Soccer Betting: Which Leagues Are the Most Profitable?

"Which league should I bet on today?"

The key to successful betting lies in understanding the nuances of different leagues and identifying where value can be found.

Some soccer-rating.com strategies offer a choice between Major Leagues and Lower Leagues.

Major Leagues generally have higher odds (a lower bookmaker margin). However, it is likely more challenging to find a profitable bet compared to a Lower League. This is simply because information for Major Leagues is quickly available to everyone. Important news such as injuries, absences for other reasons, tactical changes, etc., is not just known to you but to the entire world.

In this article, we specifically examine the profitability of leagues in soccer-rating.com strategies.

The results should be generally applicable for your bets, especially if you focus on trends (market movements, dropping odds).

General Guidelines:

• Lower leagues with lower market coverage are better than very popular leagues. For example, you might prefer the 2nd division in Portugal over the 1st division.

• Leagues with many goals (few draws) are better than leagues with fewer goals. A profitable league is the Dutch Eredivisie.

• Leagues with many teams (e.g., 20 or even 24 teams) are better than leagues with fewer teams (e.g., only 10 teams). All 3rd divisions in Italy are very good for betting.

• Avoid leagues with reserve teams/youth teams. Examples: Avoid the Dutch 2nd division, German 3rd division.

• Many surprises are good for the bettor and not bad, as surprises create value (e.g., in the next game).

Lowr leagues with 14 or even fewer teams are generally not good for soccer betting because there are simply too few teams. If the teams play against each other 4 times during a season, there is no value left in the odds by the 3rd meeting, as the strengths are very predictable. In a league with 20 teams, however, there can be many surprises. After 10 matchdays, a team might be at the top that no one expected. For example, through luck or an easy start to the season, value can arise. This team would be one to bet against profitably.

Cup matches are also very good because they are harder for the bookmaker to calculate. The players used can change, and the motivation can vary. Here, the bettor can actually have an advantage over the bookmaker.

Here are the leagues from the “Prediction Today” page, sorted by payout.

This table is a yearly statistic and updates automatically after each new result. You can bookmark or share the page if you like.

League			Profit	Games	Payout
	EE1	Meistriliiga	154.70	33	146.88%
	PL2	I Liga	134.60	27	149.85%
	UK1	Premier League	104.10	41	125.39%
	DE1	1. Bundesliga	98.40	22	144.73%
	ELCUP	Europa League	91.20	37	124.65%
	BE1	1. Division A	87.40	38	123.00%
	UK5	National League	82.60	34	124.29%
	ROCUP	ROCUP	81.00	6	235.00%
	CZ1	Gambrinus Liga	79.60	26	130.62%
	GR1	Super League	79.00	21	137.62%
	FR2	Ligue 2	78.50	38	120.66%
	UK2	Championship	74.80	49	115.27%
	NL1	Eredivisie	74.20	42	117.67%
	UK4	League Two	70.60	33	121.39%
	CY1	1. Division	69.50	23	130.22%
	IL1	Ligat Ha´al	69.20	18	138.44%
	CLCUP	Champions League	63.40	31	120.45%
	IR1	Eircom Premier Divison	62.80	26	124.15%
	PT2	Liga de Honra	62.20	15	141.47%
	RU2	1. Division	61.90	33	118.76%
	CH2	Challenge League	58.10	15	138.73%
	RUCUP	RUCUP	49.60	15	133.07%
	ECLCUP	Conference League	49.40	75	106.59%
	FI1	Veikkausliiga	47.50	27	117.59%
	NO2	Adeccoligaen	46.10	45	110.24%
	DECUP	DECUP	45.50	13	135.00%
	DK1	Superligaen	45.20	25	118.08%
	CZ2	Druha Liga	43.10	42	110.26%
	BE2	1. Division B	41.00	22	118.64%
	UKFACUP	FA Cup	39.00	10	139.00%
	PT1	Super Liga	38.90	30	112.97%
	IS2	1. Deild	38.50	21	118.33%
	IS1	Landsbankadeild	32.60	34	109.59%
	UK3	League One	31.50	38	108.29%
	MK1	Prva Liga	30.80	16	119.25%
	NOCUP	NOCUP	27.20	12	122.67%
	KZ1	Super League	26.90	33	108.15%
	RU1	Premier Liga	26.80	39	106.87%
	UA1	Vyscha Liga	20.60	36	105.72%
	ES3G2	Segunda B 2	20.40	27	107.56%
	UKLCUP	EFL Cup	18.20	12	115.17%
	CH1	Super League	17.60	21	108.38%
	NI1	Premier League	17.10	13	113.15%
	AZ1	Yuksak Liga	16.30	7	123.29%
	ITCUP	Coppa Italia	15.00	6	125.00%
	UKFATCUP	UKFATCUP	14.50	6	124.17%
	MD1	Divizia Nationala	12.50	16	107.81%
	ESCUP	Copa del Rey	7.80	10	107.80%
	RO2	Liga II	4.60	35	101.31%
	RO1	Liga I	3.80	31	101.23%
	NLCUP	KNVB Beker	-0.40	6	99.33%
	MT1	Premier League	-1.50	15	99.00%
	LT1	A Lyga	-3.40	32	98.94%
	IT1	Serie A	-6.20	41	98.49%
	IT2	Serie B	-6.70	44	98.48%
	BG1	Bulgaria A PFG	-10.20	27	96.22%
	PTCUP	PTCUP	-10.90	6	81.83%
	AL1	Super League	-10.90	12	90.92%
	NL2	Eerste Divisie	-19.20	37	94.81%
	DK2	1. Divison	-20.10	17	88.18%
	PLCUP	PLCUP	-22.70	6	62.17%
	HU1	Soproni Liga	-24.60	17	85.53%
	AT1	Bundesliga	-25.60	10	74.40%
	ES2	Segunda Division	-26.40	34	92.24%
	DE3	3. Liga	-26.50	25	89.40%
	IT3C	Lega Pro C	-26.90	39	93.10%
	CS1	Super Liga	-28.70	27	89.37%
	SW1	Allsvenskan	-28.90	39	92.59%
	CZCUP	CZCUP	-29.70	8	62.88%
	BA1	Premier Liga	-30.70	26	88.19%
	ISCUP	ISCUP	-31.10	6	48.17%
	DKCUP	DKCUP	-31.50	9	65.00%
	ITCCUP	ITCCUP	-34.00	7	51.43%
	FR3	National	-36.40	20	81.80%
	ES1	Primera Division	-38.10	47	91.89%
	TU2	TFF 1. League	-41.40	28	85.21%
	FI2	Ykkösliiga	-50.10	26	80.73%
	AM1	Premier League	-50.80	22	76.91%
	SC1	Premier League	-53.70	21	74.43%
	MN1	Prva Crnogorska Liga	-54.60	17	67.88%
	SW2	Superettan	-58.30	34	82.85%
	HR1	1. HNL	-60.00	19	68.42%
	TU1	Superliga	-62.10	29	78.59%
	LA1	Virsliga	-62.10	35	82.26%
	BY1	Vysshaya Liga	-64.60	45	85.64%
	FR1	Ligue 1	-68.90	41	83.20%
	SK1	Corgon Liga	-69.50	26	73.27%
	IT3A	Lega Pro A	-70.80	30	76.40%
	GE1	Erovnuli Liga	-75.80	27	71.93%
	AT2	Erste Liga	-77.20	33	76.61%
	WL1	Premier League	-77.80	22	64.64%
	SI1	Prva Liga	-85.90	16	46.31%
	SC2	Championship	-88.30	16	44.81%
	IT3B	Lega Pro B	-91.00	44	79.32%
	DE2	2. Bundesliga	-91.70	37	75.22%
	NO1	Tippeligaen	-96.10	38	74.71%
	ES3G1	Segunda B 1	-171.50	25	31.40%
	PL1	Ekstraklasa	-179.10	40	55.23%

