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Super Bowl LVII Preview: Philadelphia Eagles vs Kansas City Chiefs

The University of Phoenix Stadium is the arena. The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles are the teams. Super Bowl LVII is the event.

The stage is set for Sunday’s showpiece fixture in the National Football League and fans will see either the Chiefs or the Eagles celebrating Super Bowl glory this weekend.

Undoubtedly one of the great sporting events of the year, the Vince Lombardi Trophy awaits the winning team and both organisations have enjoyed success in recent times.

The Eagles, buoyed by one of the great Super Bowl plays with the Philly Special, prevailed at Super Bowl LII while the Chiefs – competing in their third Super Bowl in four years – were victorious at Super Bowl LIV.

There really is very little to split the two teams. If you’re struggling to make your pick, there are plenty of NFL odds and predictions at covers.com to help ahead of Sunday’s big game.

Soaring Eagles Unstoppable?

The early sports betting markets have the Eagles as narrow favourites (4/5) and Philadelphia supporters will be quietly confident of a second Super Bowl success in six years.

With a regular season record of 14-3, the Eagles clinched the number one seed in the AFC Conference and home advantage throughout the playoffs certainly helped.

In fact, Philadelphia demolished their rivals en route to the Super Bowl – first defeating the New York Giants 38-7 before a similarly destructive 31-7 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.

A historic matchup@JalenHurts | @PatrickMahomes | #SuperBowlLVII pic.twitter.com/rtoGVNGv1l
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) February 7, 2023

Jalen Hurts was simply sublime throughout the regular season, recording a 22-6 touchdown to interception ratio while completing 66.5% of his pass attempts.

In addition, he offered a viable threat in the running game. Hurts finished the season with an impressive 760 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns in 15 appearances.

A well-oiled machine on offence, the Eagles are one of the most effective teams in the NFL at moving the chains and they are worthy favourites for the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Reddick Leading Defence

The Philly defence has been outstanding this season as well, notching 70.0 sacks to lead the NFL. To put this into perspective, the Chiefs are next best with a combined 55.0 sacks.

With concerns over Patrick Mahomes and his mobility, the Philadelphia defensive front will be smelling blood and we should expect a fast start from the Eagles in that regard.

Haason Reddick is the player to keep an eye on. He finished the 2022 regular season with 16.0 sacks and leads the postseason statistics with 3.5.

Eagles' Haason Reddick reveling in journey to Super Bowl LVII after early career struggles: "I'm here, baby"https://t.co/GpLj2Lg23t pic.twitter.com/Mdlotq99rI
— Around The NFL (@AroundTheNFL) February 7, 2023

The 13th overall pick from the 2017 NFL Draft has been playing with a chip on his shoulder this season, having failed to impress the Carolina Panthers last term.

He could be a dark horse for the Super Bowl MVP award. Defensive players rarely win the accolade but Reddick is a contender if he can make a big play or two.

Experience Key For Chiefs

Appearing in the Super Bowl for the third time in four seasons, the Chiefs have that crucial big game experience and Andy Reid is among the best head coaches in the NFL.

In Reid and Mahomes, the Chiefs have an edge at the two most important positions but of course there are no guarantees that either will bring their A-game on Sunday night.

However, as mentioned by Jason Bell in his NFL blog last week, there is something about the Kansas City Chiefs that gives them an edge whenever they take to the field.

While the Eagles have blown their rivals away, Kansas City are more battle hardened after coming out on top in two one-score games in the postseason.

Now unbeaten in seven straight games, the Chiefs have clicked into gear in recent months and an extra week off to get healthy could prove decisive.

Super Bowl LVII Prediction

While it won’t go down as the highest scoring Super Bowl of all-time, this looks like it could be a bit of a shootout between two of the best quarterbacks in the game.

A lot will depend on the fitness of Mahomes but if he’s good to go then the Chiefs will take some stopping in Arizona this weekend.

Anything can happen in the Super Bowl and this one is tough to call but Mahomes is the X-Factor and he can make the difference in a close encounter.

Super Bowl score prediction: Kansas City Chiefs 31-28 Philadelphia Eagles

February 7, 2023

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He loves placing a weekly accumulator on the football at the weekend and dreams of landing the big winner that will take him back to Las Vegas.

As well as writing sports betting tips for 888sport since 2015, Alex has produced content for several international media companies, such as Goal.com and The SPORTBible.

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Highest Paid Female Footballers - Top Earning Women Soccer Players

The highest paid female footballers in 2025 are some of the biggest stars in football betting odds.

The women’s game is going from strength to strength, with increasing audiences worldwide. Greater viewership means more revenue, which is ultimately passed on to the players.

