When we talk about over 2.5 goals what do we actually mean? As there is no such thing as half a goal in football matches. In short - the term over 2.5 goals exists to create a true/false outcome for an event so that bookies can price it fairly - what the market is really seeing is will there be three or more goals.
If the match has one or two goals scored in it then this falls under the 2.5 line so those games will lose if it has three, four or more goals scored in the game then that falls over the line and will produce a winning outcome. As a newcomer to gambling this can sometimes sound a bit confusing but once you understand it - it makes sense.
Over 2.5 goals is an event that tends to happen somewhere between 50% to 60% of the time in matches depending on the league - this makes it an exciting market to bet on as there can be some skill to falling on the right side of those percentage to make money.
Over 2.5 Goals Odds
Due to the nature of this market being one that tends to happen in around half of games played around the world - it can make for interesting odds. As a general rule the average odds for over 2.5 goals predictions are somewhere between 1.53 and 1.80.
Whilst these are not super high odds, they can present us with a good betting opportunity if we can combine them. For professional gamblers who tend to have higher stakes they are safer backed as single bets where returns can still be strong.
Combing selections to create a double will create odds of around 2.40 and boosting it up to a treble can move the odds to around 3.80 which is strong betting territory.
Expert Over 2.5 goals Tips For Today
All the predictions that you can see below have been analyzed from many different angles to understand how a game is likely to play out and then produce probability numbers for many popular football betting markets - including over 2.5 goals.
Today we have tips for 5 matches across 2 with odds ranging from 1.67 to 2.00.
GO Ahead Eagles
Sparta Rotterdam
Friday 19:00 PM
NETHERLANDS EREDIVISIE
TIP:
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Girona
Getafe
Friday 20:00 PM
SPAIN LA LIGA
TIP:
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Stade Brestois 29
Auxerre
Friday 19:45 PM
FRANCE LIGUE 1
TIP:
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QPR
Derby
Friday 20:00 PM
ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP
TIP:
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Bologna
Torino
Friday 19:45 PM
ITALY SERIE A
TIP:
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Brighton
Chelsea
Friday 20:00 PM
ENGLAND PREMIER LEAGUE
TIP:
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We use these probabilities to produce a selection of tips for today and for tomorrow which you can find here on this page.
Whilst many punters will run around trying to find matches between high scoring teams and looking at results in previous matches for hundreds of fixtures, smart punters let us do all that hard work and then simply work through our list to pick out their bets for today—or simply take the predictions and run with it.
Our long-term betting research has shown that the best way of making a profit with these selections is to stick to a double bet, as that has the best combination of long-term win rate and odds to ensure profitability.
Our over 2.5 goals predictions are updated daily on the site, so make sure you keep checking back for more bets in the future.