Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Football Betting The Complete Guide To Betting On Football ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Pages - [Football Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/) - Football Betting Welcome to FootballBetting.org.uk, a site dedicated to betting on football. It doesn't matter if you're an experienced punter or if you've never placed a bet before, we have something for you - including tips, offers, reviews and betting guides. To kick things off, let's start with a list of our top 5 betting - [10Bet's Pulse Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/features/10bet-pulse-betting/) - 10Bet’s Pulse Betting Just when you think all of the good ideas in online betting have now been done, a company comes up with something that makes you sit up and take notice. In this instance that ‘something’ that I’m referring to is 10Bet’s new feature, Pulse Betting. Here I’ll explain what it is, how - [Man of the Match Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/features/man-of-the-match/) - Man of the Match Betting Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (Credit: Vlad1988 | Shutterstock) Some bookmakers are introducing markets that aren’t quite as clear as standard bets, though that doesn’t mean that you can complain if you don’t win it! I’m looking at one such market here, with both BetVictor and Betfair giving punters the chance - [Multiples Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/multiples-betting/) - Multiples Betting Explained Multiples betting is a great way to increase the odds on your bets by combining a number of unrelated events in one single bet. It is hugely popular in all sports but football, alongside horse racing, is where multiples betting – otherwise known as accumulators, or accas for short – is probably - [Football Betting Tips](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/football-betting-tips/) - Football Betting Tips & Advice I use a number of different football betting tipsters, which I’ll point you towards here. They’re helpful for those of you that aren’t too sure what to bet on or which wagers to place, so do think about using them if you feel that you fall into one of those - [How to Bet on Football](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/how-to-bet-on-football/) - How to Bet on Football Betting on football is one of the most popular gambling options around, with the allure of the world’s most widely watched sport and the extra excitement a bet provides making a winning combination. If you’ve never had a bet on football – or even anything at all – then this - [Handicap Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/handicap-betting/) - Handicap Betting & Asian Handicaps Explained Handicaps are used for two main reasons: to offer slightly different types of bet and to even out the odds where one side is a clear favourite and so the odds would be too short to attract much interest. Handicap betting is very popular but some beginners may be - [Goals Galore](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/goals-galore/) - Goals Galore Explained Credit: Ververidis Vasilis | Shutterstock Goals Galore was the great new bet invented by Betfred a few years ago and the market that really started the craze for betting on both teams to score. With Goals Galore you simply pick matches where you think both teams will score from Betfred’s Goals Galore - [What Happens to Bets on Postponed Matches?](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/rules/bets-on-postponed-matches/) - What Happens to Bets on Postponed Matches? What happens to a person’s bets when the event that they’ve placed some wagers on is cancelled? Are they just immediately treated as losing bets? Or are they refunded to the customer’s account? Alternatively, does something different happen, such as they’re allowed to ride until the event takes - [What Happens to Bets on Abandoned Matches?](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/rules/bets-on-abandoned-matches/) - What Happens to Bets on Abandoned Matches? It’s easy to forget about the wide-ranging implications of an abandoned match and all of the people that it affects, instead being caught up in the annoyance of our own fun being spoilt. It’s entirely possible that we might not even consider what happens to bets that we’ve - [Own Goals](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/rules/own-goals/) - Own Goals Credit: Marco Iacobucci Epp | Shutterstock Of all the various moments in football that can have a feeling of either delight or despair, perhaps none are as clear-cut as own goals. When you don’t have a bet that is affected by an Own Goal, the feeling of schadenfreude is undeniable. Watching someone put - [Maximum Payout Rules](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/rules/maximum-payout/) - Maximum Payout Rules What some people might not realise is that there can be Maximum Payout rules that apply to certain bets. What makes it even more complicated is that it’s not a case of one rule fits all, with Maximum Payouts differing from sport to sport and even within an individual sport. Obviously I’m - [Football Betting Articles](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/articles/) - Football Betting Articles There are all sorts of bets that many of us place without actually thinking through the stats on such an issue. We’ve doubtless all had a ‘feeling’ that our team was going to come from behind, for example, without actually knowing how often sides tend to do exactly that. On these pages - [Football Betting Rules](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/rules/) - Football Betting Rules The majority of people who bet on football will have a solid idea of the types of bets that they’re able to place with bookmakers, but not everyone will know that bookies that their own rules and regulations that come into play when you placed said bets. Stick a Correct Score wager - [Football Betting Guides](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/guides/) - Football Betting Guides As well as our tips and reviews, we've also written a series of articles and guides that cover a wide variety of topics including a beginners guide to placing your first bet, a glossary of betting terms and strategy advice for new betting markets. How To Bet On Football Our dummies guide to betting - [Dead Heats in