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

[qwertyup23]

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.

If you know the team that you are betting on, then most likely, you know their current stats, standings, techniques, and confidence towards them. That is the reason on why you betted on them in the first place. Betting without even knowing on which team you are rooting on makes it relatively riskier compared if you have full information and personal knowledge on them.



Based on the image above, the results showed that most people gamble based on the team that they actually identified and been loyal with. Almost most of the people who participated in the survey voted that they chose the team that they are comfortable¹.

1. https://thesportjournal.org/article/is-gambling-preference-affected-from-team-identification/

[Natalim]

Knowing the details about the team may increase your winning percentage, but it can't guarantee you a win. But you can do better in sports betting if you check the team properly and you bet on that team. I have seen many gamblers doing well in sports batting because they bet in the right way.Those who bet a little more carefully in sports betting have a better chance of winning, because there the player can take the bet using his own knowledge.

Of course, no one can guarantee a win... And no one ever wins in all bets, it's just unrealistic! But knowledge always helps... For example, if you know that a soccer club will not play the main striker or defender, or someone was injured... All this will increase your chance of success!

We will know because it will be announce or there are rumors on that and bookies are not stupid to not adjust the betting line. In all type of major games, most data are available online, whether free or not, you can access it and you'll know what's going on in a certain teams.

[MWesterweele]

Knowing the details about the team may increase your winning percentage, but it can't guarantee you a win. But you can do better in sports betting if you check the team properly and you bet on that team. I have seen many gamblers doing well in sports batting because they bet in the right way.Those who bet a little more carefully in sports betting have a better chance of winning, because there the player can take the bet using his own knowledge.

Of course, no one can guarantee a win... And no one ever wins in all bets, it's just unrealistic! But knowledge always helps... For example, if you know that a soccer club will not play the main striker or defender, or someone was injured... All this will increase your chance of success!

Yes atleast you have the idea whether that team you're going to bet on was striking high chance to win the game or not. At the same time, we have our own favorite team that we are comfortable and trusted our principal to bet on because you already know how they play, and you know that the player are good enough ro make the best out of their game. This gives you an increase of chances to success in betting.

[AmoreJaz]

Knowing the details about the team may increase your winning percentage, but it can't guarantee you a win. But you can do better in sports betting if you check the team properly and you bet on that team. I have seen many gamblers doing well in sports batting because they bet in the right way.Those who bet a little more carefully in sports betting have a better chance of winning, because there the player can take the bet using his own knowledge.

Of course, no one can guarantee a win... And no one ever wins in all bets, it's just unrealistic! But knowledge always helps... For example, if you know that a soccer club will not play the main striker or defender, or someone was injured... All this will increase your chance of success!

Yes atleast you have the idea whether that team you're going to bet on was striking high chance to win the game or not. At the same time, we have our own favorite team that we are comfortable and trusted our principal to bet on because you already know how they play, and you know that the player are good enough ro make the best out of their game. This gives you an increase of chances to success in betting.

for me, you should also familiarise yourself with other teams, not only your favourite one. as this will give you edge on assessing their chances inside the field. the more you know both camps, the sounder your decision will be. because if you will stick knowing only one team, you are blind from the capability of others. and this will affect in your betting decision. sometimes you need to bet on the other team for you to win, should not always put your money on your favourite one.

[Vaculin]

for me, you should also familiarise yourself with other teams, not only your favourite one.

This is exactly what some of the gamblers have neglected when they bet on games.

Knowing both teams that are playing makes you realistic, unfortunately some of us are bias, we only look at our own team and believe that we will easily win, and that's the reason why most of us loses in sports betting because of that kind of thinking.

[hahay]

for me, you should also familiarise yourself with other teams, not only your favourite one.

This is exactly what some of the gamblers have neglected when they bet on games.

Knowing both teams that are playing makes you realistic, unfortunately some of us are bias, we only look at our own team and believe that we will easily win, and that's the reason why most of us loses in sports betting because of that kind of thinking.

Because to fight the majority is difficult so even though we don't have a favorite team it's still difficult, I personally don't have a favorite team, I'm just aware of big teams and small teams so that when they compete at least it needs to be mentally strong if we bet on the underdogs team. That way, knowing the sport and the team is basically just to make us aware, because it still doesn't guarantee we win easily.

[Twentyonepaylots]

It makes you more confident on the games your team will play, because by then you will know what your team is capable of doing and not, based of course on their known skill set and what the enemy has to offer to the table. So it may seem like voodoo crap to some, but knowing and researching your team's capabilities actually work in betting.

