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You wait ages for a scorer and three come along at once! Moffi, Fernandes and Greenwood all managed to hit the back of the net.

You'd still be in front by laying and down if backing. I'll pull some more coherent data together once we've got a slightly bigger sample.

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Home Away Player Sell Buy Mid Fair Lay Back Best
A Viila Newcastle Ings 30 32 31 2.16 1.95 2.38 2.25
C Palace Brentford Toney 19 22 20.5 2.97 2.68 3.27 2.625
Leeds Everton Bamford 24 26 25 2.54 2.29 2.80 2.5
Leeds Everton Calvert-Lewin 19 21 20 3.03 2.73 3.34 2.875
Man C Norwich Jesus 32 34 33 2.07 1.86 2.28 2.15
Man C Norwich Torres 30 31 30.5 2.19 1.97 2.41 2.15
Man C Norwich Gundogan 27 26 26.5 2.43 2.19 2.67 2.75
Man C Norwich Grealish 19 22 20.5 2.97 2.68 3.27 2.55
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Home Away Player Sell Buy Mid Fair Lay Back Best
Wolves Spurs Jiminez 19 22 20.5 2.97 2.68 3.27 2.9
Wolves Spurs Son 20 22 21 2.92 2.62 3.21 3
Southampton Man U Fernandes 27 28 27.5 2.36 2.13 2.60 2.25
Southampton Man U Greenwood 21 21 21 2.92 2.62 3.21 2.6
Southampton Man U Martial 19 21 20 3.03 2.73 3.34 2.625
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Ok, the data's starting to look a bit more realistic now though I think we've still got an unusually low strike rate for goalscorers which will make laying and selling look better than they really are. Here's some observations.

We've now had 55 starters and 17 of them have scored, 20 goals in total. That gives us average actual odds of 3.24 compared to 2.61 average best bookies odds.

Had you been able to lay every player at the target lay odds it would have returned 13.68 points profit. As it is though, I've only been matched on 5 players (3 fully for £10 and 2 part matched) for a profit of £37.70.

Had you backed every player at the target back odds you'd have lost 5.43 points. In reality, you'd have much more success getting a back matched than a lay. The reality of it is that there is usually liquidity to back players at prices as good as or better than the best price on Oddschecker, making laying at the target price quite difficult.

Selling every player's goal minutes for £1 per point would have yielded a profit of 465 points, buying on the same basis would have cost you 557. The average mid-point of the prices has been 24.76 while the average make up has been just 15.05. The profit from selling would have been £8.45 per bet. My experience with selling (albeit at higher prices) suggests that just under £7 per bet would be a more realistic return.

Will press on till at least a 100 player sample. Early conclusions; maybe the obvious message will just be sell, sell, sell! Laying at the target lay odds will probably be profitable on paper but not viable in reality giving how rare getting matched will be. It may be possible to identify a lay price that is profitable and achievable (but what's the point if selling knocks it into a cocked hat)!

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Home Away Player Sell Buy Mid Fair Lay Back Best
A Viila Brentford Ings 21 23 22 2.81 2.53 3.09 2.75
Brighton Everton Calvert-Lewin 20 22 21 2.92 2.62 3.21 3.1
Newcastle Southampton Wilson 22 24 23 2.71 2.44 2.98 2.4
Norwich Leicester Vardy 26 29 27.5 2.36 2.13 2.60 2.46
West Ham C Palace Antonio 28 30 29 2.27 2.04 2.50 2.4

Matched for 10 points lay on Ings at 2.52

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