The gaming offer of the main bookmakers is becoming more and more rich and attentive to the needs of football bettors. Today, betting on a sporting event means choosing between many types of bets, from the most famous bets such as 1X2 Final Score, Under Over, Goal No Goal, to other more recent and equally enticing bets such as var bets and turnover bets. Below you will find a complete guide to the different types of bets on the bookmaker's board: meaning, functioning, rules, examples of the most popular and least known bets. An introduction to betting on Liverpool matches is already laid out in this guide - https://www.glusea.com/introduction-to-betting-on-liverpools-matches/
Main types of bets
Let's start with basic football betting, i.e. those that enjoy the favor of a large community of forecasters, respectively, attracting the largest volume of bets.
End outcome 1X2
Among the bet types available, the 1X2 outcome represents the basis of everything. You have to guess who will win the match: 1 for the hosts, 2 for the guests, X for a draw.
In practice, the end results market corresponds to what we are used to doing in football pools, where for each game we have to choose whether to predict 1, X or 2.
Double chance
With double chance (1X, X2, 12) we have two chances out of three to hit the prediction. With 1X the bet wins if the home team wins or a draw, with X2 you win if the home team wins or the away team wins, with 12 you go to the cashier if the home team wins or the away team wins.
"Less is more" bets
With "Under Over" you have to predict if the number of goals scored will be under (Under) or over (Over) than a given odd. Here are some examples.
- Under 1.5: The bet wins up to 1 goal, loses with 2 goals and beyond.
- Over 1.5: bet wins by 2 goals, loses by 1 goal.
- Under 2.5: bet wins up to 2 goals, loses with 3 or more goals.
- Over 2.5: bet wins by 3 goals, loses by 2 goals.
- Under 3.5: Wins up to 3 goals, loses with 4 or more goals.
- Over 3.5: The bet wins on 4 goals and then loses on 3 goals.
- Under 4.5: bet wins up to 4 goals, loses with 4 or more goals.
- Over 4.5: bet wins by 5 goals, loses by 4 goals.
Goal without a goal
Goal without a goal is one of the most popular types of bets. The Goal-No-Goal rule is simple: you must predict whether only one team will score (No Goal) or both (Goal). The "No Goal" bet wins even if the score is 0:0. Let's look at some examples of this result.
- 0-0 (no goals)
- 1-0 (no goals)
- 1-1 (goals)
- 1-2 (goals)
- 3-3 (goals)
- 4-0 (no goals)
- 0-3 (no goals)
- Outcome of the 1st half 1X2
At the end of the 1st half 1X2 or 1X2 1st half you have to predict which team will take the lead at the end of the first 45 minutes of the game plus injury time: 1 home team, 2 away team, X tied.
Partial/Final
Another type of bet that is in great demand among players is Partial/Final. In this case, it is necessary to predict the outcome of the first half and the final outcome of the match (after the ninetieth minute plus stoppage time). Here are some examples.
- 1/1: The bet wins if the home team wins in the first half and at the end of the match.
- 2/2: the bet will win if the visiting team wins in the first half and at the end of the match.
- X/1: The predictor wins if the first half ends in a draw and the second half ends with the success of eleven hosts.
- 1/X: The predictor wins if the first half ends with eleven hosts winning and the match ends in a draw.
- Handicap 1X2 bets
There are different types of handicaps applicable to football, but the most popular handicap bets are based on the 1X2 outcome. Here's how these types of bets work. When one team has too much of an advantage over the other, they are given a handicap to make the bet more attractive. Handicap, in fact, means a disadvantage and is attributed to the goal of the favorite's liability.
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