As we continue to build-up to the release of our Ultimate Football Betting Package, we have the second part of our 11 top tips to help improve your betting this season as shared by a selection of leading football experts that we monitor here at SBC.
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6. Beware The Bookie’s Profit Margin In Regular Match Bets
It is a similar theme, relating to the advantages of in play betting, that is expanded by Paul Chandler Burns of the Football Antepost Service.
He says: “When a match starts now, the 90 minute prices are generally bang on. In terms of getting additional liquidity and getting a price you might have missed (or better) pre-match you should keep a close eye on the market changes if the game goes in play – especially if you also have live pictures of the game.”
7. Keep Your Discipline
Just as the best teams and players keep their focus in adversity, Phil Brown of Betting and Laying Sports Club says we should look to do the same as punters.
He says: “KEEP YOUR DISCIPLINE has got to be the biggest piece of advice. By this I mean don’t go chasing losses and always stick out a bad run if following a tipster as bad runs will happen.
Try to look at the overall picture more as it’s the season as a whole and being in profit come the end that counts.”
The advice from Mike Bishop of Premier Bets is refreshingly simple…”Very often in the football world, the teams that struggle are those that constantly chop and change managers and make knee-jerk reactions. It’s the same with betting in that you have to see beyond a losing run and avoid the temptation to make wholesale changes when the going gets tough”
8. Beware Of Away Wins In The Premiership
Mike Lindley of the football ratings service Winabobatoo says it could pay to keep things simple for part-time punters.
He says: “Unless you have a ratings system to help you, you should limit your bets to single win home bets priced 1.90 and above; only bet single win away bets priced 2.75 and above. Unless you have great skill in the analytical department you will not make any meaningful profits in the shorter-priced odds bands. You will find many winners but you’ll end up on the wrong side come next May. Steer clear of away bets in the Premiership. Backing away team in the Premiership from 2006-07 to 2010-11 has resulted in:
Bets: 1597; Away Wins 406 (25.42%); Returns 1215.49; Loss -381.52; %Loss -23.89%.”
There is certainly food for thought there.
Down at the bottom of the football pyramid English Non-League expert Skeeve says that you can’t afford not to move with the times.
9. Get To Grips With Asian Handicaps
Skeeve says: “If you still haven’t, try and learn everything about Asian Handicaps. I honestly think that’s the future of betting.”
There are no excuses, as you can learn more on Asian bookmakers and betting here as an SBC member with the following guides for new members…
- Basic Introduction to Asian Handicap Betting.
- Offshore & Asian bookmaker guide.
- Asian Handicap & Cover Draw Betting in Football.
10. Watch Your Stakes!
One of the biggest mistakes, newcomers make is to not settle upon a proper staking plan when it comes to their bets. If you are not careful and you adjust how much you risk per bet at random, you can find yourself with a profitable record of bets, yet still show a loss.
Mike Bishop of Premier Football Bets has seen this before: “Often the difference between a successful and failed punter boils down to discipline in keeping your stakes on an even keel. Both under or over-staking with no pattern or reason is a prime reason for why some people never make the betting grade. “
11. Have A Little Patience
You’ve heard from the pro-punters, so it is probably fitting that we sign off with the industry view courtesy of our resident poacher turned gamekeeper. John our veteran odds compiler, who has supplied a Q&A on how to beat the bookies in this edition, says that what his colleagues fear most is someone with more info than they’ve got.
John says: “The best general advice I can give to punters is to specialise as much as possible and to gather as much information as they can on their chosen area. Be patient and wait for the right time to strike, if that means only having one bet on a Saturday then so be it, you will gain in the long run. Learn what you can from others and only bet what you can afford to lose.”