Interesting live bet

quantumleap · Sep 27, 2004

I was following the Premiership scores at www.livescore.com this weekend. They list the live game odds from www.bet365.com on that web site. In the 88th minute of the Man Utd./Tottenham match they had odds of 1.12 for Man Utd. to win the match. Man Utd. was up 1-0. I realize 1.12 isn't much of a return but what are the chances of Tottenham scoring a goal in 2 minutes + overtime? Tottenham is a definite "under" team. Even at 1.12 I felt this was a good bet.

Has anyone else found these late-game odds to be this way?

soccerbob · Sep 27, 2004

quantum- Let me touch on a couple of things here that I feel are very important. I really like livescore.com but there are some flaws to that site. When it shows the minute the match is in, that is very often not accurate. They start the minute count at the listed start time for that match. Many times the match actually starts a few minutes after that. Also, if you bet a goal minutes prop, make sure you double check a few other soccer sites as livescore.com has an annoying habit of posting wrong goal minutes. They do a very good job overall but there are some things I would like to see them do a bit better.

bet365 usually takes down the betting on the sides by the 80th minute. You wouldn't have been able to make that bet even if you wanted to. The only thing they usually keep up after the 80th minute is the number of corners. I like bet365. They offer a lot of betting options. A little heavy on the juice and wide on the straddles but a good place to have an account if you like to bet soccer.

quantumleap · Sep 28, 2004

Thanks soccerbob. I like to go to megalivescores.com as well. I like their web site for stats more than live scores however. I'll have to watch out for those lagged scores like you say.