⚡️ Hump Day Heaters: City Goals, Hilal Havoc, and a Juventus Sprint

Group stage matchdays don’t get much cleaner than this: four staggered games, two powerhouse clubs in action, and at least one capper (not naming names) chasing a pair of +240 first-half sprinkles.

We’ve got picks in every match — team totals, shots on target, draw-no-bets, and a couple of ATGS plays we’ll probably regret by minute 11. Let’s go.

🕛 12 PM ET – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester City v Wydad Casablanca 🇲🇦

🪣 Buckets Pick: Omar Marmoush ATGS (-140)
☠️ Ian Pick: Man City Over 1.5 Team Total (-120)
☠️ Ian Pick: Phil Foden ATGS + City ML (+130)

Buckets is backing Marmoush to open the account. Ian’s on volume — and a City win with Foden finding the net. Expect a siege.

🕒 3 PM ET – 🇪🇸 Real Madrid v Al-Hilal 🇸🇦

🪣 Buckets Pick: BTTS First Half (+240)
☠️ Ian Pick: BTTS No Draw (+115)
☠️ Ian Pick: Trent Alexander-Arnold TSOA (+195)

Buckets is chasing chaos. Ian’s chasing… Trent? We’ll allow it. This is shaping up to be a weirder match than the odds suggest.

🕕 6 PM ET – 🇲🇽 Pachuca v RB Salzburg 🇦🇹

🪣 Buckets Pick: Pachuca Draw No Bet (-110)
☠️ Ian Pick: Salomón Rondón TSOA (+125)

Buckets is backing the Liga MX side to get a result. Ian’s calling for Rondón redemption — which feels oddly likely in this one.

🕘 9 PM ET – 🇦🇪 Al Ain v Juventus 🇮🇹

🪣 Buckets Pick: Juventus o1.5 TT in 1st Half (+245)
☠️ Ian Pick: BTTS (+115)

Buckets is looking for Juve to blitz them early — full gas, no warm-up. Ian’s expecting Al-Ain to punch back at least once. Could be fun, could be 3–0 in 16 minutes.

📣 From the Inbox: Viewers Who Hit the Button

Two sharp minds, one shared angle.
Both Tennessee Phill and Bulldog BarkBoy wrote in with the same confident play:

The thinking? City don’t waste time in this competition. If Pep plays it straight, this could be 2–0 by minute 25. If you’re riding it too, let us know.

We’ll keep highlighting the sharpest viewer calls in each newsletter.

We’ll be back tomorrow with Group A & B previews (PSG v Botafogo looking especially juicy) and probably some fresh video content too. What’s the over/under on the boys’ updated hair length? Find out in tomorrow’s newsletter. Probably.