Unbeaten Ajax tops Roda to take over first

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11/04/2007 - Amsterdam, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Luis Suarez, Albert Luque and Dennis Rommedahl scored as Ajax defeated Roda, 4-2, on Sunday to move into first place in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Ajax (7-0-3) took advantage of PSV's loss on Saturday under interim boss Jan Wouters to move one point ahead of the defending champions. Feyenoord, which also won Sunday, is tied with Ajax but is second based on goal differential.

Ajax took the lead in the 22nd minute when Huntelaar scored his league-leading 11th goal on a header. Huntelaar's goal was off a cross from George Ogararu.

Roda (4-3-3), which is eighth, pulled even in the 39th minute when Marcel De Jong's corner was directed into the net by Roland Lamah.

Ajax didn't waste any time regaining the lead when Suarez scored off a header in the 42nd minute.

Then just minutes into the second half, Luque scored to push Ajax's advantage to 3-1.

Roda made the game interesting again in the 76th minute when Anouar Hadouir scored off Sekou Cisse's cross.

Ajax had a chance to put the match away in the 80th minute, but Huntelaar missed a penalty kick.

The lead remained at one goal until the closing minutes when Rommedahl took all the suspense out of the match in extra time with his second goal of the season.

Also on Sunday, Jonathan De Guzman and Roy Makaay scored as Feyenoord rolled to a 2-0 win over Graafschap, Romano Denneboom, Blaise N'Kufo and Orlando Engelaar scored in Twente's 3-0 win over Heracles, Matthew Amoah scored to lift NAC to a 1-0 win over Utrecht, and Groningen and Vitesse tied 0-0.

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2007 NFL Football Betting Preview


“You play to win the game!”

Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.

The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.

The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.

Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?

Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.

New York Giants betting lines

Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.

Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.

Dallas Cowboys betting lines

Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.

The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.

Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.

Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.

Oakland Raiders betting lines

This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.

First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”

The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason. 

Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.

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