Sports betting is as Old as sport itself and covers most sporting events including but not limited to Football, Soccer, Athletics, Track and field, Car racing, Combat Sports like boxing, Martial Arts like Taekwondo e.t.c just to mention a few.
Why bet in Sports? Hmm- this is a serious question. Anything that has at least 2 outcomes can be bet on - either head or tail as it applies in Mathematical probability. Bets are even available on Election results.
To cut the long story short. We will focus on the most popular sports in terms of viewership, which is Soccer.
Betting on soccer has one of the highest- if not the highest options in the betting World, ranging from home win denoted as 1, away win denoted by 2, draw denoted by X, over/ under goals, goal scorer, and numbers of cards, corners, offsides, injuries etc just to mention a few.
Just like every other business, a plan is needed to be successful in Soccer betting or else it becomes gambling and as usual will end in losses.
The best parameters to consider before Picking a side in bet are; home form, away form, head to head results of teams in question, defence ability of each team, scoring ability of each team, as well as considering what will be the resultant effect of such match. For the latter statement, imagine a Soccer club that requires just a draw in the last match of the season in order to avoid relegation playing another team that requires also a draw to win the league- the statistics above shows that the team that requires a draw to win the league is stronger but might not win emphatically with several goals, as a win/ draw in enough to win them the league. This is just an abstract. In order not to bore you, I will complete the Article in the next series. Do like, share and upvote this article if you enjoyed a bit of it.
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