Understanding Over/Under Betting: A Straightforward Guide

William Hill News tipster @Footy_Tipster outlines how the Over/Under market works and why it’s one of the most popular goals bets around.

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What is Over/Under Betting?

• Over/Under betting, also known as ‘Total Goals’ betting, involves predicting whether the total number of goals in a match will be above or below a certain threshold set by the bookmaker.
• The same concept can also be applied to various markets including the ‘Total Corners’ and ‘Total Cards’ markets.

Common Over/Under Lines:

• The common Over/Under line is 2.5, whilst Over/Under 9.5 corners and 3.5 cards are usually the lines for their respective markets.

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Example:

• Arsenal v Chelsea – If you fancy goals in this fixture, punters could back Over 1.5 Goals at 1/4 (2 or more goals), Over 2.5 Goals at 4/5 (3 or more goals) and so on.
• If you wanted to back the corners market instead, you could back Over 9.5 Corners (at least 10 match corners) at 10/11.
• If you thought this game could be feisty, back Over 3.5 cards (4 or more match cards) at 4/7.

Top Tips Before Making Your Selection:

• Pay attention to teams that tend to have a leaky defence
• Back sides that tend to have attacking threat’s.
• Always check the results of the previous 5 to 10 games.
• History can play a big part, always check if there’s a trend of goals, corners and cards when the teams go head-to-head.

Does Extra Time Count?

• Unless stated, these bets are usually only valid for the 90 minutes plus stoppage time, extra-time doesn’t usually count, make sure you check this before backing these markets.

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Asian Lines:

• Unlike standard Over/Under betting where outcomes are strictly win or lose, Asian Total Goals can result in various outcomes including full wins, partial wins, stakes returned (‘push’) or losses.
• Asian goal lines use split totals, meaning your stake is divided across two Over/Under numbers. So if you back Over 2.0/2.5 (shown as Over 2.25), half your stake goes on Over 2 and the other half on Over 2.5. If the match finishes with exactly two goals, the Over 2 half is refunded while the Over 2.5 half loses. Three or more goals land both parts of the bet, giving you a full win.

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*All odds are illustrative*