Get the expert tips for football bets

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One of the most wide-spread misinformation about betting is that it is solely about luck. Contrary to that popular opinion, winning consistently in betting takes more than just luck. To boost your chances of winning, you have to harness some foolproof strategies. Going forward in this article, we will be laying more emphasis on tips you need to have in mind to excel at football betting. 

Research on the form

Form is one factor that determines the possibility of a selection coming through or not. Before taking your picks, whether from La Liga or women’s football, you need to do extensive research on the team you are about to bet on. Information about their current rankings do go a long way. You need to consider how well they have played in the last five games. A team that has struggled to win a match in the last five games, stand a very little chance to win their next game. If you had no information on this prior, you might end up making wasteful bets. 

Check on the fitness of the players

It goes without saying that a team with unfit players, is at a disadvantage to win. This is why it is always advisable to check on their line up prior to the match to know who will be playing or not. Information about the lineup is often provided like an hour to the match. If you do your findings and discover that certain players will be missing, you need to ask yourself how essential they are to the team. For example, if you check the lineup of a team and you discover their top striker won’t be playing, you know they might have a problem scoring. In that case, betting on them to score more goals will be ill-advised because they don’t have what it takes to make that happen. Websites like Goal are always giving out information about the latest happenings in the football world. You might want to check there before placing your bets with online bookmakers.

Iniesta scoring the winning goal in the World Cup final Netherlands vs Spain
Iniesta scoring the winning goal in the World Cup final Netherlands vs Spain

Follow the odds

While this is not advice that is applicable in all cases, it is one that will save you from losing a great deal. When you observe that the odds for a particular team keep increasing, you know there is something the bookie probably knows that you should look out for. You have to understand that the bookies have top pundits working for them, and for them to keep increasing odds astronomically, something is happening. In such cases, you want to go do your findings on the team that the odds keep increasing. More often than not, you are likely to find that there are missing players, which will end up affecting the team’s performance. 

Check Head-to-Head

History is one thing that shouldn’t be looked down on as far as football betting is concerned. Certain records are so important, they influence the odds of a team winning or not. Before you bet on that game, look at the last times both teams have been matched against each other, and watch out for some trends. For example, let’s say you are betting on a game between two EPL teams, and you discover that when both teams meet up, a particular team always wins at home; that team is highly likely to win if they are playing at home on that day too. Make sure to always check the Head-to-Head of the teams to inform you of the trends to help you make a better betting decision.

It is important to note that some of the betting tips or strategies stated above have to be used hand in hand to achieve results. You shouldn’t just base your selection on one tip or strategy alone. You should cover all bases before making your picks. So as you are checking the head-to-head, you want to also check the current form of the teams and fitness of the players. Because more often than not the form and fitness of the players could make things go sideways from what the head-to-head trends postulates.

Sources: goal.com / telegraph.co.uk

Germany beating Brazil 7-1
Germany beating Brazil 7-1