⚽ Sportsbet.io ⚽ Italian Serie A ⚽ Football Pool Discussion Thread 2023/2024

[leea-1334]

2 close plus 1 exact for me yesterday, so I cannot ask for a better average, I stay 11 points away from the top hahay who has maintained his position,,, not bad for my first time I guess to pick scores like in this way of following the leaders

yeah, it was a easy round for favorites in the end, Milan has a glitch in first half, but made it in the end, and all others goes as foreseen
missed Lazio, or to put it better, did not want to put Lazio to win in all competitions, so missed their win in the pool

Napoli won another one
and in the end, all comes to number of exact scores, for a this round position, I am third in this round before last match, but overall pretty low, nearing the bottom

Based on this round and actually even in the other leagues,,, it definitely pays to just keep as much as possible with the pool majority. Of course this is easier said than done since you can only view the scores that others made by locking your own picks.

Still, I am learning to follow post-week, as you say it all comes to exact scores more than anything else.

[Trofo]

We have 2 games in Serie A tonight, some of you are still missing predictions - go put them in. Should be an interesting match between Torino and Genoa, I am thinking Torino has a slight edge but there should be goals in any scenario. I am taking my favorite both to score market here and putting it on a multi ticket with Arsenal, already know Gunners will screw me over but that is material for some other topic so....

[Harkorede]

We have 2 games in Serie A tonight, some of you are still missing predictions - go put them in. Should be an interesting match between Torino and Genoa, I am thinking Torino has a slight edge but there should be goals in any scenario. I am taking my favorite both to score market here and putting it on a multi ticket with Arsenal, already know Gunners will screw me over but that is material for some other topic so....

 I missed out on making a pick on Torino vs Genoa, I thought the game was scheduled for later tonight (8pm), I guess it doesn't matter anyways because I probably would have gone for a draw.

I hope the default pick would work out this time around..

[icopress]

It looks like I'm not the only one disappointed with today's game of Milan and Inter.  

Only Napoli remains unbeaten so far and I hope that their unbeaten streak will continue ... although I admit if Napoli wins again, then I will seriously think about a martingale for a draw or a defeat for Napoli, (given that the likelihood that Napoli will set a unbeaten record this season is to zero), ^{[although that would be cool]}.

Well, they came around and pulled us all out of misery, didn't they Milan?

So it's still Napoli and Milan left now to keep their perfect record, and I wonder if Milan will now benefit from supercharged confidence after such a comeback (also the game was 19 on Blackjack, so close!).

You and me are now considering betting against Napoli and Milan then. I am not going to go for double chance though, would rather just bet on a loss and martingale from there. Haha.

Fuck, I wrote this message until the 50th minute, when Verona was leading with a double lead and I never expected that Milan would have enough strength to radically turn the game around! By the way, recently I seriously thought about what to bet on Roma, but after they lost by conceding 6 goals, I changed my mind and made a bet on Napoli! 

[Trofo]

Fuck, I wrote this message until the 50th minute, when Verona was leading with a double lead and I never expected that Milan would have enough strength to radically turn the game around! By the way, recently I seriously thought about what to bet on Roma, but after they lost by conceding 6 goals, I changed my mind and made a bet on Napoli! 

That conference league defeat means nothing. I did not even look at the line ups so I could be wrong but I was quite sure they were playing with B team and was too lazy to check We will see different Roma against Napoli for sure. I have that game set as a draw for now but that could still change. Another game for both to score on my weekend multi probably.

[Harkorede]

I was able to grab all 3 points in the Sampdoria vs Spezia, but there were a lot of users with the same score.

quite a lot of not so easy pick to make for me, Juventus vs Inter is toughest for me, I'm thinking of going with Juventus, because Inter's form is somewhat questionable but they're the home team, while Juventus seemed to be getting themselves back together 6 consecutive wins in all competitions and 8 games without defeat.

Napoli vs Roma is another hard one to make, but that likely would be a dice throw for me after confirming the lineup.

[buwaytress]

Yeah Spezia was fitting for most of us. I actually hate to put 2-1 scores but it seems to be the best all-round in this league at the moment, and in fact for premier league too -- not that I'm really calculating or checking but intuitively it seems to be the safest pick.

