Covers 2.5 Tips
Covers 2.5 is one of the most interesting and successful strategies from our football in-play trading systems portfolio. It is a low-risk football trading strategy that involves placing trades on correct score and over 2.5 goals markets.
We post the strongest picks that meet our strict filters to save you time going through the stats and picking your own selections. All you need to do is choose which tips you wish to follow and check for updates every day. On this page, we include tips for COVERS 2.5 – multiple trading markets that can be traded on the Betfair exchange. Alternatively, you can use traditional bookmakers with cash-out option.
REASONING
Another great method, which gives you plenty of opportunities to trade joint markets. We focus on away favourites, which are expected to do well. At the same time, we are opposing them with home teams, which are in good form and should be able to open themselves when losing (possibly concede more goals) and score on the other end. The profits will depend on the timing of goals. In some trades, you may be able to hedge all outcomes for a profit.
RULES
1. Use a dutching calculator to back 1-1 and 0-2 (away team to win 2-0) and OVER 2.5 GOALS before the match starts:
2. Hedge the trades when a goal or goals come in, depending on a possible profit. You will need to practice on a few matches to see which scenarios you prefer.
Don’t get us wrong – our systems are based on sophisticated statistical algorithms and we are pleased with the results, so you can trade and bet on them without any further analysis. However, it’s always possible to improve the selections further to increase your winning rate and profits. Sadly this can’t be done automatically, so we will try to give you further advice on how to shortlist the best selections and how to avoid some lost trades.
Consider the following for your Covers 2.5 trades and bets:
- Look for competitive matches with teams or one team still having something to play for (e.g. title, relegation, progression etc.)
- Check the selections for major injuries or key players missing the game. You will need at least one goal to hedge your trade, so you don’t want those star strikers to be missing that game.
- Check the weather conditions – you don’t want the game to be played in very heavy rain, snow or very strong wind.
- Pitch condition – as above, very bad pitches (waterlogged, covered in snow, muddy) are tricky to play on and can often prevent goals to be scored and finishing goalless.
- Check the market and odds comparison websites for the odds for the draw. Stay alarmed, if those are heavily steaming and there is plenty of money backing the draw.
Please note:
- All current selections are available for members only.
- You can filter Major (1) and Minor (0) leagues and competitions by the M. field.
- We don’t post profit/loss figures for the trading tips systems as those will vary on odds and times of closing the trades.
- The quoted odds are guide odds only provided by Bet365 and will often differ from the best Betfair’s odds.
- To keep it as easy as possible, we keep track of wins and losses, as if they were left as bets.
- Furthermore, the only losing trades were the ones finishing 0-0, unless you did any 0-0 scalping before the match started. Therefore most of those matches we marked as lost bets would have been successfully cashed out when a goal came in, even though they finished as draws.
- You can download the selections or print them using the buttons on the top right side above the table.
- If you see ‘No data available in table’, that means there are no current selections for this system.
- If there are no tips for a few consecutive days, please get in touch and check whether everything is working ok.
Most major competitions matches are available at Betfair Exchange, others will be available for manual betting/trading with bookmakers using the cash-out option – check at oddsportal.com for the latest odds. The odds visible in the table are for the OVER 2.5 GOALS – pre-match odds and are for reference purposes only.
Covers 2.5 Tips - Current Tips
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Learn more about our subscription options and subscribe now!Covers 2.5 Tips - Past Tips
| M. | Date | Country | Competition | KO | Home | Away | Odds | HT | FT | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 09/11/2025 | Dominican Republic | Liga Mayor | 19:00 | Universidad O&M | Deportivo Pantoja | 1.97 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 | L |
| 0 | 04/11/2025 | Qatar | Q League | 14:00 | Al Mu'aidar | Al Bidda | 1.95 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 | W |
| 1 | 03/11/2025 | USA | Major League Soccer | 00:45 | Austin | Los Angeles FC | 1.95 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 4 | W |
| 0 | 28/10/2025 | Saudi Arabia | Division 1 | 12:35 | Al-Orobah FC | Al Draih | 1.89 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 3 | W |
| 0 | 28/10/2025 | Portugal | Liga Revelacao U23 | 11:00 | Rio Ave U23 | Sporting Braga U23 | 2.02 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 | W |
| 1 | 28/10/2025 | USA | Major League Soccer | 01:00 | Minnesota United | Seattle Sounders | 1.85 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | L |
| 0 | 25/10/2025 | Mexico | Liga de Expansión MX | 01:00 | Alebrijes | Tepatitlán de Morelos | 2.10 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | W |
| 0 | 17/10/2025 | Oman | Professional League | 15:45 | Sohar | Al-Shabab Club | 2.30 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | W |
| 0 | 17/10/2025 | Czech Republic | 3. Liga MSFL | 15:00 | Hranice | Hlučín | 2.13 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 | W |
| 0 | 09/10/2025 | Europe | WC Qualification Europe | 18:45 | Cyprus | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.00 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 2 | W |
| 0 | 01/10/2025 | Slovakia | Fortuna Liga | 16:00 | FK Košice | Dunajská Streda | 2.08 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 2 | W |
| 0 | 25/09/2025 | Latvia | Virsliga | 16:00 | Rīgas FS | Riga | 1.95 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | L |
| 0 | 17/09/2025 | Asia | AFC Champions League | 12:15 | Shanghai Port | Vissel Kobe | 1.85 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 3 | W |
| 0 | 15/09/2025 | Korea Republic | WK-League | 10:00 | Incheon Red Angels W | Hwacheon KSPO W | 1.96 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 | W |
| 0 | 06/09/2025 | Algeria | Ligue 1 | 16:00 | USM Khenchela | CR Belouizdad | 2.63 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | W |
| 0 | 06/09/2025 | World | WC Qualification Concacaf | 00:00 | Trinidad and Tobago | Curacao | 2.15 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | L |
| 0 | 27/08/2025 | Korea Republic | Korean Cup | 10:30 | Gangwon | Jeonbuk Motors | 2.15 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 | W |
| 0 | 27/08/2025 | Japan | Emperor Cup | 09:30 | Nagoya Grampus | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2.10 | 0 - 3 | 2 - 4 | W |
| 0 | 22/08/2025 | Lithuania | 1. Lyga | 15:00 | Ekranas | Minija | 1.85 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | W |
| 0 | 22/08/2025 | United Arab Emirates | Uae League | 14:00 | Bani Yas | Kalba | 1.95 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 | L |
| 0 | 21/08/2025 | Korea Republic | WK-League | 10:00 | Incheon Red Angels W | Gyeongju W | 2.04 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | W |
| 0 | 15/08/2025 | Korea Republic | K-League 1 | 10:00 | Anyang | Pohang Steelers | 2.05 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | L |
| 0 | 11/08/2025 | England | Non League Div One: Isthmian North | 18:45 | Redbridge | Grays Athletic | 1.81 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 3 | W |
| 0 | 11/08/2025 | Uzbekistan | Professional Football League | 15:00 | Dinamo Samarqand | Pakhtakor | 1.84 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | W |
| 0 | 05/08/2025 | Poland | Polish Cup | 14:30 | Hutnik Krakow | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 1.85 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | W |