The Latest On The 7 Top-Rated Football Tipsters

It’s officially entering ‘squeaky bum time’ as Alex Fergusson likes to call the run into the end of the season. There is lots of talk about relegation 6-pointers, title-deciders and whether or not Fernando Torres could even finish his tea, let alone any of the myriad of chances missed since he joined Chelsea.

So with the football season entering its most exciting phase, it’stime for an update on the performance of the 7 top football tipsters that we monitor. This is something we started back in October with further updates in November & January to prove to all of you – just how good the best tipsters actually are.

There have been occasional ups and downs along the way (just as with any football team) but the cream has been rising to the top this season and overall the picture is as rosy as Sir Alex’s cheeks after a cheeky wee dram!

So without further ado here are the latest results of the 7 tipsters up to the end of February.

Please note – the actual names of each tipster have been protected and are available to full SBC members only. ROI also means’ Return on Investment’ which is the total profits divided by total stakes.

To quickly recap, the first 5 services above are in our Hall of Fame, whilst tipsters 6 and 7 are rated just beneath that in our ‘Recommended’ section.

Six out of these seven tipsters are performing generally very well, with perhaps the best performing being Service 7, with the highest ROI figure so far. This is closely followed by Services 1 through to 4 who are all making a profit to a high standard.

The only disappointment so far has been Service 5, which from the 60 bets so far has struggled to make a profit. Considering they have only advised 60 bets so far, you could say that they have ‘games in hand’ to make up for this. Ultimately though unless their performance picks up they are likely to be relegated due to not meeting the high standards we expect.

All combined though these 7 tipsters are hitting their straps with a profit of over £9000 to £50 stakes from the 1517 bets they have advised this year. The Return on Investment figure here is key as well, which is 10.16% combined. Effectively this means that for every £100 staked so far this season, you would have made £10.16 profit. This is a very healthy profit on your betting turnover.

Naturally we wouldn’t expect everyone to follow all of these services at the same time, but it does give you an idea of the potential here.

Gunning for Promotion

Alongside tracking the performance of these tipsters, we also continuously review and report back on a number of up and coming services, all of which are gunning for promotion into the top rated list.

There are currently 5 very interesting football only services that have been attracting our interest this season as they strive to prove themselves worthy of a future recommendation. Their profit and loss details for this coming season are listed below…

We are seeing some very impressive performance from four of the five services listed here and they will certainly be pushing hard for a recommendation from us in the future. Safe to say that it’s certainly looking very promising that our football tipsters list will only expand and grow in 2011/2012.

Find Out How You Can Benefit

With all these stats in mind, people often ask us when the best time to start betting is! Should they wait until the start of a new season? Well our answer is always START NOW!

That is because no-one can second guess when the optimal starting time for making a profit betting is so the sooner you start, the sooner you embark on your own profitable journey!

If you have yet to join us here at the Smart Betting Club, hopefully this season’s exact profit and loss figures have helped to reveal the exact picture of what these football tipsters could have made you.

If you are keen to find out all the details on all the football tipsters above, their identities and how you can start following them, all of this is available as a Smart Betting Club member.

You can also gain access to all our reviews of recommended services that cover many different sports such as Horse Racing, Golf & Tennis. Football betting is just one strand available to those of us who bet to make a profit.

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Fink Tank Bets & Value Ratings

Here are the latest value bets according to the latest Fink Tank Ratings. You can find some background on this test here.

Fink Tank provide predictions on football games based on their model which is roughly based around shot on target. The Fink Tank team found that shots on target was the best predictor of the outcome of a football game and when you rate this for various attributes you can have a reliable prediction model. For our test, we use the predictions from Fink Tank and only bet when the predicted % chance is better than the predicted chance implied by the available bookmaker odds. The bigger the difference, the bigger the value on offer in theory. Click on the image below for the weekend’s qualifiers

Table showing the fink tank ratings and value bets

For more tests of ratings services like this in sports from football to horse racing, check out how membership of Smart Betting Clubcould help you.

Fink Tank Bets & Value Ratings

Here are the latest value bets according to the latest Fink Tank Ratings. You can find some background on this test here.

Fink Tank provide predictions on football games based on their model which is roughly based around shot on target. The Fink Tank team found that shots on target was the best predictor of the outcome of a football game and when you rate this for various attributes you can have a reliable prediction model. For our test, we use the predictions from Fink Tank and only bet when the predicted % chance is better than the predicted chance implied by the available bookmaker odds. The bigger the difference, the bigger the value on offer in theory. Click on the image below for the weekend’s qualifiers

Table showing the fink tank ratings and value bets

For more tests of ratings services like this in sports from football to horse racing, check out how membership of Smart Betting Clubcould help you.

Mikes Football Bets 4th March

My football betting this weekend starts over at the Reebok where Bolton host Villa in a game where I feel the over 2.5 goals line is offering value. Bolton’s home games have seen an average of 3 goals scored, whilst Villa’s similar away record is 3.14 goals so the odds of 2.03 on offer for over 2.5 goals is worth a pop. Villa are also going to be missing Cuellar and James Collins, 2 very important defenders although with the likes of Bent, Young and Albrighton will retain a real cutting edge up front.

I’m going for the same goals outlook when Wolves host Spurs on Sunday as both these teams have seen the overs mark hit in respective home and away games 64% and 57% of times. With 2.10 on over 2.5 goals, the bookies think this a 47.6% chance, where I make it around 55% so big value by my calculations. Spurs also have most of their creative hub back with Modric & Van Der Vaart fit and I can’t see Wolves defence keeping a clean sheet.

My last main bet features Man City against a Wigan team who ship goals against the very best teams as in their 7 games against the top 5 this season they have scored 2, yet conceded 19! It was a similar pattern last year and they will really struggle with the pace and movement of Tevez, Dzeko, Ballotelli and Silva if fit. You can get 1.90 on Man City to overcome a -1.25 Asian Handicap and I don’t think Wigan’s defence will be able to prevent a comfortable home win here.

A few shortlist bets to speak of, firstly over at Anfield as Liverpool host Man Utd. United have won only 4 times away this season, whereas Liverpool have lost just twice at home before Dalglish took over. The loss of Vidic and Ferdinand cannot be understated either as these two are a quiet superb central defensive pairing and I am taking Liverpool to overcome a 0 Asian Handicap. Close to being a main bet.

I was undone for a profit last weekend thanks to Carlos Vela’s offside equaliser against Stoke on Monday night although undeterred I am taking on West Brom once again as on Saturday they have a tough fixture away at Birmingham. As Arsenal found out to their cost, Alex McLeish’s men are not to be under-estimated and the -0.25 AH at 2.08 offers a shade of shortlist value.

Finally I want to take on Blackburn’s defence on the road with an over 2.5 goal line involving their trip to Fulham. 79% of all their away games have gone overs and they will miss captain Ryan Nelson this weekend. It’s a shortlist bet as Fulham are not the most adventurous team so does depend on how Mark Hughes approaches the game.

Main Bets
1 pt Over 2.5 goals. Bolton V Aston Villa.  2.03 188bet
1 pt Man City -1.25 Asian Handicap V Wigan. 1.90 Ladbrokes
1 pt Over 2.5 goals. Wolves V Spurs. 2.10 Pinnacle/Paddy

Shortlist Bets
1 pt Over 2.5 goals. Fulham V Blackburn. 2.16 Canbet/SBObet
1 pt Liverpool 0 Asian Handicap V Man Utd. 2.09 Pinnacle
1 pt Birmingham -0.25 Asian Handicap V West Brom.  2.08 Bet365/12Bet

Whatever you bet on, good luck!

Mike