Introduction to Both Teams to Score

This guide will show you how to look for football games suitable for betting in Both Teams to Score markets. To do this, we'll be looking at some data and looking at the stats that will help you correctly predict this betting market.

BTTS or Both Teams to Score is a football betting market that lets you bet on whether both sides will score one or more goals in a match. There's a lot of value in this market as long as you know what stats find.

How Can Stats Help You with BTTS?

The first thing you should look out for in a BTTS market is that both teams you're looking to bet on need to have a good record of goals. They don't need to have any world record in goals, but just enough to score against a better opponent. Therefore, the stats you should be looking at a team are:

  • Percentage of games scored in
  • Percentage of failed to score
  • Percentage of a clean sheet
  • Goals conceded per game

You can find each of these stats on APWin and view the team's stats on the road, overall or at home. For a BTTS market, you'll want to find teams with low failed to score percentages, both home and away, so they'll likely be scoring more goals in the next match. Also, you'll need to consider analysing the side they're facing.

Goals Scored and Conceded

Both sides must have a trend of conceding goals. Besides focusing on goals scored, we believe that goals conceded also has a high value, as a terrible defence may have a bigger impact on the game than sensational attacks. The reason is that poor defences offer bigger openings for the other team and they don't have to bring out their best strikers nor perform their best to find the back of the net.

We recommend looking for 1.50 goals conceded as a value indication, combined with an opponent having a high number of goals on the road. This almost guarantees that both teams will score in this match. Next, let's look at their recent form, which is also an essential factor for Both Teams to Score.

Recent Form

How are both teams' performances? Are the teams currently playing mismatched in terms of current form and quality? Sometimes, that is exactly what we need! When you're looking at form, it's crucial to think of everything instead of only the results of a football club. This includes the following:

  • Scoring trends
  • Conceding trends
  • Time of goal trends
  • Recent results

We need to look at the two sides' form to make this work. Therefore, let's say that an away team has just lost once in their recent five games, both home and away. On the other hand, the home side has only won two of their recent five home matches but scored in four. Their home form shows that they've received 1.40 points per game this season, which means they've won 40% of the games.

As we've previously mentioned, choosing a good match for BTTS is rather dependent on the away team. Will they score? Are they winning their games, or do they have inconsistent form? This is considered a perfect match when an away team has scored in every game with at least one or two wins out of the last five away games.

Early Goals

It feels good to have an early goal in a BTTS bet, especially if it's an early goal from the away side. The home team has the advantage of the pressure due to their fans helping them out if they're down on a goal. This is why it's always worth looking at the number of first-half goals a team scores, especially on the away side.

Most goals are scored at the end of the 1st half between the 40-to-45-minute mark. Fatigue may be the reason for this. Remember that 2-0 is a dangerous score to be during halftime. One team becomes relaxed and the game is theirs, while if the other team scores a goal will lead to a massive momentum shift.

Head-to-Head

This stat is excellent for checking in certain leagues such as the Scottish Leagues, where every team can play against each other up to four times in a season. However, don't check up their stats too far back as matches that are further in the past may be irrelevant as teams may have changed managers or team members have moved on.

You can find games where teams had a long streak of BTTS, such as Barcelona vs Real Madrid and Man-City vs Liverpool. However, consider the other things we've mentioned before betting these matches for BTTS. Choose fixtures with a strong and recent trend of Both Teams to Score.

Lineups

Remember to consider the teams' starting lineups involved in your chosen BTTS pick. If a team's top goalscorer is absent, this may significantly affect their scoring chances. This also applies to games where the teams are missing their star defenders or goalkeeper and, therefore, reducing their opportunities to keep their sheet clean.

Also, you need to be aware of any team members experiencing injuries or suspensions. Missing a few players can also affect the entire team’s complexity as well. Coaches must modify their game plan and understand how to use available players based on their strengths. Teams may also lose cohesion as replacements usually don't get much practice.