What is a 'Betting System?'

Predictions

    Rather than randomly picking football matches to bet on, there is a current trend in fixed odds betting to employ a 'betting strategy' or 'betting system'. Almost all systems rely on some sort of points rating scheme whereby a team is awarded a certain number of points depending upon aspects such as home advantage, league position, recent form etc.

Success or failure?

    No system can achieve 100% success, however, some are far better than others at predicting results. To list all possible systems would be a fruitless task, one football season might see one particular system prove successful and another fail, whereas the following season the roles are reversed. For example, many punters study the league table in order to predict results.

One punter might use a system which says that if the home team is 3 or more places higher than the away team, then he would back the home team to win everytime. This may prove to be correct many times, but over the course of 2 or 3 seasons it would be guaranteed that he would be 'in the red'. Of course to improve upon this system the punter would need to study recent form, goal difference, injury problems etc. and then balance this against the odds which are being offered to him.

Price percentage

    The bookmaker earns his living through what is known as 'the bookies over-round'. You cannot bet on all 3 outcomes of a single football match (i.e. Win, lose and draw) and expect to win. The 3 different odds on offer (known as the price percentage) will work against you and you will lose.It must be remembered that in order to make money at fixed odds betting you must be able to guarantee long term success.

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