A Guide to Betting on Both Teams to Score

For many bettors, a favorite option for betting is sports bets “both teams to score”. Due to the simplicity and access of users to statistical databases, they began to be popular among cappers of various stripes.

The bet “Both teams to score” consists in predicting whether each club will differ in the match or not. Some BSs use the name “scoring match,” but the meaning remains the same. A bet involves two options: “Yes” and “No”. An affirmative answer will play if each of the opponents scores at least once.

In order for the No prediction to win, one or both teams must not hit other people’s gates. The bet “both teams to score”, as a rule, is designated by BTTS and is actually an accumulator of combinations of two individual totals over 0.5 or two “the team to score”.

Types of bets on both teams to score

Many BS give “both teams to score” in combination with other bets. For example, the following subspecies of the forecast exist.

1. “Both teams to score — yes.” The main bet, which will play if both teams send the ball into the net at least once.
2. “Both teams to score — no.” One of the teams or both cannot stand out.
3. “Both teams to score in a half or period.” This takes into account the exact impacts depending on the individual time period. There is a bet “both teams to score in two halves.”
4. “Both teams to score + total.” For example, BTTS + TO 3.5 means that both teams are obliged to stand out in a match, and also they must total 4 or more goals.
5. “Both teams to score + player N to score.” A bet that will play if the teams exchange goals, and at least one of them will be scored by the specified player.
6. “Both teams to score + result.” Additionally, the outcome of the match is indicated: Home, Away or X.
7. “Both teams to score + there will be a red card.” Suitable for football. Both clubs must stand out, and the judge must get at least one red card.
8. “Both teams to score + there will be a penalty.” In addition, the referee points to the 11-meter mark.

Note that many of these bets are not popular with professional cappers due to the increased risk and difficulty of forecasting.

How to select events for a bet?

Depending on the championship, the percentage of fights in which both teams stand out can vary greatly. In the NHL, the performance is higher than in the KHL, and in the Premier League and the Netherlands they score much more often than in Italy or France, so it is so important to analyze the situation in detail and carefully select events.

For betting on “both teams to score” in football, the championships of Spain, Germany, England, Holland, Scotland and Sweden are better suited. Each league has its own leaders in terms of performance, and those who prefer to sit on the defensive.

Our task is to distinguish the groups included in the first group, to study statistics, performances at home and in foreign territory, the odds in the BS. Bet On betting center allows you to track many parameters. It’s optimal when an outsider on their stadium is preparing to meet the implicit favorite of the game.

In addition to the tournament, it is important to rely on statistical information. You should not take teams with strong defense, which often end the matches to “zero”. Find clubs that regularly score from match to match, while being insecure at their own goal. For example, Borussia, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio and others.

The level of the parties should not differ dramatically. Do not take matches with a note favorite. For example, meetings with the participation of football CSKA or Manchester City in their national championships are not suitable for this. It is much better to look for clubs with an approximately equal ratio of goals scored and missed in the last 5-10 matches.

The role of the coach is important. It is worth giving preference to teams in which strong mentors work, who know how to save even hopeless meetings.

Browse injured lists. If a club has a key forward or playmaker, it is unlikely that this will contribute to goals. And vice versa, injuries of the leading stopper and defensive midfielder increase the chances of “top”.

It is also important to consider tournament tasks and team motivation. In derby, in play-off games, in matches for a place in the play-offs or in decisive matches of the championship, where the intensity of the fight goes off scale, situations where both teams beat, will be met more often.

What matches are better not to bet on?

In addition to meetings with obvious favorites (especially if they play at home), when the odds on the triumph of one of the teams fall to 1.1-1.3, it is not recommended to bet on matches of giants like Chelsea-Manchester United, Real Madrid-Barcelona, Milan-Roma.

Of course, it makes no sense to play wih Juventus-Chievo games, because Veronese are unlikely to create any moments at the gates of Juve. Unless the leader decides to release the second composition ahead of important matches in the Champions League or when there is already no tournament motivation.

It is not recommended to take football matches from Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Greece, Slovenia and Portugal due to the low average performance of the championships.

It is better to refrain from “both teams to score” if there are opponents with reliable defense who like to “park a bus”. Classic examples are Rubin or Rostov, but it can even be grandees — for example, Manchester United or Chelsea. A lot here will depend on the coach. For example, José Mourinho or Antonio Conte are not averse to “dry” the game, so their teams should be removed from the list.

We bypass the event with odds less than 1.9. It is estimated that the “both teams to score” bet in football has a passability of about 52% of matches, which corresponds to 1.93 bookmaker quotes. To make a profit, the permeability of our rates must be more than 55%. It makes no sense to bet on events with coefficients like 1.5-1.6, since the level of hit remains the same.

Cross out the cup battles in football. They are hard to predict due to strange results. It was often noticed, for example, how Madrid Real Madrid flew out of the Spanish Cup from amateurs from D3, and Tyumen beat CSKA. It is rarely possible to give a confident forecast for performance, and the task of many underdogs is to reach the post-match 11-meter.

Soccer strategy

Football is a low-performing game compared to the same hockey, basketball or volleyball, but meeting with the outcome “both teams to score” is far from rare here. This bet can be very safe in case you have a wrong outcome.

