Many bookmakers offer prices for predicting a match’s result
at both half time and full time. Making a bet that includes a predicted result
at half time and a predicted result at full time is what is called double
result betting. For a football match, the double result market has a total of 9
possibilities, which is a broader range of options than the normal 3-way (win,
draw, win) betting. The double result market also offers better odds and a win
on the market gives great returns.
For those who do not want to back an outright result (in the
3-way win, draw, win) market because of the lower odds available, the double
result market is a riskier but rewarding market to explore. On the double
result market, you can find odds as big as 3.00, 5.00, 10.00, 28.00 and more.
The highest odds are normally provided for the option of the home team winning
at half-time and the away team winning after 90 minutes. This unlikely result
may have odds as huge as 28.00 or higher, particularly if the home team is a
strong favorite.
Typically, the double result market considers a football
match as split into two halves with two different results, the first half and
the second half result. For you to win a bet on double result, your predictions
at both half time and full time have to be correct. In a normal football match
with three possible outcomes of win, draw, loss, splitting the halves into two
means 9 possible combination of results for half time and full time.
The 9 possibilities are:
(a) Win/Win (Home
win at half-time/home win full-time)
(b) Win/Draw (Home
win at half-time/home draw at full-time)
(c) Win/Loss (Home
win at half-time/home loss full-time)
(d) Draw/Win (Home
draw half-time/home win full-time)
(e) Draw/Draw (Home
draw half-time/home draw full-time)
(f) Draw/Loss
(Home draw half-time/home loss full-time)
(g) Loss/Win (Home
loss half-time/home win full-time)
(h) Loss/Draw (home
loss half-time/home draw full-time)
(i) Loss/Loss
(Home loss half-time/home loss full-time)
Note: You may use the away team in the brackets above as the
results and meaning remain the same.
Above are the options available in the double result market,
so you must assess the team you want to back to see if it will give a result
that meets the condition you choose. If you back a team to get a win at
half-time and see the win out at full-time, your double result bet would be
Win/Win. Likewise, if you back a team to get a draw at half-time and lose at
full-time, your double result bet would be Draw/Lose. A Win/Draw bet should be
backed when a team is likely to win by half-time though can’t see out the win
and will end the match with a draw.
Depending on the double result option you back, you will
have different odds based on the likelihood of the result occurring. For
example, a win/loss result for a favorite home team will have larger odds than
a win/win result for the same team as a strong team playing at home is more
likely to win by half-time and by full-time. The size of the odds will also
depend on the strength of the away team, current form of the two teams and
their head-to-head results.