Sporting Life (football): football prediction source record

Record overview

• 66 recorded before kick-off · since 6 Oct 2026

Record details and history below

About this publishing channel

Sporting Life (football) is a publishing channel. Its predictions are tracked as a source record.

Named authors at Sporting Life

• Jake Osgathorpe 24 settled archived picks here · 472 predictions
• Joe Townsend 6 settled archived picks here · 30 predictions
• Jimmy 'The Punt' Cantrill 3 settled archived picks here · 33 predictions
• Tom Carnduff 3 settled archived picks here · 68 predictions

Each author's record is on their own page and is not part of the product totals above.

Its own published record, checked

• 11 October 2026 · This Week's Acca — Not directly comparable: the source counts a special payout (2UP); the method settles the standard market.
• 11 October 2026 · Jake Osgathorpe — Not directly comparable: the season total is published without its rows, and the stake of each bet (0.25 to 2.5 points) sits outside the published record, so the total is the source’s own figure; the claimed period starts on 1 August 2026, before our collection of this source began (28 September 2026).
• 11 October 2026 · Jake Osgathorpe — Its own rows add up to +7.45 points, not the +7.95 claimed. Not directly comparable: each row of its record is a whole column of several bets with one total, and the stake of each bet (0.25 to 2.5 points) sits outside the published record, so the total is the source’s own figure.

How the source counts and how we recount the same picks: each check, and the full list of record checks.

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Recorded before kick-off: supporting evidence

Eligible price: a market price that meets the price rule of its part of the record; the return is calculated on picks with one. Definition.

How the market price is set

Recorded before kick-off, graded after the match

36 predictions recorded before kick-off. Right in 12 of 36.

Prices implied by market

By market: Match result 2 of 8 (2 W / 6 L, average odds 2.75) Small sample (8); Over/under goals 3 of 3 (3 W / 0 L, average odds 2.50) Small sample (3); Result and both teams to score 0 of 3 (0 W / 3 L, average odds 3.56) Small sample (3); Draw no bet 1 of 2 (1 W / 1 L, average odds 2.83) Small sample (2); Player to score 1 of 2 (1 W / 1 L, average odds 2.00) Small sample (2); Other markets 1 of 3 (1 W / 2 L) Small sample (3).

The implied share is the average of 1 ÷ price; it includes the bookmaker margin, so it is slightly above a fair chance. Markets with low prices are won more often, so a share of picks won says little on its own. 1 pick left out: void, or half won or half lost on a quarter-goal line.

An author-quoted price is the price the article offered; the headline return uses the market price in the last column.

Score forecasts without a betting market price

Outcome checked. No betting return is attributed to these score forecasts.

None of the 2 score forecasts named the exact score.

The result implied by the named score was right in 0 of 1 match; the market favourite was right in 1 of the same match.

A pre-match market favourite is known for 1 of 2 forecasts; the comparison uses only those.

The market favourite is the home win, draw or away win with the lowest price in our own odds snapshot taken before kick-off.

The implied result follows from the named score (2-1 implies a home win).

Record details and history

Record details

• Most recorded: Match result (1X2) · 15 matches

  Match result (1X2) 6/15 (15 matches); Bet-builder combos 1/9 (9 matches); Goalscorer picks 2/9 (9 matches); Team goals and win to nil 2/9 (7 matches); Player props 3/6 (6 matches); Corners and cards 2/4 (4 matches); Double chance and draw no bet 1/3 (3 matches); Goals over/under 3/4 (3 matches)

  Most recorded bet type: the rule

• Exact scores · 0/2

  Exact scores: the rule

• Minority calls · 0/1

  Result calls on matches with at least 8 other tipsters and sources, where at least 60.0% of them named another outcome.

  Minority calls: the rule

• Longest price: correct at 2.15 · 17 Oct 2026

  Everton v Chelsea · Away win at 2.15 (our pre-match price)

  Correct at a long price: the rule

Each title is a fact about past picks, by published rules. How titles work

What kind of number is this?

