Bodø/Glimt -2 is attractive because the Asian line gives us some protection if they win by exactly two goals. A Bodø result of:

3-0 ✅ Full win
4-0 ✅ Full win
4-1 ✅ Full win
2-0 ↩️ Stake returned
3-1 ↩️ Stake returned

That is why I prefer -2 Asian to -2.5. Bodø have been in excellent league form. Their recent Eliteserien run includes:

Bodø/Glimt 3-0 HamKam
Sandefjord 0-3 Bodø/Glimt
Bodø/Glimt 4-0 Lillestrøm
Vålerenga 1-2 Bodø/Glimt
Bodø/Glimt 4-2 Rosenborg
Fredrikstad 1-2 Bodø/Glimt

That is six consecutive league wins across the listed run. At home during that period they produced:

3-0
4-0
4-2

So two of those three home wins cleared -2 outright, while the other was still a comfortable victory. Even more importantly, Bodø have already played Sandefjord away this season and won: Sandefjord 0-3 Bodø/Glimt That exact result would cash the -2 Asian handicap comfortably. Sandefjord’s current season record is:

5 wins
5 draws
9 defeats
16 goals scored
24 conceded

Away from home they are:

3 wins
0 draws
6 defeats

So they have lost 6 of 9 away league matches. The biggest advantage of -2 Asian is therefore that we do not necessarily need a complete demolition. Bodø already beat this opponent 3-0, are on a long league winning run and have recently produced multiple three- and four-goal home performances. If they win 2-0 or 3-1, we simply get the stake back instead of losing. At around 1.70, that safety makes the Asian line considerably more attractive than Bodø’s extremely short straight-win odds.

Japan (w) vs Thailand (w) table in Asian Games Women Group E

Japan (w) vs Thailand (w) Table & Standings

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