Any two from five
Calculating combinations was the first place I started when I went on this long journey from a very young age. The intention back then was to win the football pools and combinations were an important part of spreading risk around my selections. Today, any two from five teams could be relegated and that means that they are ten different ways for this to happen, see the following ‘any two from five’ list. You would list the teams in ascending order and allocate them a number and voila, you have all the possible combinations.
1 2, 1 3, 1 4, 1 5, 2 3, 2 4, 2 5, 3 4, 3 5, 4 5
OK, what can you do to make some money from it? At 4pm today I will have Bet Angel fired up and I will ‘auto-bind’ the matches using Guardian and the multiple spreadsheet capability. This means I will have a live view of the markets estimate of each result as it happens. Joined up to the combinations I will have an great view on how unfolding results are affecting the relegation markets and any opportunities that occur between markets. It takes a bit of effort to patch them together but it provides great insight. You can also do the same on ‘to qualify’ markets in cup competitions. Give it a try.
Category: Football trading strategies
