mathare's Football Bets

[davidsteel]

Apparently Benitez is blaming the recent slump on the club owners, can 't help but think he's knows he's not going to be at the club next year..

[Win2Win]

What the hell it has to do with the owner's....they gave him the money, he bought the players, and he's the one who keeps piddling about with the team. Plonker.

Can't wait till the Summer when we get McClaren in

[davidsteel]

Yeah its like the only person who can't see how he keeps mucking around with the team is him...although apart from a couple of purchases the rest have been poor...

McClown will be ready with a new umbrella...

[mathare]

Two more winners to make it 6 out of 8 this weekend and a profit of +2.10pts :D

Totals
25/39 = 64.10%
+13.22pts

[MattR]

Nice going Mat

[mathare]

23/02/08

Premiership
Birmingham v Arsenal
0.5pts draw/Arsenal (HT/FT) @ 7/2 (Ladbrokes) L (Birmingham/draw) -0.5pts
0.5pts Arsenal 1-0 @ 6/1 (Ladbrokes) L (2-2) -0.5pts

Portsmouth v Sunderland
Portsmouth win (FT) @ 7/10 (SkyBet) W (1-0) +0.7pts

24/02/08

Premiership
Blackburn v Bolton
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/6 (Bet365) L (4-1) -1pt

Reading v Aston Villa
Aston Villa win (FT) @ 7/5 (Paddy Power) W (1-2) +1.4pts
Over 11 corners @ 4/5 (Stan James) W (18 corners) +0.8pts

[mathare]

Three out of six this weekend but a profit of 0.9pts nonetheless. :)

Totals
28/45 = 62.22%
+14.12pts

[mathare]

01/03/08-02/03/08

Premiership
Man City v Wigan
Wigan 1st booking @ 4/5 (Bet365) W (Brown) +0.8pts
Under 3.5 cards @ 4/5 (Bet365) W (1 card) +0.8pts
Exactly 10-12 corners @ 21/10 (Coral) L (5 corners) -1pt

Bolton v Liverpool
Bolton 1st booking @ 17/20 (Bet365) L (Hyypia) -1pt
Under 3.5 cards @ 5/6 (Bet365) W +0.83pts

Everton v Portsmouth
Portsmouth 1st booking @ 8/11 (Bluesquare) W (Distin) +0.73pts
Portsmouth most bookings @ evens (Bluesquare) L (1-1) -1pt

[mathare]

Four out of seven this weekend resulting in a tiny little profit of 0.16pts - but a profit is still a profit I guess...

Totals
32/52 = 61.54%
+14.28pts

[Win2Win]

You done better than me :(

[mathare]

08/03/08 - 09/03/08

Premiership
Blackburn v Fulham
Blackburn (-2.5, -3.0) Asian corner h'cap @ 9/10 (Bet365)L (7-7) -1pt
Blackburn @ 8/15 (Bet365) L (1-1) -1pt

Liverpool v Newcastle
Liverpoll (-4.0) Asian corner h'cap @ 19/20 (Bet365) (12-8) Stakes refunded

Reading v Man City
Reading (-1) corner h'cap @ 19/20 (Bet365) W (7-5) +0.95pts
2 or 3 goals @ 10/11 (Bet365) W (2-0) +0.91pts

Sunderland v Everton
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/6 (Blue Square) W (0-1) +0.67pts

[mathare]

Three winners, two losers and stakes returned on the other bet this weekend. Overall we made a profit of 0.53pts - again not a great profit but a profit nonetheless.

Totals
35/57 = 61.40%
+14.81pts

[mathare]

12/03/08

Premiership
Chelsea v Derby
0.39pts 2-0 @ 5/1 (Bet365) L (6-1) -0.39pst
0.36pts 3-0 @ 11/2 (Bet365) L (6-1) -0.36pts
0.29pts 4-0 @ 8/1 (Blue Square) L (6-1) -0.29pts

[mathare]

15/03/08 - 16/03/08

Premiership
Derby v Man Utd
Under 10.5 corners @ evens (Paddy Power) L (16 corners) -1pt

Sunderland v Chelsea
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/5 (Bet365) W (0-1) +0.8pts

Arsenal v Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough to get most bookings @ 4/9 (William Hill) W (10-45) +0.44pts

Fulham v Everton
Everton @ 23/20 (Victor Chandler) L (2-1) -1pt
Under 3.5 cards @ 8/11 (Bet365) W (1 card) +0.73pts

Man City v Tottenham
Tottenham draw no bet @ 17/20 (SportingBet) L (2-1) -1pt
Under 3.5 cards @ 4/5 (Bet365) W (0 cards) +0.8pts

[mathare]

0 from 3 midweek as Chelsea routed Derby and 4 from 7 at the weekend for resulting in 1.23pts this week (which should only have been 1.20pts but a slight typo when setting up the correct score dutch on the Chelsea game but never mind).

Totals
39/67 = 58.21%
+13.58pts

[mathare]

22/03/08 to 23/03/08

Premiership
Tottenham v Portsmouth
Portsmouth to get first card @ 4/6 (Blue Square) W (Utaka) +0.67pts
Tottenham (-2) on corner handicap @ 10/11 (Bet365) W (7-2) +0.91pts

Everton v West Ham
West Ham to get first card @ 4/5 (Bet365) L (no cards) -1pt

[mathare]

A decent enough day yesterday with two winners from three. A few bets for Grand Slam Super Mega Awesome Sunday or whatever Sky are dubbing it these days...

23/03/08

Premiership
Man Utd v Liverpool
Under 2.5 goals @ 13/20 (Bet365) L (3-0) -1pt
Under 11 corners @ 10/11 (Stan James) W (6 corners) +0.91pts

Chelsea v Arsenal
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/7 (Stan James) L (2-1) -1pt
Under 11 corners @ 5/6 (Stan James) W (6 corners) +0.83pts

[mathare]

Two winners and two losers today with big Grand Slam Sunday matches producing three goals and six corners. A small loss on the day but a profit on the weekend of 0.32pts.

