Football Betting
Check out Bet UK's football betting markets from a variety of nations
and leagues. Whether you're looking for live ♣️ games or outright bets, you can find a
vast range of competitions at the click of a button.
Bet UK Online ♣️ Betting hits the
target with football betting, which includes a full selection of markets across
international leagues and competitions. our ♣️ world-class coverage includes rich features
like 'YourBet' on mobile, offering rapid and fully automated same-game accumulators
with instant pricing. Bet ♣️ on single matches or add multiple matches to your bet slip to
build an accumulator with larger odds. When looking ♣️ at the odds, you can change Odds
format, set your Bet placement odds change menu and the Default odds change ♣️ behaviours,
giving you full control over your betslip.
Football Betting Odds
Betting odds are
incredibly important in the world of football, they ♣️ tell you who the favourite is for
major competitions such as the Premier League and UEFA Champions League. However,
that's ♣️ not all they are good for, they help you find value in your bets, if you're
backing a 1/100 bet, ♣️ it may be very likely to win but no matter your stake, it is
likely that you'll make only pennies ♣️ from the bet unless you placed a substantial
stake. Odds allow you to find the best priced odds and you ♣️ can utilise your knowledge
of a sport to determine the best value for money bets. However, odds can come in
♣️ several formats, they are:
Decimal Odds
Fractional Odds
American Odds
Decimal betting
odds are one of the most popular formula of betting odds in ♣️ both Europe and Oceania.
Decimal odds represent the total amount that will be returned to you, including your
original stake, ♣️ if your bet is successful. The odds are expressed as a decimal number,
typically greater than 1. The calculation to ♣️ determine your potential winnings is
straightforward: you multiply your stake by the decimal odds.
For example: the
calculation that can be ♣️ used is: Potential winnings = Stake x Decimal odds = £10 x 2.50
= £25
In this example, if the team ♣️ you backed wins the match, you would receive £25,
which includes your initial £10 stake and £15 in profit.
Fractional odds ♣️ on the other
hand are the traditional format of betting odds in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Fractional odds consist ♣️ of two numbers separated by a "/", an example of this is 10/1
or 5/2. The number on the left ♣️ side represents the potential profit of the bet while
the number on the right side demonstrates the amount you need ♣️ to bet.
American odds,
also known as moneyline odds, are a popular method of representing betting odds
primarily used in the ♣️ United States. They indicate the amount of money you would need
to wager or the amount you could potentially win ♣️ on a particular bet. American odds can
be displayed in two formats: positive (+) and negative (-).
For positive odds:
Potential ♣️ profit = (Stake / 100) x Odds Total payout = Stake + Potential profit
For
negative odds: Potential profit = (100 ♣️ / Odds) x Stake Total payout = Stake + Potential
profit
Alternatively, if you'd like to read in more detail how ♣️ football odds work, we
have a large number of blogs surrounding this.
Betting on Domestic Football
For many
fans, looking at the ♣️ Premier League odds on a Saturday morning is a regular occurrence
through the season. However, the Premier League isn't the ♣️ only domestic competition
involved in the 3pm kick-offs, there are 10 tiers of football that all begin at 3pm.
The ♣️ National League North is the lowest tier of football that you can directly bet on
using an online sportsbook. However, ♣️ there are hundreds of football betting tips for
every game, if you're looking for leagues to bet on, check out ♣️ the links below.
Premier
League
The Championship
League One
League Two
National League
Scottish Premier
League
These aren't all the options available at BetUK but they are ♣️ the most popular
for our bettors.
There are also a large number of cup competitions in the UK and
Ireland such ♣️ as the league cup, FA Cup and Scottish Cups. Scottish tournaments tend to
be dominated by the likes of Celtic ♣️ and Rangers but English competitions have a little
more variety, at least when Manchester City are knocked out of a ♣️ competition.
Betting
on European Football
When it comes to Europe, UK bettors can focus on a number of
leagues and tournaments depending ♣️ on their preference, for those looking for the
highest level of competition. UEFA competitions such as the Champions League, Europa
♣️ League and UEFA Conference League allow you to find the very best football action from
teams across Europe. These competitions ♣️ will have match odds for every game during the
competition from the qualifying rounds all the way to the final.
European ♣️ competitions
and English football aren't the only ways you can bet on football in the UK, you can
still bet ♣️ on the first corner all the way to the final score in hundreds of leagues
across world such as La ♣️ Liga in Spain, Bundesliga in Germany and the Serie A in
Italy.
Betting on International Football
Some of the biggest football matches ♣️ in the
world take place on the international stage. Most recently we had the 2024 World Cup
where Lionel Messi ♣️ and Argentina won the tournament beating France in what is widely
regarded as one of the best games in recent ♣️ memory. The World Cup is known as the
greatest tournament in Football but that doesn't mean that other competitions aren't
♣️ equally as entertaining to watch.
