Introduction
Asian Handicap betting, as the name implies originates from Asia by bookies who offer a better chance of winning than conventional fixed odd betting. The popularity of this form of betting which has started in Asia has spread to the West, especially in the UK, with many online bookmakers catering for this type of betting.


Asian Handicaps vs Fixed Odds Betting
With Asian Handicap Betting (also called Hang Cheng), it eliminates the possibility of a draw result. The perceived weaker team will get a handicap from the bookies to balance the odds so that is an equal probability for each team to win the football tips. There will be only two outcomes for the bet, "home win" or "away win". "Handicap" means that a perceived weaker team has received a virtual head start, effectively leading the game with ¼ goal, ½ goal, ¾ goal, 1 goal, 1 ¼ goal, etc. There are perhaps some confusing terminology, for instance half-handicap (1/2 goal), and quarter handicap (1/4 goal). It will be explained thoroughly in this article.


Advantages of Asian Handicap
- You eliminate the possibility of a draw result, increasing your main winning chance from 33.3% to 50% in a single game.
- Depending on the handicap you can win your bet even if the team you bet on don't win the game.
- You can bet on a team you believe will lose the game, but because of a big handicap you can still win the bet. Typical here is when the favourite team wins the game with only one goal.
- When following the match 'live', tension is high since a single goal can take you from losing to winning (or the other way around).
- If you place multiple bets (accumulator), the number of possible outcomes is much less than in fixed odds (home/draw/away bets. E.g a treble bet, where all 3 selections must be correct). The number of outcomes is 2 x 2 x 2 = 8. With fixed odds betting the number of outcomes is 3 x 3 x 3 = 27.


Advantages of Fixed Odds
- A very high number of bookmakers to choose from.
- Bankers. It is possible to bet on "sure" games, which might be suitable for an accumulator.
- Bigger odds on outsiders (underdogs).
- Much easier to find value bets. You only need home-draw-away estimations, in Asian Handicap it is required that you are able to predict exact results.


Asian Handicap Explained
The following table shows how Asian Handicaps works. It may seem complicated at first look, but it is actually very simple to understand.

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• Is there any of the teams good players injured or suspended?
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