Does knowing your sport and teams really make you better at betting on them?

[kryptqnick]

If you're betting on tennis without the slightest idea of how the game works, you probably won't do a good job because you wouldn't even understand what you're betting on. However, if you have some basic knowledge of the game and teams, is it enough to become good at betting? If you really know the teams and follow what's happening to them (injuries and stuff like that), does it really make you good at betting?
I want to draw from my personal experience with football and predicting EPL. I have some basic knowledge about EPL and about football in general, but I'm not deep into the details. However, it seems that I've been improving at predicting how the matches would go by getting the hang of analyzing the odds, previous history of matches between the teams and recent history of matches of some teams against other strong teams. So I've been paying more attention to betting, but my knowledge of football and teams did not change much, but here's some data on how I've been making predictions on Superbru:

So from worse than average I went to top-20. Perhaps it's just luck or some random factors, and I'm not really getting better at it. What's your experience and opinion on the relation between knowing the sport and betting on it?

[Taskford]

If you're betting on tennis without the slightest idea of how the game works, you probably won't do a good job because you wouldn't even understand what you're betting on. However, if you have some basic knowledge of the game and teams, is it enough to become good at betting? If you really know the teams and follow what's happening to them (injuries and stuff like that), does it really make you good at betting?

I can say yes since you will know on what are the stronger teams on the leagues and which of them is underdogs also you can always know if there's a lacking players or if there's an issue that can affect there gameplays. That's why knowing the teams really give us a great advantage in terms of betting but there are instance that we cannot always rely on it since even under dogs can unexpectedly win.

[robelneo]

So from worse than average I went to top-20. Perhaps it's just luck or some random factors, and I'm not really getting better at it. What's your experience and opinion on the relation between knowing the sport and betting on it?

Knowledge is power and you are always on the edge especially in sports betting, if you are familiar with every team and you can compare the strength of one team to another, you will not get lost on who and what to bet, than relying on other people's opinion, so much depends on the knowledge of the sports than on luck when it comes to sports betting, I usually bet on a boxer that turns out to be the winner because of my analysis.

[acroman08]

in my opinion? yeah, having knowledge about the game and the team gives you the ability to have an intelligent decision on what the players might and might not do giving you the advantage to have better betting picks to those who have no knowledge about the game. and based on your results it might really be the case.

[Vaculin]

Not really, because knowing the sports and the teams are the basics of the game, it's necessary in order to understand what you are doing, winning is a different thing, it's more complicated than what we think because of the betting odds set by the bookmakers.

[AicecreaME]

Knowing your stuff could help you to increase your chance of winning in sports betting, since it's not base on luck. Sticking to a certain player or to a certain team is good, because it will make you to summarize data easily in just short period of time and you could at least predict it 80% of possibility that you could win, while focusing on too many team will just result the exact opposite of what I've said.

[avikz]

Well, it's a basic of any sports betting or even in any other events of your life as well! Assume you are a software engineer and you have been asked to handle the job of a police commissioner of the city! Your struggle will be endless! Same goes for sports betting as well!

Every gambler needs to understand the sports they are betting on. Otherwise, the end result will be disastrous! If you don't understand cricket, don't bet on it! As simple as that! Knoqing the sport well, definitely increases your chance of winning!

[Jackl87]

In the end betting will always remain mostly luck based because it's not in your hand if you win or lose but in the hand of the teams that compete. I would still say though that you can increase your chances of winning a bet if you know your sports well and also be up to date about the current situation of the competing teams. Do they have injured players? How did they perform in their last matches? Are important players banned or in bad shape?
To know stuff like that helps.

[yazher]

Not really, because knowing the sports and the teams are the basics of the game, it's necessary in order to understand what you are doing, winning is a different thing, it's more complicated than what we think because of the betting odds set by the bookmakers.

Yeah! I think so too because even though you do your own research with the team the odds still there and sometimes the team you expected to lose, will win the game. It happens most likely in boxing because you can see how they fight each other like there is no tomorrow. The only problem is the judges who score the match and if they are paid by someone then that means trouble for the one who bets.

[ralle14]

In the end betting will always remain mostly luck based because it's not in your hand if you win or lose but in the hand of the teams that compete. I would still say though that you can increase your chances of winning a bet if you know your sports well and also be up to date about the current situation of the competing teams. Do they have injured players? How did they perform in their last matches? Are important players banned or in bad shape?
To know stuff like that helps.

