Betting: let's make some money

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European round-up

This week saw three French teams in action, with Lille, Marseille, and Bordeaux all looking to book their places in Europe. Lille are hoping to join Montpellier and PSG in the Champions League group stages, but their campaign got off to the worst possible start as they lost 1-0 away at FC Copenhagen. A very disappointing result for the Lillios but they should be able to turn this round at the Grand Stade Metropole. Fingers crossed. Marseille and Bordeaux both got off to good starts in their quest for the Europa League; Bordeaux secured a 0-0 draw away at former European giants Red Star Belgrade and a double for A. Ayew was enough to give Marseille a 2-1 win away at Sheriff Tiraspol. Despite the win Marseille looked poor defensively and Baup will be hoping for an improvement before their clash with Montpellier at the weekend.

I do like to go on about Marseille's amazing fans but it looks like I might have to eat my own words....

Let's make some money....

Anyway, the main reason for this post was betting related. I wouldn’t call myself a betting man but every weekend I do like to put 1 or 2 pounds on an accumulator. I’m sure most of you know what an accumulator bet is, but for those who don’t:

 "an accumulator bet allows two or more selections to be combined into a single wager. By doing so, the successful linked selections will return higher odds than they would if they had been bet on individually."

 In simple terms it is when you place a bet on a list of results. These accumulators aren’t going to make me a millionaire but they do help spice up the weekend. In fact my record, on these accumulator bets, is pretty terrible. I think I’ve been doing them for about three years and in that time I have won a measly 30 pounds. In my defence I do like to pick some "off the wall" results which help increase the odds....but unfortunately I'm still waiting for one of these "of the wall" results to pay off.  So I thought this year I would try my luck on the French Ligue 1 and see if this will change my fortunes. Every week I will be posting my selection of results for Ligue 1, but like I said I never seem to win so please feel free to comment below with your ideas and hopefully together we can win some money. You know how the saying goes, two minds are better than one….

My bet this week:

            Nice  vs. Lille                  Draw: 17/8
Stade Reims vs. Sochaux          Reims win: 23/10

         Nancy  vs. Toulouse          Draw: 2/1

  Troyes AC   vs. Lorient             Lorient win: 9/5

  Montpellier vs. Marseille          Draw: 21/ 10

                             

                                                   Total:    173.96/1

Method in the madness

My off the wall result is a Nice Lille draw. I've gone with a draw because I think Nice will be up for this game in front of their home crowd and Lille will be tired from their mid-week CL game. I understand if you don't want to copy me on this result but I'm pretty confident about the rest; starting with Ligue 1 new boys, Stade Reims, to beat Sochaux. Why? Well I saw them at home to Marseille and I was very impressed with their performance and they were unlucky not to get a result that day. Sochaux have also been poor so far this season and I don’t think their luck will change this weekend. Nancy and Toulouse have both had solid starts so I’ve gone with a draw in this one. I fancy Lorient to beat newly promoted Troyes after their two outstanding results against Montpellier and PSG. The big game of the weekend sees Montpellier take on Marseille. Montpellier have been below par this season, whereas Marseille have two wins in two. But I can’t see Marseille wining this one away from home and after their game on Thursday night. A one pound bet could see me win 174 pounds. Let me know your thoughts before I place the bet on Saturday morning.