Sky Bet – Man Utd v Newcastle Boost

It’s Man Utd v Newcastle in the Premier League on Saturday and you don’t want to miss this Sky Bet price boost! They’ve enhanced Cristiano Ronaldo to score from 1/2 to a rather nice 2/1. Translated into matched betting terms, this gives us a guaranteed profit of £3.61 and here’s how…

Price boost

The maximum stake may vary per customer, but it’s likely to be £10.00.

For a walkthrough of how to lay price boosts, please see my price boosts 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

We can calculate our lay stake using my Matched Betting Calculator

Select bet type

Back Bet (Bookie)

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Lay Bet (Betting Exchange)

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Lay stake required: £
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If back (bookie) bet wins
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If lay (exchange) bet wins
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Total profit: £

As you can see, the calculator tells us that our lay stake should be £13.89…

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Place £10.00 on ‘Cristiano Ronaldo to score’ @ 3.00 = Potential profit of £20.00

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Lay £13.89 on ‘Cristiano Ronaldo’ (Anytime Goalscorer) @ 2.18 = Potential liability of £16.39

Outcomes

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

OutcomeSky BetSmarketsProfit/Loss
Ronaldo scores+ £20.00– £16.39£3.61 profit
Ronaldo doesn’t score– £10.00+ £13.61£3.61 profit

So, no matter the outcome, we’ll make a guaranteed profit of £3.61 on this Sky Bet price boost!

If you would prefer a risk-free shot at a higher profit, you can simply open up the ‘ADVANCED‘ section of the calculator and click the ‘Underlay‘ tab for a risk-free potential profit of £7.96.

* Ronaldo scored twice, resulting in a profit of £3.61 on this Sky Bet offer. *

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Matt KirmanMatched Betting Blogger

Since 2014, I’ve blogged over £85,000 worth of profit, and made it my mission to make matched betting accessible to everyone.