Racing Testing LabI wrote an article for my eletter on this subject, focussing on Banker Bets and showing you how we can profit from them.
I’ll list some apparent “bankers” in this post, and time permitting, will try to do this daily. I try to look for 1.1 odds or higher. The goal is to win back your initial stake and bank that immediately, then play on, banking profits every £10 or so.
This is not a strategy where I’m trying to create the biggest odds returns. I want a “banker”, a bet which is obvious.
Bankers and Blowouts – the mini-DRT angle.
www.drt.club is my trading service where I do all of my football research. I have noticed that these bankers, whilst sometimes frustrating us with score draws and throwing away 2-0 leads, rarely lose matches. How can you profit? Well are you familiar with football trading? That is, reacting to how a match unfolds in-play? If you are then you would have taken on faith the fact that these bankers rarely lose, and layed Dundee in play , when they were 1-3 up to bankers Aberdeen. Final score ( as you see below), 3-3. How about more frustrating bar stewards like Club Brugge the other day against Mechelen.
Staying with our premis that Bankers rarely lose, what could you have done if Mechelen ( as they did) take the lead? Lay Mechelen! Better yet, what if the match was still 0-1 coming to 90 minutes? Lay Mechelen at lower odds for potentially greater profit! You know what happened next, I am sure. Club Brugge equalised in the 90th minute.
I have already mentioned the idea of laying a team 2-0 up, to lock in profit. Consider the above elements too , in order to maximise the premis that Bankers rarely lose.
Yesterday
245pm – Olympiakos v Asteras Tripolis – 1.34 home – this should have been a banker bet. It had everything I looked for – away side struggling to score, home side generally scoring 2 at home. Why I didn’t put it up as a banker I don’t know. “Forking eejit”as they say in Ireland. 2-0 to Oly who utterly dominated the shot stats.
Today
7pm – MVV Maastricht v NEC Nijmegen – 1.48 away – last Friday I let NEC slip because they have a 21 point lead at the top of the Eerste Divisie.
10 match winning streak though and they seem relentless. 4-1 win at home earlier in the season. MVV are on a 3 match home drawing streak which is a slight concern but NEC have not had a draw in 10 matches . NEC tend to score 2+ v 16th and lower in the league, winning all matches.
MVV are unbeaten in 6 at home now, with 4 score draws but have conceded 2+ goals in 6 of 7 matches home and away v top 6 sides.
Only 2 defeats for NEC does not discount the draw of course. They should not win so we have a 50/50 chance here – draw or away win.
19:30 UK Paris Saint-Germain v Lorient – 1.28 home – head to head wins for PSG getting tighter 0-1 and 1-2 recently a slight concern
PSG remain undefeated at home, playing 15th today and beat 16th-19th inclusive so augurs well
Lorient did beat Monaco away but lost all other matches played v 11th and higher.
If PSG lead 2-0 I will have to trade out. They have cocked it up twice 2-0 up and Lorient have scored 3-2-1-2-3 -0-0- recently away
BANKERS
7pm – MVV Maastricht v NEC Nijmegen – 1.48 away – left them last week because of possible complacency and they scored 7 if I remember. I will back NEC today as they look to continue their winning run. The draw is not discounted because of MVV’s recent draw stats but a hope NEC simply outscore them – they should score 2+ goals today
19:30 UK Paris Saint-Germain v Lorient – 1.28 home – I would have to trade out if PSG lead 2-0 at any stage. They concede very few first half and tend not to lose 1st half so a hope they can do the business by them. No away draw in 14 for Lorient I hope suggests home win/away win. With PSG unbeaten at home and beating 16th-19th inclusive at home, a home win beckons.