Punters are required to predict the total number of goals to be scored by both teams in the second half of the match. Basically, you are supposed to forecast whether the two teams will score during the 45 minutes of play in the second half, including stoppage time, and excluding extra time or penalty shoot-outs.

For settlement purposes, the second half starts off at a 0-0 score line, regardless of the number of goals scored in the first half. For example, if the score line at half time is 1-1, and the full-time score is 2-1, then there is only one goal scored in the second half. In other words, it is not the current score line that matters, but the number of goals scored in the designated period.

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The options proposed by your bookie for a match between Everton and Newcastle can include the following:

• No goals in the second half: odds of 16/5;

• Exactly 1 goal in the second half: odds of 9/5;

• Exactly 2 odds in the second half: odds of 5/2, or

• Three or more goals in the second half: odds of 16/5.

Second half goals betting market example

Screenshot from  WilliamHill.com

If the match is abandoned, suspended, cancelled or postponed in the first half, then all bets in this market are considered void. The same applies to the second half, unless the outcome of the match can be unconditionally determined. For example, in the above case, 3 goals in the second half would serve as the indicator of who wins or loses the bet, even if the match is abandoned. So, if the first half score is 1-1, but the score at the cancellation of the match is 3-2, then it means that 3 goals were scored in the second half, and the winning bets can be unconditionally determined. Any other scenario that does not explicitly indicate a winner would result in the bets being considered void.

For settlement purposes, all own goals are considered in the second half goal count.