Early Bird Banker Accumulator Sat 1st December – Profiting From Slow starts

This week I’ve been scouting for some extra value and I believe I’ve found some with what I like to call, The Early Bird Banker! This is basically a little accumulator that bets on there being no goal in the first 10 minutes of a match.

Teams that are notoriously slow to get out of the blocks play this way regularly to get a feel for possession and their opposition. I think that regardless of who is playing, a team that plays this way can offer great value on the Under 0.5 Goals – 10 Minutes market.

Here’s some selections for the upcoming fixture list this weekend spanning from Friday night to Monday.

Total odds pays 7.20/1 on Bet365, which is probably one of the only bookies to offer this market anyway:

Birmingham vs Middlesbrough – 2/9 Fri
Saturday 3.00pm
Birmingham have not scored in the opening 10 minutes of a game all season and Middlesbrough have only scored 2 goals.

Notts Forest vs Hull – 2/9 Sat
Saturday 3.00pm
Forest have failed to score in the opening 10 minutes of any home game this season and have only conceded 1 goal as well

Newcastle vs Wigan – 2/9 Mon
Newcastle are yet to score a goal in the first 10 minutes at home this season and have only conceded 1 goal in the process. Away from home, Wigan have neither scored or conceded in the first 10 minutes of any match so far this season.

QPR vs Aston Villa – 2/9 Sat
QPR have only scored once in the opening 10 minutes of a game this season and have conceded 2. Aston Villa have neither scored or conceded in the first 10 minutes of a match away from home so far.

Norwich vs Sunderland – 1/5 Sun
Between the two teams they have only scored 1 goal in the first 10 minutes of games this season. Norwich are yet to score a home goal in the first 10 minutes of a match.

Getafe vs Malaga – 1/5 Sat
Getafe are yet to score or concede a home goal in the first 10 minutes of a match. Malaga haven’t scored an early goal either and have only conceded 1 this season.

Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao – 2/5 Sat
Surprisingly, Barcelona have been slow starters at home this season, scoring only once in the first 10 minutes of a match. Whilst they can be dangerous, we all know that, the odds on offer are great considering that Athletic Bilbao are yet to score or concede in the first 10 minutes of a match so far this season away from home.

Inter Milan vs Palermo – 2/7 Sun
Inter Milan are yet to score or concede at home so far in the first 10 minutes of a game. Palermo are yet to score or concede an away goal so far in the first 10 minutes of a game.

Brest vs Marseille – 2/11 Sun
Brest have scored the fewest 1st half goals of anyone in the French Ligue 1 and are yet to score in the first 10 minutes of a match. Marseille are not only yet to score in the first 10 minutes of a game away from home, they are yet to score in the first half of any away match this season.

Bordeaux vs Sochaux – 1/5 Sat
Bordeaux have scored only 1 goal in the first half of any home game this season and are yet to score in the first 10 minutes of a home game. Away from home, Sochaux have scored only 1 first half goal and are also yet to score quickly.