Half time full time (HT/FT) betting is one bet on two results from the same soccer match: the result at half time and the result when normal time ends. Each can be a home win, a draw or an away win, so the market has nine outcomes, and both parts of your pick must be right for the bet to pay.
Draw/home, for example, wins if the scores are level at the break and the home side is ahead when normal time ends. With two results to land the prices are long, and the nine together carry more margin than the match result: 120.5% against 105.3% in the illustrative market below. Totals, goalscorers and the other match markets sit in the soccer betting hub.
The nine HT/FT outcomes
Markets write the outcomes as home/draw, H/D or 1/X, with the half time result first; the full time part is the 1X2 result when normal time ends. In the UK the same market is often called double result.
The chances below come from an illustrative model: home side 1.65 expected goals, away side 1.05, with 45% of each side's goals expected before the break (an assumed split; measure your own league's) and each half's goals treated as independent Poisson counts. That gives the first half 1.65 x 0.45 = 0.7425 and 1.05 x 0.45 = 0.4725 expected goals, and the second half 0.9075 and 0.5775. Each half's result, and each HT/FT outcome, adds the Poisson chances of the half scores that produce it.
| HT/FT | Half time | Full time | Example | Model chance | Fair price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home/home | Home ahead | Home win | 1-0, then 2-0 | 31.65% | $3.16 |
| Home/draw | Home ahead | Draw | 1-0, then 1-1 | 4.83% | $20.73 |
| Home/away | Home ahead | Away win | 1-0, then 1-2 | 1.51% | $66.12 |
| Draw/home | Level | Home win | 0-0, then 1-0 | 17.06% | $5.86 |
| Draw/draw | Level | Draw | 1-1, then 1-1 | 14.84% | $6.74 |
| Draw/away | Level | Away win | 0-0, then 0-1 | 9.13% | $10.95 |
| Away/home | Away ahead | Home win | 0-1, then 2-1 | 2.67% | $37.41 |
| Away/draw | Away ahead | Draw | 0-1, then 1-1 | 4.83% | $20.73 |
| Away/away | Away ahead | Away win | 0-1, then 0-2 | 13.49% | $7.41 |
Fair price = 1 / chance, so home/home is 1 / 0.3165 = $3.16. Fair prices and returns on this page are worked from the unrounded model chances. The three outcomes ending in a home win add to the home side's full time chance: 31.65% + 17.06% + 2.67% = 51.38%. The three that start level add to the half time draw, 17.06% + 14.84% + 9.13% = 41.03%, far above the 24.49% full time draw because fewer goals have come by the break.
Worked example: a draw/home bet
$20 on draw/home at an illustrative $5.00 returns $20 x 5.00 = $100, an $80 profit, if both parts land:
| What happens | Draw/home |
|---|---|
| 0-0 at half time, 1-0 at full time | Wins: $100.00 |
| 1-1 at half time, 3-1 at full time | Wins: any level score is a draw |
| 0-0 at 45:00, a home goal at 45+2, 2-0 at full time | Loses: 1-0 at the break makes it home/home |
| 0-0 at half time, 1-1 after 90 minutes, 2-1 after extra time | Loses: draw/draw wins |
| 0-1 at half time, 2-1 at full time | Loses: that is away/home |
Once the half is level, the home side wins the match only by outscoring the away side after the break, which the model gives a 41.57% chance. So draw/home = 41.03% x 41.57% = 17.06%, a fair 1 / 0.1706 = $5.86. At $5.00 the bet returns 0.1706 x 5.00 = 85.3 cents per $1 on the model, below fair.
How the 90-minute rule settles HT/FT
Half time is the score when the referee ends the first half, with that half's stoppage time included. Under Law 7 of the Laws of the Game (2026/27), each half gets its own allowance for time lost. The referee must not make up a first-half timekeeping error by changing the length of the second half, so a goal at 45+3 belongs to the first half.
Full time is the end of normal time, which the NSW Bookmaker Declared Betting Events Betting Rules define to include time added for stoppages but not time played to resolve a draw; soccer settles at the end of it unless agreed otherwise (clause 5.2.7.3). Law 10 has a penalty shootout taken after the match has ended, so a tie still level after 90 minutes counts as a full time draw, whichever side advances; extra time and penalties covers the markets that settle on who goes through.
When a match is abandoned without an official result, clause 5.2.7.1 keeps any bet already decided and refunds the others. Draw/home is lost once the home side leads at the break, and refunded if the break was level and play stops for good in the second half. Abandoned and postponed matches compares other rule types, and other bookmakers' terms may differ, so read yours.
An HT/FT bet placed online has to go on before kick-off, because the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 permits online sports betting only before the event starts (s 8A(3) and s 10B).
