A half-time/full-time, or HT/FT, market combines two results from one match. The first symbol records the half-time result and the second records the full-time result under the market’s stated settlement period.
The notation uses the same 1, X and 2 convention as 1X2: 1 is the home team, X is a draw and 2 is the away team. Because both checkpoints must match, the market has more ways to lose than a single full-time result market.
Read the two parts from left to right
The first character describes the score at half-time. The second describes the result at full-time. “1/X” therefore means a home lead at half-time followed by a draw at full-time, while “X/2” means level at half-time followed by an away win.
A half-time draw is not a separate prediction about the final result. It is the first condition in a combined outcome, so the second condition still has to be settled correctly.
- First symbol: half-time result
- Second symbol: full-time result
- 1 = home, X = draw, 2 = away at each checkpoint
Hypothetical example: X/1
Hypothetical example: the score is 0–0 at half-time. The home team then scores twice and finishes 2–0 after 90 minutes plus stoppage time. The HT/FT result is X/1 because the match was drawn at half-time and the home team won at full-time.
If the same hypothetical match finished 1–1, X/X would be the matching combination instead. A correct half-time result alone would not complete an X/1 selection.
Hypothetical example: 1/2
Hypothetical example: the home team leads 1–0 at half-time, but the away team turns the score around and wins 1–2 after regulation time. The HT/FT result is 1/2.
This illustrates why HT/FT is not simply a stronger version of picking a winner. It requires the path through the match to fit the first result as well as the final result.
HT/FT has higher uncertainty than a single result market because two separate match states must align. The example is for settlement education, not a prediction or a record of a past win.
Check what “full-time” means here
For standard football markets, Betfair’s rules use 90 minutes plus added injury or stoppage time and exclude extra time and penalties unless a specific market says otherwise. That convention normally applies to the full-time part of an HT/FT market, but the provider’s own wording controls.
Half-time markets can also have special provisions for unusual match formats, postponements or abandonment. Read the sport and market rules before treating a displayed HT/FT price as settled on a cup winner after extra time.
Separate education from certainty claims
A price for X/1 or 1/2 is not evidence that either sequence is likely to happen. Compare the market definition, the time period and the risk of needing both conditions before deciding whether the market is understandable for your purposes.
Matchday’s site information is separate from event settlement: it lists HT/FT access at €200, a €50 10+ ticket, 15 days at €100 and 30 days at €180. For details, the listed email is matchdayfootballtips@gmail.com; payment is not taken on the site.
Sources and settlement references
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