5 Most Popular Football Betting Markets

Football is one of the most popular sports to bet on in the world of gambling, with the plethora of competitions and leagues alongside the huge money and the glut of televised events in the game see football fans given a huge amount to bet on.

This means that whether you want to bet on the English Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, the Italian Serie A and more, you will be given an array of betting options and markets to contend with which can become quite overwhelming.

With this in mind, our guide gives a quick rundown of the most popular football betting markets and how they are used, as well as the bonus bets betting offer available.

Match Winner

The most straightforward market that is available to customers and one that does what it says on the tin. Match winner will see you backing the outcome of the game itself and it is as simple as that. If Manchester United were playing against Chelsea, you would either back United, Chelsea or the draw. This market does sometimes fail to offer particularly good value, especially if it is a bit of a mismatch. If the home side is at the top of the league and have not lost a game all year while the away side are yet to win a match this year, the odds would reflect this and you would get little value from backing the home team, while there is little chance of the away team winning. With this in mind, the draw is often the best option as this provides decent value, with many football matches actually ending in a stalemate.

Anytime Goal Scorer

This market will see you wagering on a player to score at any point in the game. There are a number of other options similar to this one which are entitled ‘first goal scorer’ and ‘last goal scorer’, with the former asking you to wager on the player that will hit the back of the net first, while the latter will see you wagering on the last player to score a goal in the game. These two markets often offer good value as you have to perfectly predict the scorer and whether they will score first or second.

The anytime scorer market meanwhile will offer less value, but you will be rewarded if your pick scores at any point in the game.

Both Teams To Score (BTTS)

Both teams to score (BTTS) is one of the most popular markets in football betting because you will simply wager on yes or no in this market. This market will test your ability to predict whether both sides will hit the back of the net in the game or not.

Handicaps

Handicap betting can help you to tweak the way you bet on the outcome of the match. The handicap market will allow you to place a positive or negative handicap on either team in the game. For example, if Manchester City play Burnley, then City will offer little value in the match winner market. With the handicap market, you could place a -2 goal handicap on them which means that City will have to outscore Burnley by three goals or more in order for your bet to come in. This also works the other way with a positive handicap which you would place on the underdog to win.

Match Winner And Both Teams To Score

This market amalgamates the match winner and BTTS market. You will back a certain side and then whether or not both sides in the game will score. This will offer better value than the match winner and BTTS market when backing them individually.