For some unknown reason both Npower leagues do not fair too well on the BTTS front. League One just managing 56% of BTTS. They do, however have a better return than League Two. At this point in time, teams have played 21 games. Bournemouth lead the way with 16 BTTS games. Leyton Orient bring up the rear with just 7 such games.
Goal totals with for and against split.
BTTS Goals - statistics League One
| Team | Goals | GF/GA |
|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | 69 | 36/33 |
| Carlisle | 68 | 27/41 |
| Coventry | 61 | 33/28 |
| Yeovil | 61 | 30/31 |
| Scunthorpe | 60 | 21/39 |
| Portmouth | 60 | 27/33 |
| Preston | 59 | 32/27 |
| Crawley | 59 | 29/30 |
| Bury | 58 | 23/35 |
| Walsall | 58 | 23/35 |
| Stevenage | 56 | 29/27 |
| Tranmere | 56 | 38/18 |
| Colchester | 56 | 23/33 |
| Crewe | 55 | 27/28 |
| Hartlepools | 54 | 15/39 |
| Shrewsbury | 52 | 23/29 |
| Notts. City | 52 | 32/20 |
| Brenford | 52 | 31/21 |
| Swindon | 48 | 30/18 |
| M.K. Dons | 47 | 30/17 |
| Doncaster | 47 | 30/17 |
| Sheff. Utd | 47 | 29/18 |
| Leyton. O. | 47 | 24/23 |
| oldham | 46 | 22/24 |
These stats show that some sides are involved in games where goals are quite easy to come by. Some teams, like Bournemouth seem to indulge in scoring and conceding on a regular basis. However stats do indicate that some sides do defend quite competently. Others, however seem to find a little difficulty in actually scoring a goal. Hartlepools spring to mind.
Below is a listing of teams with their BTTS efforts. All teams have played twenty one matches.
Both Teams to Score - League One
| Team | BTTS Matches | % of matches |
|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth | 16 | 76% |
| Coventry | 15 | 71% |
| Carlisle | 15 | 71% |
| Bury | 14 | 67% |
| Stevenage | 14 | 67% |
| Preston | 14 | 67% |
| Walsall | 14 | 67% |
| Barentford | 13 | 62% |
| Scunthorpe | 13 | 62% |
| Porthmouth | 13 | 62% |
| Shrewsbury | 12 | 57% |
| Hartlepools | 11 | 52% |
| Crawley | 11 | 52% |
| Sheff. Utd | 11 | 52% |
| Tranmere | 11 | 52% |
| Oldham | 10 | 48% |
| Colchester | 10 | 48% |
| Notts. Cty | 10 | 48% |
| Doncaster | 10 | 48% |
| Swondon | 8 | 38% |
| M. K. Dons | 8 | 38% |
| Leyton. O | 7 | 33% |
Eleven of the sides listed above, have performed better than the average for the whole League One. These stats aren’t as clear cut as the two sets we’ve seen previously. Nevertheless they should prove useful to an experienced punter. Perhaps it may prove worthwhile sticking to the best eleven and either discard or otherwise depending on their opponents on a particular match day. It might also be worthwhile keeping a weather eye on those clubs which have an up and down type of record. Reliable one day but not the next.
Clubs showing a good consistent record of locking the opposition out, are definitely the kind to leave alone. There are four teams who have conceded less than 20 goals so far this season and only one of them has a better than 50% record BTTS-wise.
Use these figures together with your experience and give the bookie sa bashing and win yourself a few pounds towards those Christmas bills and expenses.
A general look at all the English top five leagues shows that a minimum expectation, on any match day, should be 50% of BTTS results. That in itself should be a good pointer to an even greater crop of money making possibilities.
Remember, bet sensibly. Only bet with money you can afford to lose. Best of luck.
-> BTTS for Premier League
-> BTTS Betting Premiership
(This article was written on the December 20th by our expert Cyril but our editor was very busy and did not manage to publish until now. Sorry for that!)
