International football matches are played throughout the year.  These come in the form of international friendly matches, as qualifying matches for major international tournaments, or as matches within the major tournaments like the FIFA World Cup, the Euro, the Africa Cup of Nations and the Gold Cup to name just a few major events.  OddsJet compares international football odds for all of these events from several reputable sportsbook companies.  This allows OddsJet to display the best odds for every match on the schedule, which helps to maximize potential returns for football bettors.  Users can toggle between 1X2 match odds as well as Double Chance odds. If you would like to compare odds for the eventual tournament winner, OddsJet also has FIFA World Cup winner odds and UEFA Euro winner odds.

International football match odds explained  

1X2 Match Betting

This is the most popular betting market for international football matches.  Here, one is simply wagering on the Full-Time result of a given match: 1 – a Home Win, X – a Draw, 2 – an Away win.

Double Chance Betting

This is a variation of typical 1X2 match betting whereby one selects any two of the three possible outcomes: 1,X – Home Win or Draw.  X,2 - Draw or Away Win.  1,2 - Home Win or Away Win.  This allows for a hedging of one’s bet.  In doing so, the odds will be lower than for a typical 1X2 match result odds.

International football match odds expressed in American, Decimal and Fractional formats

For American odds format, there are two sets of expressions to remember, but both revolve around the figure of $100. First, negative numbers pertain to odds that are below even-money and express how much one needs to wager in order to win a profit of $100.  When one sees a negative number like -300 on Italy to win a match, this means that one would need to stake $300 in order to win a profit of $100, for a total return of $400.  When the odds are above even-money, American odds format displays a positive figure which expresses how much one might win when $100 is staked.  For example, match odds of +400 for a draw means that a stake of $100 could potentially win $400 in profit for a total return of $500.         

For Decimal odds format, the figures express the full potential amount that will be returned on your wager including the stake amount.  Simply multiply the odds by the stake. For example, if Sweden is listed to win at 1.61, a $100 bet would return a total of $161 including your stake, so the profit would be $61.  A draw with decimal odds of 3.45 would return $345 on a bet of $100. 

For Fractional format, the odds express the amount of profit that will be returned on a wager.  So for example, with a wager of $100 and odds of 4/9 (said four-to-nine) on Germany to win, one would see a potential profit of $44.44 plus the stake for a total return of $144.44.