Why half time and full time results are linked
The full time score includes the half time score, so the two results move together: a side ahead at the break still wins as long as it loses the second half by less than its lead. Multiplying a half time chance by a full time chance, as if the two were separate events, gets HT/FT badly wrong:
| HT/FT | Model chance | Half time chance x full time chance |
|---|---|---|
| Home/home | 31.65% | 37.98% x 51.38% = 19.51% |
| Draw/draw | 14.84% | 41.03% x 24.49% = 10.05% |
| Away/home | 2.67% | 20.99% x 51.38% = 10.78% |
| Home/away | 1.51% | 37.985% x 24.134% = 9.17% |
A leader holding on is far likelier than the product says, and a comeback far less likely. On the product, away/home looks like a fair 1 / 0.1078 = $9.28 and a price of $26.00 looks generous; on the model it returns 0.02673 x 26.00 = 69.5 cents per $1.
The model scores each half independently, but in real matches one goal can change how both sides play, so test it against your league's results.
HT/FT odds and where the margin sits
With illustrative bookmaker prices set against the model:
| HT/FT | Offered | Implied by the offer | Model chance | Return per $1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home/home | $2.80 | 35.71% | 31.65% | 88.6c |
| Home/draw | $16.00 | 6.25% | 4.83% | 77.2c |
| Home/away | $41.00 | 2.44% | 1.51% | 62.0c |
| Draw/home | $5.00 | 20.00% | 17.06% | 85.3c |
| Draw/draw | $5.50 | 18.18% | 14.84% | 81.6c |
| Draw/away | $9.00 | 11.11% | 9.13% | 82.2c |
| Away/home | $26.00 | 3.85% | 2.67% | 69.5c |
| Away/draw | $16.00 | 6.25% | 4.83% | 77.2c |
| Away/away | $6.00 | 16.67% | 13.49% | 80.9c |
| Total | 120.46% |
Return per $1 is the model's chance x the price. Backing all nine in proportion, so that any result pays the same, returns 1 / 1.2046 = 83.0 cents per $1, which leaves the bookmaker about 17.0%. The full time 1X2 at $1.85, $3.90 and $3.90 adds to 1 / 1.85 + 1 / 3.90 + 1 / 3.90 = 105.3% and keeps about 1 - 1 / 1.0534 = 5.1%. The bookmaker margin calculator does this sum for up to 30 prices.
Here the margin is heaviest on the comebacks, home/away and away/home, long prices where a big cut is easy to miss. And if your view is only that the home side wins, home/home at $2.80 returns 88.6 cents per $1, while the home win at $1.85 returns 0.51376 x 1.85 = 95.0 cents. A correct score market takes the same pattern further.
Risk: Betting involves risk. At these prices both bets lose money on average, and the home win still loses about half the time in the model. See responsible gambling for limits and support.
Comparing HT/FT with single-half markets
A first-half result settles on the score at the break and a second-half result on the goals scored after it. In the model the first half goes 37.98% home, 41.03% draw and 20.99% away, and the second half 41.57%, 36.17% and 22.26%.
The three rows that start level are exactly two single-half bets combined: after a level break the second half alone decides the match, so draw/home is a first-half draw plus a second-half home win. No other row splits that cleanly, because a lead at the break changes what the second half needs.
| Market | Wins when | Model chance |
|---|---|---|
| First-half result: draw | Level at the break | 41.03% |
| Second-half result: home | Home side scores more after the break | 41.57% |
| HT/FT draw/home | Level at the break, home ahead at full time | 41.03% x 41.57% = 17.06% |
| Home to win both halves | Home side outscores the away side in each half | 37.98% x 41.57% = 15.79% |
Home/home, at 31.65%, is about twice as likely as winning both halves, since a side ahead at the break can draw or lose the second half and still win.
Where a same game multi lets you combine the two half markets, compare both routes to draw/home: an illustrative first-half draw at $2.25 and second-half home win at $2.20 multiply to 2.25 x 2.20 = $4.95, against draw/home at $5.00. A builder may adjust the multiplied price, so compare final quotes; in this model both routes share a fair $5.86.
Risk: Betting involves risk. A better price on the same result lifts what a winning bet pays, but draw/home still loses about five times in six here, and there is no guarantee of profit. See responsible gambling for limits and support.
Mistakes that cost money on HT/FT bets
| Mistake | The cost, on the worked figures |
|---|---|
| Reading home/draw as a home win | The half time result comes first: home/draw is home ahead at the break and a draw at full time, a 4.83% outcome, not draw/home's 17.06% |
| Forgetting first-half stoppage time | A home goal at 45+2 makes the break 1-0, so draw/home loses even if the home side wins |
| Counting extra time | Level at the break and after 90 minutes is draw/draw, so draw/home loses even if the home side wins in extra time |
| Multiplying the half time and full time prices | Away/home looks like a fair $9.28, yet at $26.00 it returns 69.5 cents per $1 on the model |
The match prices behind an HT/FT model
In your own HT/FT model, the 45% split is yours to set, but who is favoured and how many goals to expect can be read off prices. B337's Terminal lines up soccer head to head, line and total prices across bookmakers, with the best available price picked out and price history (flucs) showing how each has moved. Its prices update on a repeating cycle rather than tick by tick, so confirm any price with your bookmaker before betting. A free account opens a limited view of the Terminal with live odds.
Risk: Betting involves risk. An HT/FT bet needs two results to land and loses far more often than a plain match bet, and no price is certain until the bookmaker accepts your bet. See responsible gambling for limits and support.