What Can You Bet On During A Football Match?

Every Saturday thousands of football fans in all four corners of the UK make their way through the streets, come rain or shine, to visit their local football stadium. Football is by far the most popular sport in the UK and its popularity has brought many of the world's top footballers to these shores making every game a hotly watched event.

Something which many football fans do as part of their match day ritual is to place a bet on the outcome of the game. This not only adds to the excitement of the game but also makes the stakes of a certain result even higher.

Gambling has come a long way in the last few years and now, using certain websites and bookmakers, you can place bets not only at the beginning of the game but also at any point during the match. Here are some of the things you can bet on:

Next Goal Scorer

If it is half time and it already looks like your initial bet is not going to come through, betting on the next goal scorer can be a way to make up for your probable loss. You can choose any player in any team or even someone still on the bench. Odds will be better for people less likely to score but obviously strikers have a better chance of scoring.

Number of cards

If perhaps you know the referee and that he has shown lots of yellow or red cards in the last few games, you might want to take a guess at how many cards he will show between now and the end of the game.

Final Score

If your original bet was on what the final score would be and you have already lost that bet, then you can always place another bet on a new final score. You can place these at any point in the game too remember, so if there is a lot of pressure in the last 5 minutes a cheeky final score bet could be a good idea. These sites also offer free bets too which you can take advantage of using a matched betting system that can guarantee you win money.

Penalties

One of the most exciting ways to bet during the match is at the end of a game when it has come down to penalties. You can bet on the outcome of each penalty as long as you are quick.