A question for sports bettors

[libert19]

I remember reading some comments here that say, we spend time, 'analyzing' the matches, and I wonder, isn't watching the match, itself analyzing the match?

If you keep up with sports you are passionate about, shouldn't that automatically give you an idea about everything? What's up with this idea of 'analyzing' the matches separately?

Do you understand what I am sayin? Do you do this separate 'analysis' of games before making a bet or is merely keeping up with sports is enough for you to make your bets?

As for me, I never did this, 'analysis' thingy, I watch cricket regularly, and I know what I should be doing while making bets.

[Oshosondy]

I remember reading some comments here that say, we spend time, 'analyzing' the matches, and I wonder, isn't watching the match, itself analyzing the match?

If you keep up with sports you are passionate about, shouldn't that automatically give you an idea about everything? What's up with this idea of 'analyzing' the matches separately?

I understand what you are saying, if you are watching matches on a league like the English Premier League very well, you may not need any analyses at all to know the right teams to choose, this is very true.

But do you know that many punters are not only going for such matches? They are also going for matches that they are not keeping up with.

[libert19]

I am again surprised at lack of responses here, and only 13 views as of now to the topic.

I understand what you are saying, if you are watching matches on a league like the English Premier League very well, you may not need any analyses at all to know the right teams to choose, this is very true.

Thank you.

But do you know that many punters are not only going for such matches? They are also going for matches that they are not keeping up with.

I see no reason why I should be betting on matches/sports I have no idea of.

Edit: nvm the above statement, I misunderstood.

[Hewlet]

If you keep up with sports you are passionate about, shouldn't that automatically give you an idea about everything? What's up with this idea of 'analyzing' the matches separately?

No matter how much of a sports person that you are, there will still be a lot of things that you won't know about some teams if you don't do even if it's small search on those things and fact is that the minutest detail can sometimes influence the outcome of a game. Take for instance the ongoing African cup of nations, Nigeria has been doing really well but at the moment, they have small internal friction that's cursing speculation that some of their key players are not in good terms. If that's the case, regardless of how solid the team is, it might affect Thier general play. Those are the kind of things doing proper analysis can help reveal.

In addition to this, sometimes, you might be led to include teams you're not too conversant with, you will need to do some check on them to know what you're actually doing. Those are the basic place where research is quite necessary.

[Dunamisx]

I remember reading some comments here that say, we spend time, 'analyzing' the matches, and I wonder, isn't watching the match, itself analyzing the match?

Watching it, reading it or hearing it all means the same, as long as we are getting something to learn from whichever medium we choose to learn and analyze our match.

If you keep up with sports you are passionate about, shouldn't that automatically give you an idea about everything? What's up with this idea of 'analyzing' the matches separately?

The critical thinking is the analysis in it, which we have to think about a match and converge all the necessary information needed from the present and past before taking the bet, everything all works for each other in gambling.

[MainIbem]

I remember reading some comments here that say, we spend time, 'analyzing' the matches, and I wonder, isn't watching the match, itself analyzing the match?

If you keep up with sports you are passionate about, shouldn't that automatically give you an idea about everything? What's up with this idea of 'analyzing' the matches separately?

I understand what you are saying, if you are watching matches on a league like the English Premier League very well, you may not need any analyses at all to know the right teams to choose, this is very true.

But do you know that many punters are not only going for such matches? They are also going for matches that they are not keeping up with.

Well i understand your both opinions but sports betting at some point would require some analysis to help you make better choice, one might watch a particular sports but the person can't tell me that he'll follow up all the activities of every matchday and know what's going on in every team. What if a particular teams Talisman or important players are injured and you bet of them to win without knowing their current form or strength of the team, so making analysis before betting is also helpful although It doesn't guarantee success. However it's true that watching matches or knowing about a particular league is an advantage for sports bettors.

[TheUltraElite]

To be honest, for those who are frequenting the leagues games, they dont need to analyze much, because they know the teams from inside out. Still overconfidence is not something good.

Again for those who are new to the game, my suggestion is always never to gamble on it. But when you dont have any games available you often go for less known games, taking a bigger risk.

End of the day the analysis is only going to be correct if your luck is on your side. So I dont know if there is any actual link between doing a lot of analysis and winning or losing.

[rdluffy]

I bet a lot on soccer, watch the games, and also analyze the matches before placing my bets
I don't really like live betting

I analyze because I want to know the history of the two teams playing each other, the results of the last 5 or 10 games, if the team usually concedes a lot of goals, if the team plays well away from home, and a few other things
I think it's very important to analyze, especially because it's difficult and practically impossible to watch all the games you bet on

A thorough analysis can greatly assist your decision and increase your chances of success

[programmer3666]

In as much as watching a game on a regular basis has that chill feeling you will have for teams, that does not automatically translate into betting, because betting requires very technical readings, for example, you will have to put player injuries into account, head to head count records, and how the teams form is, not to mention the environmental conduciveness! becuase you will have to look at the venue and weather quality as well and all these factors can alter the outcome of a game without the permission of passion.

[Smartprofit]

I perceive myself as a being capable of being in various emotional states (in fact, I have many).🙋

My brain functions completely differently in different emotional states. For example, when I'm enjoying a football match, I vividly experience the successes and failures of my favorite team. And at that moment, my critical, logical thinking doesn't work very well. I just enjoy life.

And there are other emotional states. In these cool, logical states, I can calmly analyze and evaluate the chances of a particular sports team winning. At times like these, I psychologically distance myself from my love of sports. I concentrate on processing information, imagining myself more like a powerful computer than an avid football fan.

Therefore, to bet effectively on sports, it's not enough for me to simply be interested in sports and occasionally watch live sports. I also need to analyze each team's prospects (while in a special, cool, logical state of mind).

