Review for week ending 24/04/03

A very poor Easter weekend which demonstrated the danger in betting on games where some teams have far more to play for than others. Our worst result by far was the bookings index bet on the relegation battle between Bolton and West Ham which produced a flurry of cards late in the game. Apart from this one bet the other results more or less broke even but overall the week showed a loss of �788 which now means that the total potential profit for the season is �7,814 (an average profit of �260 per week). These potential bets are determined using the guidelines on the Weekly Reviews page. To see a complete profit and loss summary for the 2002 / 2003 season click here.

	A buy of the Portsmouth booking supremacy over Ipswich at 4 with Cantor Sport (Soccer Spreads rating 8.9 - Makeup 10) for �11 per point would have produced �66 profit.
	A buy of the total goals in the Reading / Forest game at 2.5 with sportsspread (Soccer Spreads rating 2.93 - Makeup 1) for �130 per goal would have produced a loss of �195.
	A sell of the bookings index in the Reading / Forest game at 40 with either Sporting Index or Cantor Sport (Soccer Spreads rating 32.2 - Makeup 30) for �12 per point would have produced �120 profit.
	A buy of the bookings index in the Aston Villa / Chelsea game at 28 with sportsspread (Soccer Spreads rating 36.5 - Makeup 10) for �10 per point would have produced a loss of �180.
	A sell of the bookings index in the Bolton / West Ham game at 44 with sportsspread (Soccer Spreads rating 26.7 - Makeup 95) for �15 per point would have produced a loss of �765.
	A sell of the bookings index in the Middlesborough / Arsenal game at 35 with sportsspread (Soccer Spreads rating 27.4 - Makeup 10) for �9 per point would have produced �225 profit.
	A sell of the Liverpool mini performance against Everton at 19 with sportsspread (Soccer Spreads rating 12.3 - Makeup 35) for �15 per point would have produced a loss of �240.
	A sell of the Man United mini performance against Blackburn at 35 with Cantor Sport (Soccer Spreads rating 29.6 - Makeup 45) for �12 per point would have produced a loss of �120.
	A sell of the Norwich mini performance against Walsall at 21 with Cantor Sport (Soccer Spreads rating 16.3 - Makeup 10) for �11 per point would have produced �121 profit.
	A buy of the bookings index in the Blackburn / Bolton game at 38 with sportsspread (Soccer Spreads rating 54.2 - Makeup 50) for �15 per point would have produced �180 profit.

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