not much of a title race to speak of.<\/a> Liverpool currently holds a 25-point lead over Manchester City at the top of the EPL table, with American sportsbooks largely not even offering odds on who will finish first. Even at foreign bookmakers, you won\u2019t make much by betting on Liverpool at this point: Paddy Power is offering just 1\/1000 (or -100000 in American odds) on the Reds winning the league.<\/p>\nPremier League clubs have been ramping-up activities to prepare for the likelihood of starting the season this summer. Earlier this week, clubs voted to allow players to train in close contact with each other.<\/p>\n
The EPL won\u2019t be the only league to resume play in June. Italy\u2019s Serie A announced Thursday that it would return to action on June 20, following an agreement between the league and the Italian government.<\/p>\n
\u201cItaly is starting up again, and it\u2019s only right that football can also get going,\u201d Italian Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora told reporters on Thursday. \u201cIn the light of this, we can say that the championship can start again on June 20.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The English Premier League (EPL) announced Thursday that it will return to play on June 17, 100 days after the league paused because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The effort to finish the 2019-2020 season will begin with two games on Wednesday, June 17, and bookmakers have already set odds on the announced matchups. Sportsbooks Waste […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":137129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Premier League, Serie A Announce Mid-June Soccer Restart Dates<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n