If you bet on over 1.5 goals in a match, you are betting on there to be 2 goals scored as of course you can’t score half a goal in football. This is used by the bookmakers to make sure there are only two outcomes of a bet (Win/lose) as opposed to three (win/lose/push).
You would only lose your bet if the game finished 0-0, 1-0, or 0-1.
The same is true for over 2.5, 3.5 or 4.5 goals, just that the number of goals in the 90 minutes needing to be scored increase.
Statistically around 70% of football games finish with 2 goals or more scored, but that will vary depending on teams and leagues. The bookmakers know this information as well, and given the high likelihood of winning, the relative odds are quite low on a per-game basis.
It’s quite common to have an accumulator consisting of only over 1.5 goals selections. Our Over 1.5 Goals accumulators are handpicked by our specialists across European football leagues who follow their respective leagues day-in and day-out, to make sure we have the most up-to-date knowledge on the world’s best football leagues and provide accurate over 1.5 goals predictions.
Statistically around 70% of football games finish with 2 goals or more scored, but that will vary depending on teams and leagues.
Most people will look at previous performance and football trends to pick out an over 1.5 goals bet. So a high over 1.5 goal stat over the course of a season would indicate a high likelihood of it happening in a future game that season.
Bad Man Betting’s Over Goal tips will be posted here whenever we have an Over goals bet. Our specialists will bring together statistics, form, trend data and tactical analysis to maximise value. Usually, we’ll post an Over 1.5 Goals accumulator which you can take as many selections as you’d like, or even add more if you’d prefer higher odds. Even if we don’t specifically tip over 1.5 goals in a given game, our specialists’ predictions are a great source of football predictions which are worth reading to make your own mind up on whether or not a particular game could see over 1.5 goals.
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