Soccer Bet Types
Almost every soccer fixture carries dozens of markets, but the sensible ones come down to a short list. Each market below answers a different question about the match — who wins, how many goals, or do both sides score — so the skill is matching the market to the read you actually have.
The match-result markets
If your view is about who wins, start here:
- 1X2 — home win, draw, or away win. The foundation every other soccer market builds on.
- Double Chance — two of the three results in one bet. Lower payout, higher strike rate.
- Draw No Bet — back the winner with your stake refunded if it’s a draw. The favourite without the draw risk.
The goals markets
If your read is about how the game flows rather than who wins:
- Over/Under goals — bet the total goals above or below a line, usually 2.5.
- Both Teams to Score — BTTS Yes or No, ignoring who wins entirely.
Combining selections
- Accumulators — several legs in one bet for a bigger return, with the maths stacked against you. Worth understanding before you build one.
New to all of this? Start with how to bet on soccer for the full picture, then come back and pick the market that fits your read.
1X2 Betting Explained
The three-way market broken down with rand pricing and where the value hides
Read the guide → Bet typeBoth Teams to Score
What Yes and No really cost and the matches where BTTS is value
Read the guide → Bet typeOver/Under Goals
Why the half-goal lines exist and how to judge a high-scoring game
Read the guide → Bet typeDouble Chance Betting
Higher strike rate at shorter prices, with rand examples
Read the guide → Bet typeDraw No Bet
Stake refunded if it ends level, and how it prices against 1X2
Read the guide → Soccer · AccumulatorsSoccer Accumulators
How the odds multiply and why most accas die on one leg
Read the guide → Soccer · Bet typeCorrect Score Betting
A low-strike market that pays heavy when you nail it
Read the guide → Soccer · Bet typeAsian Handicap Betting
Whole, half and quarter lines worked through with a rand example
Read the guide → Soccer · Bet typeHalf-Time/Full-Time Betting
Bigger odds for naming the score at the break and the final whistle
Read the guide → Soccer · Bet typeGoalscorer Betting
How goalscorer prices are set and which one actually pays better
Read the guide → Soccer · Bet typeCorners and Cards Betting
Skip the winner and bet match style with a worked rand example
Read the guide → Soccer · Bet typePlayer Props Betting
Read a player's role on the pitch and find the prop value
Read the guide → Soccer · How to bet1st Half Winner
How to place a 1st half winner bet on Scorebet — pick who leads at half time, with a real screenshot of the market and worked rand examples.
Read the guide →Frequently asked
What is the easiest soccer bet to start with?
Double Chance — backing a team to win or draw — has a higher strike rate than backing an outright winner, which makes it a gentle place to learn how matches play out before taking on riskier markets.
Which soccer market has the best value?
There's no single best market — value depends on the match and the price. Goals markets (over/under, BTTS) often hold value in games models misprice, and the draw is frequently the mispriced outcome in tight fixtures.
Why do related markets like 1X2 and over/under not combine cleanly on the same match?
Most books block you from putting two markets from the same match into one accumulator because the outcomes are correlated — a team winning big and the over both depend on the same goals. Where a bookie does offer it, it's a priced 'bet builder' or same-game multi, deliberately shortened to strip out that overlap. So you can't manufacture value by stacking, say, a home win and the over as if they were independent legs.
How does the bookmaker's margin compare between the three-way 1X2 and a two-way market on the same game?
Adding the implied chances across all three 1X2 outcomes leaves a bigger surplus over 100% than a two-way market like draw-no-bet, because the margin is spread across more selections. That's why two-way versions of a bet — draw-no-bet, over/under — often give you a slightly fairer price on the same opinion. Shopping the market structure, not just the headline price, is part of beating the cut.