Best and Most Popular Football Betting Strategies. Part 2
Yuriy SheremetFootball has been the most popular kind of sport for over 100 years. Endless investments and development of football in small countries results in growth of the fanbase. It’s no surprise that bookmaker companies award football with their number one betting position. Bettors like watching football matches alongside making bets as it makes viewing more spicy.
However there are gamblers that cannot make bets on this popular kind of sport. The most common mistake which happens with almost every beginner is absence of the gambling plan or strategy. Luckily nowadays you can easily choose a profitable strategy. It’s worth noting that not every strategy is going to be applicable and sometimes even profitable in the long-term.
In today's article we keep on analyzing popular strategies in football betting. It's also noteworthy that almost all of the strategies could be applied not only in football but in other team sports, in esports for Dota 2 and CSGO betting.
Read also: Best and Most Popular Betting Strategies for Football. Part 1
Further “Total Under”
The first strategy is based on the plan to make all further bets on TU which is the situation when there is no goal scored. At first, before the start of the match, bettors make bets on TU 0.5 expecting to see a zero-zero draw at the end. If teams score, you place a bet on TU 1.5 and so on.
You should also combine the strategy with a “catch-up” strategy based on increasing the bet if you lose. Considering high quotations, especially at the beginning of the meeting of meetings, you can increase the next sum by 40-70%, keeping in mind the suggested quotations from bookmakers. The main aspect lies in the idea that after a won bet the gambler should get a reward and compensate for all the previous bets.
It is also essential to take into account the choice of football matches for your further bets. It is important to initially consider matches where scored goals are not expected at all. Here you should analyze the following points:
- Average results of a national championship or tournament. No doubt it is more profitable to choose matches at a national championship where the majority of teams focus on defense playing. Having found a championship of this kind, you should look for a battle between teams with low results in the current season. Max rates should be 2 goals in a game but fewer goals are even better. These are the teams we should start from in further bets;
- Motivation of both teams for the upcoming game. It is important to understand a potential development of the nearest match. For example, it is helpful to consider battles between two outsiders that hope for points only so they are unlikely to play in attack;
- Presence and absence of key footballers in the team. It is important to have all key defensive players in the lineup. If the main forward is absent in one team, it will definitely be contibutional for their opponents.
Thanks to the enlisted aspects, a bettor can easily find some suitable battles for further bets.
Betting on outsiders in a rematch
This strategy is applicable cup matches where teams meet twice to define the winner. As a rule, if at the first game the favourite reaches slashing victory making it impossible for the outsiders to proceed to the next stage, you should bet on the outsider at the second match.
You should also pay special attention to this strategy if the outsider plays at home in front of their fans at the second battle. No doubt bookmakers will predict the same situation and will set an overvalued odds for favourite’s win. But in this case you should bet on the plus handicap of the outsider as the quotations for outsiders will drop with every passing day and eventually they will reach unprofitable values.
Let us also analyze another popular situation when the outsider wins the first meeting. As a rule, you should choose only home outsiders playing at the first battle. The favourite is unlikely to prepare for this battle. And a trip to another city or country will be unexpected for the club so it will influence the final score. It is enough to look at the results over the last few years in the playoff of Champions League or Europa League, and you will easily notice how outsiders reach the desired results at the first matches. However, at the rematch they have a little advantage, so they leave the tournament.
“Ladder”
An easy strategy that can be used by any gambler regardless of skills and knowledge of the betting sphere. The suitable quotations, as a rule, are minimal (up to 1.6). Let us illustrate the strategy with an easy example.
Initial sum – $10. Goal – $20.
The steps are the following:
- Odds are 1.2. Bet is $10. Win is $12
- Odds are 1.14. Bet is $12. Win is $13,7
- Odds are 1.4. Bet is $13,7. Win is $19,2
- Odds are 1.1. Bet is $19,2. Final win is $21,1
So we need only four consecutive bets to reach the set goal.
It is implied that the bettor can change the goal by themselves and choose quotations for every next bet.
Let us also say that to achieve a better effect it is important to initially start several “ladders” in a row to increase your own chances to succeed.
Betting strategy for the end of the series in football
You can often see some teams that win every other battle during several matches. It is noteworthy that bookmakers lower the quotations for every passing match as the chances for this team to win are high considering the previous results.
Betting on such teams is, as a rule, profitable at the end of this series. For example, after three consecutive won matches the team will definitely lead meetings to the draw or will even start losing the following battles. The odds for such outcomes will be over 2-3 which is really rewarding in the long-term.
It is important to bet with the catch-up strategy in particular. If the first bet is lost, the amount of the next one must be doubled. If the bet wins, the bettor will gain net profit and compensate for the previous losses.
However, it is essential to say that you should not take pure favourites at national championships as they just can’t lose. It is a good idea to choose average teams that do not go after high places.
“Hand Fan”
This betting strategy involves long-term betting on the winner of a particular tournament. To apply the strategy, you should choose the first places on the list created by bookmakers and to place a few bets. Eventually, considering high quotations, bettors will gain profit if one of the chosen teams wins the tournament.
You should run your own analysis and look at all possible opinions and comments on probable favourites. In this case a bettor can exclude a bunch of teams that are overrated by bookmakers, and the gambler will increase the revenue.
“Total Over” after a break in the match
The last strategy is related to betting on goals at the second time. As a rule, the odds for goals after a break are not high (from 1.3 to 1.8). But if you take into account all possible criteria of choice and additional tricks, you can catch high quotations and gain strong earnings in the long-term. The requirements for the choice are the following:
- Draw (0:0) after the first time in the match with lots of goal moments. If the team have tens of goal moments in the first time but none of them is scored, you should bet on TO 0.5 for this battle;
- The favourite of the meeting gives up a goal at the first time – it makes sense to place a bet on TO 1.5;
- The outsider’s footballer is sent away – TO 0.5.
- Let us also say that in order to increase the odds, you should apply two main approaches:
- Betting 5-10 minutes after the start of the second time. As a rule, teams begin to score starting from the 55th minute of the battle;
- Instead of TO 0.5 you can choose 1.0. No doubt the refund option is not excluded here, however, these odds will be equal to two consecutive bets. For example, if the odds are 1.4 for TO 0.5, the odds for TO 1.0 will be over two which is equal to two won bets of 1.4 in a row.
Conclusion
Certainly, the quantity of working strategies of football betting is difficult to count and also to check. The enlisted strategies showed their use in the long-term and they are to make a good impression from their further usage in the long-term.
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