Measured

Settled by us from the final score. Supporting evidence: Directly observed in a source or timestamped capture. Here: the moment we first captured each prediction; our pre-match market snapshot of each settled pick.

Stated

The source’s own claim, shown as published. Reported by the source; not independently confirmed. Here: the publication date a source page shows; the price an author quoted.

Calculated

Derived from the listed inputs under a published rule. Here: outcomes against the final score; returns, intervals and the share of picks won.

Unknown

Not established from the evidence available. Here: who made the predictions whose attribution is under review.

The four data statuses

What this record covers

We monitor the sources listed below. This is not a complete record of everything Sporting Life (football) has published.

Source we monitor

sportinglife.com

Channels

website

Watched by us

26 September – 7 November 2026

Without a match page

198 predictions

Attribution under review

37 predictions, kept out of this record’s totals

Stated price vs market

How the prices this source stated compare with an independent market price of the same selection. Calculated from the picks where both prices are known; a gap can come from market movement or from one bookmaker offering more than the market, so it describes the stated prices, not the reason for them.

Our market price when we first recorded the pick — our market price for the same selection when we first recorded the pick (median of bookmakers in our price feed; failing that, the first price within 2 hours after, always before kick-off). Difference = the source's stated price ÷ the market price of the same selection − 1. A pick counts as above the market when the stated price is more than 5.0% higher. Each basis is its own comparison; they are never added together. A pair whose prices differ more than twofold is marked “price disputed”: it is probably not the same selection, so it is left out of this comparison and of every return at the source’s price until a manual check confirms the price. A price that the quoted text does not give is marked “price disputed” in the same way.

Largest gaps: 2.00 against 3.55 (−43.7%) · 8.50 against 6.50 (+30.8%)

Source's response

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Coverage and exclusions

One set of records: the source’s statements. Each count is a part of the one above it. What each word means · What coverage says.

Statements

686

Predictions

341

Qualifying picks

48

Settled picks

32

Here a pick counts as settled when it has a result at any recorded price; the numbers at the top use only the price rule of their own part of the record.

Statements that are not predictions: 152 opinions and 192 not about a match.

How this return was calculated

Every settled pick in “Recorded before kick-off, at our recorded market price” is a stake of 100 points at our recorded market price, a pre-match snapshot of the same selection. The net result (−357.72 points) is the sum of the profit and loss of these 22 settled live picks; the return is the net result divided by the total staked (2,100 points), void picks excluded (1 void). Definition of return on stakes · How a pick is settled.

Other prices of the same picks are compared row by row in each part of the record above; they are never added to this number.

Separate comparison window — last 90 days: −17.0% on 22 live picks settled in this window · 19 matches · 11 October – 7 November 2026 (calculated, method v2.2). How comparison windows are counted

Changes to this record

Earlier figures stay here with the reason: new results, extended coverage, a correction or a method change. Corrections are also listed in the corrections log.

Coverage extended · 7 November 2026

Before

−30.8% on 18 settled picks across 16 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2 Small sample (18)

After

−17.0% on 22 settled picks across 19 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2 Small sample (22)

Added 3 earlier picks for matches played before the previous record update (found in archives or newly matched to a fixture); also 1 new result.

Coverage extended · 7 November 2026

Before

−38.1% on 17 settled picks across 15 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2 Small sample (17)

After

−30.8% on 18 settled picks across 16 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2 Small sample (18)

Added 1 earlier pick for matches played before the previous record update (found in archives or newly matched to a fixture).

New results · 6 November 2026

Before

−29.2% on 15 settled picks across 14 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2 Small sample (15)

After

−38.1% on 17 settled picks across 15 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2 Small sample (17)

2 new settled picks from matches played after the previous record update.

New results · 5 November 2026

Before

−60.8% on 13 settled picks across 12 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2 Small sample (13)

After

−29.2% on 15 settled picks across 14 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2 Small sample (15)

2 new settled picks from matches played after the previous record update.

