It’s Leicester v Man City in the FA Community Shield on Saturday and you don’t want to miss this Sky Bet free bet offer! Opt in and place a single £5.00 bet during the first half of Leicester v Man City and Sky Bet will give us a £5.00 free bet to use on the second half. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a guaranteed profit of £3.50 and here’s how…
Key terms
- Available to the first 55,000 qualifying bets only when they opt in to the offer.
- Applies to bets placed during the first half of Leicester v Man City (17:15) on Saturday 7th August 2021.
- The opt-in will be available until 18:45.
- Minimum stake of £5.00.
- Minimum odds of 1.50 (1/2).
Qualifying bet
If you’d like more information about qualifying bets and how they work, please see my qualifying bets guide.
Smarkets works best for this offer
For this offer, Smarkets are the best option due to Sky Bet being part of the same group as Betfair.
Laying your bet at Betfair would probably be fine, but if you don’t want to risk it, Smarkets is your safest bet.
- 0% commission for 60 days.
- Extend for 30 days via MBB at any time.
We can calculate our lay stake using my Matched Betting Calculator.
Free bet
Our £5.00 free bet will be credited upon placement of our qualifying bet and will not be subject to an expiry period.
Using straightforward matched betting, we should be able to convert our free bet into 75% cash, so £3.75. If we take into account our expected qualifying loss of £0.25, this gives us a guaranteed profit of £3.50 on this Sky Bet offer!
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Miss Stockings
Guest userHello,
I’ve never done this first half/second half type of offer. I’ve always played ‘in play’ football at half-time when the markets are calmer.
What’s the best strategy here?
Matt
1593If it’s a televised match that you can keep an eye on, you can wait for a break in play. This should make things easier as the odds will fluctuate less.
Failing that, if you’re not comfortable with in play betting, there is always the option of treating the offer as advantage play and punting the free bet. The most you can lose on the offer is your small qualifying loss of around £0.25.
I hope that helps.