Compared to the difference-makers in Premier League odds outright, the top women’s footballers are still grossly underpaid.

Highest Paid Female Footballer 2025:

Aitana Bonmati - £830,000
Alexia Putellas - £583,000
Sam Kerr - £448,000
Keira Walsh - £380,000
Ada Hegerberg - £355,000
Marta - £344,000
Wendie Renard - £318,510
Trinity Rodman - £228,320

These figures, as shown above, are trending in the right direction, however, and should continue to grow throughout the 2020s with coverage of women’s football improving.

Here are eight of the highest paid female footballers right now…

8) Trinity Rodman

Trinity Rodman, at just 20 years old, signed a deal worth almost £1 million in 2022.

Daughter of iconic NBA player Dennis Rodman, the Washington Spirit forward became the youngest player to be drafted to the NWSL ever a couple of years ago.

Despite arriving in the league having never visited Washington DC and with minimal experience, Rodman took to the higher standard of play almost seamlessly.

Named Rookie of the Year and included in the Best XI, Rodman even earned a nomination for the 2022 Ballon d'Or Féminin.

She has made 26 appearances for the USWNT and was included in the NWSL Team of the Year in 2021 and 2024.

7) Wendie Renard

A literal and figurative giant of the women’s game, Wendie Renard has won a spectacular 14 league titles and eight European cups with Lyon across a decorated playing career.

Still only 32 years of age, the Schœlcher native has plenty of time to add to that haul.

From an individual perspective, Renard has rightly been rewarded for her consistently excellent performances with a string of selections to the IFFHS Women’s World Team from 2017 and 2023.

6) Marta

Both a brilliant creator and regular goal scorer, Marta is widely considered the greatest female footballer ever.

Mazy dribbling and highlight-reel flair have drawn comparisons to Ronaldinho and Pele, while helping Marta win FIFA World Player of the Year on six occasions.

No player can better Marta’s tally of 17 World Cup goals (women or men), plus she has demonstrated she can flourish all over the world, with a career which has taken her from Vasco da Gama to Los Angeles, Stockholm and Orlando.

5) Ada Hegerberg

Winner of the Ballon d'Or Féminin in 2018, Ada Hegerberg is a generational goal scoring talent.

Hegerberg has scored more than a goal per game for Lyon since joining the club back in 2014 and holds the record for the most goals in Champions League history.

Numerous publications have named Hegerberg among the most influential female athletes in the world.

Over the last few years, the Norwegian has given a catalogue of high-profile interviews, often discussing vital topics surrounding women’s football. Her hefty annual salary from Lyon is also complemented by numerous endorsement deals.

4) Keira Walsh

Chelsea midfielder Keira Walsh is one of the most decorated footballer's in the English game. Walsh won the Super League with Manchester City before winning a pair of Champions Leagues with Barcelona.

With 82 caps for England, Walsh was a part of the team that won the Euros. Signing for Chelsea in the winter transfer window, the Rochdale-born star has been involved in two of the five most expensive in the history of women's football.

3) Sam Kerr

The only woman to have claimed the Golden Boot in three different leagues, Sam Kerr is one of the game’s world stars.

Since signing for Chelsea Women, Kerr has added three Super League titles to her medal collection and racked up further individual honours.

A versatile forward, few players can rival Kerr’s absolutely loaded CV. She is a joy to watch, mixing mobility with technical prowess and has a goalscoring record which most strikers can only dream of.

The list of records to Kerr’s name tells a small part of the story – her legacy as one of the greatest female footballers of all-time is already cemented.

2) Alexia Putellas

Inspirational on and off the pitch, Alexia Putellas has been an iconic figure in Barcelona and beyond. Putellas developed her skillset in Barcelona's famed La Masia.

Not only a phenomenal footballer, Putellas is also a leader on and off the pitch, taking Barca to unparalleled success in domestic and contintental competitions.

1) Aitana Bonmati

Synonymous with Barcelona, a product of La Masia, and a two-time Ballon d'Or winner, Aitana Bonmati is deservedly the highest-paid player in world football with a contract running until 2028.

There really is no comparison for Bonmati's greatness in the modern game. At the heart of midfield for historic triumphs with club and country, the 27-year-old star stands above her peers.

Previous Highest Earning Female Soccer Players List:

Carli Lloyd - $518,000
Sam Kerr - $500,000
Alex Morgan - $450,000
Megan Rapinoe - $447,000
Julie Ertz - $430,000
Ada Hegerberg - $425,000
Marta - $400,000
Amandine Henry - $394,500
Wendie Renard - $392,000
Christine Sinclair - $380,000

May 20, 2025

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He covers most sports, including cricket and Formula One. Sam particularly enjoys those on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean – notably MLB and NBA.

