AMERICAN FOOTBALL BETTING

American football, known in the United States simply as football is a team contact sport that grew out of a variation of rugby and that rewards the speed, agility, tactical ability and brute strength of the players, who push, block and chase each other, trying to advance a ball into enemy territory for an hour of playing time, which turns into three or four of real time. 

American football is popular all over the world but nothing compares to its popularity in the United States, with the National Football League (NFL) being the most popular league. In the 1990s, it even surpassed baseball as the nation's most popular sport. Its title game, the Super Bowl, has an annual audience of nearly half of American TV households, and it's also broadcast to 150 other countries in about 30 different languages. 

College football is as popular as the professional league, and many high schools and universities participate in the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association), with college games being also broadcast on television to large audiences. In addition to these leagues and teams, there is now the American Football World Cup.

Bet on American Football

Touchdown, fumble, turnover… If these terms are part of your vocabulary and you follow American football closely, why not turn an already existing game into an even more thrilling experience? For that, place a bet on American Football and feel the adrenaline of the game even more. Who knows? You might even end up winning an amazing cash prize. From September to February, it is routine for American football fans in all corners of the world to gather friends on Sundays to watch an American football marathon. Keep enjoying the company of your friends, but why not turn this into something potentially profitable?

In addition to the huge doses of emotion that the sport brings, another preponderant factor for the success of American football is the ease and high profits that betting on the NFL brings to the public. Discover by yourself how easy it can be to earn money using the knowledge acquired in the sport. After all, why is it so good to bet on the NFL?

One of the factors that makes American football bets somewhat less risky when comparing to other sports, is the fact that the chance of a tie is practically nil, so you have a 50% chance of hitting the winner of the match when you place the bet — unlike the football where the chance of a tie reduces this percentage to just 33%. 

However, your options to place a bet on American Football go way beyond the winner of the match. In the next paragraphs we will give you some examples of available markets.

Most common American football betting markets 

Winner of the match

The first market is the winner of the match and it is as simple as it sounds. Here, you bet on which team will win the match. Like we said before, unlike football or tennis, in American football you cannot place a bet on a tie since it happens very rarely.

If the chosen team wins, your bet wins. Otherwise, on the other hand, if you betted on the losing team, you lost.

Handicap 

The second market available for betting on American football is the Handicap market. Handicap means disadvantage and, after all, that is exactly its function: to apply a disadvantage in the score to balance the game and, consequently, bring more interesting odds to the bettors.

Under/Over

Finally, we also have the points market. In it, the goal is to define whether the match will have more or less than a specific number of points determined by the bookmaker. This number can change from competition to competition, or even from year to year. For example, for Super Bowl 2021, the number was 55.5 points.

Assuming still the score of 18×14, we would have a total of 32 points. That is, bets on “below 55.5” would be winners, while bets on “above 55.5” would be losers. Please note that, in this market, the sum of the two teams is what matters and not just one of them.

What to analyze to bet on American football?

As with any sport, a good bettor never fails to analyze some situations before setting his bet. So, to help you out, we will suggest some tips for you to bet on American football with greater chances of profiting.

The home factor

The home factor has a good influence on betting on American football. If you have ever been in a stadium, you know very well that the fans usually can make a difference, making a lot of noise and, at times, hindering the communication of the visiting teams.

Some football experts have done studies on the influence of the home factor over the seasons and found the value of a three-point lead as an indicator for this question. It is not by chance that many bookmakers use this margin for handicaps.

Timing and team performance

In American Football, it is normal for the weight of the shirt to appear at some point in the bettor's career. However, this is not such a recommended practice: good teams also have bad phases in which the result does not appear. Don’t let your preferences interfere in your bet and see how teams perform before setting a bet.

Among other things, you should evaluate, for example, yielded yards, defensive behavior, and effectiveness of attacks. In the case of the NFL, the main American football competition, the official website is full of good statistics for players.

Also, it is important to be aware of injuries and embezzlement. A good team can have its results closely associated with an athlete (especially its quarterback). If he doesn't play, the odds need to reflect that.

Weather conditions

This one may seem odd to you but considering that NFL games must take place regardless of weather conditions, this means that some matches can have very adverse conditions for a team's game model, like snow, for example. Be aware of this type of situation to avoid worthless bets.