What Is Double Chance Betting?

Essentially, double chance betting is a way to reduce the outcomes of a football match from 3 to 2. Usually we have the choice of home win, draw or away win. Double chance gives one single price for the outcome of both a win and a draw for one of the opponents, meaning that whichever result is achieved, you can collect.

Becoming increasingly popular in the football markets, double chance is a sensible alternative to taking a risk on a football team when you know the game could be close.

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Let’s say for example that you quite like Arsenal’s chance of beating Chelsea at 5/4 and think they are great value, but you know the game will be no rollover. Typically, odds of around 3/10 for Arsenal/Draw will be offered in the double chance market meaning that if you are happy taking the long odds-on, a win for Arsenal or a draw will be enough to win the bet.

Bearing in mind lots of home favourites in the football market go off at prices like this, the bet becomes quite an attractive proposition. Around a quarter of all football games finish as a draw over 90 minutes and yet all too often we do not protect ourselves for that outcome. We are gung-ho with football singles, always going in big on the win and all too often are let down by a drab 0-0 or a last-minute equaliser. This can take that option away.

The simple fact is; there are three possible results in the football match you are betting on and yet only one result can stop you winning the bet. Double chance could yet be the future of single betting in football for professional punters. Remember that as well as taking one team plus the draw, you can take the option of backing either team to win but this is not as highly recommended.

How To Place A Double Chance Bet on Bet365

Using the example of betting on an international match, Russia v Portugal, first of all we find and click on the ‘soccer’ link on the Bet365 homepage.

Click on the link for today’s matches or, if betting in advance, click in this case ‘international list’ which will bring up the schedule for all such games.

Next to our game, Russia v Portugal, the usual 1 X 2 prices are listed and to their right is a number, in this case ‘72’.

This means there are a total of 72 different markets to bet on in this game. Click on that number to be taken to a full list of all available markets.

Near the top of the list of markets you will see ‘Double Chance’, below which are the options for our Russia v Portugal game. There are still three options to choose from here; Russia or Draw (5/6), Draw or Portugal (1/4) and Russia or Portugal (3/10).

For comparison, the 1 X 2 prices for this game were Russia 16/5, Draw 5/2 and Portugal 1/1. If for instance you believed Russia had a great chance of winning this match but you are fully aware of the dangers Portugal possess, then a price of 5/6 looks pretty good value for the Russia/Draw double chance bet and it’s a very easy bet to find on Bet365.

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