Whilst football is recognised as easily the most popular team sport on the planet, drawing television audiences of billions to its major events, relatively few football fans take the chance to place their football expertise to the test by taking part in football betting.

For many football fans, being a supporter is about backing one club forever, however football betting allows you to add excitement to neutral matches by backing the club you rate as strongest. And if your team isn’t on an excellent run of form, placing a bet on the opposition can provide some consolation when your team loses.

Online betting is probably the best ways to get involved in football betting. Most online sportsbooks offer a huge variety of football bets from the world’s top leagues, throughout the year. What’s more, an online account can be set up in a matter of minutes, giving you virtually instant access to football betting markets.

Here are just a few of the hottest football betting options:

Match betting – match betting is the simplest type of football betting. It involves betting on the outcome of a match, with each outcome priced at specific odds. It is possible to bet on a team or perhaps a draw. Usually the betting slip will carry the name of one team under ‘away’ and another under ‘home’.

When doing match betting also you can vote on a handicap bet which basically gives one team a one goal advantage or disadvantage before the game has even started. Afterward you bet on the outcome according to a normal match bet.

Score betting – score betting describes a wide range of betting options. The simplest is predicting the ultimate score of a match, and will carry very high odds.

ไฮโล betting option involves betting on who’ll score an objective. These bets carry high odds and can be found in several varieties including: first goal scorer, last goal scorer and anytime goal scorer.

Special bets – every football game will carry a wide variety of additional betting opportunities, with each online bookmaker offering their own game specials. Literally every aspect of the game attracts odds, ranging from the amount of corners in the game, through to which players will be injured. These bets often carry a few of the highest odds.

Tournament betting – if you are a big picture punter you’ll enjoy tournament betting. Betting opportunities range from picking group and pool winners, picking the tournament winner and predicting the quantity of goals a team will score in your competition. The limits to your tournament betting opportunities are defined only by the bookmaker’s imagination!