The football season is fast approaching an end. Already, the ending seems in sight, which to many could mean that football betting season is over. Which, ironically, is the perfect time to discuss football betting. With the summer holidays just around the corner, it is the perfect time for those who may be interested in sports betting to learn a bit more about the hobby, and prepare for the 2024/25 season.
Different Betting Options
The first thing that anyone has to learn is that, when it comes to football betting, there isn’t only one option. Sure, “To Win” wagers are the most popular. Everyone who has even the slightest bit of experience with sports betting knows about those. However, there are so many different choices that a punter can make, that reducing the entire hobby to Match Bets is tragic.
The most popular choice, apart from “To Win” wagers is prop bets. Prop bets, or proposition bets, are exactly what they sound like. The bookie makes a proposition, and punters bet on how likely it is that it will come true. So, in this article, we would like to go over some of the most popular prop bets, that you can expect to see at any bookie.
Final Score
One of the toughest prop bets in football is wagering on the final score. While it may sound simple, it is actually quite complex. The idea is that a bookie will let players wager on the exact, correct final score, that we can expect to see at the game’s conclusion. What makes this difficult is that there is really no way to predict how many goals each club will score, apart from making educated guesswork.
Yellow/Red Cards Bets
There is the option of betting on yellow and red cards, and how likely it is for players to earn them. There are multiple choices that you could go with here. For example; a punter could wager on how many yellow cards, in total, will be dealt out during a game. They could also wager on which club will get more yellow cards. A pretty popular wager is also if a red card will even be dealt out in the first place.
First Goal
With how important the first goal of any game is, it is certainly unsurprising to learn that the “first goal wager” is one of the most popular prop bets at any bookie. But, what exactly does it mean? Well, a sportsbook creates odds for the likelihood of a team scoring the first goal. For example, if it were Chelsea vs. Manchester United, the odds would be based on their performances throughout the season.
However, if a sportsbook really wants to spice things up, then they create odds on which player will score the first goal. Now this is a bit harder, as any player on a team has a shot of scoring. Of course, the forwards and strikers have the biggest chance, but there are still centers and midfielders who’ve scored the first goal in past games.
