Accumulators

Football Accumulator Tips 

What is an Accumulator?

A football accumulator known as a multiple, an acca or a parlay is a combination of different selections, which when combined will give you an odds value for the combined odds of the selections.

Accumulators come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from Doubles, Trebles, 4-fold all the way up to 14-fold accumulators on most websites and up to a 22-fold on others. The term fold is used to declare how many selections the particular accumulator is made up of, e.g. A 4-fold accumulator would have 4 selections with the combined odds of the selections. You can find an example of this below:

Arsenal to win @ 1.67 (2/3)
Chelsea to win @ 1.40 (2/5)
Liverpool to win @ 1.50 (1/2)
Spurs & Everton to draw @ 2.75 (7/4)

The combined odds of these four selections would be 9.62, so if you were to bet on this 4-fold accumulator, every £10 you placed on the bet would return £96.20 (£86.20 profit).

With a standard accumulator, all selections in the combination must win for the overall combined returns to be won. There are some ways in which the total combined odds may not be returned – the main reason for this occurring would be a void selection. A few particular markets would have the ability to void a selection (Draw No Bet, Asian Handicap, Asian Goal Line).

The most common one that you’ll see being used is the Draw No Bet market, basically with this selection you’ll get shorter odds than you would if you went for the straight win result market. The beauty of the Draw No Bet market is the added security you get if the selection ends in a draw, as previously said the selection would then be void and would affect the total odds. A quick example can be found below.

Arsenal – Draw No Bet @ 1.44 (4/9) – Result = Draw
Chelsea to win @ 1.40 (2/5)
Liverpool to win @ 1.50 (1/2)
Spurs – Draw No Bet @ 1.8 (4/5) – Result = Spurs Win

In the above situation, Arsenal drawing would mean that the top selection would be voided, thus changing the total odds from 5.45 to 3.78. Meaning a £10 bet would return £37.80 instead of the original stated £54.50.

You can accumulate selections from multiple different sports, however different bookmakers will have different rules on what can be combined. As I stated previously, you can’t combine selections from the same event, as selections must be mutually independent of each other.

Different bookmakers have ways of allowing these sorts of bets to occur, e.g. Paddy Power & Betfair use Same Game Multiples and Bet365 use Bet Builders. Both are just methods of having multiple selections from the same event combining to return higher odds (Corners, Cards & Goals is a very popular combination for a single match).

How do you place an accumulator?

I’ll use the first example (a 4-fold accumulator). If you were to load up your preferred bookmaker, they usually give you a set list of matches either for the current day or the most popular e.g. The Premier League selections are usually first.

You would simply scroll down the list of Premier League fixtures and click on each single as you’re going along. Basically, clicking on Arsenal, Chelsea & Liverpool all to win, then Spurs and Everton to draw. As you build each selection up, you would move from a single to a double to a treble for a 4-fold, the odds would obviously increase as you add selections.

If you aren’t confident picking your own selections please feel free to back my picks, all my football accumulator bets can be found on this page. I’ve made it really simple to back my football accumulator bets, simply select a tip from this page and click the ‘Click here to load bet’ button at the top of the page.

This will automatically take you to the bookmakers website with my bets loaded into your slip, where you will be able to add/remove any selections and choose your stake as you normally would.

To load my bet slip you’ll need to be signed up with the bookie that I’ve placed the accumulator with. If you aren’t already signed up with a bookie I’d recommend heading over to my free bets section. I include all the best sign up offers from leading bookies over there, the free bets should help you make the most out of your football accumulator bets.

If you want to back my bets on a different bookie from me, then all you will need to do is find the selections manually and load them into your betslip.

Which bookmaker is best for football accumulator bets?

Football accumulators are one of the most popular markets to bet on and you will be able to back them at every leading bookmaker. If you’re undecided on which bookie to choose then I’d recommend taking a look at my bookie reviews where I discuss the sign up offers that I think offer the punter the most value:

Betfair
Paddy Power
William Hill
Bet365
BetVictor
888sport
BetBull

You’ll be able to place an accumulator with any of the above bookies, plus if you don’t have an account with them already there are some great sign up offers and free bets available for new customers.

How do you research your football accumulator tips?

All my bets are my own, and I only provide bets that I feel truly provide value to my followers. I spend a lot of time researching my accumulators as you'll see by clicking one of the posts above.

When creating my accumulator bets I extensively look into several factors that may influence the outcome - including the team and player statistics, recent injury news and of course the current form of the teams.

I won’t ever back a bet without justifying it with my research first, and I will always post my research in my bet posts above to help you decide if you wish to back it or not. 

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a guaranteed winner in betting, but if you put a lot of time and effort into picking bets, you'll have a better chance than most of picking a winner.

How do I track your accumulator bets?

I post all my accumulator bets on my website and also on both my social channels, Facebook and Twitter.  Usually, I'll place 4 or 5 accumulators every week, the amount will vary based on what football is on.

Between August and April when the UK leagues are playing I aim to post two 3pm accumulators on a Saturday afternoon. These are by far the most popular with followers, there is plenty of information available for me to research them and they're the most exciting to track while you're at a match or you're sat at home watching Jeff Stelling on Gillette Soccer Saturday.

Midweek I'll try and do an accumulator on Tuesday night and Wednesday night. I'll also do a Thursday night accumulator when the Europa League is on.

The best way to ensure you don’t miss out on any of my bets is to follow me over on Facebook and Twitter:

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Looking forward to seeing you over there for some banter and bets.