2 Goals Ahead Early Payout

Why Use 2 Goals Ahead Early Payout?

Identifying the best teams for 2 goals ahead could help you in selecting the games where this bonus is more likely to pay out. If you can determine where a team might be more likely to go 2 goals up, you then might choose to bet on other markets in that game, knowing that you're paid out early.

For example, Liverpool might be the best team in the Premier League for the most games this season where a team has gone 2 goals ahead. Knowing that you'll be paid out when they go 2 goals ahead, you might then choose to also have a bet on Liverpool to win and both teams to score.

In this scenario, you know that there's a good chance your match winner will be paid out early, so you then don't need to worry if that team doesn't win the game, so are more willing to take a chance on that team winning and the opposition scoring.

How Does 2 Goals Ahead Early Payout Work?

In recent years many bookmakers have started to offer early payouts on selected bets when a team goes 2 goals ahead. If your bookmaker isn't offering early payouts then, given the statistics below, you're probably losing out by not betting with a bookmaker that does pay you out early.

So, how does 2 goals ahead work? Put simply, if you bet on a team (usually to win the match, but sometimes other betting markets are covered in this offer), if this team goes 2 goals ahead of the opposition then your selected bets are paid out as winners during the game, and before the final whistle.

For a team to go 2 goals ahead, the score must be at least 2-0, but 3-1, 4-2, and larger scores with a two goal difference also count.

Check with your bookmaker as to what markets are paid out under the 2 goals ahead early payout offer, and check which games and leagues are eligible for the offer. These terms and conditions vary by bookmaker.

What Happens If A Team Goes 2 Goals Ahead But Doesn't Win?

If a team goes 2 goals ahead then you are paid out, regardless of what then happens in that match. For example a team could go 2-0 ahead after 10 minutes of a game and your selected bets are paid as winners. If that team then draws 2-2 or even loses the game, this doesn't affect your bets – they're already paid out.

How Often Does 2 Goals Ahead Pay Out?

We've taken a look into our archives to investigate how often teams go 2 goals ahead, as shown in the above table. You might be surprised to learn that in Europe's top 5 leagues (Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1), out of 1755 games played this season, 794 have seen either the home team or away team go 2 goals ahead. That's 45.24% of games this season where a team has gone 2 goals up, meaning that selected bets would have been paid out before the final whistle.

How Often Does A Team Go 2 Goals Ahead And Not Win The Game?

Teams regularly go 2 goals ahead in a match when looking at the above statistics, but how often does a team go 2 ahead but then end up drawing or even losing the game? These are scenarios where you would have actually lost your match bet if you were only paid out on the full-time result and not when the team goes 2 ahead.

In the Premier League this season there has been 380 games played and 175 games have seen a team go 2 goals ahead. Of those 175 games where a team has gone 2 up, 10 games have resulted in that team drawing, and 0 games have seen that team lose!