How to Bet on Soccer: 3-Way Moneyline, Draw No Bet and BTTS
Soccer betting looks like American betting until you hit the draw. A soccer moneyline has three outcomes, home win, draw and away win, so you can lose a bet on a team that never lost the match.
Here is how the 3-way moneyline, draw no bet, double chance, Asian handicap, totals and both teams to score work, with the math on one example.
What is a 3-way moneyline in soccer?
A 3-way moneyline lists a price for the home team, the draw and the away team. Pick the home side and the match ends 1-1, and you lose. That is the big difference from an NFL or NBA moneyline, where a tie is rare and usually pushes.
Soccer bets settle on regulation time: 90 minutes plus stoppage time. Extra time and penalty shootouts in cup ties do not count unless the market says "to advance" or "to lift the trophy."
Draw no bet and double chance
Draw no bet removes the draw. If your team wins, you are paid. If the match is drawn, your stake comes back. If your team loses, you lose. The price is shorter than the 3-way moneyline because the draw is now a refund.
Double chance covers two of the three outcomes with one ticket: home or draw, away or draw, or home or away. It pays less again, and it suits a team you expect not to lose.
| Bet | Your team wins | Draw | Your team loses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-way moneyline | Win | Lose | Lose |
| Draw no bet | Win | Refund | Lose |
| Double chance (team or draw) | Win | Win | Lose |
How the Asian handicap works
The Asian handicap is soccer's point spread. A team at -0.5 must win. At 0 it is the same as draw no bet. At -1, a one-goal win is a refund and a two-goal win pays.
Quarter lines such as -0.25 or -0.75 split your stake across the two lines next to them. At -0.25, half your stake goes on 0 and half on -0.5, so a draw returns half and loses half.
| Line | Win by 2+ | Win by 1 | Draw | Lose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0.5 | Win | Win | Lose | Lose |
| -0.25 | Win | Win | Half lost | Lose |
| 0 | Win | Win | Refund | Lose |
| -1 | Win | Refund | Lose | Lose |
| +0.5 | Win | Win | Win | Lose |
Soccer totals and both teams to score
Goal totals work like any over/under. The most common line is 2.5, so three or more goals is an Over and two or fewer is an Under. Whole-number totals like 3 can push.
Both teams to score, often written BTTS, asks only whether each side scores at least once. A 1-1 draw cashes BTTS Yes, and a 3-0 win cashes BTTS No.
A worked 3-way moneyline example
Take an illustrative match priced Home +120, Draw +250, Away +230. The implied chances are 45.5%, 28.6% and 30.3%, which add to 104.3%. The extra 4.3% is the book's margin.
Shop every soccer price across the books before you bet. Our sportsbook reviews list the books we use, and soccer prices often differ more from book to book than NFL lines do.
To see these prices on a real board, read our Premier League title odds or Champions League odds.
Each market has its own guide if you want more detail: soccer betting rules and the 90-minute rule, what BTTS means, the Asian handicap, draw no bet, double chance and over/under 2.5 goals.