Chelsea v Barcelona Offer – BoyleSports

It’s Chelsea v Barcelona in the Champions League on Tuesday and you don’t want to miss this Crossbar Double Winnings offer from BoyleSports! Simply place a pre-match bet on any market for Chelsea v Barcelona and if either side hits the crossbar, BoyleSports will double our winnings as a free bet. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a potential profit of £13.82 and here’s how…

The Terms:

We must opt-in to this promotion to be eligible.

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

If either team hits the crossbar, BoyleSports will double winnings on all pre-match markets as a free bet. The maximum stake for this offer is £20.00 and the maximum free bet is £500.00.

Just to clarify, the ball must strike the crossbar and rebound back into play. The side posts do not count for the purposes of this offer.

Qualifying Bet:

It’s entirely up to you what you place your qualifying bet on. At the time of writing, the lay odds aren’t quite tight enough, so I’ll use fictional odds for Barcelona in the following example and I’ll update the bottom of the post with an actual selection after the match.

I like to place my exchange lay bets with Betfair as they have great liquidity and the site is really easy to use.

We can calculate our lay stake 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 £19.81…

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Place £20.00 on Barcelona @ 2.05 = Potential profit of £21.00

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Lay £19.81 on Barcelona @ 2.12 = Potential liability of £22.18

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

Barcelona win and crossbar not struck + £21.00 – £22.18 = £1.18 loss
Barcelona win and crossbar struck + £21.00 – £22.18 + £15.00 (extract 75% from £20.00 free bet) = £13.82 profit
Barcelona don’t win – £20.00 + £18.81 = £1.19 loss

So, if Barcelona win and the crossbar is struck, we’ll make a nice profit of £13.82. However, if Barcelona don’t win or the crossbar isn’t struck, we’ll have made a maximum loss of £1.19. Risking £1.19 to make a profit of £13.91 gives us effective odds of 12.61, which I’m sure you’ll agree, makes this a profitable offer in the long run.

If eligible, free bets will be credited within 24 hours and will be valid for 7 days. Free bet stakes will not be included in any returns.

If you’re not sure how to extract 75% cash from a free bet, please see my Free Bet Strategy page for a walk-through guide on how it should be done.

* I was unable to find a suitable qualifying bet, so I decided to give this offer a miss. *

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Matt KirmanMatched Betting Blogger

Since 2014, I’ve blogged over £70,000 worth of profit, and made it my mission to make matched betting accessible to everyone.