Pinnacle Podcast

Pinnacle Podcast

A unique betting podcast from world’s sharpest bookmaker, sharing expert betting insight and explaining how betting works. Gamble responsibly.

  1. 1d ago

    Betting Before the Longest International Break Ever: How to Prepare & Best Bets | Pinnacle FC Ep. 115

    The international break is coming... on Episode 115 of Pinnacle FC, Gareth Wheeler and Jake Osgathorpe use EPL gameweek 5, La Liga matchday 7, Serie A matchday 5, and Bundesliga matchday 4 as a live guide to navigating a weekend of fixtures that carries an extra layer of complexity: it's the last domestic football before the longest international break the modern game has seen. A two-week window, earlier in the calendar than ever before, creates unique considerations for bettors that go beyond the usual pre-break noise. How does a team's mentality shift when a long break is around the corner? How should it affect your approach to futures markets, in-play bets, and same-game parlays? And what should you be doing with your betting positions before two weeks of international football reshapes the domestic landscape? Gareth and Jake break it all down before going game by game through a packed weekend across all four leagues. EPL headliners include Tottenham vs Aston Villa, Brighton vs Arsenal, and Bournemouth vs Liverpool — all getting the full in-depth treatment — alongside La Liga matchday 7, Serie A matchday 5, and Bundesliga matchday 4. Best bets and the reasoning behind every pick are woven throughout. 📺 Subscribe to Pinnacle on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pinnaclesportsbook 📲 Follow Pinnacle on: Twitter/X: twitter.com/Pinnacle Instagram: pinnacle.betting Facebook: facebook.com/PinnacleSports 👥 Twitter/X handles: Gareth Wheeler - @GarethWheeler Jake Osgathorpe - @JAKEOZZ ⚠️ Gambling is age-restricted. T&Cs apply. Please gamble responsibly. Visit our responsible gaming page for more information and support: https://www.pinnacle.com/en/future/responsible-gaming/curacao

    Betting Before the Longest International Break Ever: How to Prepare & Best Bets | Pinnacle FC Ep. 115
  2. 6d ago

    Early Season Trends in Soccer Betting: When to Trust Them & How to Use Them | Pinnacle FC Ep. 114

    Trends are everywhere at the start of a season, but knowing which ones are worth betting on and which ones will disappear by October is one of the most valuable skills a soccer bettor can develop. On Episode 114 of Pinnacle FC, Gareth Wheeler and Jake Osgathorpe deliver a focused, teachable breakdown of the early season trends that are shaping the markets across Europe's top leagues right now and the framework for deciding when a trend has become legitimately bettable. Goals are up across the board. Defensive-minded soccer appears to be in retreat. Recruiting patterns are shifting in ways that are already showing up in the data. The Bundesliga is producing numbers that demand attention. Gareth and Jake break down each trend in depth — what's driving it, whether it's structural or a small-sample spike, and crucially, how much data you actually need before a trend becomes something you should be pricing into your bets. 📺 Subscribe to Pinnacle on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pinnaclesportsbook 📲 Follow Pinnacle on: Twitter/X: twitter.com/Pinnacle Instagram: pinnacle.betting Facebook: facebook.com/PinnacleSports 👥 Twitter/X handles: Gareth Wheeler - @GarethWheeler Jake Osgathorpe - @JAKEOZZ ⚠️ Gambling is age-restricted. T&Cs apply. Please gamble responsibly. Visit our responsible gaming page for more information and support: https://www.pinnacle.com/en/future/responsible-gaming/curacao

    Early Season Trends in Soccer Betting: When to Trust Them & How to Use Them | Pinnacle FC Ep. 114
  3. Sep 6

    Champions League Matchday 1: Draw Reaction, Market Movement & Best Bets | Pinnacle FC Ep. 112

