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FOOTBALL BETTING – COMMON MARKETS
Let’s start with the basics. The most common way to be on a football match is the match result bet. This is sometimes known as 1X2 bet.
What is a 1X2 bet?
For the uninitiated, a 1X2 bet can seem confusing. However, it’s fairly self-explanatory, simply referring to the outcome of the match. A match can only have three outcomes – the home team wins, the match finishes in a draw, or the away team wins. 1X2 simply covers off all these outcomes.
1 = Home team wins
X = The draw
2 = Away team wins
HANDICAP BETTING
If a likely match outcome looks tilted towards one side, some bettors prefer to try their luck with handicap betting.
How does handicap betting work?
Handicap betting takes goal differentials between teams into account, handing one side a supposed advantage before a match kicks off. Here’s an example of handicap betting: Liverpool are playing Brighton in the Premier League. In a handicap bet, you can bet on Liverpool to win the game, while starting the match with a -1 handicap. In this example, Liverpool would have to win the match by at least two clear goals for the bet to be successful. If you opted to bet on Liverpool to win with a -2 handicap, they would need to win by at least three clear goals, and so on. Handicap betting is often a popular choice in matches involving a heavy favourite.
DOUBLE CHANCE
What is double chance?
Put simply, double chance allows you to reduce the risk when betting on the outcome of a game, by allowing the bettor to place a bet on two different outcomes at the same time. Double chance bets offer less generous odds, but a far higher chance of winning.
How does double chance betting work?
Here’s a working example: Barcelona are playing Real Madrid, with both teams knowing a win will seal them the title. With a double chance bet, you could bet on both of the two sides to take the win. Provided the match does not finish in a draw, you would win your bet.
Is double chance the same as draw no bet?
No. In draw no bet betting, the outcome of a draw is removed from three-way markets. That means with the option of the draw removed, the bettor has to pick either the home or away win.
How does draw no bet work?
In the draw no bet scenario, if your selection doesn’t win, but the match ends in a draw, your stake will be returned – in effect meaning you neither win nor lose. In an accumulative bet, if your selection doesn’t win, but the match ends in a draw, that selection will be void and the bet will stand on the remaining selections.
LIVE / IN-PLAY BETTING
Marathonbet offers live in-play betting on hundreds of markets on match day. In-play betting is fast becoming one of the most popular ways to follow a football match, placing the bettor at the heart of the action once the match kicks-off.
How does in-play betting work?
One of the major reasons football is the most popular sport on the planet is the fact, sometimes, form really can go out the window. That’s why live in-play betting has become increasingly popular – allowing bettors to judge where the value lies at any given moment in a game, and potentially cash out at the opportune moment. Let’s look at an example of how in-play betting works. It’s FA Cup third round weekend – a date renowned in the English football calendar for its unusually high number of giant-killings.
Team A, a League Two side, are playing Team B, a Premier League side at home.
Team B, due to their league position and status, are heavy favourites to win the game, but after 60 minutes of the game, the score remains locked at 0-0.
On 65 minutes, the lower-ranked side, Team A, score against the run of play.
The odds will then change accordingly. In this scenario, the favourites, Team B, will see their odds drift as they face a race against time to turn the result back in their favour. In-play betting is one of the most exciting ways to follow every twist and turn of a football match.
What is cash out and how does it work?
Cash Out offers you the chance to take a payout on a bet for a displayed value whilst the match is still in progress and before the market has been closed.
FOOTBALL BETTING FAQS – TYPES OF BET
What is over/under 1.5 goals?
Total goals markets are one of the most popular types of football bet away from the Match Result / 1X2 bet.
If you bet on over 1.5 goals in any given game, that means the match must have at least two goals for your bet to win.
Alternatively, a bet on under 1.5 goals means only a scoreline of 1-0, 0-1 or 0-0 will see your selection win.
The .5 figure is simply used to help eliminate any unnecessary confusion – given teams cannot score ‘half a goal’.
What is over/under 2.5 goals?
This type of bet works in the same way as the example above – only with 2.5 goals as the over/under figure needed to guarantee a return.
So, by betting on over 2.5 goals in a game, at least three goals will be needed for a winning return.
For a selection opting for under 2.5 goals, any more than two goals in the game would result in a losing bet.
What is an accumulator?
An accumulator is a combination bet that involves the bettor combining multiple selections within a single wager.
For an accumulator bet to be successful, all the individual selections included in your accumulator bet slip must win.
Accumulators are a popular form of bet as winnings are much higher than with a standard single bet – provided all the selections come in.
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