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Soccer is the most popular sport on the planet. The "beautiful game" is not like the NBA, NFL, NHL or MLB. There are multiple top soccer leagues and events across the world, including the English Premier League, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, La Liga, Serie A, MLS, UEFA Champions League, and awe-inspiring international tournaments like the World Cup, and the Euro Cup.

Despite the fact that these leagues end at different times of the year, there will always be some sort of professional soccer to bet on. Unless there’s a global pandemic, of course.

What are the Best Places to Find Soccer Odds Today?

Regardless of whether you’re a footy fanatic or inexperienced in the soccer scene, Odd Shark has the full scope on all the soccer odds today, the latest leagues, and everything else you need to know in order to bet on soccer. We even have Odds Shark soccer pages for many of the world's top leagues, and feature standings, betting trends, game logs, and team reports, for the following competitions:

How to Read Soccer Odds: Betting Approach

Soccer matches are exciting and intense because it’s a relatively low-scoring sport. When it comes to betting on soccer, there are a number of options to choose from. 

Having a firm grasp of soccer odds is a very important part of betting on the sport. If you want an advantage over other soccer bettors, you need to know what the numbers mean.

What are the Most Common Betting Types?

What’s great about soccer is that it’s played all year round, and it’s accessible pre-match as well as in-play with live odds. You can get top value on games in advance of and throughout matches. Let’s take a look at the most common betting types and soccer odds today.

Moneyline: Full-Time Result

Like NHL and MLB betting odds, soccer focuses on the most popular sports betting option, moneyline bets.

3-Way Odds

You have three options:

If you bet on Team A (Brazil) or Team B (France), then those teams have to score more goals than their opponent and win the match. In the event of a draw, with Team A (Brazil) and Team B (France) having the same number of goals after a full 90 minutes of regulation time, any bets on Team A (Brazil) or Team B (France) would be a loser.

2-Way Odds: Draw No Bet

You have two options:

The draw has been removed as an option. Like the three-way bet, bettors picking Team A (Argentina) or Team B (Finland) still need their team to win the match in order to win their ticket and cash in. If the match does end up in a draw, then any bets on Team A (Argentina) or Team B (Finland) would be refunded.

Because the draw was eliminated, payouts on the favorites are higher and payouts on the underdogs are lower. In a moneyline bet, moneyline odds have the favorite represented by a minus sign (-) and the underdog represented by a plus sign (+).

With moneyline odds of -150, the Blues are the favorites with a 60 percent chance of winning. On a $100 bet, the payout would be $166.67. You would get your $100 back, plus $66.67 worth of winnings.

And with moneyline odds of +200, Los Vikingos are the underdogs with a 27 percent shot. The odds of the match ending in a draw are 25 percent. On a $100 bet, the payout would be $300. You would get your $100 back, plus $200 in winnings.

How Do I Calculate Soccer Betting Odds?

Odd Shark’s Odds Calculator is ideal for helping you calculate betting odds. It specifies how much you would win based off the odds and the amount of the bet. That way you know what you’re getting into before making any wagers.

How Do Soccer Spreads Work?

With a point spread bet, bettors wager on the margin of victory in a match. A -2.5 favorite would have to win the game by three goals or more in order to cover the spread. A +2.5 underdog would either have to lose by no more than two goals or win the match outright in order to cover the spread.

The oddsmaker adjusts the soccer odds and betting lines so that the underdog receives an advantage. The lesser team will typically be given +0.5 goals before the game starts, and the favorite starts with -0.5 goals. Odds Shark soccer odds for a spread would look like this:

What is Asian Handicap Betting?

Similar to a soccer spread, Asian Handicap is when a goal handicap is given to both teams (the favorite and the underdog). For instance, Belgium may have been given a -2.5 goal handicap against Chile, who have been given a +2.5 handicap. What this means is that Belgium has to win the game by three clear goals in order to win the wager. This way, the favorites get better value odds.

It’s kind of like the runline in baseball or the puckline in hockey. Asian handicapping doesn’t include the draw as an option and gives an advantage to the underdog, while each team still has a 50 percent chance of winning.

Soccer Totals: OVER/UNDER

Totals or OVER/UNDER betting is for soccer bettors who think they can correctly predict the number of goals to be scored by both teams in a match, and whether that number will be above or below the listed amount set. The average goals total in OVER/UNDER for soccer is 2.5.

If you think a matchup between Croatia and Czech Republic will be a low-scoring affair, you would bet the UNDER. If you believe a match will be lopsided with a strong offensive team vs a weak defensive team, then you would bet the OVER.

What are Soccer Futures Bets?

Futures wagers are long-term soccer bets, like predicting which soccer team will win the championship or who will win league MVP. Your money might be tied up for a bit, but a potentially large payoff at the end of the year would make it all worthwhile.

In-Play Betting: Live Soccer Odds

Live betting in soccer is endless. There are so many options for in-play wagering. For example, will a player score off of a penalty kick?

In-game soccer betting odds are available for the most prominent soccer games and are ideal for a bettor who wants to stay engaged in a match. Bettors typically snag the action they like fast. The soccer betting odds move as the match progresses.

What are Soccer Prop Bets?

Prop bets are wagers that are based on occurrences or non-occurrences during a soccer match. These occurrences may not affect the outcome of the game or even the final score like soccer spreads, totals or straight-up bets do. Some examples:

Correct Score

With correct score, you win your wager if you bet on the correct full-time score. Due to the fact that there are so many possible outcomes in a soccer game, predicting the exact final result can be quite challenging. However, higher soccer odds will reflect that.

Both Teams to Score

The full-time score doesn’t matter here. All you have to do is bet on both teams to score at some point during the game. You can also bet “no” if you believe one of the teams will go scoreless.

What are Parlay Bets in Soccer?

With Parlay bets, you wager on multiple bets on a single bet slip. But if even one bet in the parlay is a loss, the entire parlay loses. As difficult as this may seem, you earn a higher payout if all of your picks win, as opposed to betting on each one individually.

If you’re trying to combine odds or figure out the overall payout of your total wagers, Odds Shark’s parlay calculator is the perfect tool to use before making your picks. With this instrument, you can select how you want your odds displayed.

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