    The Champions League is back! On Episode 112 of Pinnacle FC, Gareth Wheeler and Jake Osgathorpe use the opening matchday of the 2026-27 league phase as a live guide to betting Europe's biggest club competition: how to read the outright market at the start of a new campaign, how to size your bets as the league phase takes shape, and how to approach a full slate of Champions League fixtures with a sharp, process-driven methodology. The episode opens with a full futures market breakdown: who the market is pricing as genuine contenders, where the value lies beyond the obvious favourites, and how the early league phase schedule can influence your outright positions. Gareth and Jake break down how to read Champions League markets differently from domestic football, why the competition's expanded format creates unique betting opportunities, and what to watch for as the league phase develops week by week. Then it's game by game through the matchday one slate: Real Madrid vs Inter, Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid, Napoli vs Arsenal, Barcelona vs Feyenoord, PSG vs Slovan Bratislava, Porto vs Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund vs Villarreal, and Bayern Munich vs Bodo/Glimt all get the full treatment. Best bets, market analysis, and the reasoning behind every pick are woven throughout, giving you a framework you can apply to every Champions League matchday this season. 📺 Subscribe to Pinnacle on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pinnaclesportsbook 📲 Follow Pinnacle on: Twitter/X: twitter.com/Pinnacle Instagram: pinnacle.betting Facebook: facebook.com/PinnacleSports 👥 Twitter/X handles: Gareth Wheeler - @GarethWheeler Jake Osgathorpe - @JAKEOZZ ⚠️ Gambling is age-restricted. T&Cs apply. Please gamble responsibly. Visit our responsible gaming page for more information and support: https://www.pinnacle.com/en/future/responsible-gaming/curacao

    Champions League Matchday 1: Draw Reaction, Market Movement & Best Bets | Pinnacle FC Ep. 112
  4. Sep 4

    How the Transfer Window Moves Betting Markets: A Complete Guide | Pinnacle FC Ep. 111

    The transfer window: a misunderstood force in soccer betting? It can be one of the most exploitable for bettors who know how to read it. On Episode 111 of Pinnacle FC, Gareth Wheeler and Jake Osgathorpe deliver a comprehensive guide to how player movements affect betting markets, why prices shift the way they do around deadline day, and how to position yourself ahead of the market rather than reacting to it after the fact. From how a single signing can collapse a relegation price overnight, to how squads weakened by late departures create value in early-season fixtures, the transfer window creates pricing inefficiencies that appear on a predictable schedule every single year. Gareth and Jake break down the mechanics — how bookmakers adjust to transfer news, how quickly the market moves, and where the slowest reactions tend to happen. The episode draws on examples from the current European transfer window across the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, and Bundesliga, using real moves to illustrate the broader principles. Whether it's a marquee arrival inflating a title favourite's price beyond its true value, a key departure opening up value on a team the market has written off, or a managerial change that the futures market hasn't fully priced in yet, this episode gives you a repeatable framework for using the transfer window as a betting edge every season. 📺 Subscribe to Pinnacle on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pinnaclesportsbook 📲 Follow Pinnacle on: Twitter/X: twitter.com/Pinnacle Instagram: pinnacle.betting Facebook: facebook.com/PinnacleSports 👥 Twitter/X handles: Gareth Wheeler - @GarethWheeler Jake Osgathorpe - @JAKEOZZ ⚠️ Gambling is age-restricted. T&Cs apply. Please gamble responsibly. Visit our responsible gaming page for more information and support: https://www.pinnacle.com/en/future/responsible-gaming/curacao

    How the Transfer Window Moves Betting Markets: A Complete Guide | Pinnacle FC Ep. 111
  5. Sep 2

    When Does Early Season Data Become Reliable? | Adjusting to the Market | Pinnacle FC Ep. 110

    On Episode 110 of Pinnacle FC, Gareth Wheeler and Jake Osgathorpe use EPL Matchday 3, La Liga Matchday 4, Serie A matchday three, and Bundesliga Matchday 3 as a live guide to one of the most important skills in soccer betting: knowing how much to trust what you've seen so far. Sample size is everything at this stage of the season. Three weeks of results carry real information, but they also carry noise, and the bettors who overreact to small samples are exactly who the market is priced to exploit. Gareth and Jake break down how to build on the framework from the first two weeks, how your read on each team should be evolving, and how to adjust your bet sizing as confidence in certain positions grows. The game-by-game breakdown covers all four leagues — EPL headliners including Arsenal vs Chelsea, Ipswich vs Liverpool, Hull City vs Aston Villa, and Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham all get the full treatment, with picks and best bets woven throughout, followed by La Liga, Serie A and the Bundesliga.  📺 Subscribe to Pinnacle on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pinnaclesportsbook 📲 Follow Pinnacle on: Twitter/X: twitter.com/Pinnacle Instagram: pinnacle.betting Facebook: facebook.com/PinnacleSports 👥 Twitter/X handles: Gareth Wheeler - @GarethWheeler Jake Osgathorpe - @JAKEOZZ ⚠️ Gambling is age-restricted. T&Cs apply. Please gamble responsibly. Visit our responsible gaming page for more information and support: https://www.pinnacle.com/en/future/responsible-gaming/curacao

