How Soccer Predictions Are Made

Making correct soccer predictions is easier said than done. It is a skill that many people would like to have but few have managed to get right with any degree of consistency. There are so many variables to the game and depending on the rules at the least, three outcomes to every game. This does not include how many goals are scored or what the half time score is. Neither does it take into consideration how may goals could be scored by each team at the half time break.

Some important factors that can and do influence the outcome of the game are which team has the home advantage, the records of both teams in terms of wins, losses and draws, how many goals each team has scored thus far, how many goals that each team has conceded, what position each team is currently holding in the league.

Other factors include whether any key players are currently injured. One or both of the teams could have recently bought a star player that is going to be playing in the game. Even if one has all this information and much analysis is done, one can still incorrectly predict the outcome of the game.

There are websites that one can visit to see what predictions these sites make in terms of outcomes of selected games. One can log onto the site to check the predictions. It is natural that one will have to pay to be privy to these predictions. For people who are involved in sports betting this could be a very viable option. That is only if they predict the correct outcomes more often than not.

In certain countries, there are bet types where one has to predict the outcome of six games over a weekend. There are three outcomes that one is able to select. Either a home win, a draw or an away win. One is also able to take a permutation of the bet. This is where more than one result can be predicted for each game.

Permutations of the bet can become quite expensive however. If it costs six dollars to predict one result in each of the six games then one would spend six dollars to take what is referred to as a straight-line bet. This is simply selecting one result for each of the games. The results could vary for each game. One might select a draw in two of the games, home wins in two of the games and away wins in the remaining two games. This is simple enough.

In the case of a permutation it could work out somewhat more expensive. One might select outright results in three of the games. These could for example be three home wins. In the other three games, one could select all three results in two of the games and two results in the last game.

The cost of the bet would be quite a bit more than six dollars. This bet would be calculated using the following formula 6x 1x1x1x3x3x2. This bet would then cost one hundred and eight dollars. Many people feel that this adds an element of fun to the art of soccer predictions.