For example, in Europe, we have the UEFA Nations
League and the European Championships.
In South America, ♣️ there is the Copa America but
most other matches occur in friendlies or occasional tournaments.
In Africa, main
competitions include the ♣️ African Cup of Nations and the Arab Cup.
In Asia, their main
competitions include the Asian Cup and the EAFF Championship.
In ♣️ Oceania, it is
regarded that they have the lowest standard of competition but their tournaments
include the OFC Nations Cup ♣️ and recently some of their countries have entered into the
Asian Cup.
Football Betting Markets
When deciding what to bet on, you'll ♣️ need to look
at the betting markets for individual games, doing so, will help you determine what
match odds are ♣️ best for your game. Look at statistics for the league you're looking to
back and see what best suits that ♣️ competition. For example, the Championship is known
for being widely unpredictable in the early season but after 10 or so ♣️ games, you can
typically see which teams will go on a long winning run. For example, if you look at
♣️ the latter part of last season, at the start of the campaign, many backed Nottingham
Forest to be easily relegated ♣️ and their early form backed that. However, after they
started winning a few games, it looked like they would win ♣️ successive games all season
long.
That being said, the best markets for each league will always be different, some
of the ♣️ best betting markets you will be able to find below.
Both Teams to Score - Both
Teams to Score is an ♣️ essential market for football bettors. Placing a bet on this means
that you are expecting both teams to score in ♣️ a single game. There are also more
advanced options, such as both teams to score in both halves or in ♣️ a singular half. For
individual games, the football odds will be low for Both Team to Score markets but,
when ♣️ combined into an accumulator, this is when players may find the odds significantly
increase. However, generally, Both Teams To Score ♣️ bets provide low online football
betting odds.
Draw No Bet - A Draw No Bet placed on a team to win ♣️ will return your
stake if the team draws. If the team wins, you will win as normal, and if the ♣️ team
loses, then so will your bet.
Double Chance - A Double Chance football bet joins 2
outcomes together for an ♣️ increased chance of winning.
Enhanced Odds - When checking out
a betting site for a designated match, it is wise to ♣️ look for enhanced odds in the form
of price boosts. These are games where, because of their popularity, they have ♣️ improved
odds on popular bets such as teams to win, both teams to score and more! You can often
find ♣️ these boosts on the biggest domestic football games which have up to date odds at
all times.
There are plenty of ♣️ different markets that should all be self-explanatory.
But if you are struggling to understand any of our football betting markets, ♣️ just get
in touch with our fantastic customer support team.
Over/Under Goals - A number of the
most common football bets ♣️ are goal-related. Arguably, the most popular is the
over/under goals bet. This means that there will be over or under ♣️ a certain amount of
goals scored over the course of a game. For bigger odds, players must predict more
goals, ♣️ and the most common bet here is over 2.5 goals. At the 2024 European
Championships, 27/51 games had over 2.5 ♣️ goals. However, watch out if you're betting on
the biggest matches because these games are often cagey affairs with lower
♣️ goals.
In-game Betting Markets
Football Accumulators
Football betting is the home of
the weekend 20-team accumulator, with massive football odds for fixtures from ♣️ the
Premier League down the football leagues. However, these aren't the only accumulators
we see on a regular basis here ♣️ at Bet UK, we see a large number of fourfolds-eightfolds
based around a number of different leagues. So, here at ♣️ Bet UK, we've looked at ways to
improve the accumulator betting experience. To do this, we've created a brand new ♣️ 'ACCA
Club' feature, which provides free bets depending on how much you stake on accas and
even gives you odds ♣️ boosts on your weekly accumulators.
Players and Managers
Betting
During the Summer months of the year and January, bettors will commonly bet ♣️ on
players to move between clubs. This can be because players are unsettled at the club or
alternatively because they're ♣️ due a step up in the division, a number of players leave
their club in the January period if their ♣️ new club is performing well, looking like
they could claim multiple trophies in upcoming years. You'll often be able to ♣️ determine
whether or not a player is going to leave a club in the period leading up to the
transfer ♣️ window.
Best Football Teams to Bet On
In every league there are certain teams
who are better to bet on for a ♣️ number of reasons, some teams are best for scoring
goals, some are best for corner bets and others for yellow ♣️ and red cards. For example,
you can find the teams who were best suited to each category below.
Betting on Goals
♣️ Scored:
Backing a team to score goals in a league game? Here are the teams that scored
the most goals in ♣️ each league during the 2024/23 season.
Premier League: Manchester
City (Brighton average the most shots per game)
Ligue One: Paris Saint Germain ♣️ scored
the most goals in Ligue One last season but only had 0.3 more shots per game than
Lille.
Bundesliga: No ♣️ surprises as Bayern Munich scored the most goals last season but
it was only nine more than title rivals Borussia ♣️ Dortmund.
