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%
	GR1	Super League	117.90	24	149.13%
	PL2	I Liga	116.40	34	134.24%
	UK1	Premier League	113.20	46	124.61%
	CZ1	Gambrinus Liga	97.10	35	127.74%
	ELCUP	Europa League	94.80	42	122.57%
	UK5	National League	93.60	35	126.74%
	CLCUP	Champions League	81.70	34	124.03%
	DE1	1. Bundesliga	75.60	32	123.63%
	UK2	Championship	74.80	49	115.27%
	NL1	Eredivisie	71.40	48	114.88%
	ROCUP	ROCUP	71.00	7	201.43%
	UK4	League Two	70.60	33	121.39%
	PT2	Liga de Honra	70.50	22	132.05%
	CY1	1. Division	66.40	28	123.71%
	CZ2	Druha Liga	60.30	44	113.70%
	BE2	1. Division B	56.20	26	121.62%
	DECUP	DECUP	55.50	14	139.64%
	CH2	Challenge League	52.00	19	127.37%
	RU2	1. Division	51.90	34	115.26%
	RUCUP	RUCUP	49.60	15	133.07%
	IL1	Ligat Ha´al	49.20	20	124.60%
	FI1	Veikkausliiga	47.50	27	117.59%
	NO2	Adeccoligaen	46.10	45	110.24%
	TUCUP	TUCUP	44.00	7	162.86%
	FR2	Ligue 2	42.70	43	109.93%
	MK1	Prva Liga	40.60	22	118.45%
	PT1	Super Liga	38.90	30	112.97%
	IS2	1. Deild	38.50	21	118.33%
	CH1	Super League	37.10	24	115.46%
	NI1	Premier League	36.80	16	123.00%
	BE1	1. Division A	33.50	45	107.44%
	IR1	Eircom Premier Divison	32.80	29	111.31%
	IS1	Landsbankadeild	32.60	34	109.59%
	UK3	League One	31.50	38	108.29%
	ECLCUP	Conference League	30.90	81	103.81%
	DK1	Superligaen	30.30	28	110.82%
	NOCUP	NOCUP	27.20	12	122.67%
	UKFACUP	FA Cup	25.50	14	118.21%
	UKLCUP	EFL Cup	18.20	12	115.17%
	RO2	Liga II	18.10	41	104.41%
	RU1	Premier Liga	17.80	42	104.24%
	ITCUP	Coppa Italia	15.00	6	125.00%
	UKFATCUP	UKFATCUP	14.50	6	124.17%
	MT1	Premier League	13.20	20	106.60%
	KZ1	Super League	13.20	36	103.67%
	MD1	Divizia Nationala	12.50	16	107.81%
	ES3G2	Segunda B 2	11.40	30	103.80%
	AZ1	Yuksak Liga	6.30	8	107.88%
	AT1	Bundesliga	1.00	15	100.67%
	NLCUP	KNVB Beker	-0.40	6	99.33%
	NL2	Eerste Divisie	-2.10	41	99.49%
	ESCUP	Copa del Rey	-2.20	11	98.00%
	LT1	A Lyga	-3.40	32	98.94%
	BG1	Bulgaria A PFG	-4.50	28	98.39%
	FR3	National	-8.90	23	96.13%
	UA1	Vyscha Liga	-9.40	39	97.59%
	ES1	Primera Division	-9.40	58	98.38%
	RO1	Liga I	-9.70	37	97.38%
	IT3C	Lega Pro C	-10.60	52	97.96%
	PTCUP	PTCUP	-10.90	6	81.83%
	AL1	Super League	-10.90	12	90.92%
	DK2	1. Divison	-16.20	23	92.96%
	IT1	Serie A	-21.30	49	95.65%
	SW1	Allsvenskan	-28.90	39	92.59%
	CZCUP	CZCUP	-29.70	8	62.88%
	IT2	Serie B	-30.70	51	93.98%
	ISCUP	ISCUP	-31.10	6	48.17%
	DKCUP	DKCUP	-31.50	9	65.00%
	PLCUP	PLCUP	-32.70	7	53.29%
	ES2	Segunda Division	-33.60	42	92.00%
	ITCCUP	ITCCUP	-34.00	7	51.43%
	HU1	Soproni Liga	-34.60	18	80.78%
	FR1	Ligue 1	-38.10	47	91.89%
	BA1	Premier Liga	-40.70	27	84.93%
	FI2	Ykkösliiga	-50.10	26	80.73%
	DE3	3. Liga	-54.00	30	82.00%
	LA1	Virsliga	-54.90	36	84.75%
	MN1	Prva Crnogorska Liga	-56.50	21	73.10%
	SW2	Superettan	-58.30	34	82.85%
