Barcelona v Real Madrid Offer – Unibet

It’s Barcelona v Real Madrid in El Clasico on Sunday and Unibet are getting in on the action! Simply bet £10.00+ on Barcelona v Real Madrid at odds of 2/1+ and if our bet wins, Unibet will give us a £10.00 free bet the following day. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential profit of £7.48 and here’s how…

Key Terms:

  • We must opt in to this offer to be eligible.
  • The minimum qualifying stake is £10.00.
  • Qualifying bets must be placed pre-match at odds of 2/1 or greater.
  • If our bet wins, Unibet will give us a £10.00 free bet the next day.

Qualifying Bet:

If you’re unfamiliar with qualifying bets, please see my Qualifying Bet Strategy page for a walk-through guide on how they should be done.

It’s entirely up to you what you place your qualifying bet on. Having looked at the odds available, we could place our qualifying bet on a Draw in the Full Time market.

At the time of writing, laying our bet at Smarkets gives us the smallest qualifying loss.

We can calculate our lay stakes using my matched betting calculator…

Back Bet (Bookie)

%

Lay Bet (Betting Exchange)

%

Min £
Max £
Lay stake required: £
Bookie
Exchange
Cashback
Total
If back (bookie) bet wins
£
£
£
= £
If lay (exchange) bet wins
£
£
£
= £
Total profit: £

Optimal Underlay

Lay stake required: £
Exchange liability: £

If back (bookie) bet wins: £
If lay (exchange) bet wins: £

Optimal Overlay

Lay stake required: £
Exchange liability: £

If back (bookie) bet wins: £
If lay (exchange) bet wins: £

As you can see, the calculator tells us that our lay stake should be £9.67…

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Place £10.00 on a draw @ 3.80 = Potential profit of £28.00

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Lay £9.67 on a draw @ 3.95 = Potential liability of £28.52

Let’s have a look at our potential profit/loss for the possible outcomes…

Draw + £28.00 – £28.52 + £8.00 (extract 80% from £10.00 free bet) = £7.48 profit
Not a draw – £10.00 + £9.47 (£9.67 minus 2% commission) = £0.53 loss

So, if the match is drawn, we’ll have made a profit of £7.48. If the match isn’t drawn, we’ll have made a loss of £0.53. Risking £0.53 to make a profit of £7.48 gives us effective odds of 15.11. So, given that the odds are just 3.80 for the match to be drawn, this a profitable offer in the long run.

If eligible, our £10.00 free bet will be credited within 24 hours of the match finishing and will be valid for 7 days. Free bet stakes are not returned with any winnings.

If you’re not sure how to extract 80% cash from a free bet, please see my Free Bet Strategy page for a walk-through guide on how it should be done.

*Barcelona won the match 5-1, resulting in a loss of £0.53 on this Unibet offer. *

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