[00:02] represent the probability or likelihood of a particular outcome in a match betting odds also determine your payout because your payout is the multiplication of the amount you staked and the total number of odds in your
[00:15] bets slip bookmakers set odds based on a gain's margin of expected Victory or defeat and these margin of defeat are estimated by considering things like the previous head-to-head matches of the two teams their current form in the last
[00:30] five matches absence of important players in the team home or away Advantage market movement and statistical analysis for example in this game between Napoli and Torino Napoli was
[00:46] given such high odds even though they were at home because they expected the win or defeat margin to be slim and when the match was played the game ended one to one football betting odds are written in two major forms which are the popular
[01:01] decimal and fraction odds most countries in Africa use the decimal odds while in Africa use the decimal odds while countries like the UK use fraction odds both the decimal and fraction odds are just another way of expressing
[01:14] probability now one important thing I want to teach you is how to convert odds to probabilities and probabilities to odds the importance of knowing how to convert odds to probability is that it helps us to determine if a bet is worth
[01:28] helps us to determine if a bet is worth taking your money on or not for instance on your beted site if you see a game you want to put your money on but are too lazy to do your analysis you can convert these decimal odds to probability so
[01:42] that you can find the percentage of the likelihood of your favorite winning using Everton versus Manchester United for example if you want to get the probability of Manchester United winning in this match all you have to do is use
[01:56] in this match all you have to do is use the odds to divide one then it by 100 so the odds to divide one then it by 100 so 1 over 1.92 multip by 100 now if you solve it with your calculator you'll have
[02:12] a 52% likelihood of winning this match in theory if you use this method as we did here you can easily find the probability of a draw happening and the likelihood of Everton winning this match take note that the addition of these
[02:26] probabilities could exceed 100 if you are reading prediction website for analysis and you see the odds and fractions but you want to change it to decimal you can simply do that by using your calculator to solve the division
[02:41] then add one to it if you use the fraction method in your country and you want to convert it to probability in percentage just put one over the fractional odd then add one to the odds and next multiply it by 100 so that will
[02:57] and next multiply it by 100 so that will be 1 / 13 over 4 plus one then multipli by 100 odds are just a representation of theoretical likelihood and I do not probability because what is more important is what will happen on the
[03:12] pitch but learning about odds can help you to recognize games with value you to recognize games with value bets