Bestbet's football tipping service is completely FREE OF CHARGE most Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays, October to April - giving you in the region of 220-230 selections per season. To access our football tips CLICK HERE. Regarding "lay the away team", we advise laying these selections if the price is 7-2 (4.5 decimal) or less - which should be possible based on the odds available on Betfair 24 hours before the match.
STRIKE RATES
FOR THE 2017-18 SEASON
LAY THE AWAY TEAM
- 68%
BACK OVER 1.5 GOALS - 82%
RECENT SELECTIONS
STRIKE RATES
FOR THE 2016-17 SEASON
LAY THE AWAY TEAM
- 90%
BACK OVER 1.5 GOALS - 83%
SELECTIONS
LAYING THE AWAY TEAM
How many football matches are won by the visiting team? Not
many. In the 2016/17 Premier League, it was
28.7% to
be precise. That makes laying the away team attractive, especially if
the price is right. There is no point having nine successful lay bets if
the tenth loses at odds of 10-1. So, Bestbet advises that if you are given
a soccer lay tip, even the FREE ones we come up with, DO NOT lay it unless the decimal odds are 4.50 or lower.
All of our "lay the away team" selections are/were available at odds of 4.50 or
shorter 24 hours prior to kick-off.
BACK OVER 1.5 GOALS
How many football matches see two or more goals being
scored? That's right, quite a few. In the 2016/17 Premier League, it was
77.4%. But
how many matches see three or more goals scored? Half and half? Almost, in
the 2016/17 Premier
League it is 54.2%. As one of their Match Betting markets, most
online bookmakers offer odds on Over 2.5 goals. But only a few, notably Betfair, offer odds on 1.5 goals or more for matches in the Barclays Premier
League and the Sky Bet Championship. The odds are generally quite
short, but that's to be expected. Over 1.5 goals markets are definitely
untapped, which is precisely why they are a potential source of regular,
but small, gains.
