WNBA Matchups
Dec 18th Betting Trends
WNBA GAMES & RECORDS
The WNBA Matchups are an essential betting tool for the novice or professional and it has so many features to follow. The WNBA regular season covers over five months with 12 teams so the Matchups will always have games available to wager on.
The WNBA Matchups lists all the WNBA in order of Rotation, which is controlled the sportsbooks. Every matchup has a designated Home and Away team and both are given a rotation number. The games are show the Time as well, which is Eastern Standard Time Zone (ET) on this matchup page.
UNDERSTANDING THE RECORDS
The WNBA record section provides a quick look at the production of wins and losses for each team that is playing on the current day.
(OVERALL RECORD)
(AWAY OR HOME RECORD)
The Win-Loss is broken up by overall record and either the away or home record, depending on who is the host or the visitor.
WNBA Streaks and slumps take place all the time and it’s always smart to ride the hot hand and fade the cold one. The Streak feature measured by Wins (W) and Losses (L). If a team wins five straight games, the Streak would read W-5. And if a club is mired in a seven-game losing skid, then you would see L-7 in the Streak column.
UNDERSTANDING THE SPREAD
ATS is an abbreviation for Against the Spread, which measures the profitability of an WNBA team for bettors. WNBA does offer money-line wagers but point-spread bets are more popular at the sportsbooks, similar to American football. Even if a team wins a game, the more important factor is covering the spread and those that do will have a much better ATS record. Even a team has a losing overall straight up record, it could be very competitive in games and stay within the oddsmakers’ expectations. That’s where the value is and a good ATS record on the hardwood usually parallels with a good team on the court.
The WNBA Matchups section shows the Line, both the Open and Current numbers by the oddsmakers. For more informed bettors who like extra action, the matchups page shows both 1st Half and 2nd Half betting odds as well. Those wagers are based on the first 24 minutes of the WNBA game or the final two quarters minutes plus any additional overtime.
WNBA BETTING TRENDS
The VegasInsider.com WNBA Matchups show Betting Trends from sportsbooks and they focus on what users are playing.
The Betting Trend Section receives percentages on three categories.
- Side (Point-Spread Bets)
- Money (Money-Line Bets)
- O/U (Total Bets)
The three betting trends are fairly simple to follow and they’re more volatile as tip-off of a game approaches.
The Side percentage is for the point-spread while the Money is for money-line wagers and that field usually skews heavily to favorites since not many bettors expect huge upsets, especially when the point-spread is high. The O/U is the total and the Over is always listed on top of the Under in the last Betting Trend column. Most bettors lean to favorites and overs and keep in mind that it’s not uncommon to see 100% to 0% listed for a particular matchup, especially after the betting line is just made available. These trends fluctuate based on the action and until the volume rises, that’s a common occurrence.
WNBA MATCHUP HISTORY
What’s great about the Matchups is that VegasInsider.com shows all the data from previous games throughout the preseason, regular season and playoffs. Plus, the WNBA Matchups show history on ATS results. When a game has officially ended, the winning team will have a red check («) shown next to their name. That’s just for the straight up win, which applies to money-line wagers. To figure out who cashed tickets on the WNBA point-spread, you’ll turn your attention to the ATS column.
The ATS column shows which team earned the Cover, plus it posts the Over or Under result as well. The Cover feature shows how many points a team covered by and the higher the number, the more lopsided the win was. The Total result (Over-Under) shows the combined points scored in the game while the Cover result shows how many points the team exceeded the spread by.
Along with the ATS history on the WNBA Matchups, you can also view Line Movements and Betting Trend movements for each game. Plus, you can get a quick Recap as well.
