I use easy tips to choose who will win a soccer match, like checking odds, team stats, and who plays at home. I also look at the referee’s history (which is crazy though). I know these tips don’t promise a win, but they let me enjoy my time while playing, and they help me to accept my losses (which is the most important thing for me)
As you have said already, gambling is something that we need to take it as it is, there is more effort for us to put in place, after taking into consideration the odds and other history that has been made by a particular team we are supporting.
Gambling comes also with having more knowledge about the specific game we are playing, for instance football, we need to know about it, watch and learn to get updates in it, so that we may apply some of these information to the game we play as we gamble.