{"id":755,"date":"2026-11-12T22:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T15:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/score-goal.com\/help\/how-to-read-odds\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T22:29:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T15:29:03","slug":"how-to-read-odds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/score-goal.com\/en\/help\/how-to-read-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"How to read odds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A short explanation of the columns in the odds table. The examples use decimal prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-mfd3-doc-card\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Asian handicap (AH)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The favorite gives a number of goals (shown with a minus sign, e.g. \u22120.5); the other team receives the same number of goals (plus sign). The bet is settled after the handicap is added to the final score. A line of 0 is called \u201clevel ball\u201d: if the match ends in a draw, your stake is refunded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-mfd3-doc\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Handicap<\/th><th>Favorite wins the bet if<\/th><th>Special cases<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>0<\/td><td>wins the match<\/td><td>draw: stake refunded<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u22120.25<\/td><td>wins the match<\/td><td>draw: lose half the stake<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u22120.5<\/td><td>wins the match<\/td><td>draw: bet loses<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u22120.75<\/td><td>wins by 2+ goals<\/td><td>wins by 1: half win<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u22121<\/td><td>wins by 2+ goals<\/td><td>wins by 1: stake refunded<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-mfd3-doc-card\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Over\/under (O\/U) and 1X2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over\/under is about whether the total number of goals ends up above (Over) or below (Under) the line. 1X2: 1 = home win, X = draw, 2 = away win, based on regulation time plus stoppage time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-mfd3-doc-card\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Odds format<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Decimal<\/strong>: the total return for every $1 staked, including your stake (1.90).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hong Kong<\/strong>: the profit for every $1 staked (1.90 \u2192 0.90).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Malay<\/strong>, <strong>Indonesian<\/strong>, <strong>US<\/strong>, <strong>Fractional<\/strong>: see our article on the <a href=\"https:\/\/score-goal.com\/en\/six-odds-formats\/\">six odds formats<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Odds are for reference only and can change constantly before kickoff.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short explanation of the columns in the odds table. The examples use decimal prices. Asian handicap (AH) The favorite gives a number of goals (shown with a minus sign, e.g. \u22120.5); the other team receives the same number of goals (plus sign). The bet is settled after the handicap is added to the final [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":750,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/document.php","meta":{"_mfd3_review_cat":0,"_mfd3_ranking":true,"_mfd3_rank_count":0,"_mfd3_help_label":"","_mfd3_effective":"","_mfd3_toc":false,"footnotes":"","_mfd_ml_orig":"en_US"},"class_list":["post-755","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/score-goal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/score-goal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/score-goal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/score-goal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/score-goal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/score-goal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":817,"href":"https:\/\/score-goal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/755\/revisions\/817"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/score-goal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/score-goal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}