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Unders or Over 2.5 Goals: Season Competition

Discussion in 'Beat the Bookie' started by Nasser, Sep 5, 2019.

Discuss Unders or Over 2.5 Goals: Season Competition in the Beat the Bookie area at TalkCeltic.net.

  1. Nasser

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    Can we finish in profit and beat the bookies?!

    *You can join this competition at any time as it's a season-long comp just post your bets below and they will be added to a league table*


    Rules:


    Every Saturday you pick 6 games in any league or international game in the world that you think will finish either under or over 2.5 goals with the odds next to your picks.

    You can pick either all unders or all-overs or a complete mix of the two... it's up to you!

    Make sure you post the 6 games (with the odds next to them)... because the aim of the game is not to get the most picks right; it's actually all about can you beat the bookies and other competitors with a weekly and long-term profit.

    All games have to be on one day; so I've picked Saturday as that's when the most games are on. Also you then have the whole week to post your 6 plays which you can do anytime in the week as long as it's before the match kick-off on Saturday.


    All 6 games are 1 unit we can say (1 unit = £100) as it makes it easier to calculate

    This is not an accumulator/parlay game this game is about 6 straight plays in which we add up your final profit/loss


    Examples :
    Brazil v Colombia : Over 2.5 odds 1.91
    Costa Rica v Uruguay : Under 2.5 odds 1.62
    MK Dons v AFC Wimbledon : Under 2.5 odds 2.03
    Fleetwood v Oxford : Under 2.5 odds 1.81
    Serbia v Portugal Under 2.5 odds 1.62
    Plymouth v Oldham Under 2.5 odds 1.91

    Website that will tell you the odds of each under/over 2.5 goals game
    https://www.oddschecker.com/football/accumulator#over-under-2.5

    There is no restriction on how low or high the odds are but remember to turn a profit it's going to be very difficult if you are posting very low odds unless you constantly hit 6/6 which is hard to do.

    (*remember this is a game you don't actually have to make these bets in real life*) It's a bit fun

    Good luck.
     
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  2. StPauli1916 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Mine will be all overs.

    Sutton v Notts Co 26-25 Marathon Bet (LOST)
    Kosovo v Czech Republic 11-8 Betfair Sportsbook (WON)
    Boreham Wood v Dover 97-100 Marathon Bet (WON)
    Hartlepool v Woking 43-50 Marathon Bet(LOST)
    Montrose v Partick 39-50 Marathon Bet (LOST)
    Plymouth v Oldham Evs, Betfair Sportsbook, Sportingbet.(WON)
     
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  3. pop47

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    Think you'd be better making it more like St Pauli's old comp,cant see many looking up the fixtures and then the betting odds Nasser. :50:
     
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  4. Nasser

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    I could always just do that for them with the odds once they have picked their games, but yeah your probably right it's difficult to get people to get involved in these things.

    I picked unders/overs as I saw it's quite popular but maybe need to come up with something which involves very little effort but still fun.

    It looks like me v St Pauli then the overs king, I have no chance :84:
     
  5. StPauli1916 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Slim pickings this week Nasser. I won't be doing any over 2.5's this weekend. I have the over 1.5 double tomorrow, and have a few ideas for Saturday but they will be over 1.5 not over 2.5.

    I don't know if you can screenshot the coupon (or parts of it) or just choose some leagues and list the odds ?
     
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  6. Nasser

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    I like the one league idea but I think people would struggle to get involved it would probably be just me and you, how about another re-run of the competition you did or something similar.
     
  7. StPauli1916 Gold Member Gold Member

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    I think you are probably right, in so much as I don't know how much interest there would be in either comp so I am happy to go with yours for something different. If enough people agree with @pop47:)50:) that we should go back to something closer to the original then that's fine we can look at that.
     
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  8. jj81

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    In , can someone tag me on Saturday if I forget :60:
     
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  9. smokie899

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    Yup I’m in
     
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  10. Spring Time Gold Member Gold Member

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    I’m in please. Think I got the hang of it now. :97:
     
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    Bristol rovers v accrington 19/20
    Fleetwood v oxford utd 21/20
    Wycombe v Lincoln 43/40
    Mansfield v scunthorpe evs
    Morecambe v Salford 43/40
    Newport v port vale 5/4

    All with bet365 , can't be bothered price checking , these are the bets I'm doing.
     
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  12. Nasser

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    Are those games unders or overs or a mix?

    That's the main thing is to put if you think the game will go under or over 2.5 goals, and I can do the rest.

    Don't worry about writing the bookmakers name next to it, and if people don't get time to put the odds next to the games I can sort that out as well.
     
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    Brazil v Colombia: Over 2.5 odds 1.91
    Costa Rica v Uruguay: Under 2.5 odds 1.62
    MK Dons v AFC Wimbledon: Under 2.5 odds 2.03
    Fleetwood v Oxford: Under 2.5 odds 1.81
    Serbia v Portugal Under 2.5 odds 1.62
    Plymouth v Oldham Under 2.5 odds 1.91

    I hate international week, I don't expect to win much from those picks but if i can break even that be alright.
     
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  14. jj81

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    Ah sorry mate , mine will always be overs but I'll put that in next time to stop any confusion :)
     
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    Austria v Latvia 8/13 ✔️
    Iceland v Moldova 8/11✔️
    France v Albania 1/2✔️
    Bradford v Northampton 10/11✔️
    Halifax v Yeovil 10/11❌ 2-0
    Clyde v QOS 5/6✔️

    All overs at Ladbrokes

    Going to just ✔️ or ❌ all my picks. Would be handy if we all done it so we can check how folk are going at a quick glance.
     
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    4 out of 6 , mansfield was at 2-0 , Newport 1-0 and missed a pen in last 10 mins , I woulda cashed if it went in
     
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  17. Spring Time Gold Member Gold Member

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    Missed the start of this, some of you will need it. :84:
     
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    I will add everyone's tally up in the next few days and put it a table but looking at my results already :56:I think unders are not a good idea as not one of them came in not even close. 1/6 :eek1: -£409
     
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    All overs again

    Napoli v Sampdoria 1.51
    Augsburg v Frankfurt 1.67 (won)
    Mainz v H Berlin 1.82 (won)
    Accrington v Sunderland 1.84 (won)
    Blackpool v MK Dons 1.90 (won)
    Dijon v Nimes 1.98
     
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