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The SkyBet “Soccer Saturday Price Boost” 25th Sept 2021

Todays SSPB from SkyBet has Leicester, Everton, and Sheffield United all to win at a boosted price of 5/1 from 3/1
Leicester City are hosting Burnley and are currently mid table, looking for a 3 pointer to boost them up the table The last 2 home games have seen them hold Manchester City to just a 1 goal defeat and a 1-0 win against Wolves. Burnley have yet to win an away game and after losing to both Merseyside sides. Leicester have won 4 out of their last 6 meetings at home against Burnley with this fixture last season ending 4-2.
Verdict: Leicester win
Everton are playing Norwich City at Home and have a 100% record here this season. Winning both games this season 3-1 against Southampton and Burnley they are currently 6th in the league on 10 pts with the top three sides on 13 each. Norwich City have yet to score away this season and have lost both of their away games 1-0 and 5-0 against Arsenal and Man City resepectfully. In fact they have yet to win.
Verdict: Everton Win
The final game in this boosted treble is a bit more tricky and takes us to the championship where Sheffield Utd host Derby County. Having won just 1 game at home this season they have a bit of a mixed bag of results when playing on home soil. With the Yorkshire side being unbeaten this season in the last 4 games (Home and Away) and the fact that they have scored a total of 9 goals at home so far this season to Derby’s 2 away goals from 4 games it would seem a home win is on the cards.
Verdict: Tentertive Sheffield Utd win.
I am going to back this boost with the free £5.00 bet which SKYBET is giving away for any cash bet on the Chelsea game this lunchtime against Manchester City.
N.B. you must opt-in to the offer to receive the free bet but a bet of as little as 5p will secure your free bet.
It would be unfair to not mention that there is also a Sheffield “Draw” option to this boost and is priced at 11/1 I will also be using one of my other free bets on this option as well

Using the In-Play Running Tool to help pick your ITV7

Worth a quid?

As well as backing to lay and DObing information that can be taken from the in-running trading tool there is a whole host of information and form about every runner that day – each day. This post is about selecting the “Winners” for todays ITV7

First race on the card is 13:50 Newmarket

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You can see from the screenshot above that there are 7 runners in this race and the forecast favourite is Masekela ridden by Oisin Murphy In the Following Screenshot I have expanded the details of this horse to reveal all of its previous runs (which in this case is just 4)

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The information which I deem valuable in this is has the horse had any success over the distance run to day and at the course in question. I know that this information is included at a glance in the racecard provided by the bookies or racing press but this is just a “D” or “CD” entry you then have to go and find the races, going, and jockey on a different page. The In-Running Trading Tool has it all in one place as you can see from the screenshot above
In the expanded section you can see that Murphy has ridden 3 times, the horse has never run over a mile distance, It has won twice over various track conditions and distance. The Newmarket run in July has a note of interest and next stop is the sporting life website to access the race archives and watch the race as I suspect that looking at this Masekela was only beaten by a head and may have won given another furlong. (look at the in play low price I dont think that it was leading but some worried traders might have thought it was close.

Newmarket 3:15 10 July 2021 race results

If you click the link above it will take you to the Sporting Life results page for that race and you will be able to watch the race (You will need a free account but because it is part of the SKYBET group you can log in using your sky bet log in details)
Next stop is http://www.horseracing.net to see how many times the horse has been tipped and/or napped

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It has been tipped 6 times and napped once

I have don this for all 7 races and these are my results

  1. Newmarket 13:50 Masekela
  2. Haydock 14:05 Nugget
  3. Newmarket 14:25 Sacred Bridge
  4. Chester 14:35 Mossbawn
  5. Haydock 14:40 Jawwal
  6. Newmarket 15:00 Asymetric
  7. Newmarket 15:40 Uncle Bryn

The ITV 7 is free to enter and you dont need to place a bet but you can win I have also created a league which is free to join and the link is

Hi, I have created an ITV7 private league and would like you to join us! Just enter the code at the link below:
League Name: Bet-or-not
League Code: 3LYCL9
Click here to join my league! https://itv7.itv.com/leagues/join/?code=3LYCL9

To get a free 2 week trial of the In-Running Trading Tool Please click the link below

In-Running Trading Tool

Team Fives Weekly

Each week, as well as the free fives game run by VirginBet they also do something that they call Team Fives Weekly, and basically it is the top 5 strikers of the week and a selection of bets associated with these players in terms of goals scored or shots on target.
This weeks 5 are
Aubameyang
Lukaku
Ronaldo
Vardy
Watkins
The page is difficult to find so I recommend clicking the link above.
The bets on the page are
All 5 to score at odds of 80/1 (81.00)
All 5 to have 1 or more shots on Target 19/10 (2.90)
Over 1.5 GOALS combined 3/10 (1.30)
Over 2.5 GOALS combined 10/11 (1.90)
Over 3.5 GOALS combined 9/4 (3.25)
Over 4.5 SHOTS on Target combined 1/16 (1.06)
Over 5.5 SHOTS on Target combined 2/13 (1.15)
Over 6.5 SHOTS on Target combined 1/3 (1.33)

Jamie Vardy


Romelu Lukaku


Michail Antonio


Richarlison


Ivan Toney

These then are the 5. My initial thoughts are that both Ronaldo and Aubameyang should score at least 1 each and this bares out the low odds offered. The only player not to score this season so far is Watkins and against Everton this might stay. The big London derby between Spurs and Chelsea also casts doubt over Lukaku making the scoresheet. Vardy is Vardy and if he has it in his mind to score he most probably will and against Brighton I wouldnt bet against it happening
I will be putting a small bet onto over 2.5 goals at 1.90 hoping Ronaldo will bag at least 2 leaving the rest to score just 1 between them.
Good Luck in whatever you decide and please gamble responsibly.