The best spread bets at Euro 08 are as follows, full reasoning can be found further below:
Buy Portugal in the Outright Index at 33-36 with Sporting Index
Buy Spain goals in the Tournament Team Goals market at 6.5 - 7 with Sporting Index
Sell France in the Outright Index at 35-38 with Sporting Index
Sell Russia in the Group D Index at 6.5 - 8 with Sporting Index
What is Spread Betting?
Spread betting is an exciting alternative to regular fixed odds betting that allows punters to make profitable use of good judgement and specialised knowledge.
In regular betting you are either right or wrong. Your bet either wins or loses. In spread betting you must decide whether an outcome is going to be under or over the margin that bookmakers predict. That margin is known as the spread. The more that you are right about your prediction, the more you will win.
If you think the outcome is going to be lower than the margin then you must ‘sell’ the market and if you think the outcome is going to be over the spread then you must ‘buy’ the market.
Advantages of Spread Betting
The more you are correct the more you win – Most markets will return close to the spread but there are plenty where the result is very different to the spread. It is these results that can produce large profits for the punter.
Bets can be closed early to guarantee profit – You don’t need to wait until the end of an event to cash out your bet on spread betting. The markets are all ‘in play’ and you can close your bets before the end of the event at the current spread being offered.
Spread betting gives more choice – In regular betting you back a positive outcome but in spread betting you can back teams or individuals to under perform as well as over perform.
Spread betting offers innovative markets – There are many different markets available within spread betting and they can give punters who have specialist interests within sports opportunities to gain an edge.
Large free bets available – Some of the biggest free bets in the betting industry can be found at spread betting firms.
Best Euro 08 Spread Betting Opportunities
Best Euro 08 Spread Betting Buys
Portugal are worth buying in the Outright Index at 33-36 points. The only way this will make a loss is if Portugal fail to qualify from the group (resulting in a 36 point loss) or if they are knocked out in the quarter finals (resulting in an 11 point loss). Considering Portugal are in the easier half of the draw and have a fairly easy group they should reach the semi final fairly comfortably. They are likely to face Germany in the semi final and even if they are knocked out there the bet would make a 14 point profit. If they progress to the final the profit will be 29 points and if they win the tournament the profit is 64 points.
Buy Portugal in the Outright Index at 33-36 with Sporting Index
Spain are worth a look in the Tournament Team Goals for a buy at 6.5 - 7. There may not be a massive margin for error here but they should be able to hit double figures. They have a nice group with Greece, Sweden and Russia and they could get a hat full against the Russians. They are well capable of reaching the final which would give them the maximum amount of games in which to score goals. They should have the spread more or less covered by the time the group stage is over.
Buy Spain goals in the Tournament Team Goals market at 6.5 - 7 with Sporting Index
Best Euro 08 Spread Betting Sells
France are worth selling in the Outright Index at 35-38 points. They have a very difficult group and are in the hardest side of the draw. In order to progress to the semi finals (the only place this bet starts to make a loss) they are probably going to have to beat at least two of Italy, Holland and Spain. Even if they made it through to the semi finals which is unlikely, they would then have to play Italy once again in all likelihood. France are going to struggle to make it past the quarter finals (a quarter final finish produces a profit of 10 points) but they may even not qualify from the group which produces a whopping 35 point profit!
Sell France in the Outright Index at 35-38 with Sporting Index
Russia should be sold in the Group D Index at 6.5 - 8. There is pretty much no chance Russia will win the group with their reliance on their home form to get them to tournaments like this so if you presume the best finish they can hope for is second place that would produce a loss of 3.5 points. Russia should really struggle even against the likes of Greece and Sweden and will probably end up bottom of their group giving a profit of 6.5 points. Even if they scrape third place the profit will still be 1.5 points.
Sell Russia in the Group D Index at 6.5 - 8 with Sporting Index
Warning - Sports spread betting involves a high level of risk and you can lose more than your original stake. It is not suitable for everyone so please ensure you understand the risks involved and only bet with money you can afford to lose. Sporting Index is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority
