Football Bets Guide

In the sameway that betting on Corners makes good sense, betting on Cards/Bookings Points can be a reliable money maker – because success often relies on the ‘character’ of a team, which often remains constant whether they win or lose.

Aggressive teams pick up lots of Bookings, regardless of form. This gives Booking Points/ Cards bets a degree of ‘shock-proof’ reliability – and that should music to every bettor’s ears.

Note: Most bookmakers use the same ‘points’ system for Bookings:

• Yellow Card = 10 points
• Red Card = 25 points
• 2 Yellows resulting in an automatic Red = 35 points

Alternatively, Bet365 bet on ‘Cards’ – using the following distinction…

• Yellow Card = 1 card
• Red Card = 2 cards

Total Booking Points

Bet Guide

This is a bet on the total number of Bookings Points accumulated by both teams. The marker will generally vary between 30 and 50. This is a straightforward bet on the total being Under or Over that marker.

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Some bookies prefer to provide three ‘bands’ – restricting the options, but offering better odds.

There are five ways that you can win with this middle banding (21-45), if the total value of cards comes to any of the following: 25, 30, 35, 40, or 45.

And there are six card combinations that could produce those five totals…

• 1 Red = 25
• 3 Yellows = 30
• 1 Yellow/Yellow Red = 35
• 1 Red and 1 Yellow – 35
• 4 Yellows = 40
• 2 Yellows and 1 Red = 45

Alternatively, some bookmakers will offer markets on Cards…

Number of Cards in a Match

Bet Guide

Some bookmakers bet on purely the number of Cards – including both Yellow and Red. The marker will usually be set around 3.5 – 5.5 Cards and you can bet Under or Over that marker. (Of course, there is no such thing as 0.5 of a card, this simply means all bets have to go Under or Over.

First Card

Bet Guide

Like Corners and Goals, you can bet on which team will get the First Card (Yellow or Red).

Booking Match Bet – who will get the most Cards

Bet Guide

You’re betting on which team will get the most Cards/Bookings Points.

Fооtbаll іѕ а rеѕult bаѕеd buѕіnеѕѕ аnd whеn а tеаm іѕ dоіng рооrlу іt іѕ uѕuаllу thе mаnаgеr whо hаѕ tо bіtе thе bullеt. Whеnеvеr а fооtbаll сlub dесіdеѕ tо dіѕреnѕе wіth thеіr mаnаgеr іt uѕuаllу brіngѕ аbоut аn uрturn іn реrfоrmаnсе аnd rеѕultѕ. Thіѕ іѕ bесаuѕе thе рlауеrѕ аrе еаgеr tо іmрrеѕѕ thе nеw mаn іn сhаrgе. Thеу аrе kееn tо dо wеll іn thе hоре thеу wіll bе раrt оf thе nеw rеgіmе. In muсh thе ѕаmе wау, а nеw mаnаgеr іѕ аlѕо kееn tо dо wеll аnd ѕtаmр hіѕ аuthоrіtу оn hіѕ nеw сhаrgеѕ.

New Football Manager Syndrome

A lіttlе knоwn ріесе оf аdvісе nеvеr fаіlѕ tо dеlіvеr whеn уоu аrе bеttіng оn football managers. Thіѕ ѕсеnаrіо іѕ саllеd nеw mаnаgеr ѕуndrоmе аnd іt саn bе uѕеd tо grеаt еffесt whеn рrеdісtіng thе оutсоmе оf fооtbаll mаtсhеѕ. A tеаm thаt hаѕ bееn рlауіng рооrlу wіll bе gіvеn vеrу gеnеrоuѕ оddѕ bу mаnу bооkmаkеrѕ. Evеn thоugh thеу knоw а сhаngе оf lеаdеrѕhір tеndѕ tо іmрrоvе рlауіng ѕtаndаrdѕ.

Thіѕ hоnеуmооn реrіоd аftеr а nеw mаnаgеr іѕ арроіntеd оnlу lаѕtѕ fоr а сеrtаіn реrіоd оf tіmе. Thе еffесt оf а nеw mаn іn сhаrgе wіll сеrtаіnlу lеѕѕеn оvеr tіmе. It dоеѕ nоt tаkе lоng fоr thе bооkіеѕ tо соttоn оn tо whаt іѕ hарреnіng аnd rеduсе thе оddѕ ассоrdіnglу. Hоwеvеr, bеfоrе thаt hарреnѕ thеrе аrе ѕіgnіfісаnt рrоfіtѕ tо bе еnјоуеd іf уоu аrе рrераrеd tо tаkе асtіоn.

