Week 26 was a very good week for me on the trading front. Over £100 profit, which is my third highest profit this season so far, and the first £100+ profit since week 8, which seems like a long time ago now. Here’s how that profit was made:

There were a fair few trades this week as the games are coming thick and fast as we get to the business end of the season. The first game was Man Utd vs Sheff Utd. I opted for the correct scores of 2-0, 2-1, and AOH. With Sheff Utd scoring first, this only left the 2-1 and AOH scorelines left in-play. When Man Utd equalised I just thought the 2-1 scoreline would come to fruition as I didn’t think Sheff Utd would score 2 goals. But with Sheff Utd going ahead this only left the AOH correct score. Thankfully that came in, but not for any great profit at all.

The other game I traded that was going on at the same time, was just a straight lay of Liverpool versus Everton. I didn’t think they would get a result at Everton, as Klopp hasn’t had much joy there in his time with Liverpool, and from what I seen in the first 20 minutes or so, I didn’t think they’d be getting a result that night either. I thought the odds offered gave good value so I stuck the lay on and just left it until full-time to pick up the profit.

I also managed to pick up a decent return from the Brighton vs Man City game, with Man City running out comfortable winners. I managed to back the AOA correct score so I was quite happy with that. I did think that Brighton would have offered a more sterner test, and with the value being quite low, I decided to opt out of betting on the City win from the off. I did put a trade in at higher odds, but unfortunately City scored before my trade was taken, so I missed out on some green there.

Onto the weekend, and an absolute load of games were identified as being viable to trade. With that in mind I should have planned my day better in making sure I was back home in time, settled, and ready to trade. Instead I was making butties 10 minutes before the games kicked off and I was not as focused as I should have been. Still, I put the identified trades on and sat back and relaxed. It was only when I seen the current score of the Man Utd vs Burnley game (0-0 at the time) and compared it to the profit/loss showing on my Betfair screen, that I realised I made a boo-boo. I managed to put two trades on the 2-0 scoreline, instead of one of them being on 1-1. So with that in mind I decided to kill the trades in the Man Utd game for a small red, because if Burnley did manage to score, then that would have been two trades down the grid. I could have left the trades as they were, as United did score first, and 1-0 would have meant a good green for me with having two trades on the 2-0 correct score. But coming right out of the trades was probably the right thing to do from a trading viewpoint in my opinion. Had I put the correct score on correctly in the first place, I would have been looking at an additional £90-£100 profit to my weeks total. This just shows the importance of being properly prepared before undertaking any sort of trading.

On Sunday I only traded the Forest vs Man City game. I did my usual bet of backing City for a small profit, and I also did some manual trading of the correct score, which thankfully came in too. All in all an excellent week, and the fourth week of profit in a row. Something that I hope to keep going for Week 27. Here’s how Week 26 compares to my other weeks this season:

Good to see less red values and more black values in that table, and also a good upward slope in the line graph. Hopefully I can keep this up until the end of the season. I’d love to get the deficit down to £500, which will only mean a combined total loss of £100 across the two seasons, which ain’t too bad all things considered.

Good luck if you’re trading tonight, tomorrow, or over the weekend. And may the Lord be with you. Always.