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Advanced Betting Tips – Part 2 of the Gooner’s Betting Toolkit
Advanced betting tips | free sports betting advice | Bet basic help
If you’re reading this then hopefully you’ve come to grips with the basics of football punting. You’ve started taking a close look at your betting and you’ve noticed that you like it better when you are winning.
The suggestions here assume that you already do the following things :
· Have access to football statistics and team form
· Follow at least one football league closely
· Keep a betting log of all bets – with details for a least 50 bets
Let’s see if I can suggest a few ways of looking at the bets differently.NOTE : This section simply considers match result betting. If you want to talk a look at HT/FT, goal betting, goal scorer betting (etc) then you need to visit the Special Betting Tips.
Good luck…
Updated: 3 June 2010
By cross referencing the “home form” of the hosts with the “away form” of the visiting team we can calculate a rough guide to the game – for example :
· Assume a match between two sides
· Host home form is 7-2-1 and visitors away form is 1-3-6
What would the raw chance of a result be?
ANSWER
HOME = 7 + 6 = 13 of 20 total games = 65%
DRAW = 2 + 3 = 5 of 20 totals games = 25%
AWAY = 1 + 1 = 2 or 20 total games = 10%
So fair prices might be 1.53 – 4.00 -10.00
Of course it’s not that easy. If it was that simple to pick results then bookies would be going out of business as punters would be skilfully choosing the best offers and always winning. So what else can affect the chances?
Another popular method looks at recent form rather than season long form. The idea is that a team that’s been winning recently builds confidence and perhaps has also recovered from injury woes … while a losing side lacks the fight required to get a result.
This is somewhat true – but other patterns emerge – especially from mid-table sides who by definition are a bit inconsistent. So if a average side is on a good or bad run then it is no surprise (to me at least) to see them suddenly turn it around.
Injuries and absences can also have a big impact on a side. But some players are more important than others and generally defence matters more than attack.
I find that goalkeepers, and central defenders and players are key to winning. If one of these is missing then it’s a big warning. Also important is the team captain. A missing captain is a sign of a leaderless side.
Another complicating factor is the local derby game. Matches between fierce rivals usually are hard fought affairs simply because both sets of fans demand the best from their players against “the enemy”. Arsenal vs Spurs games are always tight, fiery affairs no matter what the recent form …
Generally the effect is that the natural home advantage is actually negated to a large degree. I might not make sense but it’s true – the visiting team is motivated and seems to overcome a hostile crowd easier if it’s a natural ‘rival’.
Note that in recent years with Television and nationwide media coverage it seems that “rivals” are no longer restricted to local sides so matches like Arsenal v Man Utd and Real Madrid v Barcelona also take on this dimension.
There can also be tactical reasons to bet on or oppose a side. Perhaps the team has just played in Europe and had a long trip, or is threatened by relegation and so “rests” players for a cup fixture.
Maybe the news is of a manager being sacked – a star player being dropped – a club under financial pressure – or simply the players being booed at the end of each game.
Will it motivate the side or demoralise the side? All of these events could and should be considered.
In a nutshell – you can’t do it ALL in a spreadsheet – as it is difficult to quantify all the factors listed above.
But a spreadsheet or form guide and some calculations on notepaper will provide you with some basic numbers, that you can then modify based on the other issues.
Take a look at your betting log. Are the sides that you are tipping to win 80% of the time actually winning 80%? Are you always losing on away teams or long shot bets? Your personal betting log will show you where to improve.
It should be possible to develop a method that gets within 5%-10% of a reasonable estimate. And there are always plenty of discussion opportunities on the sports betting forum to help.
NOTE : This section simply considers match result betting. If you want to talk a look at HT/FT, goal betting, goal scorer betting (etc) then you need to visit the Special Betting Tips section.
Is there anything else?
Well – there is one way – one simple way – where I can guarantee that 90% of punters can win 10% more or maybe even 15% more than they do right now.
It’s a simple thing – an obvious thing – but many punters ignore it and simply say that they cannot be bothered with it. (I’ll NEVER understand THAT – can’t be bothered winning?!!)
So take a look at your betting log. Could you have benefited from 10% more in winnings? Of course you could have – if you want to know how – then you’ll have to read my Betting Money Management section.
Good luck with your punting!
