Asian Handicap betting involves staking money on the outcome of a match in which one team is given a āhead startā before the contest begins. It is most commonly applied in football, where these head starts can be in multiples of one goal, 0.5 goals (āhalf goalsā) or even 0.25 or 0.75 goals (explained below). In other sports, Asian handicaps could be a number of points or, for example, a head start of a number of games in a set of tennis.
The advantage of including āhalf goalsā on your Asian handicap football bet is that they eliminate the possibility of the outcome being a draw. With a āhalf a goalā handicap, one or other team will always āwinā because in a real football match, of course, scoring āhalf a goalā is impossible.