Asian Handicap Explained Guide & Tips

Asian handicaps are a popular way to bet on sports, allowing you to balance the odds between teams. By giving one team a head start or a deficit, these betting lines create exciting betting options. If the backed team wins the match, draws the match, or only loses by a one-goal margin, the bet will win.

In this instance, your selected team begin the match in question with a deficit of one and a half goals. If you go for Liverpool to beat Leicester City with an Asian handicap -1.5, the Reds must win the game by a margin of at least two goals for your bet to come in. A defeat, a draw or a Liverpool victory margin of just one goal would result in a losing bet. Obviously, this type of Asian handicap bet should be reserved for matches where one team look to be strong favourites. Asian Handicap betting involves staking money on the outcome of a match in which one team is given a ‘head start’ before the contest begins.

Half-ball or quarter-ball bets are useful if you can use your knowledge to spot an under- or over-priced team in a particular match. Asian handicap betting is so called because this form of bet is very popular in Asian markets, having reputedly originated in Indonesia. It offers a more interesting and nuanced alternative to the straight-forward win, lose or draw (1X2) bet. Asian handicap bets allow you to give one team a virtual lead or deficit with the odds being changed accordingly.

Asian Handicap 0.75 explained

• It is designed to remove the possibility of a draw by assigning handicaps to teams.
• Single handicaps apply whole-number adjustments, such as +1 goal or -2 cards, to a team or player’s total.
• If the team wins by 1 goal difference, half your stake is settled at the current odds while the other half is refunded.
• The odds for Gaimin Gladiators to cover the spread are 1.13, which means that if you bet $1 and Gaimin Gladiators cover the spread, you will win $1.13.
• Handicap betting provides one team with a goal or points deficit, or handicap, to overcome.

By selecting quarter- or half-goal parimatch bets, those annoying draws are removed from the equation. In Asian handicap +0.25 betting, if your selection wins by any margin, your bet is a winner. If the match is drawn, however, half the stake is settled at the price chosen by the punter, and the other half is refunded. In this form of Asian handicap neither side is actually given a handicap, so it would most commonly apply when both teams are perceived to be evenly matched.

Asian Handicap -1.5 Explained

Asian handicap bets are put together in such a way that no draws are possible and with the inclusion of split handicaps so that more bases are covered when making your bet. Arsenal meets Leicester again, but this time around we’re interested in placing an AH -0.75 bet. Let’s say that the final score is Arsenal 2, Leicester 0. If this is the final score, your bet is a winner.

Asian Handicap Lines in Football Betting

The bet’s a loser if the game is tied or if Leicester wins. In order for your bet to be a winner, Arsenal has to win. If Arsenal wins with a 1 goal difference, the bet’s a winner. And yes, if Arsenal loses, the bet’s a loser as well.

A variety of Asian Handicaps are available within certain fixtures at sports gambling companies, such as Bet365. Asian handicaps can be applied to result markets, goal markets, card markets, corner markets, and others. It depends on the sportsbook (gambling company) and the fixture.