Football Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/rules/dead-heats/) - Dead Heats in Football Betting Harry Kane (Credit: Gabor Baumgarten | Shutterstock) What happens to your bets when the result ends up being a Dead Heat? Perhaps even more intriguingly, which bets can end in a Dead Heat in the first place? If we’re betting on something like a horse race or the Oxford and - [90 Minutes Only Rule](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/rules/90-minutes-only/) - 90 Minutes Only Rule Credit: lev radin | Shutterstock Gary Lineker once said that football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for ninety minutes and at the end, the Germans always win. What Mr. Lineker failed to acknowledge with his glib and amusing remark is that football matches aren’t always ninety minutes - [How Often Do Teams Win from Behind?](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/articles/how-often-do-teams-win-from-behind/) - How Often Do Teams Win from Behind? In terms of In-Play betting, you’ll often find that odds are longest on a team that has fallen behind within a match. That’s obviously a tempting wager for bettors to take, given that long odds mean more money if the bet turns out to be a winner. On - [How Often Do Newly Promoted Teams Get Relegated?](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/articles/how-often-do-newly-promoted-teams-get-relegated/) - How Often Do Newly Promoted Teams Get Relegated? West Ham United were relegated in 2026 (Credit: Silvi Photo | Shutterstock) When it comes to English football, the Premier League is the holy grail. Whether it be in terms of financial development, being able to attract larger crowds or simply the prestige that comes with it, - [How Often Do Football Matches End in a Draw?](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/articles/how-often-do-football-matches-end-in-a-draw/) - How Often Do Football Matches End in a Draw? Everyone who has ever watched football will know that the two teams involved can play for more than an hour and a half and still have nothing to show for it, with the draw being an oh-too-common occurrence. Yet most people rarely bet on a draw, - [Total Goals Over/Under](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/bet-types/over-under/) - Total Goals Over/Under One of the most interesting markets in the realm of less obvious football bets is the Under / Over on Total Goals. It’s a bet type that is perhaps more common in sports played in the US, with American football being one that often features Over/Under bets. The principal remains the same - [Coral Football Jackpot](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/coral-football-jackpot/) - Coral Football Jackpot Explained Credit: eyematter | Shutterstock Please Note: The Coral Football Jackpot is not currently running. Many a punter has dreamed of winning £1 million from a £1 bet, but when Coral introduced their new Football Jackpot at the beginning of the 2013-14 football season, that dream became a reality. Coral put up - [Betting Sites](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/betting-sites/) - Football Betting Sites There are more online betting sites out there than you can shake a proverbial stick at, and pretty much all of them let you bet on football. But that doesn't mean that they're all as good as each other - some are fantastic, offering great odds, competitive promotions and useful features, whilst - [Relegation Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/bet-types/relegation/) - Relegation Betting Credit: SPORT PRESS MEDIA | Shutterstock Unpredictability might be a good thing if you don’t mind betting on sides with long odds, but if you’re the sort of person that likes betting on the favourites then it’s become quite hard to do so. Never has that been truer than when it comes to - [Half Time/Full Time Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/bet-types/ht-ft-betting/) - Half Time/Full Time Betting Credit: Marcin Kadziolka | Shutterstock According to research, the football cliché that annoys people the most is the idea that ‘it’s a game of two halves’. That’s convenient really, as this piece is about the Half-Time / Full-Time betting market and the fact that football quite literally is a game of - [Football Ante Post Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/bet-types/ante-post/) - Football Ante Post Betting Ante-post betting is the wagering of money on something before it gets underway, usually at least a day or more before the event starts but often weeks or even months in advance. There’s an extent to which it’s an art rather than a science, with punters trying to predict any number - [Scorecast](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/bet-types/scorecast/) - Scorecast Credit: Alizada Images | Shutterstock If you’ve read the article on First, Last, Anytime Goalscorer markets then you’ll have seen a reference to Scorecast as a betting tool within it. There are also variations on the same theme, such as Wincast, Anycast and others of a similar ilk. That’s why I’ve written this page, - [Request a Bet](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/bet-types/request-a-bet/) - Request a Bet Credit: Mamun_Sheikh | Shutterstock The real joy of online betting nowadays comes not from the most obvious markets, but rather from the ones that you can simply invent yourself. More and more bookmakers are allowing customers to Request A Bet, which is quite literally what it sounds like. Instead of needing to - [Next Manager Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/bet-types/next-manager/) - Next Manager Betting José Mourinho (Credit: Raffaele Conti 88 | Shutterstock) One of the most interesting wagers that has crept into the market in recent times is Next Manager betting. This can be looked at in a number of ways, such as which will be the next manager to get the sack, which manager will - [Match Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/bet-types/match-betting/) - Match Betting Credit: Vitalii Vitleo | Shutterstock When it comes to football betting, there are countless variations on the same theme that will capture your attention. Obviously the more random the event is that you’re betting on, the more likely it is that you’ll get higher odds. A goalkeeper to score a hat-trick, say, or - [First, Last, Anytime