    When Does Early Season Data Become Reliable? | Adjusting to the Market | Pinnacle FC Ep. 110
  6. Aug 26

    Week 2 Soccer Betting: Reading Early Market Signals & Bet Sizing | Pinnacle FC Ep. 109

    On Episode 109 of Pinnacle FC, Gareth Wheeler and Jake Osgathorpe use this week's EPL, La Liga, Serie A, and Bundesliga fixtures as a live classroom in one of the most valuable skills in soccer betting: learning from week one and adjusting your approach accordingly. Before a ball is kicked in week two, Gareth and Jake break down what the opening weekend's results told us about the market, which lines moved and why, what the early results mean for in-season pricing, and how to calibrate bet sizing as the picture slowly comes into focus. Understanding how to read early market signals and size your bets appropriately in the first weeks of a season is a skill that compounds all year. Then it's game by game through the weekend's fixtures. Premier League headliners including Aston Villa vs Arsenal, Crystal Palace vs Manchester City, Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest, and Tottenham vs Newcastle all get the full breakdown, with the picks and best bets used to illustrate the broader principles throughout. La Liga and Serie A round out the episode with further market analysis and best bets. 📺 Subscribe to Pinnacle on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pinnaclesportsbook 📲 Follow Pinnacle on: Twitter/X: twitter.com/Pinnacle Instagram: pinnacle.betting Facebook: facebook.com/PinnacleSports 👥 Twitter/X handles: Gareth Wheeler - @GarethWheeler Jake Osgathorpe - @JAKEOZZ ⚠️ Gambling is age-restricted. T&Cs apply. Please gamble responsibly. Visit our responsible gaming page for more information and support: https://www.pinnacle.com/en/future/responsible-gaming/curacao

  7. Aug 19

    How to Bet Soccer's Opening Weekend: EPL, La Liga & Serie A Strategy, Analysis & Best Bets | Pinnacle FC Ep. 108

    The new season is here — and how you approach the opening weekend tells you a lot about how you'll bet all year. On Episode 108 of Pinnacle FC, Gareth Wheeler and Jake Osgathorpe use the opening weekend of the Premier League, La Liga's matchday two, and Serie A's first fixtures of the season as a live masterclass in how to bet early-season soccer. Opening weekends are unique betting environments. The market is operating with limited data, public money is louder than usual, and the pricing inefficiencies that sharp bettors look for are most likely to appear when a season is young. Gareth and Jake break down the framework for navigating all of it — how to read early-season lines, where the books are most vulnerable, and how to use pre-season information without over-relying on it. The Premier League returns on August 21 with defending champions Arsenal hosting newly promoted Coventry City, while the opening weekend also features Hull City vs Manchester United, Newcastle vs Liverpool, Brentford vs Tottenham, and Fulham vs Chelsea  — a fixture list that provides the perfect canvas for demonstrating how to approach early-season markets across a full slate of games. La Liga's matchday two and Serie A's opening round add further depth, with Gareth and Jake applying the same framework across all three leagues. 📺 Subscribe to Pinnacle on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pinnaclesportsbook 📲 Follow Pinnacle on: Twitter/X: twitter.com/Pinnacle Instagram: pinnacle.betting Facebook: facebook.com/PinnacleSports 👥 Twitter/X handles: Gareth Wheeler - @GarethWheeler Jake Osgathorpe - @JAKEOZZ ⚠️ Gambling is age-restricted. T&Cs apply. Please gamble responsibly. Visit our responsible gaming page for more information and support: https://www.pinnacle.com/en/future/responsible-gaming/curacao

    How to Bet Soccer's Opening Weekend: EPL, La Liga & Serie A Strategy, Analysis & Best Bets | Pinnacle FC Ep. 108
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