Perhaps the most striking strategy is BTTS (Both teams to score). Below are some tips on how to use it.

1. Before placing a bet, we look for clubs in which the hit of this indicator for the last 10 meetings would be at least 60%. We take into account only the games within one tournament. Take the duel of the German Bundesliga “Borussia” Dortmund – “Hoffenheim”.
2. We consider the average expected probability of a successful bet hit. Percentage of hit for “Borussia” and “Hoffenheim” is summed up and divided in half. (80% + 90%) / 2 = 85%
3. Next, we compare the obtained probability with the probability that bookmakers give. The company for such a scenario as to bet that “both teams to score” offers a multiplier of 1.4.

The probability of a bookmaker is calculated by the formula:

BP = 100 / 1.4 = 71.4%

Since our probability is greater (85%> 71.4% ), then you can bet.

Consider another strategy that involves mathematical calculation. You should take into account the last 5 matches of the championship, however, not percent should be calculated, but points. The system is as follows:

1. Determine if there is a favorite in the confrontation. If this is a clear leader, and they play at home, subtract 2 points, if they have to leave — minus 1 point. In the case where the advantage of the favorite is not obvious, we accrue them 1 point (for home) and 2 points for the guest meeting.
2. For the hosts of the upcoming meeting:

• -2 points for 0:0;
• +1 point for games in which both clubs exchanged goals. And in addition we add 1 point for each meeting in own walls with such an outcome;
• +0.5 points per match if the club scored 2 or more goals. Another +0.5 for meetings in which the team missed two.

For guests, the calculation rules are the same, only an additional point is added not for a home meeting with the outcome “both teams to score”, but for the guest. Note that the total score should be higher than 18.5.

To demonstrate the peculiarities of the betting strategy, we take the same Bundesliga, but already the match of RB Leipzig-Eintracht. The battle of two neighbors in the standings, so the RBL will be an implicit favorite.

Let us turn to the statistics of the last 5 fights.

We count points.

For RBL: 1 + 1 + 1 + 0, 5 * 4 = 5

For La Eintracht: 1 * 4 + 1 * 2 + 0.5 * 6 = 9

We calculate the amount: 5 + 9 = 14. However, since 14 <18, 5, this meeting is not suitable.

As for bankroll management, both flat and Martingale bets are allowed. With the first option, the bank will be more intact.

Hockey strategy

Hockey is much more effective than football, so matches with a dry score of one of the teams are found here in 5-10% of cases, and bookmaker odds rarely exceed 1.30. Valid odds may be values ​​like 1.15. Therefore, betting combinations are popular in hockey, where bettors are looking for a chance to increase their winnings.

In addition to low odds, there are other components in hockey that complicate betting. For example, the outcome is heavily influenced by penalty minutes, which are difficult to predict. But there are also positive points. Due to the high density of matches — clubs go out on ice 3-4 times a week — material for analytics is created.

The hockey betting strategy provides for a number of investigational varieties:

Accumulators. To increase the odds, the bettor combines BTTS in one accumulator from several fights at once. True, often odds still remain low and do not even reach 1.70. Net profit is also kept small, but risks increase sharply.

Hockey bet + Home. In fact, the same accumulator, but from different types of bets. Instead of Home, you can predict a draw, TO or TU goals, penalty minutes, etc.

“Snowball”, or the same “ladder”. We place single bets with minimal factors. When winning a bet, we bet the entire amount on the next event. All this action continues until the first defeat or upon reaching a certain intended amount.

For example, we bet 1,000 dollars in the meeting Avangard-SKA for 1.12. We won 1,120 dollars. Next, we bet this amount in the next match with odds of 1.2. In the case of a hit, we get 1,344 dollars. And so on until you lose or achieve your goal. Let’s say 2,000 dollars.

The third strategy combines the first and third. We collect the accumulator, and then, if successful, transfer the winning amount to the next event.

When selecting, before betting, it is advised to use the same criteria as analyzing football matches. Abandoned and missed goals in the last 5-7 meetings, the percentage of goals scored, goalkeepers reliability, forward performance, etc.

Comparison with TO and other bets

At first glance, it seems that the high total of goals scored in the matches of the selected teams justifies the bet “both teams to score”. But in practice it is an independent bet. How to understand and learn these differences?

When choosing the “total over” bet, it does not matter which team will score. But in the “BTTS” variant, mutual effectiveness is required. That is, you have to root for each of the rivals in turn.

If you put, say, on TO 2.5, you will be satisfied with the score 3:0, 4:0, 5:4 and so on. But with the “both teams to score” the score 1:1 will already be victorious.

The bet “no one to score” in the betting lines is rare. But how to bet on the lack of goals? For this outcome, bookmakers offer other bets: “total under 0.5” or “correct score 0:0”. The same forecast can be used in betting on individual total under 0.5 goals for each of the opponents. Sometimes it makes sense to take total under 1 to protect yourself from a possible random goal. And finally, the bet “no one to score” may be an alternative option to the offer “both teams to score — no,” since in the absence of goals such a bet also wins.