1x2 vs the correct score bets

[alegotardo]

It is certainly easier to predict a winner, and this is my most common bet.
Betting on an exact score usually gives a bigger reward, but its crazy to bet on it too early, as it isn't rare to change the board in the last minutes of the game.

However, sometimes I risk an exact score if there are 10 or15 minutes left before the end of the game, and I'm sure that I will win in 1x2 bet

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[emrecemsan]

Making the decision between these 2 options is easy for me. I would definitely go with 1x2. Because it is very hard to guess the score of a match correctly most of the time. It is like playing a lottery. The chances may not be equal but you know what I mean. It is way easier to guess who will win the match or whether the match will end in a draw.

[shoreno]

guessing the exact score is verry hard and you got 5 correct guesses which i think already decent . what is the "result " mean . is that predicting if who will win the game ? and you only got 12 out of 70 plus matches i think that was not cool .

arent you familiar on the teams that are playing ? or your badluck just strike that time . im curious if what is that all for . you can exchange your earned points for prizes of something like that ?  . playing that simillar guessing game is not risky because it was point based so im definetly gonna go for predicting scores than on wins .

[kryptqnick]

I prefer betting on the match result rather than betting on the exact score even if the odds are really tempting.
But to each his own, some players prefer high risk bets which bring high rewards.

Good luck with the competition and 5 correct guesses out of 78 isn't that bad if you ask me 

Thanks! I think it's pretty bad, but it's my first time taking part in such a competition, so I don't have high expectations.
As for exact score, I noticed that for some reason the lowest or one of the lowest odds is often on 1:1, even though it's a draw, so not very likely as an outcome. For instance, I've just opened a random EPL match (Newcastle vs Chelsea), and even though the draw is way less likely than Chelsea winning, 1:1 score is the third among the most likely outcomes.

guessing the exact score is verry hard and you got 5 correct guesses which i think already decent . what is the "result " mean . is that predicting if who will win the game ? and you only got 12 out of 70 plus matches i think that was not cool .

It should be considered in a combination. Out of 78 matches, I had the right outcome 34 (12+17+5) times. Not great, not terrible IMO. And out of these 34 correct guesses, 5 times I got the score exactly right, 17 times I got the outcome (guessed the win team) right and almost got the score right (hence it's called "close"), and 12 times I got the outcome right, but the score was not close to the one I predicted.

[Zackgeno96]

These correct results are not always easy. I once checked what the most common result was. That was the 1-1. At Betfair you could then make good money on that.
The problems eventually started when you had a 1-1 score a few times, and then it hits your bankroll bad.

[coderben]

I believe that it is way easier to guess which team will win or if the match will end in a draw comparing to guessing the exact score of a match. For some matches, your possibility of guessing the exact score increases (e.g. a powerful team play against a weak team). But still, I wouldn't choose to bet on the correct score of a match.

[Haunebu]

The biggest point that everyone here failed to mention is the liquidity differences between both markets. The 1x2 markets usually support way higher liquidities when compared to correct score markets for obvious reasons.

Most punters never seriously bet on correct score markets since no amount of research makes predicting them easier. However, it's easier to predict live correct score markets though the odds would be lower.

[Oshosondy]

No game is easy to predict until the match has ended, but it is still easier to predict the team to win a match than to go for correct score, but going for a correct score have higher odds because of the tiny chance to predict it correctly. I will prefer to go for who to win a match which is my normal correct way of taking bets, it is less risky, more predictable but it can come with low odds.

[GeorgeJohn]

there is more risk to predicting the right score, but there are also better quotes on those prediction, as far as i am concerned, i do not play correct score on games that i planned to watch, it is simply not interesting to see your correct score in the first half, and they watch with goal to see no more goals in the match
but, there is a value in bet, if you play on correct score 1:1 instead of draw, it is pure statistics, and more often than not, games that are draw at the end, finish 1:1

People think that prediction of game is very simple but when I go into it, I have to understand it and know that it's not really easy to predict life score games and it happen to enter, so I wants to know if really what is behind losing of bet after prediction thinking that it will enter.

[Doell]

1x2 is sometimes difficult too but harder on correct score bet it made me think lose by selecting a score ,to be honest I join this world of gambling not long ago but both are also difficult because I often bet parlay ,sometimes I pick 1 or 2 and result of the match is a draw or x final result if there is one game that lose then average is crushed out with no win ,strategy is also not enough that I need maybe luck
I like to play on stake because I can see other people bet on the board so I like to copy their bet well sound mindless to bet but sometimes it's fun to get the adrenaline rushed

[Lanatsa]

I've opened threads on gambling behavior and multi vs single bets before, and this one is another question I'm interested in to understand what the majority of this gambling community prefers. If you bet on soccer matches, what kind of bets do you prefer? Is it 1x2 bets or are you into something more risky like predicting the correct score? What do you choose more often?
As for me, I prefer the simple 1x2 bets because predicting the winner is often much simpler than predicting the score. However, I'm participating in Sportsbet EPL Pool, and there we're predicting the correct score of every EPL match (although you do get a point for guessing the outcome correct, so it's not as risky as placing bets on the correct score). So far, I've predicted the score correctly only 5 times out of 78 matches, so betting on the score is definitely not a good thing for me.

When it comes to correct score prediction then im just like yours where I do really suck with that one this is why I do only bet on lines like on whose gonna win
or considering on putting total score under or over.

