Football betting guide

There are many different ways to bet on football matches, and this can make the game a more enjoyable experience for viewers.

The most common type of football bet is a “full time result” bet, which basically means you’re betting on which team will win the game after the 90 minutes are up. So, if you bet on a match between Huddersfield and Barnsley, with bet that Barnsley will win, you only win money if Barnsley wins- not if the match is a draw, or if Barnsley looses.

Double chance is the same sort of idea, but means you can also win money if the team you bet to win ends up drawing instead. So, betting on the same match but with double chance, you’d get money if Barnsley won or drew, but not if they lost. Another way to protect against draws is an Asian Handicap where you can give one team a quarter of a goal lead, or more, to stop the chances of a draw- your bookmaker will explain this in more detail. Or, to be really protected you can have a ‘draw no bet’ option, where you get your money back if it’s a draw.

Instead of betting on the winner, you can go the extra mile and try to guess the score of the match. Because of all the different possibilities this is a very risky bet- but this makes the odds higher and the payouts higher. You can bet on either the home teams score, the away teams score or the draw scores. So, if you bet that Derby will beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-1, you win if that is the outcome- but if it’s anything else, you win nothing.

A more complex way of betting is on the half time/full time outcome. You bet on who will be leading at half time, and who will eventually win. So, in a match between Manchester united and Hull City, you could bet that Hull will be leading at half time, but Manchester will go on to win. If this rings true, you win your bet.

You can also bet on certain players scoring in the match and even bet on them scoring first, last or at any time in the match you want. Some book makers will refund your bet if the player ends up not playing, but check their rules first. In relation to this, you can also bet on the total goals in the match either over or under an amount set by the bookmaker- so, if the bookmaker sets the level of 2.5 goals you can bet either over or under that amount.

For those who want a little risk there is a scorecast bet- where you predict the first or last scorer and the overall score of the game. For example, if you bet that Beckham will score first, but Manchester will win and this happens, you win. You can also bet on how many corners there will be in the game either over or under the amount the bookmaker has set- again, this is very risky.