Snippets

Have been reading The Hidden Mathematics of Sport, which is a good fun read and something you can devour in a couple of hours.

It covers a variety of sports and has such interesting topics as where we should aim on a dartboard, how to take a penalty in football, what is the most crucial point in tennis, how in tennis the "loser" can win the match - and so on. All good fun, interesting stuff.

As a footy fan, of course there was also lots of stuff to keep me entertained too, and included a variety of little informational nuggets that were worth digesting.

• Over 30 seasons, home teams score on average  1.5 goals per game.
• Away teams score on average 1.1 goals per game.
• The 1-1 scoreline is the most common result, occuring in approximately 12 per cent of matches.
• The 1-0 and 2-1 home win results are the two next most frequent results.
• The most common away win scoreline is 0-1.
• Goals are scored at an average rate of one every 35 minutes.
• More goals are scored in the second half of games, on average, than in the first.
• Home teams who score first in a match have, on average, over 60% chance of winning the match.
• Any team who scores last in a match has, on average, over 60% chance of winning the match.

A lot of these are well-known already by the majority of bettors, but there also a few that are not so well-known.

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Haven't had much time this weekend so far, and so have largely continued my "away from home" strategies. P&L from today and yesterday.

Football: £222.92 | Horse Racing: £0.08 | Tote: |  Total P&L:  £223.00 

  

   

  

Football Showing 1 - 13 of 13 markets

  

Market Start time Settled date Profit/loss (£)

Football / Juventus v Chievo : Correct Score 03-Mar-12 19:45  03-Mar-12 21:40  50.46

Football / Nancy v Lyon : Correct Score 03-Mar-12 18:00  03-Mar-12 19:49  50.46

Football / Getafe v Malaga : Correct Score 03-Mar-12 17:00  03-Mar-12 18:53  50.46

Football / Birmingham v Derby : Correct Score 03-Mar-12 15:00  03-Mar-12 17:09  50.46

Football / Leverkusen v B Munich : Correct Score 03-Mar-12 14:30  03-Mar-12 16:23  -106.00

Football / Liverpool v Arsenal : Over/Under 2.5 goals 03-Mar-12 12:45  03-Mar-12 14:37  20.09

Football / Aachen v Paderborn : Correct Score 03-Mar-12 12:00  03-Mar-12 13:49  50.46

Football / Blackpool v Hull : Correct Score 02-Mar-12 19:45  02-Mar-12 21:43  36.58

Football / Blackpool v Hull : Over/Under 2.5 goals 02-Mar-12 19:45  02-Mar-12 21:38  19.28

Football / Laval v Lens : Correct Score 02-Mar-12 19:00  02-Mar-12 20:50  50.46

Football / Ingolstadt v Union Berlin : Correct Score 02-Mar-12 17:00  02-Mar-12 18:54  50.46

Football / Duisburg v G Furth : Correct Score 02-Mar-12 17:00  02-Mar-12 18:50  -152.83

Football / Sao Paulo v Guaratingueta : Correct Score 01-Mar-12 22:30  02-Mar-12 00:22  52.58