Watching, writing and talking about sports betting takes up most of his time, whether that is for a day out at T20 Finals Day or a long night of basketball.

Having been writing for several years, Sam has been working with 888Sport since 2016, contributing multiple articles per week to the blog.

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Fabrizio Romano Predicts The 2023 Summer Transfer Window

The January market was definitely full of surprises.

There was no shortage of major investments, top clubs and top players involved, sudden twists but also real projects implemented by a club like Chelsea which anticipated part of the summer transfer window... already in January.

The clubs have spent high-level figures especially in England, while the situation has remained under control in Spain, France, Italy and Germany with limited spending and programming postponed to next June when there will be changes as always.

And now what will happen to the summer market?

Predicting some transfers is almost impossible, too soon because the most important variables can change between now and June: football directors, managers, players with new agents, there's plenty of time to study the strategies for 2023/2024 even if there are those who have already started doing it.

In Spain, Real Madrid have prepared an Endrick deal for 2024 and await the decisions of Luka Modric and Toni Kroos on the situation of their expiring contracts next June.

Atletico Madrid has already completed a purchase: Caglar Soyuncu could sign as a free agent in the coming weeks, the green light is imminent.

Barcelona, on the other hand, as always, will be active on many fronts, from the new right back to midfield, awaiting the decision of Sergio Busquets who has an offer from Inter Miami for a new experience in MLS.

In France, Paris Saint-Germain have already prepared a Milan Skriniar deal on a free transfer: the centre-back will leave Inter in June and has already signed a four-year contract with PSG, but the club's programming will not end here.

Obviously it will also depend on how this second part of the season goes, especially in the Champions League.

Bayern Munich will be one of many clubs involved in a great race looking for a new striker: many top clubs in Europe are looking for a new center forward, from Manchester United to Chelsea with Bayern looking for that type of player.

There will be a big summer battle between all these clubs as they search for the right striker, waiting to figure out who might be available on the transfer market and who will stay at their club.

Jurgen Klopp wants to keep Roberto Firmino, talks are ongoing to extend his contract. Liverpool are offering a short-term deal to Brazilian striker. 🔴🇧🇷 #LFC

"We’re on the right track. We’re having really good talks with Liverpool", his agent Wittmann also told Sky days ago. pic.twitter.com/5h1BDM7tzv
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 7, 2023

In fact, Tottenham are hoping to be able to extend Harry Kane's contract, new contacts are already scheduled to get it done before the summer; Napoli now don't even want to negotiate for Victor Osimhen because they are 100% focused on the second half of the season.

Will there be Benjamin Sesko or Dusan Vlahovic on the market or will they stay where they are? What will become of Romelu Lukaku, currently on loan at Inter from Chelsea until June? We will see.

Much of the 2023 summer transfer market will go through the attackers, a real hunt for the number 9 that will involve many clubs.

While many others will compete on the midfielder: Jude Bellingham is the most requested, Liverpool are constantly insisting with Jurgen Klopp who hopes to be able to sign the English midfielder while Manchester City and Real Madrid have not yet given up.

All these clubs are looking for a new midfielder, the same could also be done by Manchester United and Newcastle who will try some moves as well as Barcelona in Spain if both Busquets and Kessié were to leave.

A domino between midfield and attack, the real key to a summer market that can be crazy... like and more than the one in January.

February 6, 2023

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Are Everton The Worst Run Club In The Premier League?

There are very different metrics that can be used when determining which Premier League clubs are saddled with the worst owners.

The Glazers have hardly covered themselves in glory at Manchester United, while from a human rights perspective Newcastle United’s recent takeover leaves a sour taste in the mouth.

But if working off the premise of a well-intentioned board, supposedly striving in the best interests of their club, then Everton simply must be a contender.

From the majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri, to the chairman Bill Kenwright, right through to the Toffees’ Marketing and Communications department, these are individuals who are entrusted to make big decisions yet so very often get them so very wrong.

Last November, the board faced a highly significant conundrum, one that could ultimately define the Merseyside giant for years to come.

Naturally therefore, Evertonians braced themselves for the worst, expecting the wrong course of action to be taken, and in hindsight that indeed proved to be the case.

Going into the unique circumstances of a mid-season break, to facilitate a winter World Cup, Everton were a team mired in crisis, situated precariously above the drop-zone

Here was a side devoid of confidence and wholly lacking in creativity or fight, and if manager Frank Lampard warranted some sympathy for having to make do with a mediocre squad, he was also a coach clearly out of his depth, unable to find solutions.

