What Does BTTS Mean In Betting? An Easy-to-Follow Guide!
What is BTTS? What does it mean and how is this particular bet applied in football betting? We explore what BTTS means in football betting.
Sports betting lingo often uses shortened versions of words, such as ‘acca’ for accumulator, or initials for specific phrases (EW for Each Way).
One example now commonly used in football betting is BTTS. So, what does BTTS mean in betting?
Let’s explore the term in more detail, explaining exactly what it means and how it relates to certain types of football bets.
What is BTTS?
BTTS is an abbreviation of the phrase “Both Teams To Score”. It simply uses the first letter in each of the four words for convenience, rather than having to write “Both Teams To Score” out every time.
It is a type of bet that is most commonly used in football betting and as the name implies, it has options based on both teams scoring (or not) within the context of a single football match.
In reality, that is all you need to understand about BTTS and sports betting as a general concept. However, it is much more useful to know how it is used as a betting option for certain football bets, which is what we will look at next.
Common BTTS Betting Options
The option for Both Teams To Score can be used in a number of different betting markets for football, starting initially as a standalone single bet.
Single – Both Teams to Score Bet
This is a yes/no bet on whether both teams will score a goal in the match being played, or whether one or neither of the team will fail to find the net.
If you back the ‘Yes’ option, then you need both teams to score a goal for your bet to win. If you select ‘No’ then you need either of the two teams to fail to score, or both teams fail to score in the match.
It is a very simple bet to understand as a single, and with their being just two possible outcomes, the odds on each outcome tends not to be particularly long on any game. Even a match between two teams that either score lots of goals each, or two that do not score many goals between them.
So, to enhance the different markets available, BTTS is sometimes used in conjunction with two other simple football betting markets to offer some longer odds betting options.
Combined – Both Teams to Score and Over/Under 2.5 Goals
This bet combines the popular betting option of their being Over or Under 2.5 Goals scored in a game with a bet on whether both teams will score in the match.
By combining the odds on these two selections, you then get more appealing (longer) value odds on the different selections available for this bet.
The options for the Both Teams to Score and Over/Under 2.5 Goals are outlined below.
- Both Teams to Score – Yes and Over 2.5 Goals
- Both Teams to Score – Yes and Under 2.5 Goals
- Both Teams to Score – No and Over 2.5 Goals
- Both Teams to Score – No and Under 2.5 Goals.
The most popular bet here is the Both Teams to Score Yes and Over 2.5 Goals option as logically, if you are backing both teams to score a goal, then you only need one further goal to make that bet a winner.
This bet covers every combination of scorelines where both teams score and three or more goals are scored in the game (so 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 3-2, 2-2, 3-3 would all be winning scorelines in this scenario.
In contrast, if you back the Both Teams to Score – Yes and Under 2.5 Goals, then you are only covering one scoreline with this bet, which is the 1-1 draw.
Both Teams to Score – No and Over 2.5 Goals covers all the scores where one team fails to score and the other team scores three or more goals. (3-0, 4-0, 5-0 for either team)
Whereas Both Teams to Score – No and Under 2.5 Goals covers the scorelines 0-0, 1-0 and 2-0 (for either team)
Combined – Match Result & Both Teams to Score
Another option, which offers a couple more betting markets to select from is when the full time result of the match is combined with the Both Teams to Score bet. This creates a total of six possible outcomes for the game.
- BTTS – Yes and Home Team Wins (2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3 etc)
- BTTS – Yes and a Draw (1-1, 2-2, 3-3 etc)
- BTTS – Yes and Away Team Wins (1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4 etc)
- BTTS – No and Home Team Wins (1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0 etc)
- BTTS – No and a Draw (0-0)
- BTTS – No and Away Team Wins (0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 0-4, 0-5 etc)
Here, some options, notably the draws, have fewer potential outcomes, so they tend to be the longer odds selections compared to the other options available for this bet.