Knowing the details about the team may increase your winning percentage, but it can't guarantee you a win. But you can do better in sports betting if you check the team properly and you bet on that team. I have seen many gamblers doing well in sports batting because they bet in the right way.Those who bet a little more carefully in sports betting have a better chance of winning, because there the player can take the bet using his own knowledge.

Well of course there will always be a margin of error that can escalate to a lost, but honestly speaking, I will happily take the small advantage increase than having none at all.

[batang_bitcoin]

for me, you should also familiarise yourself with other teams, not only your favourite one.

True to that. It should be almost every team or opponent, you should take a look and study them. You'll get a vast knowledge by knowing each of them and not just only focusing in your favorite team or players. It's easier for you to recognize your favorite team because you know a lot from them but with the other teams, you should also put some focus on them if you want to expand your info about them. It will give you a nice idea how they'll be doing and not just the existing information about them but as much as possible, any info that gives you up to date.

[BuNga_cute]

Still for me sports betting has to have luck too in order to succeed, like when I bet on a match in the Bundesliga. The results of the match last week
were mostly draws, this is not in accordance with the analysis I have done for the match. So knowing our team or players does not guarantee success
when betting, it still takes the luck factor. But when compared to doing sports betting without knowledge, it is indeed better to have knowledge of
the teams or players who will play.

[FlightyPouch]

for me, you should also familiarise yourself with other teams, not only your favourite one.

This is exactly what some of the gamblers have neglected when they bet on games.

Knowing both teams that are playing makes you realistic, unfortunately some of us are bias, we only look at our own team and believe that we will easily win, and that's the reason why most of us loses in sports betting because of that kind of thinking.

I think this depends on the gambler himself. There are a lot of gamblers out there that you are talking about but there are also a lot of gamblers that don't base on what they have on their team but base their bets on their analysis and knowledge about that team and the opponent's team.

For sure most of the bettors here are like that, are analyzing their team and their opponent based on what I am seeing on their posts on this thread.

[Silberman]

Judging from personal experience there's no point in the deep analysis of the game you're betting on, there are too many factors to take into account, from injuries to coaches, and personal health, gaming history, the atmosphere in the team, and many-many other things that you may not even think about and can't possibly know.

Considering all this, I'd say it's impossible to gather all the data, make a full analysis, especially if it's not your main occupation and you're betting on many games at a time.

However, there are some significant points that might affect the course of the game, but that's why it is good to analyze the odds rather than the game itself and that's why you've improved. The odds already represent all that data you need, because other people analyzed some stuff, made their predictions based on this, which affected the odds.

Just because we cannot do something that doesn't mean that someone else can't, it's fine to recognize that we cannot do something, I know that I cannot be successful in sport bets either but there is significant evidence that shows that there are some sports bettors that are in fact able to beat the house and it is obvious that the way they do it is by knowing so much about the sport in which they are betting that they are able to identify opportunities that people without that knowledge cannot identify.

[iamsheikhadil]

for me, you should also familiarise yourself with other teams, not only your favourite one.

This is exactly what some of the gamblers have neglected when they bet on games.

Knowing both teams that are playing makes you realistic, unfortunately some of us are bias, we only look at our own team and believe that we will easily win, and that's the reason why most of us loses in sports betting because of that kind of thinking.

When you gamble in sports, you have to sacrifice emotions, love and faith from the team you support from heart and the player you admire. The ideal athlete you admire has their own flaws, and you have to accept it even if it goes against your heart, because if emotions are considered then one can never win in sports gambling as one won't be able to make a good calculation and prediction.

[maydna]

for me, you should also familiarise yourself with other teams, not only your favourite one.

This is exactly what some of the gamblers have neglected when they bet on games.

Knowing both teams that are playing makes you realistic, unfortunately some of us are bias, we only look at our own team and believe that we will easily win, and that's the reason why most of us loses in sports betting because of that kind of thinking.

When you gamble in sports, you have to sacrifice emotions, love and faith from the team you support from heart and the player you admire. The ideal athlete you admire has their own flaws, and you have to accept it even if it goes against your heart, because if emotions are considered then one can never win in sports gambling as one won't be able to make a good calculation and prediction.

It is not easy to sacrifice emotions because when our team can't serve their best performance, we feel sad and disappointed. But that is what happens in sports because not every time our team or players can have full stamina in every match, so we need to be ready for that. But I am sure that we can select the other team or player to place a bet, and that team can have a big percentage to win. In sports betting, many things can happen because that is how the team or player can play with their best performance.

[Janation]

Still for me sports betting has to have luck too in order to succeed, like when I bet on a match in the Bundesliga. The results of the match last week
were mostly draws, this is not in accordance with the analysis I have done for the match. So knowing our team or players does not guarantee success
when betting, it still takes the luck factor. But when compared to doing sports betting without knowledge, it is indeed better to have knowledge of
the teams or players who will play.