Goalscorer Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/bet-types/goalscorer-betting/) - First, Last, Anytime Goalscorer Betting Football is, ultimately, a sport that revolves around the people on the pitch. Knowing the talents of the individual that make up the two sides that are competing in the match that you’re betting on with put you in the best possible position of having more money to play with - [Correct Score Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/bet-types/correct-score/) - Correct Score Betting Credit: katatonia82 | Shutterstock Have you ever said something along the lines of ‘this match has got 0-0 written all over it’? If so then you’ve essentially already got to grips with the idea of a Correct Score bet. It’s a wager on the scoreline when the whistle goes to indicate full-time - [Corners & Cards Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/bet-types/corners-and-cards/) - Corners & Cards Betting Online betting has allowed a whole heap of new bets to come into the industry, with one of the most intriguing ones being the ability to bet on how many corners and cards there’ll be in a match. It’s another one of those bets that needs little explanation, with the title - [Both Teams To Score](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/bet-types/both-teams-to-score/) - Both Teams To Score Credit: SPORT PRESS MEDIA | Shutterstock A Both Teams to Score bet is a great one to place as it does exactly what it says on the tin. You’re betting on whether or not both teams playing in a match are going to score a goal, with the option available to - [Football Bets & Bet Types](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/bet-types/) - Football Bets & Bet Types Most bettors will have a good idea what types of bets they can place on football matches, but everyone’s got to start somewhere. If you’ve never placed a bet on a football game before or have never been more experimental than looking at the ‘Match Winner’ market then this page - [In Play Betting](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/features/in-play-betting/) - In Play Betting If the move of bookmakers off the streets and online was a seismic shift in the way things were done then the invention of In-Play betting was nothing short of game-changing. Suddenly placing bets went from being something that you did before an event got under way, and had to wait until - [Cash Out](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/features/cash-out/) - Cash Out As much as In-Play betting altered the way most punters think about their wagers, it was the invention of the Cash Out option that genuinely hooked people in. Cashing Out is the process of taking an offer from the bookmaker on your bet, rather than letting it ride to its naturally conclusion and - [10Bet’s Add to Bet](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/features/10bets-add-to-bet/) - 10Bet’s Add to Bet 10Bet’s new Add to Bet feature is similar to ‘Edit My Acca’ style features that you might have encountered elsewhere. It’s not the same as that, obviously, as that would just be Edit My Acca, but it’s the best way of describing it without simply telling you all of the feature’s - [Betting Terms](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/betting-terms/) - Football Betting Terms We realise that there's plenty of football betting jargon kicking around, and if you're unfamiliar with a term you may find yourself wondering what the heck we're going on about. So, to help you out we've compiled this list of common football betting terms. 30 Minute Limit / 20 Minutes to Win - [Both Teams To Score](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/both-teams-to-score/) - Both Teams To Score Explained Betting on both teams to score (BTTS) is a relatively new phenomenon which was started when Betfred introduced Goals Galore, a simple betting market which involves you picking the games from a given list in which you think both teams will score. It is now offered by pretty much all - [Features](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/features/) - Bookmaker Features It’s becoming more and more common for bookmakers to offer specific features in their betting markets, mainly in an attempt to persuade punters to choose them over their rivals. Even the most experienced of bettors can be taken by surprise by such new features. On the pages below I have a look at - [Colossus Bets Jackpots](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/colossus-bets-jackpots/) - Colossus Bets Jackpots Explained Colossus Bets is a new and innovative sports betting site that offers a series of jackpots based on accumulator pool bets, that is where the prizes are based on the total value of the bets placed on a particular game. Winning players each gain a proportional share of the total staked - [Betting Exchanges](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/betting-exchanges/) - Betting Exchanges Explained Credit: Sharaf Maksumov | Shutterstock Betting exchanges, such as Betfair and Betdaq, are different from standard bookmakers in that they allow members of the public to effectively act as bookmakers and accept bets from other people, as well as placing bets themselves. They aim to cut out the middle man and bring - [Betting Markets](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/betting-markets/) - Football Betting Markets & Bets Betting on football is big business and with so many bookies competing against one another there has never been a better time to bet on the best sport in the world. Top online bookies now offer well over 100 different markets as standard on Premier League games and other matches - [Beat The Clock](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/beat-the-clock/) - Beat The Clock - 30 Minute Limit and 20 Minutes to Win It Betfred are a bookmaker who go out of their way to help keep football betting interesting and to give punters new ways to bet on the beautiful game. From their Goals Galore odds boosts to their ongoing Double Delight, Hat-trick Heaven promotion, - [Banking](https://www.footballbetting.org.uk/banking/) - Online Betting Payment Methods For those who are new to online football betting or who are wary of using their debit cards online, here we bring you information about the various payment methods available for the majority of betting sites. Rest assured that, due to the seriousness with which bookies take financial and data security,