Nobody enjoys a drab goalless draw and very few people tend to stay up late enough to catch the final game on Match of the Day. Although winning is the name of the game, football fans love to see their side become embroiled in an end-to-end, chance-per-minute goal-fest.
High-scoring games are invaluable to punters with the both teams to score market one of the most popular bets on the Paddy Power website. The BTTS coupon is available every single day of the week and punters will be paid out if both teams manage to find the back of the net during the 90 minutes.
With many matches taking place all over the world, it can take several hours to narrow down the field. It can often be quite time consuming to analyse these games and pick out those prime BTTS candidates.
Analysing Stats for BTTS
BTTS Record
If time is not on your side or you’re just simply a little bit lazy, there are a number of stats sites that regularly churn out BTTS numbers listing all of the games in which this outcome has landed. This is a very handy starting point, although unfortunately, it is rarely this easy!
Paddy Power’s stats page is another useful resource when it comes to analysing attacking/defensive performance and although inconsistencies have the tendency to creep in over the course of a season, the majority of sides will tend to have a set pattern of play.
Occasionally, leaky teams will opt to employ a new defensive coach whilst high-scoring sides may have their prolific striker cruelly sidelined for a number of weeks. These types of events can change the course of a season although occasionally a side may simply be incredibly wasteful across the 90 minutes and this can result in an unexpected low-scoring contest.
Management Style
Each manager will instruct their side to approach the game in a particular way. A naturally conservative boss may ask his team to sit deep and soak up pressure on the road and these are the kind of sides to avoid (as both a bettor and a spectator). Low-scoring teams visiting top of the table opposition may decide to play for a point and ‘park the bus’. This can often result in a thoroughly uninspiring 90 minutes for everybody involved. It isn’t particularly entertaining for those long-suffering traveling fans and it can be equally as frustrating for BTTS backers.
Sides with a manager who prefer a progressive style of play that can come at the expense of defensive solidity are the ones to look out for. ‘Gung-ho’ is a term which is often used in a negative context by pundits, however, it can be hugely profitable for goal-hungry punters.
Focus on the Away Team
As a general rule, the home side will find the back of the net more often than not. Therefore, it’s advised to focus on the visitors. Away sides may look to nick an early goal and hold on to that precious lead, although this is a tactic that rarely works! Some teams may fly out of the traps and take the hosts by surprise and this usually leads to a high-scoring encounter.
Goal Volatility
Goal volatility is an excellent way of measuring the likelihood of BTTS. This will give us a decent indication of how a team performs in both their home and away games.
The EFL Championship is one of the most entertaining divisions in the world and that is due to the fact that the majority of sides have a fairly high goal volatility rate.
Goals in Last 4-6 Games
Recent form is vitally important and tends to be much more significant than season-long statistics. Managers don’t last long in this game and trigger happy owners are commonplace in football. That can lead to seismic shifts in playing style and this can often put BTTS bets in jeopardy.
Even if the chairman hasn’t hit the panic button yet, under-fire managers may opt to go back to basics following a heavy defeat. If your chosen side has a 75% BTTS rate across the season, yet it’s only landed in one of their last five games – this should be enough to ring some alarm bells!
It’s always best to judge a team on their last couple of performances. Head-to-head statistics can be useful, particularly in fiercely contested derby matches, however, it is largely academic when it comes to BTTS betting.
If a side have managed to keep six clean sheets in their opening eight matches, yet have inexplicably shipped nine goals in their subsequent three games, this may be worthy of further investigation. The absence of a talismanic defender can disrupt the organisation of a previously watertight back-line, and it could be worth backing BTTS on a weekly basis until he returns to first-team action.
BTTS Percentage
BTTS percentage is one of the more basic tools available and this is a useful way to gain a quick overview of any of the top divisions. Sides who consistently score and concede will quickly become apparent whilst teams who are involved in typically low-scoring affairs will also be flagged up.
BTTS percentage simply determines the number of times that a side has been involved in a BTTS contest and this will help narrow down the shortlist to a…slightly shorter list. These statistics may point out that 66% of a team’s matches have ended with both teams scoring this season and that would help give us a pretty good indication of their preferred playing style.
Best Leagues for BTTS
With plenty of leagues available to choose from on the Paddy Power website, the BTTS coupon page is always well-stocked. There are a number of divisions that tend to view defending as fairly low priority and that can often lead to high-scoring contests.
Although the BTTS odds across the majority of these competitions tend to be slightly shorter, they are ideal for putting together a weekend accumulator.
A number of these divisions have developed a reputation for providing entertainment on a weekly basis and are undoubtedly worth following throughout the course of the season.
Top BTTS Leagues
Estonian Esiliiga B
Welsh Premier League
German Bundesliga
Austrian 2. Liga
Bahraini Premier League
German 3. Liga
Chinese Super League
Finnish Kakkonen
Dutch Eredivisie
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