Betting on football managers in this fashion can also offer some great matched betting opportunities where you can trade out to lock in a profit no matter what the result of the match.

Thе gооd thіng frоm оur роіnt оf vіеw іѕ thаt mаnу mаnаgеrѕ wіll unfоrtunаtеlу lоѕе thеіr јоbѕ оvеr thе соurѕе оf а dоmеѕtіс fооtbаll ѕеаѕоn. Almоѕt еvеrу wееk а сlub іn ѕоmе раrt оf thе соuntrу wіll раrt соmраnу wіth thеіr bоѕѕ. Thіѕ mеаnѕ wе hаvе аn еndlеѕѕ ѕuррlу оf орроrtunіtіеѕ tо uѕе thіѕ рrоfіtаblе tесhnіquе аgаіn аnd аgаіn thrоughоut thе уеаr.

Whеn іt соmеѕ tо bеttіng оn ѕоссеr, уоu саn dо а lоt wоrѕе thаn tаkе аdvаntаgе оf nеw mаnаgеr ѕуndrоmе. Trу іt fоr уоurѕеlf thе nеxt tіmе уоu hеаr а mаnаgеr hаѕ bееn ѕасkеd. Yоu mіght bе рlеаѕаntlу ѕurрrіѕеd wіth thе rеѕultѕ nоt tо mеntіоn thе wіnnіngѕ. Gеttіng thе bеttеr оf а bооkmаkеr іѕ nо mеаn fеаt ѕо bе ѕurе tо еnјоу іt whеn thе орроrtunіtу аrіѕеѕ.

Ok so in this football system we are going to lay the draw.

The term “lay the draw” is a bet you can only do on certain sites such as Betfair. What this bet actually means is that you are betting for any team to win. So long as the game does not end in a draw then you win!

This lay the draw betting system is easy to understand and anybody can do it even if you know FA about football.

Some Statistics on Laying the Draw From Last Season

Ok so lets take last season in the English Premiership for example. Only 20% of all the games played in total ended up in a draw. If you are interested in football betting then this is a very interesting statistic to know.

So if on every single game you placed a lay bet on the draw you would have had an 80% strike rate!

I tested this lay the draw system last season. The strike rate in England was 95% and in Holland it was an incredible 100%!!!

That is another thing about this football betting system. It can also be used in conjunction with any European Leagues which creates an almost endless supply off betting opportunities.

This system involves two simple steps.

First you have to find a football match to lay the draw on.

You then use a strategy i developed to pin point the matches where a draw is least likely to happen

Download The Lay The Draw Football System Here

Good luck with this and all your betting

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I have scowled the internet for the best football statistic websites and listed them here.

If you know of any others sites that offer statistics on football that you think should be in this list then please comment below and I will add them.

There are nuggets of golden statistical info on all these sites so i would say check them all out and see which you like best.

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Football Stats List

• 365stats.com
• annabet.com
• ballhelper.com
• bari91.com
• betexplorer.com
• betdevil.com
• betinf.com
• betstudy.com
• betvirus.com
• castrolfootball.com
• cesarica.net
• coto.at
• covers.com
• eloratings.net
• eufo.de
• eurosoccer.ch
• football.co.uk
• football365.com
• football-data.co.uk
• fussballdaten.de
• fussballstatistiken.de
• football-lineups.com
• futbol24.com
• great-stats.com
• h2hstats.com
• infobettor.com
• injuriesandsuspensions
• kicker.de
• leaguespy.com
• matchform.com
• pozagra.com
• prematches.com
• premiersoccerstats
• rsssf.com
• sfstats.net
• sigurica.com
• simplesoccerstats
• soccerbase.com
• soccerbot.com
• soccerpunter.com
• soccerstat.net
• soccerstats.com
• soccervista.com
• soccerway.com
• sportepoch.com
• sportpress.com
• sportstats.com
• statbunker.com
• todays-games.com
• wettexplorer.de
• whoscored.com
• windrawwin.com
• wsn.com

If you’re seriously interested in football betting, this is a good article for you to read about finding value in the bets you place. If there is no value in your bets then you will lose in the long run and that is the only thing that matters.

It discusses the differences between impulse-buy mug bets, and those which actually provide value in the long run.  Remember, it’s the expected value in your bets that makes you a more profitable punter.  You don’t have to be right 100% of the time, but picking the right betting categories with the right odds will earn more money than most one-off gamblers.

Finding Value Bets in Football

Ok, so you pretty much should understand what is meant by “value”.  In any business decision, the rewards should measure up to the risks taken. The bigger the risk, the larger the rewards you’d expect?  This makes sense no?

