely isn't out of the question, but I like my chances with Tottenham.
Pick #2 Kansas Jayhawks
Georgetown is a pretty good basketball team, but they have yet to play anyone significant. Kansas is coming off a 75-65 loss on the road to #2 Kentucky. With Kansas at home, I think they should be good. At home against Towson they won 100-54 in their last game. Though it is Towson, Towson has played fairly well (for their level) against some decent opponents such as Kansas, Belmont and Michigan. I would take Kansas.
Ryan's Picks:
Pick Patriots win by 15+ points
"The Patriots to win by 15 or more points seems like a safe pick. The game is in Foxboro where the Pats rarely lose. In addition, the Chiefs will be missing their starting QB Matt Cassel. This means that Tyler Palko, who has only thrown 13 NFL passes in his Career, will get the start for the Chiefs. The Patriots struggle in pass defense, but Palko is not good enough to expose them. There should be no doubt that Tom Bady and co. can create enough offense to win by 15 points. The Chiefs have been outscored in their loses by an average of 24 points, including loses by 34, 45, and 28 points. The Vegas line is 17 points in favor of the Patriots, so the streak master is giving you two free points. I would take the Patriots to win by 15+ points for the Green."
Christian's Picks:
1. Memphis Tigers
The Tigers have gotten off to a nice start this year against a Belmont team that lost to Duke by one point. Michigan is also starting the season pretty well being 3-0, however their wins have come against teams that would pose no threat to any respectable team, including the Towson Tigers... Memphis is simply a better team which focuses primarily on offense (97 against Belmont) to drive their victories while Michigan's offense (averaging 60.7) is not nearly as potent. Memphis will come out today and put Michigan in it's place 76-68.
2. @ Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham sits in 5th place in the EPL with 22 points in 10 matches and a +6 GD. Aston Villa is 8th in the table with 15 points in 11 matches and a +1 GD. Tottenham is 4-0-1 in their last 5 EPL games including a draw at Newcastle. AV is 2-2-1 in their last 5 including a loss at home to an average West Bromwich club. Tottenham is currently at 64.5% to win according to the odds. In my experience, whenever Tottenham is in a pick on SFTC, they always win. However, be wary because Aston Villa can always come out and surprise anybody. Tottenham Hotspur wins 3-2.
More to come... I'll update my record today as well from the past few days.
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