In Everton’s last game before the extended break, they lost meekly to Bournemouth, a performance so sub-par that captain Conor Coady called it ‘shocking’ while fan unrest after the final whistle prompted confrontations with players.

Everton fans are NOT happy 😳 pic.twitter.com/3nYqP35WMd
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) November 12, 2022

The board’s choice at this juncture was a very straightforward one. Do they afford Lampard the opportunity to ‘reset’ and – to borrow a term once aired across Stanley Park – ‘go again’?

Or do they take advantage of the league’s cessation and replace the failing Lampard with a new manager?

This of course was an entirely subjective call and arguments could be made for keeping the former Chelsea midfielder at the helm, not least the showing of loyalty in gifting him a second chance.

The benefits in making a managerial switch however, far outweighed such considerations.

A new manager would have enjoyed the highly unusual scope of a pre-season scheduled for halfway through a campaign, and with only four Everton players heading to Qatar, that left a vast number of personnel training daily at Finch Farm.

In effect then, a changing of the guard would have represented a fresh start and allowed, let’s say, Sean Dyche six full weeks to implement his ways and means.

Furthermore, beyond that, an entire transfer window beckoned, a perfect chance for Dyche to take his time and cherry-pick the best players needed to revamp a flagging collective.

In the event, as we know, option one was chosen, and maybe it’s only in hindsight that we also know it was a huge mistake. Maybe.

Fast forward to early January though and all subjectivity goes out of the window.

Everton have just lost comprehensively at home to Brighton and Lampard has that rabbit-in-the-headlights, haunted look a manager gets when he knows the gig is up. He has nothing more to give and his attempt at a reset has unquestionably failed.

So what do the board do at this key moment in time, with three weeks remaining for transfer business and Everton short-priced in the sports betting to drop?

They do nothing. Precisely that. For 19 days and nights they do nothing.

On January 23rd, following a further two abject defeats, Lampard gets the boot and now surely it’s reasonable to expect the Everton board to take affirmative action in making a quick appointment.

After all, we can only imagine the number of high-level meetings that has taken place in the preceding weeks and months, discussing the future direction of the club, what with an axe dangling over their manager’s head that whole time.

Yet astonishingly, there could conceivably have been no such consultations, given how the board reacted to Lampard’s departure.

They flapped and they flailed. It was as if a successful coach had unexpectedly resigned out of the blue, leaving them surprised.

Finally, in due course, two main candidates were put up for deliberation – Sean Dyche and Marcelo Bielsa – and two more contrasting managers, with more contrasting footballing philosophies would be hard to find.

If anything highlights the paucity of clear thought and absence of vision at Goodison Park it was this polarised shortlist.

Regardless, on Monday January 30th, Dyche was handed the poisoned chalice but, for reasons yet to be determined, it took well over 24 hours before the announcement was publicly made.

In two weeks time Sean Dyche will be standing in the Everton technical area, taking charge of his first league game.
— Stephen Tudor (@SteTudor123) January 3, 2023

This bled the confirmation over to transfer deadline day and to cap off a farcical and drawn-out affair, the club then failed to bring in a single new player, on loan or otherwise.

To paraphrase The Who line from Won’t Get Fooled Again, meet the new boss, burdened with the same incompetence above him as the old boss.

In between these depressing vignettes from a soap opera that just keeps on giving Farhad Moshiri gave an interview, insisting it was the fans who always chose the new managers – as if Evertonians elected Rafa Benitez! – while erroneous claims were made that the board had been threatened ahead of a crunch game against Southampton.

Subsequently, the police acknowledged they had received no such reports.

Now, you may be reading this and arrive at a conclusion that a succession of errors have evidently been made but isn’t that sometimes the way from a board under duress. Here though is the kicker.

Because all that has transpired at Goodison these past few weeks – a situation that amounts to a circus – is not in any way incongruous.

Rather, it is a continuation of ineptitude that has persistently led to terrible decisions being made, terrible signings procured and attempts made to divide and conquer the fan-base.

It has all been entirely in keeping for one of the worst run clubs in British football.

Presently Everton’s Premier League odds make for depressing reading and a first relegation for several generations feels distinctly possible. That’s because sadly, when the rot is at the top, the only way forward is down.

*Credit for all of the photos in this article belongs to AP Photo*

FIRST PUBLISHED: 3rd February 2023

February 3, 2023

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A contributor to FourFourTwo and Forbes, he is a Manchester City fan who was taken to Maine Road as a child because his grandad predicted they would one day be good.

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