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03/12/2010 - Catania, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Catania scored three times in the final 20 minutes of their 3-1 upset win over Inter Milan at the Angelo Massimino on Friday.
Diego Milito scored in the 54th minute for Inter, but had his opener canceled out by a goal from Maxi Lopez. Sulley Muntari then received his second yellow card for handling the ball inside his own penalty area, and Catania's Giuseppe Mascara converted the penalty kick with nine minutes to play before Andres Martinez secured the win with a goal in the 90th minute.
The result leaves Inter just four points clear of second-placed AC Milan, which hosts Chievo on Sunday, while Catania took a major step towards safety with the win as they moved eight points above the drop zone.
Catania started well and had a chance to take the lead in the 12th minute when Adrian Ricchiuti was stopped eight yards from goal by Inter goalkeeper Julio Cesar.
Inter's only real scoring opportunity arrived in the 34th minute when a shot from Wesley Sneijder was comfortably saved by Mariano Andujar.
The visitors went ahead nine minutes after halftime when Samuel Eto'o brought down a ball from midfield and played it across the face of goal to Milito, who swept it into the net from six yards.
Catania threatened with a free kick from Mascara four minutes later, but they found themselves on level terms in the 74th minute when a low cross from Pablo Alvarez was finished off first-time by Lopez.
Muntari picked up a second yellow card when a free kick struck his arm inside the area, and Mascara beat Cesar with a delicate chip that sent the keeper the wrong way from the penalty spot.
Martinez secured the points right before stoppage time when he tracked down a ball on the left wing, cut into the area, and slid a shot past the keeper.
Roma sits in third place and they travel to Livorno, while fourth-placed Palermo visits Udinese as they continue their push towards a top-four spot.
Sampdoria travels to Bologna, Genoa hosts Cagliari, Siena invades Juventus, Bari squares off with Lazio, Atalanta visits Parma and Napoli meets up with Fiorentina.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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