Agree that Roma's Conference result means nothing. Mou's got his eye on improvement here and qualification to the real deal Champions League... and I'm starting this match to bet against Napoli for a martingale strategy, as they have to eventually lose... right?

[buwaytress]

Roma-Napoli dull draw, didn't even realise any other result as was busy getting lost in Old Trafford and news until just now. Heh. Actually put money on Roma as mentioned yesterday already but have predicted a draw otherwise in this pool so I do get a boring 1 point.

But man Lazio. Not as much upset as getting predictions wrong as missing out on a whopper result from Verona. This is an even bigger upset if Napoli lose the upcoming game.

Juve down a goal to Inter...

[buwaytress]

Don't forget we have 3 games tonight, gents. Anyone think Torino has a chance against Milan? They've been able to score and look like are playing for their lives here (and not so much in UCL). Trofo's BTTS always looks good and they're some fantastic specials on Sportsbet I've taken... as well as a Superboost that could take you almost 6/1 on the away win.

I'm watching cup games tonight though =)

[Trofo]

Don't forget we have 3 games tonight, gents. Anyone think Torino has a chance against Milan? They've been able to score and look like are playing for their lives here (and not so much in UCL). Trofo's BTTS always looks good and they're some fantastic specials on Sportsbet I've taken... as well as a Superboost that could take you almost 6/1 on the away win.

I'm watching cup games tonight though =)

Milan should be both to score but that is not my main game for goals tonight. My game of the night is Spezia vs. Genoa, there should be plenty of goals here and I am taking BTTS for a high stake.

I will be either climbing big or falling big on pool table tonight. I have put in draws on almost all games in Italy and Spain for tonight.

[Harkorede]

Don't forget we have 3 games tonight, gents. Anyone think Torino has a chance against Milan? They've been able to score and look like are playing for their lives here (and not so much in UCL). Trofo's BTTS always looks good and they're some fantastic specials on Sportsbet I've taken... as well as a Superboost that could take you almost 6/1 on the away win.

I'm watching cup games tonight though =)

I really wouldn't fancy Torino's chance to grab even a point against Milan, the both teams to score looks pretty good though... Milan have only kept one clean shit from their last 6 games.

Don't forget we have 3 games tonight, gents. Anyone think Torino has a chance against Milan? They've been able to score and look like are playing for their lives here (and not so much in UCL). Trofo's BTTS always looks good and they're some fantastic specials on Sportsbet I've taken... as well as a Superboost that could take you almost 6/1 on the away win.

I'm watching cup games tonight though =)

Milan should be both to score but that is not my main game for goals tonight. My game of the night is Spezia vs. Genoa, there should be plenty of goals here and I am taking BTTS for a high stake.

I will be either climbing big or falling big on pool table tonight. I have put in draws on almost all games in Italy and Spain for tonight.

It's half time at between Genoa and Spezia, and it's still goalless, the match hasn't produced the kind of atmosphere I was expecting and I just lost one my parlay which I included it in for Over 3.5 corners in the first half.

I should have gone for Venezia vs Salernitana instead, at least I was quite sure of the home team to win or draw.

[buwaytress]

So all the sure bets didn't go our way, except if you backed Milan. Massive win for Salertinata. Even Sassuolo ML today wasn't impressive, and they already lead by a goal now (imagine how it must feel to see bookies rate you so poorly at home), but I expect Juve to at least get a goal back... not a shot on goal yet though. Zapata on a hattrick at Sampdoria too. Feels like the goals just keep flowing quarter way to the season.

[casperBGD]

Juventus is back, 1:1, and it is not the end, so they still have some time to turnover the score completely

Atalanta is a bugger for me this season, did not expect from them to win in Genoa, and they are in the lead, skipping them on betting, but almost certainly missing them in the pool

Udinese is up against Verona at the moment, fairly expected

[Harkorede]

Juventus is back, 1:1, and it is not the end, so they still have some time to turnover the score completely

Atalanta is a bugger for me this season, did not expect from them to win in Genoa, and they are in the lead, skipping them on betting, but almost certainly missing them in the pool

Udinese is up against Verona at the moment, fairly expected

Juventus lost the game, at the very last minute of the game, The win was a worthy one for Sassuolo, they played better even though the game was even in general terms, Juventus seemed like the better team after the break and when eventually they equalized the game they're trying to go all out for 3 points, only to to be caught completely off-guard but the last gasp attack from Sassuolo.