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

In my opinion I think doing both is very important in gambling so we can be more close to getting things right, we cannot be playing and be focused on one direction, thinking maybe it's all by what we knew, we have to also focus more on additional information that could be helpful to our bets, such could be from watching the spots life events and also taking our time to be more calculative so that our analysis will be in place for the interest of winning, after making other consultations before playing our bets.

[finaleshot2016]

I remember reading some comments here that say, we spend time, 'analyzing' the matches, and I wonder, isn't watching the match, itself analyzing the match?

If you keep up with sports you are passionate about, shouldn't that automatically give you an idea about everything? What's up with this idea of 'analyzing' the matches separately?

Do you understand what I am sayin? Do you do this separate 'analysis' of games before making a bet or is merely keeping up with sports is enough for you to make your bets?

As for me, I never did this, 'analysis' thingy, I watch cricket regularly, and I know what I should be doing while making bets.

Maybe it's a post analysis they're referring.

It's true that analyzing is already like watching, you absorb the patterns of the sports, player form, momentum, strategy, decisions and any physical factors. But if someone said analyze, it's about the statistics after the game, the performance, data and numbers. It's like how some experts in sports are doing it, post analysis of a game since data is a powerful weapon for sports betting. This kind of analysis will definitely defeat bias and loyalty to a team, and of course will reduce those impulse bets due to your own observation by watching (not fully analyzing).

[criptoevangelista]

There is a big difference between watching a game with many friends at a bar while having a beer, and watching it at home with a critical eye, tactically analyzing every way the players perform and the team’s behavior in certain game situations. In short, there is a very big difference between simply watching and actually analyzing.

[danadc]

I've thought that addiction will always develop because the player seeks to win back what he has lost and win more than that , and the other reason is that he will want to win when he has had the Beginning of a winning streak, once he loses it he feels that he must Acquire the way to have it again, those are Mistakes that make us bury our capital.

[Stepstowealth]

I remember reading some comments here that say, we spend time, 'analyzing' the matches, and I wonder, isn't watching the match, itself analyzing the match?

If you keep up with sports you are passionate about, shouldn't that automatically give you an idea about everything? What's up with this idea of 'analyzing' the matches separately?

I think analyzing a football game goes much deeper than just watching the game, many people watch football but not many people understand and know football or are able to pick up some little details from football like some other people do. The people that are able to pick up the little details from football are people that actually analyze football as they watch and that gives them a thorough idea and in depth knowledge of the sport that can help them in their predictions about the outcome of the game or how the team will perform against another opponent.

[Creeper0]

As for me, I never did this, 'analysis' thingy, I watch cricket regularly, and I know what I should be doing while making bets.

Since you mentioned cricket, match analysis is definitely important for you. Because in cricket, knowing the nature of the pitch is very important. It is important to analyze the strength of the players of both the teams on that pitch. If you look at the last T20 World Cup, you will see that Australia lost the match against Afghanistan, can you say why Australia lost the match despite being so strong? If the format had been an ODI or a Test match instead of T20, would Afghanistan have had a chance of winning the match?

If you analyze that match, you will see that the pitch and the format helped Afghanistan to win. Afghanistan's spin attack was ideal for that pitch, even for the pacers. Since Australia is not used to playing on such a pitch, they had to lose the match. If the format had been an ODI or a Test, then Australia had a better chance of winning. Because Afghanistan is comparatively weak in long innings matches. Depending on the pitch, small teams can also beat big teams, if you are a cricket lover then you should know this. You don't need to analyze it separately because your mind can automatically analyze and make a decision, because you are used to watching cricket and know the statistics based on the situation of the teams.

[BABY SHOES]

For betting who will win may be easy because in the European league often by watching the match alone enough to know which team will win especially the team is the favorite.

While you bet on the total goals it requires another analysis which looks at the H2H, sometimes for me it is quite influential to see this analysis even though it is not entirely sure it will always be accurate.

Still what I do... doing a separate analysis is quite important, this is just trying to know about the team as my betting reference data.

[SOKO-DEKE]

I remember reading some comments here that say, we spend time, 'analyzing' the matches, and I wonder, isn't watching the match, itself analyzing the match?

If you keep up with sports you are passionate about, shouldn't that automatically give you an idea about everything? What's up with this idea of 'analyzing' the matches separately?

Do you understand what I am sayin? Do you do this separate 'analysis' of games before making a bet or is merely keeping up with sports is enough for you to make your bets?

As for me, I never did this, 'analysis' thingy, I watch cricket regularly, and I know what I should be doing while making bets.

I always do analysis sometime before I make a bet, but for some matches I feel that doing analysis is not that important. For example, when big teams that are in form are playing against weak, small teams, I don’t always like to do analysis for those types of games because I already know that the strong teams are likely to beat the small, weak teams.

But when it is match between two big teams, whether one is in form or not, I always do analysis on them, like looking at their head to head statistics, checking if any of their players are injured or knowing the kind of players they will use. Seriously, it does help sometimes.But if someone is following blindly and betting without analysis, sometimes they will hardly win, despite gambling being a game of luck.

[xbetz.io]

I think there’s a difference between watching and analyzing.If you follow a league closely, a lot of the “analysis” becomes instinctive, form, tempo, mentality and coaching changes. You don’t need spreadsheets for that.

Where analysis matters more is when people bet outside what they truly follow or when markets are tight and you’re looking for small edges rather than “who’s better”.
For me it’s less about predicting outcomes and more about understanding when the odds don’t fully reflect context.

[Merit.s]

You can't watch all the matches which is why some people do their analysis before placing their bets. Some matches clashes with the other, I only watch these big clubs matches because I want to bet on them. For the club that I don't watch their matches, I have a make a proper analysis.

If it's two big teams or rivals, no need of any analysis because I use their current form to pick the winner.