Value bets and “Deliberately-dropped-odds” bets (January 21)

The two most popular betting strategies in the world are the one where bettors search for a value in the bet which means that certain team has a bigger chance to win than the odds show. The second strategy is to choose a match where the bookmakers is deliberately dropping (DDO bets) the odds on opening of the market because consider that certain team have a bigger chance to win that the “normal” circumstances show (like statistics, form, injuries etc.). These are DDO bets.

The market offers the following possible bets for the two strategies:

Value

Shewsbury – Oldham – 1

Blackpool – Yeovil – 1

Doncaster – Crewe – 1

Leyton Orient – Morecombe – 1

Exeter – Colchester – 1

Sutton – Eastleigh – 1

Blakcburn – Birmingham – 1

Norwich – Wolves – 1

Cardiff – Burton – 1

Derby – Reading – 1

Nottingham – Bristol City – 1

Manchester City – Tottenham – 1

Ghana – Mali – 1

Antwerpen – OH Leuven – 1

Schalke – Darmstadt – 1

Rayo Valecano – Elche – 1

Carpi – Vicenza – 1

Veracruz – Atlas – 1

Bursa – Adana – 1

Giresun – Altinordu – 1

Bordeaux – Toulouse – 1

AZ Alkmaar – Sparta – 1

Ayr – Queens Park – 1

Alloa – Dunfermline – 2

DDO Bets

Perth – Melbourne Victory – 2

QPR – Fulham – 2

Charlton – Scunthorpe – 2

Sheffield United – Gillingham – 1

MK Dons – Northampton – 1

Hartlepool – Stevenage – 2

Crawley – Portsmouth – 2

Macclesfield – Guiseley – 1

Chester – Wrexham – 1

York – Barrow – 2

Dagenham – Bromley – 1

Boreham Wood – Solihull – 1

Gateshead – Aldershot – 1

Crystal Palace – Everton – 2

Aston Villa – Preston – 1

Huddersfild – Ipswich – 1

Acharnaikos – Aris – 2

Hapoel Ashkelon – Hapoel Tel-Aviv – 1

Espanyol – Granada – 1

Real Madrid – Malaga – 1

Tenerife – Cordoba – 1

Lugo – Gimnastic – 1

Cittadella – Bari – 1

Pisa – Ternana – 1

Aris Limassol – AEK Larnaca – 2

Penafiel – Portimonense – 2

Malatya – Mersin – 1

Jong PSV – Cambuur – 2

Edinburgh – Forfar – 2

Arbroath – Annan – 1

Livingston – East Fife – 1

Aberdeen – Stranraer – 1

Stirling – Clyde – 2