A better week for the tips but not enough to make December a positive month. Bundesliga was down 3.1% on the week and 14.5% on the month. Spain was up 3.7% on the week and down 7.3% on the month. EPL was up 16.7% on the week but down 0.6% on the month. And finally, France was down 7.3% on the week and down 1.7% on the month.

The combined tips were up 2.5% on the week but are down 7.5% on the month.

A losing week to start December. Combined bets lost 9.8% dragged down by the Bundesliga tips losing 11.8% and the EPL losing 14.8%, both outweighing France which was up again, by 6.0%. The Spanish tips were down 10.6%.

Results are in for week 14 and the month of November. Top of the tips for week 14 and the month was the Bundelsiga with a 41.5% gain on the week and 40.3% gain on the month. The Bundesliga now show a 30% return on the season.

The La Liga tips are the next best performer for the month which is typical after I removed them from the combined tips. Those tips lost 2.6% on the week but gained 8.7% on the month. It still leaves the Spanish tips down 35% on the season.

Ligue 1 tips were up 12% on the week and 2.5% on the month. Our French tips are now up 29% on the season.

The EPL tips lost 1.3% on the week to give a loss of 34.4% on the month. That also leaves the EPL tips down 6.1% on the season.

Our combined tips gained 18.6% on the week and 0.6% on the month and are now up 22% on the season.

A shockingly poor week of results for week 13, unlucky for some. A second poor week on the EPL with a loss of 16.6% leaves the EPL tips up just 13% on the season to date.

The Bundesliga tips were down 7.2% on the week and are down 8% on the season. Ligue 1 tips were down 4.3% on the week and are up 12% on the season. La Liga tips were up 5.6% on the week but are down 34% on the season.

The combined bets were down 9.8% this week and are up 3% on the season to date.

Two league tips finished up and two down for week 12, the first week of November’s bets. With 6 losing tips out of 10 on the EPL the loss was significant enough to push the combined bets into a loss for the week as well.

The Bundesliga bets performed the best this week with a gain of 6.8% which leaves the tips with a 1% loss on the season to date. The Ligue 1 tips were down 5.8% but are up 17% on the season. The Premier League tips were down 20.3% on the week leaving them up 14.1% on the season.

After taking the La Liga tips out of the combined bets they put in a weekly gain of 5.8% but they remain down 37% on the season. The combined bets lost 6.2% on the week but remain up 14.1% on the season.

You can see more details of the performance of our tips here.

Week 11 closes and with it so does October. It was another positive month with tips on 3 of the leagues up and just one faller.

Tips on the EPL showed a gain of 41.1% in October after a 2% fall on the week. Next on the performance ladder are the tips on the French Ligue 1 with gains of 18% on the month after a 10% fall on the week. Tips on the Spanish La Liga were up 10% on the week and up 3% on the month. The laggard this month were the tips on the Bundesliga which were down 5% on the month and 4% on the week.

Combined tips for all 4 leagues were down 1% on the week but up 28% on the month.

You can see more details of the performance of our tips here.

What a weekend of results. Man Utd were thrashed and Chelsea and Bayern Munich beaten by massive underdogs.

We had a full house of wins with tips on all 4 leagues showing gains. Most pleasing were new all-time highs on our tips for both the English Premier League and the French Ligue 1.

The EPL tips were up 31% on the weekend after backing QPR against Chelsea. The tips are now up 46.1% on the season. France’s Ligue 1 tips were up just 1% but now stand up 38% on the season to date. Bundeliga tips were up 15% and down 3% on the season. The Spanish tips were up 8% but are down 43% on the season.

Combined tips are up 22% on the season.

Almost a complete set of wins last week with just Spain letting us down. Taking all 4 leagues into account, the combined bets put in a strong gain of 14.1% for the week and are up 6.7% so far this month and also shows a gain of 2.5% for the season.

Top of the Pops this week was the Bundesliga with a gain of 19.3% and 2 (large) out of 9 winning bets, closely followed by France’s Ligue 1 at 18.4% and 10 (yes, 10) winning bets from 10. The Premier League wasn’t too far behind either with a gain of 12.3% and 9 winning bets from 10. Lagging behind was Spain’s La Liga with a loss of 2.7% and 6 winning bets from 10.

Two more weeks of bets left in October.

Another losing week for the combined bets with only France showing a gain. The Bundesliga showed the largest loss with 28% as it lost 8 from 9 matches. Spain lost 6.8% with a loss in 5 from 10 matches. The EPL fared better but still registered a loss of 2.4% even with 7 winning bets from 10. France gained 9.8% with 9 winning bets from 10 but it failed to save the combined bets from a loss of 6.5%.

Looking in the context of the long term though these results do not suggest any reason to doubt the performance of the betting algorithms. Take a look on this page at the chart showing the EPL results to see the losses compared with the long term gains since the start of last season.

Good and bad news for week 7. Moving into profit for the season after positive weeks are the Premier League and Ligue 1. Turning negative however is the Bundesliga whilst Spain’s La Liga continued its losses.

The Premier League gained 4.0% on the week and 20.5% over the month. We’re now positive for the season and 25.8% below the all time high set on 7 May 2011.

France’s Ligue 1 gained 13.0% on the week and 16.0% over the month. Winning bets are 63.8% which compares with a historical backtested percentage of 70.8%. Continued