A futsal bet is a stressful experience, but it’s fun at the same time. You only spend a couple of rand, but you get to watch a short, intense match where the ball never stops moving, and just like that a two-goal lead is gone in seconds. Basically you’re just buying stress, and something to care about for a few hours. When you’re betting, your usual football instincts won’t help you. In futsal, all it takes is one bad pass for things to go south. If you come with bad habits you will start chasing prices like a guy chasing a runaway trolley.
What you buy
On YesPlay, you can find futsal under Sports, where you can view the biggest competitions that are up and coming, which include Spain’s Primera Division and Russia’s Superliga. To view them, go to https://yesplay.bet/sports/prematch/futsal and simply click on the match you’re interested in.
The first options are the ones that the majority of bettors will want to use: 1×2, Total and Handicap. 1×2 means that you have to bet on one of the three possible outcomes; the home side wins, the away side wins, or there’s a draw. The draw option is the one to watch out for, because you can bet on the better side and see them dominate, only to have the game end in a draw and you get nothing.
Totals and handicaps, this is where you bet for the pace of the match. The goal lines can be set quite high, so with your bet you’re trying to guess if the match will be slow and defensive, or whether it will be end-to-end action with both teams scoring.
Futsal myths
One common thing that people get wrong is thinking that Both Teams to Score is always a sure bet. Of course, Both Teams to Score are common, but sometimes some teams might want to just slow the game down, resulting in only one team scoring a goal. In cases like these, think twice before you place your bets.
Another common myth is that handicap is only for underdogs. With five-a-side, a strong team can score a bunch of goals early in the match and keep on scoring. Handicap can be a great way to get better odds, just know that one late goal can ruin everything.
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