How to Use Team Form to Guide Your Bets in Football

As well as this, individual player performance, team/player news, training changes, opposition performance, and more, need to be considered.

By looking at all this data, bettors look beyond odds and recent wins and can develop their betting thesis, one that considers multiple data points, not just a few. 

When is a Team “On” Form? 

Many consider an on-form team as one that has consecutive wins. However, I’d argue that this isn’t true.

Wins tell us about how the team previously performed against another. This is good data, but not enough. It doesn’t tell us how they’ll perform against the team they’ll come up against.

In between the win and the next match, anything can happen. News could impact a player or team, a player can get injured, a manager can make structural changes, and so forth.

Therefore, it’s good to look beyond just wins. It’s best to create an entire thesis of why a prediction may occur.

Using their win performance as a starting point is fair, but dive further. Why did they win? Who scored, who assisted, what was their formation, who was the captain, who managed the team, and what changed from previous performances?

These are the questions a bettor needs to ask. By doing so, a story can be created on why a team is winning and whether this will continue into their future matches.