Soccer Betting at SBG Global Sportsbook
In soccer betting you will find three main soccer leagues available. They are the English Premier, Italian, and MLS soccer leagues. There are also many other leagues and tournaments throughout the year that attract great soccer betting interest. The biggest occurs every four years when the best soccer players compete for the World Cup.
Soccer Betting Line Types
There are basically two types of soccer betting lines. There is the straight soccer betting money line and what is called three-way soccer betting odds. Let's take a look at both of these soccer betting types. The money line in soccer betting odds is just like a baseball betting line. It might look like this:
Brazil +150
Argentina -170
Total 2.5 over -120
In this particular example it is a straight soccer gaming money line where you risk $170 for every $100 you want to win on Argentina or the 17/10 equivalent. If you like Brazil you get $150 for every $100 wager on Brazil or the 10/15 equivalent. The total is 2.5 with the over at -120.
The three-way soccer betting line includes the draw option and is listed as such:
Brazil +220
Argentina +130
Draw +170
Total 2.5 over -120
The soccer betting line in this case adds the draw option so that if the game ends in a tie it would pay $170 for every $100 wagered. During the regular season the wagers areofficial after 90 minutes, or regulation time in soccer game results.
Soccer betting odds for gamblers around the world involves the same handicapping techniques as other sports. If you want to become a professional soccer gaming player or "punter" as they are referred to then you need to learn soccer handicapping basics. There are many places to consider soccer betting odds and soccer game results. The first place people begin is with their overall match handicapping.
They move to team handicapping that includes ratings, averages, streaks, injuries, home/away ratings, soccer game results, etc. They then consider head to head statistics, individual matchups etc. They also break down league data that looks at the best soccer players. This is all part of soccer handicapping and soccer betting.
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Soccer Betting Odds Don’t Favor New England Head Coach
Former Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce has all but officially been appointed the new head coach for England national soccer team – and has he got his work cut out for him. Allardyce will take over from Roy Hodgson, who quit after the latest in a long, looong string of major tournament upsets dating back to the 1966 World Cup – which England won in dubious fashion with the help of a tie-breaking ghost goal (the fact that they were the hosts of the tournament probably had nothing with that winkwink). England’s soccer betting odds of winning the 2018 World Cup aren’t as bad as, say, Mali’s or Azerbaijan’s, but they’re still a far cry from the top favorites.
Exciting Soccer Betting as Chile Wins Copa America
With yesterday’s victory, Chile proved to soccer betting fans why they hold the fifth position in the Fifa ranking. For the second time in two consecutive Copa America Tournaments, Chile has won the highest honor. In week 1, Argentina won against Chile 2-1, however they never expected the fierce team they had to play against yesterday.
Copa America Centenario Final: Argentina vs. Chile Odds
Argentina is the favorite of people who bet on soccer to defeat defending champions Chile in the Copa America Centenario Final match and win the tournament for the first time since 1993 – to put in perspective, Kurt Cobain was still alive at the time. Here are the sportsbook online odds:
UEFA Euro 2016 Group B Highlight: England vs. Russia
Fans who bet on soccer will be eager to see England encounter Russia again for the first time since a Euro 2008 qualifier in 2007. On that occasion, the Russian team defeated the England squad 2-1 in Moscow. This may bring English soccer betting fans bad memories; Russia finished second in the group and qualified to the Euro Cup, while England went on lose the last qualifying match to Croatia and fail to qualify to the tournament. England had previously won the home game 3-0 at Wembley including a pair of goals by Michael Owen (fun fact: Michael Owen is currently a breeder and owner of race horses).
Soccer Betting Odds to Win 2016 Copa America Groups
Which teams have the better soccer betting odds of winning their respective groups? The Copa America Centenario features 16 teams instead of the traditional 12, and it’s safe to say that the “special” guests will not overstay their welcome, but that still leaves plenty of suspense as to who will make it through to the second round.
UEFA European Cup 2016 kick-off: France versus Romania
The French national team has never lost a competitive match to the Southeast Europeans. Nevertheless, experts who bet on soccer expect this one to a close contest, based on recent encounters. France and Romania have played each other officially on eight occasions; the former have won three of those matches, while the rest have ended in a draw (including four of the last five). The opening match of the Euro 2016 will be held on June 10th at Stade de France, Saint-Denis; t heir only previous game in that venue was a 1-1 draw in a World Cup qualifying game in September 2009. The two squads first met in a EURO 1996 finals game in Newcastle on June 10th, which France won 1-0 with the lone goal scored by Cristophe Dugarry – can soccer betting history repeat itself 20 years to the day? Well, other than the fact that Dugarry has been retired for over a decade.
Bet on Soccer: The Dark Horses of the Copa America 2016
People love dark horses and underdogs. Maybe not so much when they bet on soccer, but then you never know. The Copa America will not be lacking its share of such competitors, Ecuador being one of them. Following the tournament that took place the year before this one, they have won five games, including defeating giants of the region like Argentina and Uruguay. This display of ball footing has landed them in the second place of their World Cup Qualifying group. Felipe Caicedo who formerly plied his trade at Manchester United has scored more goals than anyone else in the qualifying, and goes on the warpath accompanied by Antonio Valencia, Jefferson Montero, and Enner Valencia.
Copa America Centenario Group D Soccer Betting Favorites
Soccer betting favorite Argentina’s major trophy drought is made even more poignant by its association with the career of a player who’s already on the short list for the best in the world. Lionel Messi has yet to win a major senior trophy with Argentina, a king without a crown that has gone almost a quarter of a century without a major title. After they won the 1993 Copa América, Argentina has gone on to lose one World Cup final, two Confederations Cup finals and three Copa América finals. Messi played a role in 50% of those defeats which were all shutouts. But fans who bet on soccer should assume that Argentina has 50-50 chances.
Copa America Centenario Group C Betting Favorites
Mexico is the non-South America soccer betting favorite to win the Copa America. Group C has the team in the best form, one of the players in the best form and, a home away from home, and they all intersect in El Tri. Even though South American favorites of people who bet on soccer like Argentina and Brazil are popularly picked to win the tournament this summer, Mexico has all the elements to win what could arguably be considered the most important trophy in the history of the country.
Copa America Centenario Group B Soccer Betting Favorites
Even though still a soccer betting favorite to win the Copa America, Brazil may be undercutting its own prospects by focused on adding an Olympic gold medal to its resume – thus becoming only the second country to win the World Cup, Confederations Cup, Olympic, U-20, U-17 and continental title sextuple. Case in point: leaving Neymar behind so he can play in the Olympic Games in Rio.