Relegation odds?

[Staffsoatcake]

The teams below & just above us are around 2/1 to odds on to go down.

Yet we are are around 7/1,that's a big gap seeing that there is nothing in it points wise between us.

Why is there such a gap?

[BristolMick]

Feb 18, 2024 10:41:13 GMT Staffsoatcake said:

The teams below & just above us are around 2/1 to odds on to go down.

Yet we are are around 7/1,that's a big gap seeing that there is nothing in it points wise between us.

Why is there such a gap?

8/1 on B365. It’s as nailed on a bet as you can possibly get for those kind of odds. We are now one of the worst sides in this division bereft of confidence and incapable of scoring goals at one end or stopping them at the other to the consistency needed.

[mickstupp]

I stuck a free £1 on us at 13/2

[Pricey]

We've got to be about 3/1 at the moment. That still means we get out of it 75% of the time. Not sure what this 7/1 and 8/1 is about. 3/1 and shortening slightly with every game we don't win I say.

[bigvern]

7/1 after the Blackburn defeat.

11/1 after the QPR victory.

11/2 after the Coventry defeat.

[Scouse]

Markets and odds are governed by the money placed as much as the likelihood of an event happening

And because the bottom 3/4 have been there for a while , the majority of bets / money placed has been placed on them .with.less money spent on the more speculative clubs , unless they too drop into the bottom 3 and come to the markets attention .

long term / season long Football markets tend to be comparatively small .. waiting 9 months for your money back doesn’t make good sense to serious gamblers

There two sides small speculative cover your beer money bets and serious money bets .. serious bets are fewer in number ..serious gamblers don’t tend waste their money on just a punt , or lock it up for long periods , if serious money is placed the odds will move 

[suck_the_mop.]

Got my tenner on 2 weeks ago at 12/1 soften the disappointment a bit 😥