There is that old saying about variety being the spice of life and that’s an ethos that you can put towards football betting. There is a common practice when visiting sports betting sites UK or any other country offers, to stick to the markets that you know. Making selections from leagues that you are familiar with, be it the Premier League, the Championship or League One is sound advice.
But at some stage of proceedings, you do have to put some research into the football betting markets that you are playing. Even if it is just match outright selections that you play, you still need to understand the presented odds in the mark and understand the implied probability of outcomes.
So with an open mind and some time to invest, it is worth looking at some alternative football betting markets. Online bookmakers stack their sportsbooks with options, so you aren’t going to be short of variety. Alternative markets can be a big boost on your betting.
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Why Look for Alternative Markets?
The simple answer to that is going to be value. It is very hard to find value in a match outright all the time. You look through a coupon and just find it difficult to pick out worthwhile bets. So having a good working knowledge of alternative markets, means that you can expand your options.
It may allow you to dig a little deeper into some underlying value for a match. The options are endless, but here are some of the best alternative football markets along with some example odds compared to the 1X2 markets.
Match Result and Both Teams To Score
This is a football betting market that can easily be disseminated by the stats. You have two outcome conditions put together to make this market. But that’s an advantage. If you have already picked a match-winner option, see if you can pair that up with a projected high-scoring fixture.
In the 2021/22 Premier League, Both Teams Scored in exactly 50% of all matches. You can break the stats down to focus on individual teams for this market. For example, Leicester had 68% of their 2021/22 league matches feature both teams scoring.
- Example odds: Newcastle To win 4/5, Newcastle To Win & BTTS 3/1
To Win to Nil
This is another good football betting alternative market that could be easily broken down with statistics. Everyone knows that there are certain teams which…
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