Both teams to score

Both teams to score

Both teams to score, often written BTTS or GG, wins when each side has at least one goal at full time. One-one, two-one, and three-two all win. Two-nil, three-nil, and one-nil all lose, because one team finished on zero.

The winner of the match does not matter. A team can lose two-one and the both-teams bet still wins. A team can win three-nil and the both-teams bet loses. If you wanted the favourite to win, this is the wrong market.

It is also different from a goals total. Two-nil is two goals, so it wins over 1.5, and it loses both teams to score. One-one is two goals and it wins both. Read the row as a bet about both attacks, not about the size of the score.

A 2oddspredict row on this page means the published tip is both teams to score. Use the match page to see whether these sides have been keeping clean sheets or conceding. A clean-sheet run is a reason to doubt the bet. A short run is not a rate.

A goalkeeper change, a missing centre back, or a visitor that rarely scores away can break the idea. Check the lineup. The tip was stored before those late changes.

A common mistake is to combine both teams to score with a very short favourite in the same accumulator and treat it as one thought. They can lose independently: the favourite can win to nil, or both teams can score in a draw.

Give each team a chance of scoring, not just the match a chance of goals. Stake a fixed unit only if both chances still look live after the team news. Skip matches where one side has no obvious way to score.

The day's list for this market is on the tips page.