Correct score

Correct score

A correct-score bet wins only if the full-time score is exactly the score you named. One-nil is not two-nil. One-one is not one-nil. The market has many possible results, so each individual score is less likely than a simple home win or a simple goals line.

That is why correct-score prices are long. The return is large because the chance of that one scoreline is small. A long price is not value by itself. Value is the gap between the price and the chance you honestly give that exact score.

One goal anywhere in the match can turn a winning position into a loss. A team that is winning one-nil in the last minute has not yet won a one-nil correct-score bet. Stoppage-time goals count.

If a correct-score row is published on 2oddspredict, read the exact figures on the row and nothing broader. Do not upgrade a one-nil tip into any home win, and do not downgrade it into under 2.5. Those are easier bets with different prices.

Exact scores are a poor building block for a long accumulator. Several exact scores multiplied together are a ticket that usually loses, with a huge quoted return that almost never arrives. If you use the market, keep it to a single and a small stake.

Team news hits this market harder than a match-winner bet. A rested striker or a changed goalkeeper can move the most plausible score without changing the name of the favourite. Check the lineup.

Write the score down before you bet, stake an amount you can lose in full, and grade it only on the final score. Near misses are losses. The market does not pay for almost.

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