In football betting, you'll find many profitable markets where you'll find massive potential for more profits, one of the best markets is the goals market. Even though it's one of the markets that sports bettors overlook, it's a market that offers an excellent opportunity for long-term profit as long as you make the right choice.

What Are Goals-Based Markets?

To put it simply, it's a market that encompasses the goals that can happen in a match. This includes anything from whether both teams can score to whether you expect more or fewer goals within a game. Many bettors favour this market due to the great odds and ease of prediction compared to match outcomes. As with other markets like this, the game's outcome is irrelevant as it is based on the game's goals instead of the overall winner.

Let's look into the many kinds of Goal markets and which one you should put your money on:

Total Goals (Over/Under)

Over/under bet is one of the most popular and most bet on within the Goals market. You can find this market on every game and almost every betting site. The total goals let you decide on whether a match will end up with a certain number of goals or not.

If you think a game will yield more goals than you're betting on, then you need to place an 'Over' bet. On the other hand, if you think the total goals will be under the amount you're betting on, then you'd need to place an 'Under' bet.

It's an excellent market for beginners because of its simplicity and availability in almost every game. The only drawback is its low odds for the safe bets, which means that it's not the most profitable market.

Over 1.5 Goals Bets

The over 1.5 goals bet is a secure and enjoyable market for all bettors. It’s a bet where you need to place your stake if both teams score two or more goals in total. You’ll lose the bet if the score ends in a 0-0, 1-0 or 0-1. The fact that more than 70% of all football matches end with more than 1.5 goals makes this market great for finding winning opportunities.

Besides that, the over 1.5 market doesn’t require your support for any team, as you only need both teams to make two or more goals in total. However, before you place any bet on this market, remember to carry out some in-depth research on the teams and their players and avoid betting on teams that haven’t played much within the season.

Over 2.5 Goals Bets

The over and under 2.5 goals is a popular market in football for both pros and beginners as it lets you bet on the total goals of a match without having to choose any side. In the over 2.5 markets, you need to predict if more than three goals will be scored within the game. It's a market that differs from the winning draw win market, as with the over 2.5 bet, it doesn't matter who ends up winning the match.

When deciding to bet on this market, it's important to find teams with a high attacking rate or poor defence. Knowing the teams and leagues can also help you make better decisions as you'll know their strengths and weaknesses like the back of your hand and, therefore, more opportunities to make money.

Both Teams to Score (Yes/No)

This bet requires you to put your money on both teams scoring in the game; if you bet on 'Yes.' This means that you'll win no matter the match's overall outcome, as long as both teams get to score.

If you choose to bet 'No,' you're betting that both teams will not make any goals. You'll win this bet as long as neither one team scores within the game. If the score ends with 0-0 or 3-0, then victory is yours, no matter which team ends up on top.

This is what makes this betting type popular, as, besides its easy-to-understand concept for newer bettors, it can also be one of the easy markets to predict. You can also receive quite generous odds for what is considered a 50/50 bet. We advise you to pick 'Yes' when both teams are attacking and conceding goals. Conversely, bet on 'No' if both teams seem tight at the back and not as aggressive.

Asian Total

This kind of bet is pretty similar to the Total Goals market, where you need to bet if the total goals will be "Over" or "Under" a certain number of goals. However, there are a few key differences and more opportunities to return your stake, which is why it has become trendy for bettors lately.

This bet consists of setting a Goal Line figure for the game to bet 'Over' or 'Under' for. This can be in the form of whole numbers, like "2," decimal numbers "2.5," or a mix of both in one bet, for example, 2/2.5. You'll win depending on the game's outcome and what your goal line target is.

Let's look at an example so you'll understand this bet better. For example, if you've put an 'Over' Asian Goal line bet of 2 total goals in a match. If the game ends up having 0 or 1 goal, then you lose the bet. If 2 goals are scored, you receive your stake back, while 3 or more goals mean you've won the bet.

For the same match, let's pretend that you put a split line for an Asian goal bet for 2/2.5. If the game has 0 or 1 goal, then you'd lose. However, 2 goals will return half of your stake. 3 or more goals for the game means that you win the full payment.

Total Team Goals

The team goals are a great addition to the more popular goal-based markets above. This market works by betting on only one team to score a minimum number of overall goals. Your bet will win regardless of the game's outcome as long as the team you put your money in exceeds your minimum bet amount.

For example, let's say that Arsenal is up against Liverpool. You're confident that Arsenal will make a few goals at home within a tight encounter, so you decide to place an "Over 2 team goals or more" bet. This means that if Arsenal manages to score 2 or more goals, you win the bet. But if they only score 1 or 0 goals, then you've lost.

Teams with the Most Over 2.5 Goals in the England Championship 2022

Over 2.5 is a popular football market, as it lets bettors choose to back over 2.5 goals to score in a selection. The market doesn't depend on any team to win or lose but whether a team will earn over 2.5 goals or not. To succeed in this market, you'll need to find teams with consistently high goals per game. We've listed 5 teams that earn over 2.5 goals in the England Championship.

First and second place with 28 matches on average is Bristol City, followed by Peterborough United with 28 matches. Reading Football club comes a close third with 27 over 2.5 goals on average and fourth and fifth place goes to Fulham, the professional football club from London and Birmingham City, with 25 over 2.5 goals on average.

This is a great market if you have good knowledge of the team you're betting in, so you have a good estimation of how many goals they can score. Other betting strategy that is related to this topic is goal-kick betting. See our news, guides, and proven tips on our blog page to easily increase your profit on football betting.