| Improve Your Soccer Betting is a series of | | | | D L L W W L This gives 0*1 + 3*2 + 3*3 + 3*4 |
| articles that describe some well known and | | | | + 1*5 + 0*6 + 0*7 + 3*8 + 3*9 + 0*10 this |
| well used statistical techniques that will | | | | equals 0+6+9+12+5+0+0+24+27+0 = 83 Therefore |
| help the soccer punter make more informed | | | | the difference is 107 - 83 = +24 This could |
| bets. Each of the techniques has its own | | | | be determined as a home win but depending on |
| advantages and disadvantages and using them | | | | your chosen threshold levels could be classed |
| in isolation will improve your chances of | | | | as a draw. Now it's your turn... Of course |
| winning. However, together they will prove | | | | you may choose to use different values to |
| invaluable in your battle with the bookies. | | | | those shown above and by experimenting you |
| In each article we will describe in detail | | | | may come up with better values to use. You |
| how a particular method works giving you | | | | may also choose to use all home and away |
| enough information for you to go ahead and | | | | games played by each team in your |
| create your own forecasts. We will also give | | | | calculations instead of just home games for |
| you information as to where you can already | | | | the home team and away games for the away |
| find websites that use this technique in | | | | team. You may choose to have different |
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| forecasts. The statistical methods described | | | | also find it beneficial to plot actual |
| in this set of articles will help you to | | | | results against the Simple Sequence method |
| arrive at a better decision about the match, | | | | predictions to see how many actual draws fall |
| or matches, that you are betting on. In this | | | | in the away win, draw, and home win |
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| games. Here are the basic rules... A number | | | | since 1999. A total of seven different |
| of matches are used to look back at from the | | | | statistical methods are used to determine the |
| forecast date. So let's say our team has the | | | | outcome of each game played in each league, |
| following results (most recent on the right | | | | and a comprehensive record of how each method |
| hand side): W D L L W This would give them | | | | in each game performed is kept. Apart from |
| the following points: 3 + 1 + 0 + 0 + 3 = 7 | | | | how each tip performed within its respective |
| Now to take into account current form each is | | | | league 1X2Monster also provides the league |
| given a weighting factor, so the oldest match | | | | tables of how each league has performed in |
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| match being multiplied by 5. Of course this | | | | The league tables of prediction performance |
| will vary depending upon the number of | | | | are produced for home win predictions, draw |
| matches you use, but for this example it | | | | predictions, away win predictions, and for |
| gives us the following: 3*1 + 1*2 + 0*3 + 0*4 | | | | overall predictions and are invaluable tools |
| + 3*5 = 20 points Now let's say the away team | | | | to the soccer punter when deciding where to |
| playing against the team above have the | | | | target their European soccer betting |
| following record: W W D D D They will have: | | | | predictions. Here is a list of all the |
| 3*1 + 3*2 + 1*3 + 1*4 + 1*5 = 21 points. The | | | | articles in this series... How To Make A |
| points difference HOME v AWAY = 20 - 21 = -1. | | | | Profit From FREE 1X2 Soccer Picks Improve |
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| represent an away win, i.e. all matches below | | | | Improve Your Soccer Betting Using The |
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| could be classed as a draw. Let's look at a | | | | Betting Using The Win Draw Loss Method |
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| the last ten games played for each team. | | | | Sequence Method Improve Your Soccer Betting |
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| away side. The match is between Middlesbrough | | | | Method |
| and Bolton Wanderers in the English | | | | |
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| Middlesbrough L L W W W D L D W W This gives | | | | been providing hundreds of 1X2 tips every |
| 0*1 + 0*2 + 3*3 + 3*4 + 3*5 + 1*6 + 0*7 + 1*8 | | | | week since 1999. Please visit for a fountain |
| + 3*9 + 3*10 This equals | | | | of information on soccer betting. |
| 0+0+9+12+15+6+0+8+27+30 = 107 Bolton L W W W | | | | |