I do much prefer these lines rather than on total score prediction.When it comes to risk then I can say that it is way more worst than choosing on which one
who gonna win.

Some are fan of choosing this option but I highly believe that majority is been avoid this.Am I right?

[EdenHazard]

I prefer betting on the match result rather than betting on the exact score even if the odds are really tempting.
But to each his own, some players prefer high risk bets which bring high rewards.

Good luck with the competition and 5 correct guesses out of 78 isn't that bad if you ask me 

Thanks! I think it's pretty bad, but it's my first time taking part in such a competition, so I don't have high expectations.
As for exact score, I noticed that for some reason the lowest or one of the lowest odds is often on 1:1, even though it's a draw, so not very likely as an outcome. For instance, I've just opened a random EPL match (Newcastle vs Chelsea), and even though the draw is way less likely than Chelsea winning, 1:1 score is the third among the most likely outcomes.

guessing the exact score is verry hard and you got 5 correct guesses which i think already decent . what is the "result " mean . is that predicting if who will win the game ? and you only got 12 out of 70 plus matches i think that was not cool .

It should be considered in a combination. Out of 78 matches, I had the right outcome 34 (12+17+5) times. Not great, not terrible IMO. And out of these 34 correct guesses, 5 times I got the score exactly right, 17 times I got the outcome (guessed the win team) right and almost got the score right (hence it's called "close"), and 12 times I got the outcome right, but the score was not close to the one I predicted.

FYI in the last 8 matches between the two , they never get a draw since 2015 .
Chelsea win 6x
Newcastle win 2x
And the last time they had a score of 1-1 is 10 years ago which got me thinking you prefer go for another score like 1-0 for Newcastle to win as they often makes Chelsea struggle , they did win over chelsea 1-0 in January though .

Anyway That's a not bad stats you've got over there , guessed 5 correct score are indeed not so impressive but yeah noone will have a perfect prediction on this. The odds itself telling you it won't be easy.

[Yamifoud]

Choosing and predicting the total score is likely closed to a losing bet. This is not the best option to take but rather to choose 1x2 where our chance is higher than what I've mentioned earlier.

In betting, we need to be wise, think about what could be the best. Though often to see that most of the outcome when it comes to gambling are losses, it doesn't mean that we just let things to happen instead, we need to take action on it in order to get the chance.

[chaser15]

Since as you said that predicting what team will win is much simpler, look at the odds, and sometimes it's not pleasing or worth to bet.

That's why others are shifting into other betting types even it's more challenging.

Simple = low odds
Difficult = fair/high odds

[dunfida]

Since as you said that predicting what team will win is much simpler, look at the odds, and sometimes it's not pleasing or worth to bet.

That's why others are shifting into other betting types even it's more challenging.

Simple = low odds
Difficult = fair/high odds

True! Just like on what we do saw on parlays..It is a challenging one but really be worth once you do hit up the streak or the line.Some do really love to play with fire
yet we do have different level of confidence on making bets specially if we are really sure that it can happen.I do bet on difficult ways yet i do always prefer or do
stick with good odds rather than wasting my time with sure bet but not really worth for the profit.

[Golftech]

Since as you said that predicting what team will win is much simpler, look at the odds, and sometimes it's not pleasing or worth to bet.

That's why others are shifting into other betting types even it's more challenging.

Simple = low odds
Difficult = fair/high odds

Most sport gamblers are switching to this type of betting as they've got a much better odds compared to
predicting who's going to win the game.
Obviously when there's a big difference between two opposing teams heavy favorites got a lower odd, not
enough to risk as you need to place decent bet to get something good out of it.
The kind of challenge where if you familiarized yourself the winning outcome is far better.

[judas]

I never bet on the score of a match. Because it is too hard to guess it correctly. I usually play live bets on teams for scoring a goal. I think it is a safe way to make profit. However, there is a truth that no kind of bet guarantees winning. I just try to increase the probability of it.

[TedMosby]

Mostly I bet on a football match that I will watch later lively on tv. Since my main purpose on gambling is for entertainment, I find it more entertaining to have a bet on a football match that I watch. By having a bet on 1x2, I can still enjoy the match. Correct score will just make me can’t enjoy the match. Because my focus is how many goal left until I can win the bet.

Despite it has a high stake, correct score is not one of my favorite.
Double chance, 1x2, over/under is my favorite for football bet.

[Rabi3]

Mostly I bet on a football match that I will watch later lively on tv. Since my main purpose on gambling is for entertainment, I find it more entertaining to have a bet on a football match that I watch. By having a bet on 1x2, I can still enjoy the match. Correct score will just make me can’t enjoy the match. Because my focus is how many goal left until I can win the bet.

true, and your bet on the correct score could be like 2-0 and the result could 1-1 in 20 minutes, and your bet is done, over and under bets live while watching is really good, i use sometimes, but pre match bets on 1x2 and handicaps are my favorite.

[Oshosondy]

People think that prediction of game is very simple but when I go into it, I have to understand it and know that it's not really easy to predict life score games and it happen to enter, so I wants to know if really what is behind losing of bet after prediction thinking that it will enter.

Nobody should think of a game to enter until the game has finished and the bettor has won the game, even in some few minutes to the end of a match, the game can still change and go against what bettor staked. That is just game for us, we should see it as fun. There are times I chose the correct score and staked it with just little amount of money and it was correct and won the bet. Even if I lose the game, it took nothing from me because I use little amount for it. I can not just think a game has be won even when it has not finished but until I see the result.