[Music] happy 4th of July everyone it's DFS City and this video covers the matchup between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels on July 5th 2024 the table on the left shows the recent form of each team over their last 10 games the Cubs have been one of the coldest teams in the league lately despite this they are starting to find a little bit of offense over their past three games against the Phillies the angels have been solid over their past 10 games but their recent Series against Oakland was a disaster All Things Considered Chicago is managing to put up more runs than the Angels they just cannot manage to win games the table on the right shows the recent form over the last 10 head-to-head matchups these two teams do not play often but when they do Chicago usually has the upper hand they are six and four over the last 10 and the under is hitting at a 60% clip on the next slide you'll see a variety of key stats the outer columns compare each team for each respective stat overall Chicago and Los Angeles rank below average in most key offensive metrics one promising thing to note for tomorrow's matchup is the pitching disparity Griffin canning is pitching for the Angels a guy who walks a lot of batters and has a high whip if the Cubs play like they did against the Phillies recently it should be an easy win tomorrow the following are some notable trends for this matchup the Chicago Cubs have covered the first five run line in four of their last seven games at home the Los Angeles Angels have hit the game total over in 11 of their last 16 away games the Chicago Cubs have only hit the money line in 22 of their last 61 games the Los Angeles Angels have only covered the first five run line in 35 of their last 85 games in terms of injuries Brandon drory is out with an illness and Mike tochman is out with a groin injury we expect the Cubs to continue the offensive streak there on and to take advantage of a favorable pitching matchup they are also playing at home in good Chicago weather the game game total is set high for two teams that have been struggling as of late this is suspicious and indicates runs should be scored with ease our favorite bets for this matchup are Chicago Cubs run Line Chicago Cubs over five total runs and over 10 and a half total runs scored