Chucking a tenner on the team you follow on a weekend is an obligatory part of the weekend for many football fans up and down the country, but some of them will have seen that course of action proving very profitable indeed for them.
Data from the opening of the season in the top four leagues in England have shown that Peterborough are the single most profitable team to back to a level stake this term.
Followers of 'The Posh' will be feeling plush, with a tenner on them to win each of their game in League One this term returning £91.80 to anyone that’s stuck with that routine.
Up at the top of the English football pyramid, Javi Gracia’s Watford have been another friend of the ten-pound punter this term, leaving any Hornets that have lobbed a Jane Austin on their backs £85.60 in the green.
Odds-against wins at home to Crystal Palace and Tottenham, and another one away to flavour of the month Wolverhampton at an astonishing 9/2, have helped keep following them to level stakes a profitable endeavour so far this term.
Down at the foot of the pyramid it’s an altogether more sorrowful tale for the followers of Macclesfield Town, with the Cheshire club leaving any backers that have had a tenner on them each matchday £140.90 in the red.
Have a look at the top five most profitable and the five most costly sides to follow to a level stakes courtesy of the Sportsman Bet below.
- Peterborough: +£91.80
- Watford: +£85.60
- Norwich: +£79.30
- Portsmouth: +£72.00
- Coventry: +£62.00
Profit shown to a £10 win stake
- Macclesfield: -£140.90
- Ipswich: -£122.70
- Notts County: -£115.70
- Fulham: -£100.20
- Huddersfield: -£97.20
Profit shown to a £10 win stake
