Learn the basics of betting on soccer, including an explanation of the bet types, as well as tips and strategies to make you a smarter bettor.
It's only fitting that the world's most popular sport — soccer — has the world's largest gaming market.
Most soccer matches are limited to regulation time, along with added"stoppage time" calculated by the officials throughout the match. Because of this, most soccer betting lines are designated and graded on the 90-minute regulation time result. When a team is favored more strongly, they usually feature minus odds, with the Draw being the second-favorite and the underdog being a longshot. In the above example, Belgium is heavily favored to win the match and thus requires quite a bit of juice to profit from the wager. As such, Ukraine pays quite a bit more than both Belgium and the Draw, as it is the least likely outcome, and the draw pays in the middle.
These lines will also feature a Team 1 versus Team 2 betting line, with the draw not included in the odds calculation.In the above example, oddsmakers favor the United States at -135, with Canada being the underdog at +110. Were the U.S. to win 2-1 in regulation, then wagers on the Americans would be graded winners, with Canada bets graded as losses.
For example, the favorite to win the match could have a spread of -1.5, meaning they would need to win the match by two or more goals to cover the spread. Conversely, the underdog would need to lose by one goal or fewer to cover–or win the match outright.accompanies each spread. Sometimes the price will be even or slightly different. Other times, if oddsmakers expect a team to be more likely to cover the spread than the other, the number will be much wider apart.
As such, many oddsmakers will offer lines for teams to win the group and another set of lines for teams to advance. Given that a team has more chance to advance than to win, the odds will usually carry more juice for the to-advance market than the to-win market. In addition, oddsmakers typically heavily juice the favorites, given the likelihood of moving on.In the above examples, Germany is heavily favored to advance, with the juice prohibiting betting for them to make it out of the group.
You can also bet Belgium -1.75 Asian spread or Ukraine +1.75 Asian spread, and the setup is the same. Half of your bet would be on the -1.5 and the other half on -2.0 for Belgium, or on +1.5 and +2.0 for Ukraine. You also need to know the rules pertaining to extra time. While the three-way moneyline is typically graded after 90 minutes and doesn’t include extra time, many player props do. So if you bet on Harry Kane to score for England and his first goal of the match comes in the 110th minute, you’ll want to know whether that particular book is going to grade that as a win or not. When it comes to soccer betting, this can be one of the biggest factors when it comes to line movement.
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