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Asian Handicap Soccer
This type of betting is very popular in Asia (well duh, of course!) and is rapidly seeing more volume wagered in this way in Europe and America. To illustrate this let’s use an example of Manchester United playing at home against Derby County. The moneyline might look something like this:
Man U 1.14
Derby 25.0
Draw 8.5
So a £100 bet on Man U would only make a profit of £14 which unless you’re betting in very large volumes isn’t really appealing. Now at this point the squares would think why don’t I put them in an accumulator with Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal who are also playing poor teams and I’ll get a nice price if all four win. And believe me this is exactly what the sports books want you to do but if you’ve read our rules to follow above then hopefully you’ll be looking for a smarter alternative. This is where the Asian Handicap comes in. Let’s say the Asian Handicap looks something like this:
Man U -2 & -2.5 2.02
Derby +2 & +2.5 1.90
In the above example Man U have a handicap of -2 and -2.5 goals at odds of 2.02. So if you bet the same £100 here your profit/ loss would be as follows:
If Man U win by 3 goals or more +£102
If Man U win by exactly 2 goals -£50
If Man U win by 1 goal, draw or lose -£100
The actual result of this game last season was 4-1 to Man U so a £100 moneyline wager would have netted you a £14 profit whereas the same bet on the Asian Handicap would have seen you £102 in profit. So next time you have a soccer bet you might want to consider the Asian Handicap. |
