Srinagar, Nov. 5 -- Every weekend, millions of football fans glance at the odds and make the same assumption, the favourite is the safer bet. It's a natural instinct. The team with the bigger name, the better players, the higher league position, surely they'll win, right? Yet anyone who's spent enough time around football betting knows that the badge doesn't always tell the full story. What matters far more, especially in the long run, is form, the rhythm, confidence, and momentum a team carries into a match.

Favourites win often, but not always. The value in betting lies not in who should win on paper, but in who's actually playing better right now.

Form isn't a myth or a feeling; it's a snapshot of how a team is functioning week to we...