Very disappointing performance from Portsmouth who just didn’t look like they were there to compete. I hope they haven’t written January off already due to the loss of 4 players to the Africa Cup. The model takes no account of losing players as it only tracks performance. There is an argument for manual adjustment of ratings but this is subjective and therefore best done outside the model.

PERFORMANCE OF ALGORITHM BETTING PREMIER LEAGUE FUND:

(Fund is % stakes and began 29/9/07)

Weekly movement in fund: +16.08%

Days ahead/(behind) target: + 88 days

Winning weeks (number of weeks showing gains/ total number of weeks since fund started): 12/14

% increase since the fund started: +167.47%

Risk (max weekly gain/max weekly loss, insufficient data for standard deviations):+49.6%/-21.9%