Serie A: Napoli won the
league last season and scored 75 goals over the campaign, Serie A maintained it's
reputation ♣️ by being a low-scoring competition with less goals than any of the top five
leagues.
La Liga: Real Madrid lead the ♣️ way with the highest number of goals in the
Spanish league.
Betting on Corners
Premier League: Newcastle United had more corners in
♣️ 2024/23 than any other team, more than doubling the amount of Nottingham Forest and
Leicester City.
Ligue One: Marseille lead the ♣️ division in regards to corners taken.
However, Troyes have conceded significantly more than any other team.
Bundesliga:
Bayern & Dortmund lead ♣️ the way in this stat but Koln also sit significantly higher than
many expected.
Serie A: Fiorentina and Napoli led the ♣️ way in regards to corners taken
in Serie A last season.
La Liga: Athletic Bilbao sit near the top of the ♣️ top five
leagues when it comes to corners with an average of 6.78 per game, only Newcastle
United had more ♣️ (7.08).
If you're looking to combine your bets with booking points, you
can bet on yellow cards and red cards by ♣️ checking out our booking points
guide.
Football Betting FAQs
How do you bet on football?
To place a bet on football,
you must ♣️ first have an account registered at a licenced sportsbook such as Bet UK.
Following this, you must deposit money into ♣️ your account, this can be done using a wide
range of methods. Then you must head to our online sportsbook ♣️ and decide which game you
would like to bet on. It is likely that you'll already have a set of ♣️ games in mind, so
select the game you wish to place a bet on, browse the betting markets and select ♣️ the
bet you wish to add.
Once all of the selections you wish to add are in your betslip,
add a ♣️ cash value into your betslip and press place bet to put your bet on.
What is the
best betting market for ♣️ football?
The best betting market for football will vary from
person to person. However, one of the most popular markets is ♣️ the Both Teams to Score
betting market. Also known as BTTS betting, this is the process of both teams in ♣️ a game
scoring. However, there are many adaptations of this including the popular both teams
to score in both halves, ♣️ which when multiple games are combined can provide trebles or
accumulators with massive value. If you're looking for BTTS Tips ♣️ be sure to check out
the Bet UK blog.
Can football betting be profitable?
Of course, if you place the
correct bets ♣️ football betting can be profitable. However, the odds are put in place for
a reason. Bets such as accumulators have ♣️ a low chance of coming off which is
demonstrated in the subsequent odds. If you regularly place bets, you'll know ♣️ there are
fine margins between winning and losing bets, so wins or 'profitability' can't ever be
guaranteed.
However, to maximise your ♣️ chances of winning, we recommend checking out the
various football betting tips on Bet UK which can provide tips on ♣️ all competitions from
the Premier League to the Bundesliga.
What odds should I use for Football betting?
The
odds format that you ♣️ use should depend on your personal preference, football fans tend
to prefer fractional odds. Meanwhile, decimal odds are semi-popular and ♣️ American odds
are virtually non-existent amongst football fans. If you're ever checking out tips for
the likes of the Europa ♣️ League and other competitions across Europe, you'll find
fractional odds across all media outlets.
Which football bet is the easiest to
♣️ win?
When you look at the betting markets offered on our football betting sportsbook.
There are a number of betting markets ♣️ that can prove to be 'easier' to win. These
include the double chance, goals and win markets. Double chance is ♣️ the betting market
where you'll be on 2/3's of the potential options with significantly lower odds, so if
you had ♣️ Manchester City Vs Newcastle United and you placed a bet on Manchester City to
win or a draw, the odds ♣️ would be significantly higher in your favour for success but
this also means your profit margins will be smaller. Goals ♣️ are the betting market that
many seem to prefer as there are a wide variety of options and in an ♣️ entertaining game,
these markets can provide fantastic value for money.
What football bet is the hardest
to win?
The correct score betting ♣️ is arguably the hardest bet to win when looking at
football betting markets in the United Kingdom, this is because ♣️ it requires precision,
sitting and waiting for goals to go in isn't a bad option. However, a correct score bet
♣️ can be ruined in 10 seconds. For example, when Arsenal played Bournemouth, the most
popular correct score was 2-0 but ♣️ Philip Billing scored early on meaning Arsenal's
clean sheet was wiped out and all bets with a correct score with ♣️ Bournemouth not to
score was wiped out within seconds.
What is the 90-minute rule in football betting?
The
90-minute rule applies to ♣️ most bets in football. This is the process that your bet must
win or be settled within 90 minutes (injury ♣️ time included) to payout. So, for example,
if you back a winner in the Champions League final and it goes ♣️ to extra time, you would
only receive a payout if you backed a draw, no matter what the score is ♣️ after 120
minutes as once the second half had finished, the score was level.
