Have you tried to make football betting predictions and failed? It is because you missed a couple of things and that is what we are showing you in this guide on key metrics that sharpen match predictions. 

As a bettor, you want to win. 

And then you try to make predictions but they never win - sometimes you are lucky, the game wins. But that is not something that you can replicate. 

If you are looking at prediction sites that promise you sure football predictions, you might be wondering how they do this. 

Sites like JeoTips have provided bettors with 90 accurate football predictions that always win. The way they do this is by making use of key metrics that sharpen match predictions. 

Today, we are taking a look at what these checks are that make for accurate football predictions. 

Recent Form (Last 5 Games)

The first key thing to check is the recent form of the team in the last five games. 

Some prediction sites may use the last 10 games. 

It entirely depends on the approach being used but the least is five games as it lets you see the current form of the team. 

With the form, you can tell if the team is winning or if they are losing and momentum defines that if they are doing any of the two they are going to continue doing that. 

This is why the team form is very important to check. 

Home and Away Performance

The home and away performances of the teams also tell if they can win or not. 

As funny as this may sound, there are teams that play well when they are at home and there are those that do well when they are away. 

By looking at the home and away performances of each team, you will know the ones that win in a particular setting or not. 

Head-to-Head (H2H) Stats

The times both teams have played is very important to judge how they will in the next match. 

If you look at the H2H record, you might see that no matter how bad a team is, they always seem to win that particular opponent. 

When you see patterns like this, you can know what to bet with or on. 

Goals Scored and Conceded (GF/GA)

This is a key metric to sharpen your match predictions in some markets. 

You are going to need this to bet on the both teams to score, over/under, and correct score markets. 

When you want to know if both teams will score or if they will have over or under goals, you check the number of goals they score and the ones they concede. 

How often are they scoring? 

How badly are they conceding?

These can tell you if they are worth betting on or not. 

Possession and Passing Accuracy

You also need to know how the team is playing in terms of whether they know how to keep possession or they are always losing possession.

If you see that a team that cannot hold to possession is playing against a team that can, then you will know that the latter team is going to dominate the game. 

Now to passing,

Teams that have good passing will always play better and score more goals than the other team. 

Disciplinary Record (Cards, Fouls)

It is also very crucial for you to look at how the team plays as regards their discipline. 

Are they disciplined? 

Do they always have red cards? An example of a team that is rarely disciplined is Chelsea. You can easily predict the number of yellow cards and even red cards that will happen in the match. 

Also, a team that knows how to commit their opponents could be doing so because they are good with set pieces. 

So they will be trying to make sure that they get their opponent to foul them for the free kicks or penalties. And an example of such a team is Arsenal. 

Injuries and Suspensions

If there are players that are missing it can affect teams. 

There are certain key players for teams that their absence - either because they are injured or because they are suspended - can limit the chances of the team. 

Imagine Chelsea without Caicedo and Palmer. 

It is not like the team won’t play well but they will not be playing at their full strength. 

That is why you need to find out if the team is missing key players. 

Motivation and Stakes

This single point can change everything that you have considered above and it is funny how. 

Sometimes, a team could be the best team to win. Maybe they are in the knockout stage of a competition and they played away and beat their opponent 0 - 5. 

Let’s say after the home fixture, they have an important game in the league that they have to win. 

During the return fixture at home, they may not play like they would because they are already winning and almost through. 

That can make them relentless and wouldn’t mind losing 1 - 3. 

This is why motivation and what is at stake matters. 

In another scenario, we see a game like Liverpool vs Chelsea after Liverpool already won the league, they were lacklustre in that game and Chelsea won even when everyone believed Liverpool would win. 

Liverpool had nothing to play for as at the time they had already won the league. 

Match Schedule and Fatigue

Too many games to play can affect the performance of any team and if the team does not have squad depth it will affect them the most. 

Imagine traveling to Greece to play on Thursday and traveling back to the United Kingdom for a Saturday evening match. 

Keep that up for four weeks and the performances are bound to start depleting.

That is why it is an important benchmark to consider before betting.