If you like the look of BTTS betting in all its forms, then bet365 Sport is a great place to start as it offers a wealth of BTTS betting options across many football matches.
Four Examples of BTTS Betting
Outlined below is a couple of examples of a single BTTS bet, followed by an example each from the BTTS and Over/Under 2.5 and BTTS & Match Result markets.
Example 1– Punter A places a £50 bet on the Manchester United v Arsenal match on both teams scoring at even money.
The match finishes 1-1. So the bet is a winner, which means the man returns £100 from the bet.
Example 2– Punter B places a £25 bet on the same Manchester United v Arsenal game, but she backs both teams to score – no at odds of 1/2.
We know the match finished 1-1, so this bet would be a loser as both teams did score.
Example 3 – Punter C places a £20 bet on Both Teams to Score – Yes and Over 2.5 Goals to be scored in the Chelsea vs Liverpool game at odds of 2/1. The game finishes 3-1 to Liverpool. As such, this bet would be a winner and Punter C would win £60.
Example 4 – Punter D places a £10 bet on Both Teams to Score Yes and the Away Team to Win in the Chelsea v Liverpool game at odds of 4/1. We know the game finished 3-1 to Liverpool, so this bet would also be a winner and the punter would win £50.
Popular BTTS variations
Plain BTTS Yes/No is only the start. Most bookmakers, bet365 included, offer combined markets that pay a bigger price because more conditions have to land:
- BTTS and Match Result: both teams score and you call the result. Back BTTS and the home side to win, and a 2-1 home win lands it; a 1-1 draw or a 1-0 home win does not, even though half of it came good. Rotten luck, but rules are rules.
- BTTS and Over 2.5 Goals: both teams score and there are at least three goals. 3-1 or 2-2 wins; 2-0 loses (only one team scored) and so does 1-1 (only two goals).
- BTTS in both halves: each team scores in the first half and the second half.
On bet365 you will usually find these under the match’s Goals tab, a dedicated Both Teams To Score section, or inside Bet Builder for bigger fixtures. Pre-match and in-play BTTS markets are both offered, and in-play prices move quickly once a goal goes in.
BTTS in extra time
Standard BTTS normally settles on the result at the end of normal time, so extra-time goals do not count. Some knockout ties have a separate BTTS in Extra Time market, which only cares about goals in the extra 30 minutes. Check bet365’s rules for the specific market before betting, especially for abandoned matches.
BTTS accumulators
A BTTS acca combines BTTS selections from several matches into one bet. Every leg has to land; one stubborn 1-0 and the whole thing is binned. The combined price grows with each leg, and so does the chance of something going wrong, so treat a five-leg BTTS acca as entertainment rather than a pension plan.
A worked BTTS example
Say you stake £10 on BTTS Yes at odds of 2.00 (a hypothetical price, for illustration only). If the match ends 1-1, 2-1 or 3-2, both teams have scored and you get £20 back: £10 profit plus your stake. If it ends 0-0, 1-0 or 2-0, the bet loses. That is the appeal: you do not need to pick a winner, and the bet stays alive until one side finally finds the net, or doesn’t.
When BTTS tends to make sense
- Teams that score regularly but also concede regularly.
- Check home and away form separately; plenty of sides are tigers at home and kittens on the road.
- Be wary of fixtures where one or both sides are likely to shut up shop, such as tight relegation scraps or cagey cup ties.
- Head-to-head history can help, but form and team news matter more than what happened three managers ago.
BTTS FAQs
Q. What does BTTS mean in betting?
A. BTTS stands for Both Teams To Score in betting terminology.
Q. What options are there for a standard BTTS bet?
A. You have two options for a standard BTTS bet. Either both teams to score, or one or both teams not to score.
Q. What other markets are BTTS selections often combined with?
A. BTTS markets are often combined with bets on ther Over/Under 2.5 Goals markets, or the Full Time Result market.
Q. On which sport can I find BTTS betting?
A. BTTS betting is most often found in soccer betting.
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