In football (soccer), a match result refers to the outcome of a specific game or match between two teams. The match result indicates which team won, if the game ended in a draw, or if one of the teams suffered a defeat.
How does a match result bet work in football?
Here are the possible match results:
- Win: If a team scores more goals than their opponent within the allocated time (usually 90 minutes in regular time, plus injury time), they win the match.
- Draw: If both teams score an equal number of goals within the allocated time, the match is a draw. In many competitions, a draw might be an acceptable result, or extra time and/or penalties might be used to determine a winner in knockout stages of tournaments.
- Loss: If a team concedes more goals than they score within the allocated time, they lose the match.
Match results are usually expressed in the format: Team A X – Y Team B, where X is the number of goals scored by Team A and Y is the number of goals scored by Team B. For example, if Team A scores 2 goals and Team B scores 1 goal, the match result would be Team A 2 – 1 Team B, indicating that Team A won the match.
Match Result Versus Match Winner
A match result bet is a broader bet on the overall outcome of the entire match (win, lose, or draw), whereas a match winner bet focuses on specific segments of the match, such as sets, games, or specific periods (like half-time or full-time) to determine the winner of that particular segment.
Here’s how match result and match winner differ:
Match Result Bet:
A match result bet is a wager placed on the outcome of a match, which includes three possible options:
- Home Team Win (1): If you bet on the home team and they win the match, your bet is successful.
- Draw (X or 0): If you bet on a draw and the match ends without a clear winner, your bet is successful.
- Away Team Win (2): If you bet on the away team and they win the match, your bet is successful.
In this type of bet, you are predicting the overall outcome of the match regardless of the scoreline.
Match Winner Bet:
A match winner bet, on the other hand, is a more specific type of bet. Instead of considering the entire match, this bet focuses on predicting the winner of a specific set, game, or match. For example:
- Set Winner (in tennis, volleyball, etc.): You bet on the player/team you think will win a specific set within the match.
- Game Winner (in tennis): You bet on the player you believe will win a particular game within a set.
- Half-Time/Full-Time (in football/soccer): You predict the team that will be leading at half-time and the team that will be the overall winner at full-time.
One of the other key differences is the time of the bet. For example, in a 90-minute football game, the match result may be 0-0 after 90 minutes. But the match winner could be the team that scores the goal in extra time. Quite often when betting on football, the result is based on 90 minutes, not extra time.