1X2 and Double Chance: What the Selections Mean

In football, 1X2 means home win, draw or away win. Double chance combines two of those results in one selection: 1X, X2 or 12. The difference is what happens when the final score falls outside your chosen outcome.

This guide explains the labels on the Real Sports Insider 1X2 predictions page with clear score examples. All scores and prices below are illustrative, not current tips.

What does 1X2 mean?

The three symbols identify the three possible match results:

• 1: the home team wins.
• X: the match finishes as a draw.
• 2: the away team wins.

A selection of 1 needs a home victory, whether the score is 1–0, 2–1 or 4–0. The margin does not matter. A selection of X wins with any level score, including 0–0. A selection of 2 needs an away victory.

Read the home and away labels before interpreting a selection. The number 1 does not mean the favourite, and 2 does not mean the underdog. At a neutral venue, use the designated home and away teams in the market listing.

What does double chance mean?

Double chance covers two results with a single selection. 1X covers a home win or draw, X2 covers a draw or away win, and 12 covers either team winning. The remaining outcome loses.

These market definitions are also set out in the Bally Bet house rules published by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, under Match and Double Chance.

Example: if the match ends 1–1, 1X and X2 win because both include the draw. The 12 selection loses because neither team won. 12 is not an exact score of 1–2; it means either team must win.

Which part of the match counts?

Standard full-time football result markets use 90 minutes plus stoppage time. Extra time and a penalty shootout are excluded unless the market says otherwise. Betfair’s 90-minute rule explains this distinction. A first-half selection uses the first-half result; a “to qualify” selection has different conditions. Always match the score to the period named on the selection.

Reading decimal odds

The selection tells you what must happen; the decimal price tells you the return for a winning bet. For a straightforward winning single, total return = stake × decimal odds. That return includes the original stake.

Using invented prices, 10 units on 1 at 2.20 would return 22 units if the home team won: 12 units profit plus the 10-unit stake. Ten units on 1X at 1.40 would return 14 units if the home team won or drew: 4 units profit plus the stake. An away win would lose either selection.

Covering an additional result usually comes with a shorter price when comparing the same match, bookmaker and moment. That wider coverage does not make the bet automatically good value. The three match outcomes are not equally likely, so covering two of them does not establish a 66.7% chance of winning.

How these labels appear on Real Sports Insider

The RSI outcome list shows published selections for the chosen matchday. Some saved picks use older labels: W1 means 1, W2 means 2, W1X means 1X, and W2X means X2. Read the selection on the row, because a double chance pick has different winning conditions from a straight home or away win.

The displayed decimal odds are saved with the prediction. They are not a live bookmaker quote or a promise that the same price remains available. An absent valid price should not be interpreted as odds of zero.

Handicaps introduce a separate score adjustment. A home-win selection and a home handicap of −1.5 do not ask the same question: a 1–0 home victory wins the former and loses the latter. Use the football handicap predictions page when the pick includes a handicap line.

Open the current football 1X2 predictions to read each published selection alongside its match and saved price.