	CS1	Super Liga	-58.70	30	80.43%
	TU2	TFF 1. League	-61.70	37	83.32%
	SC1	Premier League	-63.70	22	71.05%
	BY1	Vysshaya Liga	-64.60	45	85.64%
	HR1	1. HNL	-65.50	22	70.23%
	AM1	Premier League	-70.80	24	70.50%
	WL1	Premier League	-72.70	25	70.92%
	GE1	Erovnuli Liga	-74.00	30	75.33%
	SK1	Corgon Liga	-76.50	30	74.50%
	TU1	Superliga	-79.70	34	76.56%
	AT2	Erste Liga	-91.50	38	75.92%
	NO1	Tippeligaen	-96.10	38	74.71%
	IT3B	Lega Pro B	-98.30	58	83.05%
	SC2	Championship	-103.10	19	45.74%
	SI1	Prva Liga	-110.10	23	52.13%
	DE2	2. Bundesliga	-118.20	44	73.14%
	IT3A	Lega Pro A	-155.90	40	61.03%
	PL1	Ekstraklasa	-183.60	43	57.30%
	ES3G1	Segunda B 1	-251.50	33	23.79%

League			Profit	Games	Payout
	BR1	Serie A	167.50	99	116.92%
	UY1	Primera Division	166.80	55	130.33%
	BO1	Liga Profesional	84.60	40	121.15%
	US1	Major Soccer League	83.00	122	106.80%
	MX1	Liga MX	76.40	44	117.36%
	CO1	Primera A	75.10	66	111.38%
	CA1	Canadian Premier League	70.10	20	135.05%
	ZA1	Premier Soccer League	63.50	31	120.48%
	UZ1	Uzbek League	59.50	39	115.26%
	AFCUP	AFC Cup	51.80	10	151.80%
	TH1	Thai Premier League	45.90	20	122.95%
	MA1	Botola Pro	43.50	19	122.89%
	IN2	I League	40.20	8	150.25%
	JO1	Jordan League	29.00	23	112.61%
	MX2	Liga de Expansion MX	27.00	22	112.27%
	CLICUP	Copa Libertadores	25.50	30	108.50%
	BRP	Paulista	22.50	6	137.50%
	HK1	Premier League	22.10	15	114.73%
	AU1	A-League	19.50	21	109.29%
	JOCUP	JOCUP	19.20	9	121.33%
	GT1	Liga Nacional	19.00	22	108.64%
	BRCUP	BRCUP	15.50	7	122.14%
	INCUP	INCUP	12.40	7	117.71%
	AE1	Arabian Gulf League	12.30	38	103.24%
	MY1	Super League	10.40	17	106.12%
	PY1	Divison Professional	10.20	21	104.86%
	CAFCUP	CAF Champions League	3.00	7	104.29%
	CCCUP	CONCACAF Champions League	-0.90	6	98.50%
	VE1	Primera Division	-1.00	32	99.69%
	JPLCUP	League Cup	-1.10	20	99.45%
	TN1	Ligue Professionnelle 1	-1.20	49	99.76%
	JPCUP	JPCUP	-13.10	6	78.17%
	CN1	Super League	-14.10	47	97.00%
	CCLCUP	Leages Cup	-17.60	29	93.93%
	IA1	Iran Pro League	-21.50	56	96.16%
	JP1	J League	-27.00	53	94.91%
	QA1	Stars League	-28.70	19	84.89%
	EC1	Primera A	-29.30	53	94.47%
	CACUP	CACUP	-37.50	6	37.50%
	BOCUP	BOCUP	-39.00	6	35.00%
	CLCCUP	CLCCUP	-40.40	8	49.50%
	KR1	K-League Classic	-41.90	29	85.55%
	CR1	Primera Division	-46.00	14	67.14%
	JP2	J2 League	-46.50	57	91.84%
	AFCCUP	AFC Champions League	-47.60	13	63.38%
	ID1	Super League	-48.70	41	88.12%
	EG1	Premier League	-52.90	40	86.78%
	HN1	Liga Nacional	-55.80	16	65.13%
	CL1	Primera Division	-64.00	32	80.00%
	VN1	V-League	-72.70	23	68.39%
	DZ1	League 1	-75.20	56	86.57%
	SA1	Pro League	-92.10	36	74.42%
	CPCUP	Copa Sudamericana	-102.40	49	79.10%
	KR2	K-League Challenge	-111.10	40	72.23%
	BR2	Serie B	-111.40	56	80.11%
	PE1	Primera Division	-148.60	69	78.46%
	AR1	Primera Division	-175.50	104	83.13%