And how frequent does that happen?

Based on your statement, it just happened once last week. Going against the majority, as the other said is very hard. Yeah, something like what you've experience sometimes happens but it is not that frequent. Maybe 2 or 3 out of 10 games, it would happen. That is why we look at the players and news about it and base our bets on that.

[RealMalatesta]

Still for me sports betting has to have luck too in order to succeed, like when I bet on a match in the Bundesliga. The results of the match last week were mostly draws, this is not in accordance with the analysis I have done for the match. So knowing our team or players does not guarantee success when betting, it still takes the luck factor. But when compared to doing sports betting without knowledge, it is indeed better to have knowledge of
the teams or players who will play.

It also depends on what you are betting. If you bet on over/under it is really random and no matter how much information you gather and brainstorm but it will not help because these kind of markets are based on luck and how the match unfolds. For example if an early goal is scored, one team will get more defensive and the opponents will try to score the equalizer as soon as possible.

You can use these opportunities and bet live and most of the time equalizers do come sooner or later because if the team that scored the 1st goal has gone into a shell and not attacking at all, at some point of time there will be a breach of defense and goal will be scored against them.

Picking what markets to bet is really important even in sports like basketball and tennis not just soccer. You can ask any gambler and I can bet they won't be in profit in long term just by betting on under/over markets before the start of the game.

[Mauser]

The more information we manage to get about the teams, the better our bets should be. In my opinion investing time into research and staying up to date on our favourite teams will pay off. If we are a big fan of our home team it happens naturally that we are well informed
We just need to make sure we are also looking at the other teams. Also once information about the sport gets published we should assume that most betters are looking at it.

[danherbias07]

The more information we manage to get about the teams, the better our bets should be. In my opinion investing time into research and staying up to date on our favourite teams will pay off. If we are a big fan of our home team it happens naturally that we are well informed
We just need to make sure we are also looking at the other teams. Also once information about the sport gets published we should assume that most betters are looking at it.

Watching every game.
Being updated on every news. Injuries, sudden absence and a lot more.

I have been watching NBA since I was a kid but there is one thing I had learned. Everything will change in just a manner of time.
Players, rosters, coach, management and trades.
All of this could affect the performance of one team and you will need to keep track on that in order to have a higher winning percentage.
So yes, it's a big deal to know everything when it comes to sports betting.

[vintages]

Knowing the details about the team may increase your winning percentage, but it can't guarantee you a win. But you can do better in sports betting if you check the team properly and you bet on that team. I have seen many gamblers doing well in sports batting because they bet in the right way.Those who bet a little more carefully in sports betting have a better chance of winning, because there the player can take the bet using his own knowledge.

Aside increasing the chance of winning, It's even impossible to play a game you know nothing about. Or else someone else is playing the game or helping them out to gamble but that takes away the fun in it.

It will be a waste of money to bet on a game you know nothing and leaving it to chances or luck will neither make the person win.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Knowing the details about the team may increase your winning percentage, but it can't guarantee you a win. But you can do better in sports betting if you check the team properly and you bet on that team. I have seen many gamblers doing well in sports batting because they bet in the right way.Those who bet a little more carefully in sports betting have a better chance of winning, because there the player can take the bet using his own knowledge.

Aside increasing the chance of winning, It's even impossible to play a game you know nothing about. Or else someone else is playing the game or helping them out to gamble but that takes away the fun in it.

It will be a waste of money to bet on a game you know nothing and leaving it to chances or luck will neither make the person win.

Well, in this sense, my favorite sport has always been football, the fact that my favorite team in the Spanish league is Real Madrid, in Italy Juventus, in the English league. United. This causes each game to be followed, knowing each player, following the statistics of each one can help to win a bet, as long as no feelings are mixed.

Sometimes I have lost bets to follow my feelings and not the reason, I think it is best to use all the knowledge tools you have, some intuition and of course have some luck.

[ReiMomo]

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Sometimes I have lost bets to follow my feelings and not the reason, I think it is best to use all the knowledge tools you have, some intuition and of course have some luck.

Exactly, that's also your personal emotion, I guess because even you know that there's a weak on their team you still pick them just because you like them. You should always have a comparison between the two teams in each match, their disadvantage and advantage as a player and also always seeking information regarding the injured list, this will I guess will help you to predict who will win the match.

Knowing your sports and team will always have an advantage over without knowing everything just only guessing. But if I guess if the luck is with you at any time, that's a good sign for you.