Betting on penalties, penalties and other infringements in football
Undoubtedly the most popular bets amongst the football betting odds are on the result of matches and on the number of goals. However, there are also other types of bets. Particularly betting on infringements. Thus, quite a few betting shops offer bettors to predict the number of different penalties received by players during a match. This is called “foul betting”. The bookmakers offer several varieties of such bets, and players have a special strategy for this case to help them win.
A foul in football is a gross infringement of the rules, for which a player receives either a warning (yellow card) or a suspension (red card). Also penalties are awarded for infringements in the penalty area, which are also bet on.
Bets
Among fouls bets, the most popular and most common bets are on total fouls:
- TM – on the number of fouls exceeding a certain number;
- TS – for the number of fouls less than a certain number.
Some bookmaker’s offices also write down cards, taking bets on the number of cards earned by a particular team, a particular player or on the total number of cards during a single half. They also accept bets on penalties and removals.
Fouls
Fouls in football is a special kind of betting which has its own strategy, according to which certain specific points need to be considered in order to win on such bets.
In particular, it is necessary to take into account the level of the teams playing in a particular match. For example, during meetings between a leader or a team from the top of the standings and an underdog, the latter is likely to break the rules quite often in order to finish the match with the least damage to themselves.
Forcemajeure
You should also consider the presence of players prone to rule violations in the team. Important is that the first half of the match is often the least foul prone, because the teams are not yet exhausted and the result of the game is not yet evident.
The fouls statistics are also influenced by the importance of the match: if it’s a group tournament, teams are less likely to foul, but it may be a completely different picture in the playoffs.
The refereeing factor is also very important. There are umpires who are generous with their cards, and others who use warnings only in extreme cases.
The relationship between opposing teams has an undeniable impact on offence statistics. If they have a long history of principled confrontation, where every match is a “battle”, the number of fouls per game can be very significant, and the likelihood of referee decisions such as suspensions or penalties is very high.
Betting on fouls in betting shops is a very specific kind of betting, the kind of betting that is said to be “for the connoisseur”. Therefore, not all bookmakers offer this kind of betting, and those that do usually accept bets on fouls in very important matches.
