Stupid Soccer Question

onemoregoal · 03-04-13, 07:24 PM

That selection only wins if Real Madrid wins the game. Final score for example Man U 1 Real Madrid 1, you then take half a goal (-1/2) from Real Madrid and it finishes Man U 1 Real Madrid 0.5 - you lose.
But if its Man U 1 Real Madrid 2, you take away half a goal from RM and they still win..
The dnb price on RM is around 1.67, sorry i dont know what that is in US odds - something like -130 i think.

O · 03-04-13, 08:16 PM

Thanks OnMG! I appreciate it. Why in the world would they even offer that line? It is the same as the ML? Essentially it is the same.

onemoregoal · 03-04-13, 08:29 PM

Yeah when its 1/2 handicap its mainly used for the +0.5 side. Man U +0.5 would cover draw and Man u win, but Man U money line doesn't cover the draw obviously.
Sometimes -0.5 pays better/worse than the ML as well, on b365 RM -0.5 is 2.30 but RM ML is 2.20 even though its the same thing... on your book its the same though.
Anyway gl.

PuckIt · 03-04-13, 10:23 PM

Yep (-0.5) and ML are the same. -0.25 means if they draw you get half your money back.

O · 03-05-13, 08:38 AM

Thanks guys, really appreciate it. What do you guys think about today? No sound reason for it, but I think it may be two road teams today. Kinda hard not to take any + Madrid money. They are just clicking now and on a hell of a run. B2B against Barca, I'm thinking MU might look like an U20 game to them.