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	152.80	55	127.78%
	PT2	Liga de Honra	132.50	28	147.32%
	ELCUP	Europa League	130.30	52	125.06%
	DE1	1. Bundesliga	110.00	37	129.73%
	UK2	Championship	77.10	56	113.77%
	PL2	I Liga	75.80	23	132.96%
	ROCUP	ROCUP	74.70	12	162.25%
	UKFACUP	FA Cup	71.70	23	131.17%
	EE1	Meistriliiga	68.90	21	132.81%
	RO1	Liga I	66.90	49	113.65%
	UK4	League Two	66.60	42	115.86%
	CZ1	Gambrinus Liga	66.20	29	122.83%
	CLCUP	Champions League	54.60	51	110.71%
	MK1	Prva Liga	53.10	14	137.93%
	UK3	League One	48.00	48	110.00%
	NO2	Adeccoligaen	48.00	53	109.06%
	CZ2	Druha Liga	47.20	49	109.63%
	UK1	Premier League	43.60	52	108.38%
	RUCUP	RUCUP	43.50	11	139.55%
	NI1	Premier League	43.30	17	125.47%
	GR1	Super League	40.90	38	110.76%
	DECUP	DECUP	40.80	13	131.38%
	FI1	Veikkausliiga	37.20	22	116.91%
	BE2	1. Division B	35.80	31	111.55%
	UK5	National League	34.90	45	107.76%
	CH1	Super League	34.10	34	110.03%
	ECLCUP	Conference League	31.30	87	103.60%
	SWCUP	SWCUP	30.70	11	127.91%
	SK1	Corgon Liga	30.40	27	111.26%
	CH2	Challenge League	25.60	23	111.13%
	FILCUP	FILCUP	20.00	8	125.00%
	IL1	Ligat Ha´al	19.60	31	106.32%
	LA1	Virsliga	19.40	30	106.47%
	ESCUP	Copa del Rey	16.60	22	107.55%
	ISLCUP	ISLCUP	16.50	10	116.50%
	UKLCUP	EFL Cup	15.50	14	111.07%
	CS1	Super Liga	12.80	35	103.66%
	SW1	Allsvenskan	12.50	31	104.03%
	MD1	Divizia Nationala	11.30	6	118.83%
	CY1	1. Division	9.70	24	104.04%
	IR1	Eircom Premier Divison	9.40	29	103.24%
	IT1	Serie A	4.70	66	100.71%
	HR1	1. HNL	3.90	20	101.95%
	LT1	A Lyga	2.80	28	101.00%
	DKCUP	DKCUP	2.20	8	102.75%
	ITCUP	Coppa Italia	-2.00	9	97.78%
	AZ1	Yuksak Liga	-5.40	13	95.85%
	UKFATCUP	UKFATCUP	-5.50	8	93.13%
	FRCUP	Coupe de France	-6.20	8	92.25%
	FR3	National	-7.20	28	97.43%
	MT1	Premier League	-11.50	22	94.77%
	GE1	Erovnuli Liga	-11.50	22	94.77%
	NLCUP	KNVB Beker	-11.70	11	89.36%
	KZ1	Super League	-12.60	45	97.20%
	NL2	Eerste Divisie	-13.70	51	97.31%
	FI2	Ykkösliiga	-13.70	22	93.77%
	HU1	Soproni Liga	-15.50	22	92.95%
	RU1	Premier Liga	-17.80	27	93.41%
	DK2	1. Divison	-18.60	21	91.14%
	IS2	1. Deild	-19.10	20	90.45%
	AL1	Super League	-20.90	10	79.10%
	NL1	Eredivisie	-21.30	50	95.74%
	FR2	Ligue 2	-23.30	50	95.34%
	RU2	1. Division	-24.90	19	86.89%
	PT1	Super Liga	-26.10	45	94.20%
	CZCUP	CZCUP	-26.30	6	56.17%
	TU1	Superliga	-30.00	46	93.48%
	PTCUP	PTCUP	-30.20	8	62.25%
	UA1	Vyscha Liga	-31.80	29	89.03%
	PLCUP	PLCUP	-32.70	7	53.29%
	ES2	Segunda Division	-33.40	48	93.04%
	ITCCUP	ITCCUP	-34.00	7	51.43%
	DE3	3. Liga	-42.00	40	89.50%
	NO1	Tippeligaen	-45.70	39	88.28%
	AT2	Erste Liga	-49.20	33	85.09%
	DK1	Superligaen	-49.60	26	80.92%
