There have been nine own goals at Euro 2024 so far, with this being just two less than the previous record for own goals at a single tournament, which currently stands at 11 from Euro 2020.
More than half of these have come when the scores of their respective games are tied at 0-0, a trend that’s caught the eye of our expert, who’s found a rather unknown market that’s provided some serious value so far.
First Goal Method - Own Goal - Euro 2024
Odds courtesy of 1xBet. Correct at time of publishing and subject to change.
Match | First Goal Method - Own Goal Odds |
Netherlands vs Romania | 29.00 |
Austria vs Turkey | 29.00 |
Spain vs Germany | 29.00 |
France vs Portugal | 29.00 |
England vs Switzerland | 29.00 |
Own Goals a Given
Euro 2024 is just two goals away from matching the most amount of own goals ever seen at a single European Championship, with the odds for this on average being about 13.00 per game.
This in itself would provide some great value, with nine of the 93 goals scored so far coming via OG’s.
If you’d have bet ₹10 on an own goal to be scored at odds of 13.00 on every game, you’d have staked ₹420 up until this point, however you’d have returns of ₹1080, meaning you’d be up ₹660.
OG’s Coming as the Openers
The ‘own goal to be scored’ market offers good value, however the one market offering the best value at Euro 2024 is the ‘First Goal Method - Own Goal market’.
Of the nine own goals scored up until this point, five of them have been the first goal of the game, with the odds for this almost always being 29.00 when using 1xBet.
This means that a ₹10 bet on every game to have the score opened in the form of an own goal would require you to stake ₹420.
The returns of these bets would then be ₹1400, thus punters would be ₹980 up by following this method of betting, one that’s returning excellent value through the first 42 games of the tournament.