What Is the 1X2 Market and How Do You Read It?
1X2 is the basic football betting market. You pick one of three results at full time: 1 for a home win, X for a draw and 2 for an away win. Extra time and penalties do not count. This page lists today's matches with the bookmaker odds for each result, our pick and a confidence score.
How to read this page
1 X 2 (odds). Bookmaker odds for a home win, a draw and an away win. Lower odds mean the bookmaker rates that result as more likely. If an odds box shows "?", the odds were not available when the page loaded.
Prediction. Our pick, shown as 1, X or 2, with a confidence percentage and bar. A higher percentage means a stronger lean, not a certain result.
Goals. Shows Ov2.5 when the average goals in the teams' matches is above 2.6, and Un2.5 when it is lower.
Score. After full time, the final score appears with a tick if the pick was right and a cross if it was wrong. Wrong picks stay visible.
Using the confidence filter
Inside each league, the matches with the highest confidence scores are listed first. The buttons above the list let you show only picks of 55% or more, only picks of 70% or more, or only draw picks. A high score is only a lean. Favourites lose every week, so treat it as one input and check team news before kick-off. If a match looks too close to call, our Double Chance page covers two of the three results at lower odds.
Other markets
Looking for goals instead of results? See Over/Under 1.5, Over/Under 2.5 and Both Teams To Score. For only home and away win picks, see direct win predictions, or our top 10 picks by confidence. Our football glossary explains other betting terms.
Frequently asked questions
What does 1X2 mean in football betting?
1 is a home win, X is a draw and 2 is an away win, all at the end of normal time. You pick one of the three.
Why are draw picks less common?
A draw needs both teams to finish level, and it is hard to be confident about. Roughly a quarter of matches in many leagues end level. So draw picks usually carry lower confidence scores than home or away picks. Today's draw picks are counted in the stats bar above.
What does the confidence percentage mean?
It shows how strong our pick is for that match. A higher number means a stronger lean. It is not a guarantee, and a high-confidence pick can still lose.
What does "?" in the odds column mean?
It means the bookmaker odds were not available for that result when the page loaded. The pick and confidence score are still shown.
How is this page different from the Today page?
The Today page lists matches in kick-off order. This page lists the strongest picks first inside each league and includes the confidence filter.
Are the picks free?
Yes. You can read every pick on this page without paying or registering. No pick is guaranteed.
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