Coverage extended · 4 November 2026

Before

−57.2% on 11 settled picks across 10 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2 Small sample (11)

After

−60.8% on 13 settled picks across 12 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2 Small sample (13)

Added 2 earlier picks for matches played before the previous record update (found in archives or newly matched to a fixture).

New results · 2 November 2026

Before

−429.17 points on 9 settled picks across 8 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

After

−57.2% on 11 settled picks across 10 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2 Small sample (11)

2 new settled picks from matches played after the previous record update.

Coverage extended · 1 November 2026

Before

−229.17 points on 7 settled picks across 7 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

After

−429.17 points on 9 settled picks across 8 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

Added 2 earlier picks for matches played before the previous record update (found in archives or newly matched to a fixture).

New results · 27 October 2026

Before

−129.17 points on 6 settled picks across 6 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

After

−229.17 points on 7 settled picks across 7 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

1 new settled pick from matches played after the previous record update.

New results · 25 October 2026

Before

−29.17 points on 5 settled picks across 5 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

After

−129.17 points on 6 settled picks across 6 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

1 new settled pick from matches played after the previous record update.

Coverage extended · 22 October 2026

Before

−16.67 points on 2 settled picks across 2 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

After

−29.17 points on 5 settled picks across 5 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

Added 3 earlier picks for matches played before the previous record update (found in archives or newly matched to a fixture).

New results · 21 October 2026

Before

+83.33 points on 1 settled pick across 1 match · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

After

−16.67 points on 2 settled picks across 2 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

1 new settled pick from matches played after the previous record update.

Data corrected · 19 October 2026

Before

+5.31 points on 3 settled picks across 3 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

After

+83.33 points on 1 settled pick across 1 match · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

Data corrected: 2 picks left the headline sample.

New results · 17 October 2026

Before

−16.67 points on 2 settled picks across 2 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

After

+5.31 points on 3 settled picks across 3 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

1 new settled pick from matches played after the previous record update.

New results · 17 October 2026

Before

+83.33 points on 1 settled pick across 1 match · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

After

−16.67 points on 2 settled picks across 2 matches · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

1 new settled pick from matches played after the previous record update.

Method changed · 11 October 2026

Before

no published headline number

After

+83.33 points on 1 settled pick across 1 match · independent odds snapshot · method 2.2

(11 October 2026): the live market price of a pick is the market price at the moment the pick was first recorded, before kick-off. First headline number for this record: 1 settled pick.

Who this is

Last recorded by us

7 November 2026, the date of this page's data

Observed

26 September 2026 — 7 November 2026

Channels

website

Statements other than predictions (38 shown)

