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
	BE1	1. Division A	168.80	52	132.46%
	PT2	Liga de Honra	125.00	34	136.76%
	DE1	1. Bundesliga	110.00	37	129.73%
	NO2	Adeccoligaen	95.20	49	119.43%
	ELCUP	Europa League	92.10	51	118.06%
	FI1	Veikkausliiga	87.00	19	145.79%
	ROCUP	ROCUP	78.90	13	160.69%
	EE1	Meistriliiga	75.10	19	139.53%
	MK1	Prva Liga	75.00	17	144.12%
	UKFACUP	FA Cup	71.70	23	131.17%
	UK1	Premier League	57.40	47	112.21%
	UK3	League One	56.70	44	112.89%
	CZ1	Gambrinus Liga	54.00	28	119.29%
	UK4	League Two	48.10	40	112.02%
	CZ2	Druha Liga	45.50	39	111.67%
	RO1	Liga I	44.70	43	110.40%
	PL2	I Liga	41.40	24	117.25%
	GR1	Super League	40.90	38	110.76%
	FI2	Ykkösliiga	37.60	20	118.80%
	SK1	Corgon Liga	32.80	28	111.71%
	SWCUP	SWCUP	30.70	11	127.91%
	SW1	Allsvenskan	27.00	23	111.74%
	LA1	Virsliga	25.90	34	107.62%
	CH1	Super League	23.20	35	106.63%
	LT1	A Lyga	22.50	33	106.82%
	FILCUP	FILCUP	20.00	8	125.00%
	IL1	Ligat Ha´al	19.60	31	106.32%
	UKLCUP	EFL Cup	19.30	9	121.44%
	UK2	Championship	18.10	55	103.29%
	ESCUP	Copa del Rey	16.60	22	107.55%
	ISLCUP	ISLCUP	16.50	10	116.50%
	CS1	Super Liga	15.60	36	104.33%
	GE1	Erovnuli Liga	13.80	20	106.90%
	DKCUP	DKCUP	12.20	7	117.43%
	NI1	Premier League	11.30	16	107.06%
	CY1	1. Division	9.70	24	104.04%
	AZ1	Yuksak Liga	9.20	13	107.08%
	HR1	1. HNL	8.90	22	104.05%
	BE2	1. Division B	8.90	27	103.30%
	CH2	Challenge League	8.60	22	103.91%
	UA1	Vyscha Liga	7.20	28	102.57%
	IT1	Serie A	4.70	66	100.71%
	IR2	Eircom 1. Divison	3.10	11	102.82%
	UK5	National League	-0.60	46	99.87%
	ES2	Segunda Division	-1.20	46	99.74%
	KZ1	Super League	-2.00	51	99.61%
	ITCUP	Coppa Italia	-2.00	9	97.78%
	UKFATCUP	UKFATCUP	-5.50	8	93.13%
	RU1	Premier Liga	-5.60	20	97.20%
	FRCUP	Coupe de France	-6.20	8	92.25%
	NL1	Eredivisie	-8.10	51	98.41%
	DECUP	DECUP	-9.20	7	86.86%
	HU1	Soproni Liga	-9.30	21	95.57%
	MT1	Premier League	-11.50	22	94.77%
	NLCUP	KNVB Beker	-11.70	11	89.36%
	CLCUP	Champions League	-11.90	57	97.91%
	AT2	Erste Liga	-16.10	36	95.53%
	FR3	National	-16.70	27	93.81%
	AL1	Super League	-20.90	10	79.10%
	IR1	Eircom Premier Divison	-21.20	25	91.52%
	DK2	1. Divison	-22.60	23	90.17%
	PL1	Ekstraklasa	-25.30	55	95.40%
	CZCUP	CZCUP	-26.30	6	56.17%
	NL2	Eerste Divisie	-27.70	51	94.57%
	PTCUP	PTCUP	-30.20	8	62.25%
	PLCUP	PLCUP	-32.70	7	53.29%
	IS2	1. Deild	-32.80	20	83.60%
	ITCCUP	ITCCUP	-34.00	7	51.43%
	RO2	Liga II	-41.20	37	88.86%
	DE3	3. Liga	-42.00	40	89.50%
	BG1	Bulgaria A PFG	-42.80	31	86.19%
	RU2	1. Division	-43.40	18	75.89%
	AM1	Premier League	-47.90	25	80.84%
	FR2	Ligue 2	-49.40	50	90.12%
	TU1	Superliga	-52.20	47	88.89%
	WL1	Premier League	-54.00	28	80.71%
	DK1	Superligaen	-54.30	29	81.28%
	NO1	Tippeligaen	-58.10	41	85.83%
