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1X2

The most common football (soccer) betting market where 1 = Home Win, X = Draw, 2 = Away Win. This is the standard three-way match result market. The 1X2 designation comes from traditional European betting coupons and is the basis for many other football betting markets.

Related Markets Terms

Corner Markets
Betting markets based on the number of corners awarded during a football match. Available markets include Over/Under corners, Asian corner handicaps, first half corners, and individual team corner totals. Corner markets are popular with data-driven bettors because corner stats can be modeled statistically.
Last Goalscorer (LGS)
A bet on which player will score the final goal in a football match. Similar rules to First Goalscorer: bets are void if the player does not participate, and own goals typically do not count. Last Goalscorer is harder to predict and often offers slightly better odds than First Goalscorer.
Player Props
Betting markets focused on individual player performances within a game. Examples include total points scored, assists, rebounds, passing yards, shots on target, or tackles. Player props have become increasingly popular due to the growth of daily fantasy sports and same-game parlays.
Asian Lines
A collective term for betting markets that use the Asian Handicap system, including match handicaps and total goals (goal lines). Asian lines use quarter-goal increments (0.25, 0.75, 1.25, etc.) to split stakes between two adjacent lines. They generally offer lower margins than equivalent European markets and are preferred by sharp bettors.
Correct Score (CS)
A bet on the exact final score of a match (e.g., 2-1). Correct score markets offer high odds because of the many possible outcomes, but they are extremely difficult to predict consistently. Some bettors use Poisson distribution models to identify value in correct score markets.
Goal Lines
An over/under market for goals using the Asian line format, where the total can include quarter-goal increments. For example, a goal line of 2.25 splits your stake between Over 2.0 and Over 2.5. If exactly 2 goals are scored, you get half your stake back and lose the other half. Goal lines offer more precise totals than standard Over/Under markets.
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