It really is a well known idea that more goals are now being scored in today's game than at every other time in history and sports bettors are queuing up to discover the very best way to capitalise on this change.

You only need to thumb over the weekend football results to see just how many high-scoring matches are now being played out, so what will be the best way to make the most of this?

Over 2.5 goals
The most natural way is to back the industry standard of there being three goals or more in a given match. One team could win 3-0 or one side could lose 1-2, but as long as three goals are scored then the bet will win.

You can check out various trusted quality football (cuwip.ucsd.edu explained in a blog post) stats sites to analyse what leagues and indeed what clubs score more goals than others which is a useful too.

You need to recognise distinctions within the goal records for each club between home and away biases. Some sides often concede far more goals away from home than they do at home, whilst other sides often score much more goals at home than on their own travels.

Both Teams to Score
This is a useful bet whenever you think there will be goals in a match and neither side will be able to keep a clean sheet.

Sometimes called 'Goals Galore' or 'GG' this bet is proving to be increasingly popular as numbers of clean sheets continue to fall. Odds on the entire have a tendency to be marginally higher than the over 2.5 goals market, although this relies on each individual match.

Team Goals
A popular selection if you fancy an underdog scoring or perhaps a clear favourite netting two or three times, the team goals market backs a certain team to score 1 or even more, 2 or maybe more, or 3 or more goals in a given match.

Often backing a favourite to score three or maybe more goals can be quite profitable, in the event the odds of a straight win are exceptionally low.

Half Goals
A team will naturally have a propensity to score or concede more in a certain half as well as interval.

Matching this with their opponents can lend a better probability as to which half may contain more goals.

You can find various different markets here, you can either back the half with most goals or you can back how many goals are scored in each half; a market that looks increasingly undervalued.

Result/Over Goals
You may enhance the odds of a favourite winning, by selecting the goals market where they will win in a match with more than 2.5 goals.
This is useful for many high-scoring favourites, or favourites against porous defences.

You'll find markets the place you can back a particular team to win with over 3.5 goals, given the bettor much better enhanced prices.