*****New Football Thread*****

[Martin]

Welcome to the new football trading main thread!

Keep all of your football trading discussion in here!

Not sure where to start with football trading? Take a look at our beginners guide: https://betfairtradingcommunity.com/en/blog/football-trading-ultimate-trading-start-guide

We have written a guide on what to consider before following any trades, this is a must read before following any trades below: https://betfairtradingcommunity.com/en/blog/football-trading-betfair-essentials

FHG = First Half Goal
SHG = Second Half Goal
LTD = Lay The Draw
LCS = Lay Current Score

My testing sheet for 2025: Football testing 2025: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rO--lA-RazH6WrqV9ZflwRTJCPnACyFWO9e_wygEgmo/edit?gid=0#gid=0

[Ryan]

The sooner we get an amazon buying the rights to all football the better I think!

What I cannot get my head around all the footie associations want more money, there is a glaringly simple opportunity... create your own streaming service.

[Ryan]

@Akiva-Anderson I love it, it's a great change!

I think there was only 2 games where there was nothing left to play for. Amazing that!

[Richard Latimer]

@Martin said in *****New Football Thread*****:

@Andy-Donnelly not sure I think TNT Sports 5, you may only get that with the Discovery plus option. I think it's a red button option on Sky but maybe not on Virgin?

I was watching it on TNT Sports 4 through an app on the fire tv.

[Andy Donnelly]

@Martin Ah makes sense. You pay for all the channels and still don’t have all the channels

[Martin]

@Andy-Donnelly not sure I think TNT Sports 5, you may only get that with the Discovery plus option. I think it's a red button option on Sky but maybe not on Virgin?

[Andy Donnelly]

@Martin What channel was the goals show on, was trying to find it on virgin media but didn’t appear anywhere?

[Andy Donnelly]

@Akiva-Anderson Yep full house for me. All done pretty easily as well.

Roll on the Europa league tonight

[Martin]

@Akiva-Anderson I agree 100% that goals show last night was brilliant, quality goals nearly every minute!

[Akiva Anderson]

@Akiva-Anderson said in *****New Football Thread*****:

My picks for the Champions League tonight:

Barcelona v Atalanta (Barca to win, Over 1.5 goals)

Aston Villa v Celtic (Villa to win, Over 1.5 goals*)

Stuttgart v PSG (Over 1.5 goals)

Lille v Feyenoord (Over 1.5 goals)

*The Over 1.5 goal odds for the Aston Villa v Celtic match are appalling considering both haven't scored many in the Champions League, but I still think Over 1.5 will come in

Happy enough with that. Also went for SHG’s in the above

The new champions league format has been great. I was reluctant to the change, but it has been brilliant

[Andy Donnelly]

Going for SHG on Lille, Villa and Sporting games

[Andy Donnelly]

@Akiva-Anderson Nice!

Pre match I’m thinking O1.5 and O2.5 on the following games:

Villa v Celtic
Brest v R Madrid
Zagreb v Milan
Lille v Feyenoord

I did look at the stuttgart game, but nervous that both teams go through with a draw and never keen on those situations.

Also tempted to lay Liverpool on match odds after seeing team news.

SHG opportunities in a lot of games too depending on state of play.

Only games 100% off the table are the Arsenal, Leipzig and Young boys games in my thinking!

[Akiva Anderson]

My picks for the Champions League tonight:

Barcelona v Atalanta (Barca to win, Over 1.5 goals)

Aston Villa v Celtic (Villa to win, Over 1.5 goals*)

Stuttgart v PSG (Over 1.5 goals)

Lille v Feyenoord (Over 1.5 goals)

*The Over 1.5 goal odds for the Aston Villa v Celtic match are appalling considering both haven't scored many in the Champions League, but I still think Over 1.5 will come in

[Akiva Anderson]

@Martin said in *****New Football Thread*****:

I notice Maccabi Haifa game was suspended due to crowd trouble, had a few filters that came up on

Yes, Maccabi Haifa are my Israeli team. Police couldn't guarantee the players safety

[Tony Hastie]

@Akiva-Anderson Just chat GPT...I dont like paying for stuff

[Martin]

I notice Maccabi Haifa game was suspended due to crowd trouble, had a few filters that came up on

[Akiva Anderson]

@Tony-Hastie said in *****New Football Thread*****:

anyone tried Deepseek yet? @Akiva-Anderson Im glancing in your direction

Not yet! I will be checking it out though. Perplexity and Grok are my favourites so far. What are yours?

[Adam]

@Tony-Hastie Will definitely be checking this out. Will probably install it locally though for the least CCP censorship as possible!

[Tony Hastie]

anyone tried Deepseek yet? @Akiva-Anderson Im glancing in your direction

[Martin]

@Mark-Maguire I find that too, Sunday has always been my favourite day for football betting and trading