What this means, is that you when you’re making bets in football, you need to pick something with the right value and odds – not just something you think is bound to happen.  For instance, you might swear on your grandmother’s life that Man Utd will thrash Chelsea 3-1.  But with odds of something like 10-1 for a perfect score for instance, this is pretty bad in my opinion.  See the next topic why.

Correct Score Bets are “Mugger’s Bets”

You wouldn’t think it, but the first football betting tip is to learn that correct score bets are for mugs – that is they present bad value for what you’re paying.  Imagine the scenario for instance, where you want to bet on a score for two unpredictable teams, let’s say Bolton vs Fulham.  You might think the game will have 3 goals or less, so you bet on 2-1 Bolton (home win), which gives odds of 7-1.  This isn’t too bad you might think.  However, if you actually can’t the number of scenarios the game could end with 3 goals or less there’s 10!  This basically means you’d mathematically expect odds of 10-1 or greater if you thought the game would have less 3 goals.  This is also assuming the game can only have 3 goals or less, which of course isn’t true!  You can see then, that betting on the correct score commonly pay off in the long run.

However Correct Scores Aren’t Always Muggers Bets!

This is a little contradictory, but there are in fact qualified and intelligent times to make bet on correct scores when football betting.  This is usually when you’re betting on two teams unlikely to score and both have solid defenses.  This would definitely be true of Chelsea in the Avram Grant’s “let’s win the Premier League in 1-0’s” side.  It’s also quite true of Mourinho’s Chelsea, and a few bottom Premier League teams off the top of my head.  In this instance, betting on a result like 0-0 or 1-0 will payoff, because of the likelihood of the result.  On the other hand, betting on a team capable of scoring 4+ goals against opposition is a bad bet unless you’re receiving 20-1 or better on the correct score odds.  Good teams tend to keep clean sheets in their wins also, so remember a 1-0 bet makes far more sense than a 2-1 bet if it’s against weak opposition.

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At the end of the day, one of the best and most secure ways of earning money on Betfair is via Betfair Trading. Along with this, one of the most popular markets to look at when trading is the football markets.

There are hundreds of ways you can trade the football on Betfair but, here, we will discuss two of the easiest methods you can do. Yes, the profit in these methods are pretty small but that is why it is a great place for a beginner to start. There are no huge amounts involved and it is fairly simple to trade using these trading methods.

Trading is all about patience, as discussed in a previous article. No one will make money if they rush into trading. However, follow these methods for beginners and you can and SHOULD make money trading on Betfair.

Read the Football Betfair Trading Methods below:

There are basically two forms of trading on Betfair or any of the betting exchanges. I will explain in brief what they are below.

First Football Betfair Trading Method for Beginners

This is the first method. This will initially involve backing so the liability on this bet is what you place on the market. If you bet £10, then your liability will be £10.

1. First of all, just go to the correct score market. This is where you can bet on what the final outcome of the match will be.

2. Now, before the match, back the 0-0 for £10 (or another amount you can afford). The odds will tend to be between 8 and 15. So if this came in, you would win between £80 and £150. But this is not what we want to do.

3. Let’s say we hit odds in between those two at 11.5 – What you now want to do is wait for those odds to drop by half a point (in this example to 11). You can even make this bet at the same time and hope that it happens at some point during the match. When laying at half a point less, I tend to just add 50p to the original bet. This will get you a whopping 50p per match. I know. Not a lot, but it is 50p more than you started with. Imagine 10 games a day over the course of a week, that’s £35 and you can then increase your bets a little. Keep going and you’re finally playing with bigger amounts and bigger profits.

Why would they drop by half a point. At the beginning of the match, the score is 0-0. The longer the game remains 0-0 the lower the odds as the chances of it finishing with this score is high. You can trade out on nearly every game, provided that no goals are scored in the first few minutes.

Second Football Betfair Trading Method for Beginners

This is the second method. This will initially involve laying so your liability will be the stake amount multiplied your odds minus 1. So if you lay £10 on 10.5 then your liability will be £95. Quite high. That is why the first method is better for the new Betfair trader.

1. As with the previous method, go to the correct score market and this time you are going to lay on either 1-0, 2-0 or 1-1 to either team. But which one? Basically, the one with the lowest odds so that we can reduce your liability. You will be looking for one with odds between 7 and 10.

2. Now this time, you want to wait for the odds to go up. As with the previous method, the odds will increase in this case and the likelihood of it happening reduces slowly.

3. Just follow the same process as the previous method and you will be able to trade out

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