	AT1	Bundesliga	-62.00	25	75.20%
	SI1	Prva Liga	-66.90	15	55.40%
	BY1	Vysshaya Liga	-67.00	42	84.05%
	TU2	TFF 1. League	-67.30	33	79.61%
	FR1	Ligue 1	-67.60	56	87.93%
	PT1	Super Liga	-68.80	46	85.04%
	IT3A	Lega Pro A	-69.80	45	84.49%
	ES3G2	Segunda B 2	-70.90	41	82.71%
	SC1	Premier League	-73.80	28	73.64%
	MN1	Prva Crnogorska Liga	-76.60	17	54.94%
	IS1	Landsbankadeild	-76.90	25	69.24%
	ES1	Primera Division	-77.70	61	87.26%
	IT3C	Lega Pro C	-95.10	49	80.59%
	SW2	Superettan	-95.70	31	69.13%
	IT2	Serie B	-98.40	72	86.33%
	SC2	Championship	-110.40	22	49.82%
	IT3B	Lega Pro B	-115.60	57	79.72%
	BA1	Premier Liga	-130.10	34	61.74%
	ECLCUP	Conference League	-158.30	66	76.02%
	DE2	2. Bundesliga	-160.60	50	67.88%
	ES3G1	Segunda B 1	-209.50	28	25.18%

League			Profit	Games	Payout
	US1	Major Soccer League	244.40	79	130.94%
	JP2	J2 League	127.00	45	128.22%
	CCLCUP	Leages Cup	106.30	28	137.96%
	AR1	Primera Division	81.00	97	108.35%
	MX1	Liga MX	80.00	42	119.05%
	AU1	A-League	76.40	22	134.73%
	JP1	J League	75.80	30	125.27%
	ZA1	Premier Soccer League	57.70	38	115.18%
	TH1	Thai Premier League	49.60	26	119.08%
	IA1	Iran Pro League	44.80	40	111.20%
	AFCUP	AFC Cup	41.80	11	138.00%
	JOCUP	JOCUP	29.20	8	136.50%
	HK1	Premier League	21.20	14	115.14%
	CLCCUP	CLCCUP	20.50	7	129.29%
	BO1	Liga Profesional	20.00	36	105.56%
	VE1	Primera Division	18.60	31	106.00%
	DZ1	League 1	14.40	45	103.20%
	UZ1	Uzbek League	12.40	33	103.76%
	EG1	Premier League	11.70	47	102.49%
	CL1	Primera Division	7.30	33	102.21%
	MA1	Botola Pro	3.40	36	100.94%
	KR2	K-League Challenge	2.90	27	101.07%
	MY1	Super League	-2.20	11	98.00%
	SA1	Pro League	-4.10	53	99.23%
	JO1	Jordan League	-5.00	11	95.45%
	CA1	Canadian Premier League	-8.00	19	95.79%
	PY1	Divison Professional	-8.50	9	90.56%
	UY1	Primera Division	-11.20	37	96.97%
	CFCUP	CAF Confederation Cup	-12.50	6	79.17%
	MX2	Liga de Expansion MX	-13.60	26	94.77%
	CCCUP	CONCACAF Champions League	-14.40	7	79.43%
	GT1	Liga Nacional	-19.80	23	91.39%
	BRCUP	BRCUP	-20.20	6	66.33%
	PE1	Primera Division	-27.80	44	93.68%
	QA1	Stars League	-35.60	27	86.81%
	CR1	Primera Division	-40.40	20	79.80%
	CLICUP	Copa Libertadores	-42.00	50	91.60%
	IN1	Super League	-42.50	16	73.44%
	TN1	Ligue Professionnelle 1	-44.80	48	90.67%
	EC1	Primera A	-45.10	39	88.44%
	BR2	Serie B	-45.70	57	91.98%
	CN1	Super League	-48.90	44	88.89%
	AFCCUP	AFC Champions League	-57.80	12	51.83%
	AE1	Arabian Gulf League	-60.20	38	84.16%
	ID1	Super League	-91.10	46	80.20%
	CPCUP	Copa Sudamericana	-99.70	44	77.34%
	BR1	Serie A	-101.20	80	87.35%
	KR1	K-League Classic	-116.90	37	68.41%
	CO1	Primera A	-132.10	45	70.64%
	HN1	Liga Nacional	-137.70	26	47.04%
	VN1	V-League	-144.00	24	40.00%