Perhaps if you are familiar with the sport, it may be easier for you to understand the odds. However, it's important to note that even experts in sports betting cannot guarantee a win. If predicting the winner were easy, most of us who engage in sports betting would already be consistently profitable.
That is true there is no guarantee that you would win in sports betting. There has been many instances with me when I was confident on the team I placed my bets. Infact every other media outlet was also confident with that team and yet they lost the game. I also feel that when you bet in franchise matches it is not that easy to win because of multiple games. Every game is different and the team you choose perform different in every match. Sports betting is not that easy as everyone thinks, it is a skill based game that does need luck.