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As you probably know, when you bet on first goalscorer you are wagering on the player you think will put the ball in the back of the net first.<\/p>\nWhen is the first goalscorer not the first goalscorer?<\/p>\n
When they score the second, third, fourth goal etc., and you enjoy an each way payout accordingly.<\/p>\n
That is an option available to punters now with many leading bookmakers, with a number of different firms paying out if your chosen player scores at any point during the game \u2013 albeit you score a revised payout based on the each way terms taken.<\/p>\n
So is it worth it? Or should you just bet \u2018on the nose\u2019 on your first goalscorer bets?<\/p>\n
As you probably know, when you bet on first goalscorer you are wagering on the player you think will put the ball in the back of the net first.<\/p>\n
No prizes for getting that question right.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a \u2018rollover\u2019 when the first goal is an own goal, but for the most part this is a betting market that is the embodiment of all or nothing \u2013 your player scores first and your bet wins, or they don\u2019t and it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
Well, that was how it used to be.<\/p>\n
Now, you can bet on first goalscorer markets each way \u2013 meaning that you will be paid out if your selected player scores at any point during the match.<\/p>\n
The key thing to note is that the each way terms are, typically, 1\/3 of the odds, so you will get a reduced return if they do go on to find the net.<\/p>\n
To place your first goalscorer bets, simply select the player you want by clicking on their odds to add them to your betslip.<\/p>\n
Now you have a choice to make: are you going to bet outright on them being first goal scorer (securing a full payout if they net first) or take the each way price and bag a 1\/3 return if they score at any time.<\/p>\n
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So let\u2019s imagine that we have taken those odds of 11\/2 in the image above.<\/p>\n
If Anthony Gordon does score first, our payout is easy to calculate if we bet on the nose \u2013 you\u2019ll get \u00a35.50 for every \u00a31 wagered.<\/p>\n
Now let\u2019s consider the each-way payout.<\/p>\n
If we have \u00a35 each way, we are placing \u00a35 on the win part and \u00a35 on the places for a total outlay of \u00a310.<\/p>\n
So betting on 11\/2 first goalscorer chances does yield a return if your player scores at any time.<\/p>\n
For reference, the sweet spot is 3\/1 \u2013 odds shorter than this will mean you lose money even if your pick scores, but any odds longer than 3\/1 will leave you ahead.<\/p>\n
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There is an alternative option to explore.<\/p>\n
Rather than hedging your bets by taking the each way places on the first goalscorer market, couldn\u2019t you just take the anytime goalscorer price on the same player?<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s wind it back. We placed \u00a310 in total on Gordon each way to score first. If he scored the second goal, we would have yielded a net win of \u00a34.17.<\/p>\n
But what if we\u2019d just backed him in the anytime goalscorer market? The odds for that were 15\/8, so a \u00a310 bet would yield \u00a328.75 \u2013 a net win of \u00a318.75, which is more than four times that of our first goalscorer punt.<\/p>\n
However, the money made on our first goalscorer bet (if Gordon does notch first) would be \u00a336.66 \u2013 double that of your anytime goalscorer wager.<\/p>\n
So here\u2019s the key: how confident are you that your chosen player will score the first goal?<\/p>\n
If they are amongst the favourites (but 3\/1 or longer), taking them in the first goalscorer market each way is arguably the smarter option. If they are more of an outsider, taking the anytime goalscorer market is savvy given that you\u2019ll get a better return this way than you would each way in the first goalscorer category.<\/p>\n
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One of the challenges of first goalscorer betting come with knowing when to bet.<\/p>\n
Do you get the best price\u00a0before<\/em>\u00a0the teams are announced, or do you wait to see if your chosen player starts the game, at which point their odds might shorten?<\/p>\n If your player is selected as a substitute, your bet will be void and your stake returned if a) they don\u2019t get onto the pitch, or b) the first goal is scored before they enter the field of play.<\/p>\n But here\u2019s the rub: if they enter the field of play at 0-0 (or if any goals scored were own goals), then your first goalscorer bet is activated \u2013 even if they come on with only ten minutes to play.<\/p>\n Our advice? Make sure your first goalscorer selection starts the game before betting, and then follow the staking system outlined above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When is the first goalscorer not the first goalscorer? When they score the second, third, fourth goal etc., and you enjoy an each way payout accordingly. That is an option available to punters now with many leading bookmakers, with a number of different firms paying out if your chosen player scores at any point during […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":58,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-2056","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2056"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2063,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2056\/revisions\/2063"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}