Totals
43/74 = 58.11%
+13.90pts

[mathare]

29/03/08

Premiership
Derby v Fulham
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/6 (Bet365) L (2-2) -1pt
0.38pts 1-1 @ 6/1 (Blue Square) L (2-2) -0.38pts
0.34pts Fulham 1-0 @ 7/1 (Ladbrokes)L (2-2) -0.34pts
0.28pts 0-0 @ 17/2 (Sportingbet)L (2-2) -0.28pts

Portsmouth v Wigan
Defoe anytime scorer @ 5/4 (Bet365) W +1.25pts

Sunderland v West Ham
Under 2.5 goals @ 8/13 (Stan James) L (2-1) -1pt

Man Utd v Aston Villa
Man Utd (-3) corner handicap @ 10/11 (Bet365) L (4-7) -1pt

[mathare]

30/03/08

Premiership
Chelsea v Middlesbrough
Chelsea (-3) corner handicap @ 19/20 (Bet365) W (8-3) +0.95pts

Liverpool v Everton
Liverpool (-3) corner handicap @ 7/5 (Paddy Power) W (11-4) +1.4pts

Tottenham v Newcastle
Over 2.5 goals @ 4/5 (Stan James) W (1-4) +0.8pts

[mathare]

A lousy day on Saturday with only 1 winner from 7 bets but a much better Sunday with all three bets winning pushing us back into profit, just, for the weekend. Four out of eight bets won and the total profit was 0.40pts

Totals
47/82 = 57.32%
+14.30pts

[mathare]

I also had a couple of cheeky fun bets on the matches I went to this weekend but I won't be including those in the stats. I had a cheeky fiver on AFC Wimbledon to beat Horsham but they lost 4-2, with Horsham scoring all four of the chances they had during the game. I also backed the draw on the handicap (Grimsby +1) in this afternoon Johnstone's Paint Trophy final but with Franchise Scum winning 2-0 (thanks to a rubbish ref!) I lost that one. That bet was a free bet left over from Cheltenham though so losing it cost me nowt really.

[Win2Win]

I made a good few quid on the footy....kicked in the knackers with my lays though, gobbled all most of the profits :(

[mathare]

05/04/08 & 06/04/08

Premiership
Man City v Chelsea
Chelsea @ 3/4 (Totesport) W (0-2) +0.75pts

Wigan v Birmingham
Wigan (-1.5) Asian corner handicap @ 9/10 (Bet365) L (2-2) -1pt

Newcastle v Reading
Michael Owen anytime goalscorer @ 15/8 (Coral) W +1.88pts

Everton v Derby
Everton win to nil @ 4/5 (Paddy Power) W (1-0) +0.8pts

Middlesbrough v Man Utd
Ronaldo anytime goalscorer @ evens (Paddy Power) W +1pt

[mathare]

Decent weekend this one with 4 out of the 5 bets winning - and it wasn't Derby that cost me money for a change! That said it sounds like Everton could have scored a few more than they actually did but 1 was enough. A profit of 3.43pts on the weekend - nice!

Totals
51/87 = 58.62%
+17.73pts

[mathare]

12/04/08 to 13/04/08

Premiership
Portsmouth v Newcastle
Portsmouth to get 1st booking @ 5/4 (Bet365) W (Johnson, 42) +1.25pts

Sunderland v Man City
Sunderland win @ 6/5 (Paddy Power) L (1-2) -1pt

Tottenham v Middlesbrough
1st match goal under 33 minutes @ 0.1pts per minute (spread) W (27th min) +0.6pts

Liverpool v Blackburn
Liverpool (-3) corner handicap @ 5/4 (Paddy Power) W (5-1) +1.25pts
0.15pt saver tie corner handicap @ 13/2 (Bet365) L (5-1) -0.15pts

Man Utd v Arsenal
Man Utd (-2) corner handicap @ evens (SkyBet) L (6-5) -1pt
0.14pt saver tie corner handicap @ 7/1 (SkyBet) L (6-5) -0.14pt
W Rooney anytime goalscorer @ 2/1 (Paddy Power) L -1pt

[mathare]

It was going so well till the last couple of minutes in the Man Utd v Arsenal match. That corner just after Giggs came on and the decision to penalise Rooney at the other end rather than award the corner cost me as either of those would have turned the loss into a profit this weekend. But as it is I lost 0.19pts getting 3 winners from 8 bets.

Totals
54/95 = 56.84%
+17.54pts

[MattR]

That corner just after Giggs came on and the decision to penalise Rooney at the other end rather than award the corner cost me

You sound like Ferguson there :wink


Nice going with the thread Mat.

[counterfeit]

There's a lot of money to be made from footy bets but I would have no idea how to approach it professionally. You seem to be doing quite well.

I met someone at poker last week who makes a living out of Asian Handicapping (it's all foreign to me - :)).

Perhaps I should follow this more closely in readiness for next season to see if I can start making money from it.

[mathare]

19/04/08 to 20/04/08

Premiership
Blackburn v Man Utd
Under 2.5 goals @ 10/11 (Stan James) W (1-1) +0.91pts

Newcastle v Sunderland
0.5pt Sunderland 1st team booking @ 7/10 (Bet365) W (Whitehead, 27th min) +0.35pts

0.5pt Sunderland most bookings @ 10/11 (Blue Square) W (0-5) +0.45pts

Man City v Portsmouth
Portsmouth 1st team booking @ 21/20 (Blue Square) W (Hreidarsson, 41st min) +1.05pts