League			Profit	Games	Payout
	UY1	Primera Division	171.90	46	137.37%
	BR1	Serie A	167.50	99	116.92%
	BO1	Liga Profesional	84.60	40	121.15%
	AFCUP	AFC Cup	71.80	8	189.75%
	CA1	Canadian Premier League	70.10	20	135.05%
	ZA1	Premier Soccer League	62.40	24	126.00%
	CO1	Primera A	60.30	57	110.58%
	UZ1	Uzbek League	59.50	39	115.26%
	MX1	Liga MX	54.80	31	117.68%
	MA1	Botola Pro	43.80	16	127.38%
	US1	Major Soccer League	38.10	111	103.43%
	AE1	Arabian Gulf League	36.50	32	111.41%
	CLICUP	Copa Libertadores	27.50	25	111.00%
	HK1	Premier League	22.10	15	114.73%
	MY1	Super League	21.40	13	116.46%
	TH1	Thai Premier League	19.70	17	111.59%
	JOCUP	JOCUP	19.20	9	121.33%
	AU1	A-League	19.10	18	110.61%
	PY1	Divison Professional	17.20	19	109.05%
	BRCUP	BRCUP	15.50	7	122.14%
	INCUP	INCUP	12.40	7	117.71%
	GT1	Liga Nacional	10.30	19	105.42%
	JO1	Jordan League	9.00	21	104.29%
	CAFCUP	CAF Champions League	3.00	7	104.29%
	IA1	Iran Pro League	2.60	50	100.52%
	MX2	Liga de Expansion MX	-0.70	18	99.61%
	JPLCUP	League Cup	-1.10	20	99.45%
	EG1	Premier League	-2.90	33	99.12%
	CN1	Super League	-6.60	45	98.53%
	VE1	Primera Division	-6.80	26	97.38%
	ID1	Super League	-9.30	32	97.09%
	JPCUP	JPCUP	-13.10	6	78.17%
	JP1	J League	-15.00	45	96.67%
	CCLCUP	Leages Cup	-17.60	29	93.93%
	JP2	J2 League	-26.60	49	94.57%
	QA1	Stars League	-27.90	16	82.56%
	CACUP	CACUP	-37.50	6	37.50%
	AFCCUP	AFC Champions League	-38.10	10	61.90%
	BOCUP	BOCUP	-39.00	6	35.00%
	KR1	K-League Classic	-39.70	27	85.30%
	CLCCUP	CLCCUP	-40.40	8	49.50%
	EC1	Primera A	-40.60	47	91.36%
	CL1	Primera Division	-42.50	28	84.82%
	VN1	V-League	-45.20	18	74.89%
	CR1	Primera Division	-46.00	14	67.14%
	TN1	Ligue Professionnelle 1	-46.50	37	87.43%
	SA1	Pro League	-59.30	31	80.87%
	CPCUP	Copa Sudamericana	-63.40	43	85.26%
	HN1	Liga Nacional	-65.60	14	53.14%
	DZ1	League 1	-76.20	50	84.76%
	BR2	Serie B	-111.40	56	80.11%
	KR2	K-League Challenge	-119.80	37	67.62%
	AR1	Primera Division	-138.40	90	84.62%
	PE1	Primera Division	-148.50	65	77.15%