Football Spread Betting - Total Bookings

Staff Writer - 19 Nov 2009

How many cards will the referee show during a match?

Their simple scoring system allocates 10 points for a yellow card (maximum one per player) and 25 points for a red card. If a player gets a yellow card and then a second yellow card (i.e. red card for two yellows) then he is awarded 10 + 25 = 35 points.

As an example SportingIndex might offer a Bookings prediction of 44-48 points in a Manchester United v Manchester City derby match. This means that SportingIndex think there will be somewhere between 4 or 5 yellow cards shown. If there were 3 yellow cards and 1 red, the result would be 55 points.

Had you bought (gone high) on Bookings at 48 you would have won 7 times your stake, in this case £10 per point: (55 - 48) x your stake = 7 x £10 = £70. But if you had gone low at 44, you would have lost 11 times your stake: (44 - 55) x your stake = -11 x £10 = -£110.





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