That seem like the only major upset from Serie A today. Lazio, Inter and Roma all won their respective games, as expected, although one would have expected more goals than all these 3 fixtures provided.

[casperBGD]

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Lazio, Inter and Roma all won their respective games, as expected, although one would have expected more goals than all these 3 fixtures provided.

all expected results, but low on goals, especially Inter, that use to conceive at least one goal when playing away, while Roma is usually winning without conceiving goals, nevertheless, only one both-to-score, since Cagliari scored
first three matches were all both-to-score, and Juve is an upset (maybe not that major, Juventus is a big name, but this is not their season, obviously), and Atalanta is back on winning track

Napoli is playing Bologna tonight, it should come as home win, but odds are to small to risk it

[buwaytress]

I'm afraid I already have Napoli on a martingale to lose, so heh, tonight I have to bet against them. Good thing the odds are actually pretty decent so I don't actually have to double down (martingale to ensure I win my stake and increasing profit is all). 11/1 feels like a bit of a disservice to Bologna with exactly 3 wins/draws/losses each.

I'll hedge with a HT Napoli win. If they win again, they'll do it early.

[icopress]

I'll hedge with a HT Napoli win. If they win again, they'll do it early.

I did the same ... by the way, lately I've been experimenting with deferred dates, I combine the multi bet in such a way that the last two matches were with very low odds, so that in case of something the hedge would be profitable. These 5 matches will be held with a difference of one day, and considering that Manchester has not won for a long time, I expect that they may well be rehabilitated this week + a couple of random goals from Arsenal, but then you can do hedging with the possibility of doubling.

[Trofo]

I'm afraid I already have Napoli on a martingale to lose, so heh, tonight I have to bet against them. Good thing the odds are actually pretty decent so I don't actually have to double down (martingale to ensure I win my stake and increasing profit is all). 11/1 feels like a bit of a disservice to Bologna with exactly 3 wins/draws/losses each.

I'll hedge with a HT Napoli win. If they win again, they'll do it early.

Don't care who wins as long as they both score  It is even paying @1.95 which sounds like a real value to me. Hopefully the bookies will give something back after the bloodbath yesterday.

[buwaytress]

I did the same ... by the way, lately I've been experimenting with deferred dates, I combine the multi bet in such a way that the last two matches were with very low odds, so that in case of something the hedge would be profitable. These 5 matches will be held with a difference of one day, and considering that Manchester has not won for a long time, I expect that they may well be rehabilitated this week + a couple of random goals from Arsenal, but then you can do hedging with the possibility of doubling.

I do this quite a bit actually, but usually with a really strong team that's in form, and whom I expect down the line will still show up. Liverpool's next game, for example, has been on my accas since it was first available on books 2/3 weeks ago. Was 1.35 then and much lower now after their Atletico and United wins -- so hedging against them on match day would be higher value.

I'm betting on Atalanta again actually though -- was disappointed last leg but I bet on form and streaks OR against it and I'm counting on United to crash out yet again.

Don't care who wins as long as they both score  It is even paying @1.95 which sounds like a real value to me. Hopefully the bookies will give something back after the bloodbath yesterday.

Got my HT win hedge, but disappointed elsewhere, 3 goals without much other action from Bologna, complete one-way traffic...

[morvillz7z]

Not a terrible round for me, with 4 exact scores (it should have been five if not for the last second Salernitana goal/win), 2 slam points, and a total of 20 points. I've always enjoyed the midweek fixtures because everything is fresh off the previous round and you don't have to overthink things. By the way, we should have those extra fixtures at least a couple more times between December and January.

I'm glad i rolled instead of cashing out my O2.5 Napoli/Bologna, which was the final leg of a 24+ acca i had.

I can't ask for anything more, a 20-point round, a solid acca win, and Juventus crapping their pants.