@skenthal in my case I was making bets few days before the match begins, but after reading your posts I feel that I should try betting when the match is live and maybe that could help me reverse my losses.
Sometimes it's really a good practice to change your strategy eventually. With what the OP had done, it really somehow changed my idea and gave me a good hint on how could I win such bets. Yet somehow I've had different path as I were never a fond nor tried to use or follow bet odds as I only see it a prediction by the others in a statistical manner and limits my capability of choosing what team should I place my bet on.
But with the OP's strategy, I guess it's time to consider using or sometimes follow the bet odds given by various gambling platforms. Hope luck would be with me! lol
