In recent years, the evolution of gambling has been such that people have started to move away from the traditional Win, Lose and Tie bets towards different markets. This was first realized by the popularity of the first goal scorer market, but people soon realized that this market was too much of a lottery to make a profit.
Now the bet is the market of 2.5 goals. Its popularity stems from the high strike rates that can be achieved if you know what you’re doing.
2.5 goals can be confusing for those of you who know soccer betting because we all know that there is no such thing as 0.5 goals. This figure is only there to divide the difference between 2 goals and 3 goals, ie. if you regressed you have effectively endorsed there will be 3 or more goals, if you regressed below you have effectively endorsed there will be 2 or fewer goals.
However, this market is not as easy as people starting out think it is. People just starting out will be looking for two teams playing against each other who have scored a large number of goals in the last two games.
There are many more variables at play than that, first of all there is the defense of the two teams in particular. Both teams may have scored a lot of goals in their last games, but it could also be that they haven’t conceded any goals in their last games either, which means their defense is rock solid at that point.
Just remember to think about more than how many goals have been scored, think more about how many goals can be scored in the next game!