• “Hansi Flick’s visitors are a best-priced 5/6 to win, and I'd want at least evens.” — 6 November 2026, 15:40 GMT · source
• “Barcelona have the edge, but current prices on the Blaugrana are unappealing.” — 6 November 2026, 15:40 GMT · source
• “The main one is that Atletico Madrid have struggled against better opposition this season: they ” — 6 November 2026, 15:40 GMT · source
• “Manager Bruno Genesio may rotate, which would weaken the side.” — 6 November 2026, 15:40 GMT · source
• “Fatigue is the concern for the visitors: eight of the players that started in their 2-0 (home) win” — 6 November 2026, 15:40 GMT · source
• “Under-pressure manager Yannick Cahuzac will make changes to the team as he and the players look to” — 6 November 2026, 15:40 GMT · source
• “How does a team react to a 9-1 home defeat in the Champions League? We don’t know - because it has” — 6 November 2026, 15:40 GMT · source
• “Was the Roma turnaround the start of a comeback for Michael Carrick as Manchester United?” — 6 November 2026, 15:27 GMT · source
• “We can get 9/2 about Truffert which looks a touch big, especially with the referee appointment here.” — 6 November 2026, 15:27 GMT · source
• “The underlying data stacks up too, meaning their odds-on price here is tempting.” — 6 November 2026, 15:27 GMT · source
• “Manchester United should probably be opposed given their current form but for a Super Sunday Bet Builder, I think there’s better ways to approach this one than the 1x2.” — 6 November 2026, 16:04 GMT · source
• “Has there ever been a time where so many Premier League managers have been under such pressure?” — 6 November 2026, 16:47 GMT · source
• “There is every chance he toasts that new deal by delivering a tactical masterclass and ending Carrick” — 6 November 2026, 12:45 GMT · source
• “It's the FA Cup 1st Round, a weekend of whimsy and magic where literally anything is possible.” — 5 November 2026, 17:08 GMT · source
• “Would you believe I’d actually be up on site for the season if it wasn’t for this weekly edition of EFL tips” — 5 November 2026, 17:08 GMT · source
• “And it STINKS of a 'cupset'.” — 5 November 2026, 11:27 GMT · source
• “Outside of Boreham Wood, a case could be made that Harrogate and AFC Fylde are the most exciting teams” — 5 November 2026, 11:27 GMT · source
• “The Lions beat Leek 4-1 midweek, making it eight games unbeaten with seven wins in that time.” — 5 November 2026, 11:27 GMT · source
• “This is another game I feel that has the potential to be a corker” — 5 November 2026, 11:27 GMT · source
• “Those who follow me on ‘X’ will know my love for JOHL POWELL.” — 5 November 2026, 11:27 GMT · source

• We are committed in our support of safer gambling. Recommended bets are advised to over-18s and we

  6 Nov 2026, 15:27 GMT · Source

• All odds correct at 15:30 GMT (06/11/26)

  6 Nov 2026, 15:27 GMT · Source

• Across the same sample of six league matches, Villa have drawn six cards from the 12 opposing central

  6 Nov 2026, 15:27 GMT · Source

• Across his 10 games in all competitions, Kavanagh has shown a whopping 56 cards (5.6 per game)

  6 Nov 2026, 15:27 GMT · Source

• Chris Kavanagh has been on a tear with his cards this season, some are calling it a generational run.

  6 Nov 2026, 15:27 GMT · Source

• Both the Neto bets are slightly better priced with BetVictor (10/11 and 5/1), but we will be taking the bets with bet365 as they offer super sub.

  6 Nov 2026, 15:27 GMT · Source

• TV: Sky Sports Cricket

  6 Nov 2026, 15:27 GMT · Source

• *All player prop prices chosen with Super Sub bar Maguire card

  6 Nov 2026, 15:27 GMT · Source

• 1pt at 28/1 (bet365) - Super Sub available

  6 Nov 2026, 16:04 GMT · Source

• Michael Carrick - EVS

  6 Nov 2026, 16:47 GMT · Source

• Despite conceding an early goal through a Joao Gomes error Emery's counter-attacking gameplan was

  6 Nov 2026, 12:45 GMT · Source

• Tuesday's fightback against Roma, when a re-taken Bruno Fernandes penalty and Matheus Cunha brace

  6 Nov 2026, 12:45 GMT · Source

• Cheltenham beat Chesterfield 2-1 at the end of September as the home win and both teams to score bet clicked at 9/2.

  5 Nov 2026, 17:08 GMT · Source

• Both firms include 2UP settlement terms meaning if a team goes two goals ahead at any point

  5 Nov 2026, 15:52 GMT · Source

• Yeovil are the division below but sit fifth in the league after an impressive start to the campaign

  5 Nov 2026, 11:27 GMT · Source

• I like to call this one the “Jimmy the Punt experiment”.

  5 Nov 2026, 11:27 GMT · Source

• Their away games are averaging just shy of four goals per game, with BTTS landing in 5/7

  5 Nov 2026, 11:27 GMT · Source

• The Ammies lost their opening three games but are 11 unbeaten in the league

  5 Nov 2026, 11:27 GMT · Source

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