I disagree that sports betting is luck based even though we have to rely on the players you can eventually make a bit of profit if you're very knowledgeable on the sport you're betting on as you become more cautious by knowing which matches to skip and what markets to take on certain matches. It's not the same as casino games where it heavily revolves around luck, upsets could happen once in a while but it can be avoidable and not every sport are always full of upsets.

[Alucard1]

Yes, it has the advantage, if you know very team's strength and weaknesses then you will have the advantage on sports betting, remember that knowledge is always our power, if you know every team then that would make you good at sports betting but still it won't guarantee you to win 100% because gambling is still risky and there is no assurance of winning.

[imstillthebest]

last day i was trying a new sportsbetting  and i bet on random events for testing purpose and i was also in a hurry. i didnt knew anything about the teams involved but i know the game that they are playing and how it works  .
i loose that bet of mine but if i have a knowledge on the teams playing maybe i could win it .
 we wont be familiar with the teams if we dont like the sport that they are in , we need to first know if what sports we love and the next steps are going to be easier .

[alegotardo]

Don't worry, just see who's favorite on the site and bet on it.... Nooo, don't do that, this is the right recipe to lose money.

Especially in games with teams of many players, it's necessary not only to know the team but also each one of its players, because even a change in the lineup during the match can totally change the game and the result of it.

You can't just rely on the odds, you have to follow the teams and make quick decisions to decrease the chances of losing. But as good as you do, 50% is still technical, the other 50% is luck.

[iamsheikhadil]

I don't follow football or tennis much, but I follow cricket a bit. I would say, yes, knowing about the players, their strength and weakness, their strategies definitely help at coming to a precise calculation of odds of the game. Along with that, we also have to analyze the psychology behind the game as well. Let's say, we have two teams and one has scored 3 goals and the other 0 goals at half time. Now, after half time, the winning team will play "defensive" and will try to pass as much time as possible so it wins while the other would be at attack mode. Hence, all aspects of the game are needed for an ideal calculation

[btc_angela]

Definitely, when I was starting my crypto online betting, I bet on some sports that I'm not familiar with and obviously I'm frustrated so see me losing. My reasoning is that maybe I can be lucky and win blindly. But it was not like that, sport betting requires knowledge, lessons for me.

So I stop doing that, maybe from time to time, just to have some fun. But majority of my bets now are sports that I'm more familiar with to give me higher percentage of winning.

[leea-1334]

Without a doubt,,, sports betting needs not just knowledge but a keen familiarity with the sports, more so with the athletes and teams. Form is important. the style they play (betting on types of event like cards and corners in football).

But the problem is people bet on emotions and on odds, rather than on the knowledge. Sports bets people like me bet on our teams. Regardless if we play like crap or not;)

[pinggoki]

It is more factor that you know the game that you are betting at because how can you bet on a game that you didn't know how to play? How come that you may understand and says that this team is much better without knowing the game itself that they are playing? Knowing the game and rulea itself will help you to analyze on which team you will bet because the more you understand the game the more you know which team is better.

[finaleshot2016]

You'll be getting good at betting if you know what you're doing, especially when you know how the game works and how things will turn out on the game. I have experiences in e-sports betting but not in cryptocurrency, I bet a lot and I got a huge win rate, I knew how every match will end since I memorized all of their gameplay. So knowing the game, having experience with it and definitely knew the mechanics or gameplay of each team, it will be an easy bet for you. I don't usually bet just because I like the team, if you want to earn while enjoying the match then you should bet on the team which has more possibilities to win.

[3meek]

Of course, knowledge of the sport and the different teams helps in betting! In my opinion, without knowledge it is better not to get involved in those things that concern money!
Especially if you are really interested in football for example and know the statistics... Why not make money from your knowledge!

[gabbie2010]

A bettor deep knowledge in a particular or choice of sport is the key towards winning bets consistently, personally my preference is soccer betting and I followed English Premier League with passion thus allowing me to place my bets on stronger teams against the weaker ones and knows the teams with ability of scoring goals in every match, statistically I would be to analyze past records before placing a bet all these are based on knowledge in that particular league.