asian handicap betting

Asian handicap betting is a recent development in the soccer betting world. I am not sure if this works in any other sports but because this is a blog about soccer betting i will stick with that.

An asian handicap bet is when you give a team a certain number of goals start. For example if Chelsea were playing Fulham, you could give Fulham a goal start but then still back chelsea. This will improve the odds for a Chelsea win and thus making your returns better.

You can give a team more then a goal start if you so wish. In the above example if chelsea won 1-0 then your stake would be refunded. If Chelsea won by more then 1 goal then you win. In this example the draw is taken out of the equation. By this i mean that if the game itself ends in a draw because of the goal start Fulham received they would win this type bet. Of course you can always back Fulham to win with the goal start and then collect on that if it happens.

Another type of Asian handical bet to be aware of is the called the double handicap and simply put the wager in this case is split in two. So for the above example you might get Chelsea -1,-1.5 against Fulham +1,+1.5. In this example you are betting on 2 outcomes instead of just the 1 as in the above example. So if Chelsea won by 2 goals you would win the bet.

I like asian handicap betting and do use it alot. I think what puts people off is that it seems complicated with the numbers being given. But put simply its just backing a team you think will win and improving the odds by giving the opposing team a goal start or maybe more. You can of course go the other way and back the team you are giving the goal or goals start to.
Its also good to use in international football especailly the qualifiers for a major tournament, when you get the minnows playing the big nations. Arecent example of this is the England Kazakhstan gamethat ended 5-1 to England and giving Kazakhstan a 3 goal start the odds on England were alot better then the outrigh odds to win the game which was 50/1 on.

Thats all there is to it. Its a good way of improving your returns and winning more money.