West Bromwich Albion have made me smile.........for once

I never thought I would hear myself say this but I am glad that West Bromwich Albion won today, even if it means they will be more confident in next week's crucial Black Country derby with my team Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Today West Brom faced Aston Villa in a West Midlands showdown and emerged 2-1 victors, putting a smile on my face in the process. The Baggies are the team I most despise in the world but I decided to have a cheeky little punt on them.

Prior to kick off one of my contacts, who is a bit of a statistic freak, told me that Aston Villa had lost a staggering 23 points from winning positions, to add to this West Brom had conveniently won 23 points from losing scenarios.

With that in mind I decided to have a look at the odds being offered for Aston Villa to win the first half and West Brom to manage to overturn this and win the game. Another stat my contact informed me of was that Villa had won their five of the last ten meetings between the two teams 2-1 and West Brom had only won once.

I failed to let this stat deter me and continued to scour the internet for the best priced odds offered on this result. I looked at Coral, Ladbrokes, William Hill, Bet365 and Sportingbet before finding that Betfair offered the best odds on Aston Villa/ West Brom HT/FT  at 33/1.

It may not be clear but it shows what I put on

These were absolutely quality odds in my opinion and I couldn't resist a cheeky bet on this so placed £2 on this outcome. Much to my delight when I checked my Betfair balance at 5pm this afternoon it read £65, happy days.

Although 33 multiplied by two gives you 66 plus the original £2 bet, Betfair have a commission fee on any winnings and they decided to deduct £3 from my winnings, as you can see in the picture.

Even with the deductions the win sees my betting reach a milestone, it sees me reach £100 profit. To see how my bets have fared over the last few weeks please see the Profit and Loss section of this website.

The bet I put on had come in and I am now happy West Brom won, for the first and last time. Hopefully there will be no more derby victories for the guys in Blue and White.