	RO2	Liga II	-51.40	38	86.47%
	WL1	Premier League	-54.00	28	80.71%
	FR1	Ligue 1	-55.10	57	90.33%
	MN1	Prva Crnogorska Liga	-56.60	15	62.27%
	IS1	Landsbankadeild	-63.20	30	78.93%
	AT1	Bundesliga	-64.00	19	66.32%
	BY1	Vysshaya Liga	-64.90	38	82.92%
	SI1	Prva Liga	-66.90	15	55.40%
	AM1	Premier League	-69.20	24	71.17%
	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%
	ES1	Primera Division	-75.20	63	88.06%
	SW2	Superettan	-76.20	34	77.59%
	BG1	Bulgaria A PFG	-94.40	30	68.53%
	SC2	Championship	-94.80	19	50.11%
	IT3C	Lega Pro C	-95.10	49	80.59%
	IT2	Serie B	-98.40	72	86.33%
	IT3B	Lega Pro B	-115.60	57	79.72%
	PL1	Ekstraklasa	-123.20	58	78.76%
	DE2	2. Bundesliga	-127.60	51	74.98%
	TU2	TFF 1. League	-128.00	34	62.35%
	BA1	Premier Liga	-133.60	36	62.89%
	ES3G1	Segunda B 1	-209.50	28	25.18%

League			Profit	Games	Payout
	JP2	J2 League	146.90	46	131.93%
	US1	Major Soccer League	143.60	86	116.70%
	AU1	A-League	76.40	22	134.73%
	IA1	Iran Pro League	70.50	38	118.55%
	UY1	Primera Division	67.70	41	116.51%
	JP1	J League	56.20	32	117.56%
	MX1	Liga MX	47.10	44	110.70%
	AFCUP	AFC Cup	41.80	11	138.00%
	ZA1	Premier Soccer League	39.80	37	110.76%
	TH1	Thai Premier League	29.60	28	110.57%
	JOCUP	JOCUP	29.20	8	136.50%
	EG1	Premier League	29.20	49	105.96%
	UZ1	Uzbek League	23.30	31	107.52%
	HK1	Premier League	21.20	14	115.14%
	PY1	Divison Professional	18.90	12	115.75%
	BRCUP	BRCUP	15.50	7	122.14%
	GT1	Liga Nacional	15.10	23	106.57%
	DZ1	League 1	14.40	45	103.20%
	MA1	Botola Pro	3.40	36	100.94%
	MX2	Liga de Expansion MX	1.80	29	100.62%
	BR1	Serie A	1.60	99	100.16%
	CL1	Primera Division	1.30	35	100.37%
	CLCCUP	CLCCUP	0.50	9	100.56%
	MY1	Super League	-0.80	14	99.43%
	CA1	Canadian Premier League	-1.00	18	99.44%
	BO1	Liga Profesional	-10.00	31	96.77%
	SA1	Pro League	-10.90	52	97.90%
	CFCUP	CAF Confederation Cup	-12.50	6	79.17%
	CCCUP	CONCACAF Champions League	-14.40	7	79.43%
	JO1	Jordan League	-19.80	16	87.63%
	TN1	Ligue Professionnelle 1	-24.80	49	94.94%
	CCLCUP	Leages Cup	-27.60	30	90.80%
	CLICUP	Copa Libertadores	-29.00	49	94.08%
	EC1	Primera A	-35.60	44	91.91%
	QA1	Stars League	-42.50	29	85.34%
	IN1	Super League	-42.50	16	73.44%
	AR1	Primera Division	-44.20	90	95.09%
	CPCUP	Copa Sudamericana	-44.30	43	89.70%
	VE1	Primera Division	-47.00	39	87.95%
	AE1	Arabian Gulf League	-49.10	40	87.73%
	CN1	Super League	-53.80	48	88.79%
	AFCCUP	AFC Champions League	-57.80	12	51.83%
	CR1	Primera Division	-66.40	24	72.33%
	ID1	Super League	-77.10	49	84.27%
	BR2	Serie B	-79.60	58	86.28%
	KR2	K-League Challenge	-88.20	32	72.44%
	KR1	K-League Classic	-95.10	33	71.18%
	VN1	V-League	-130.00	27	51.85%
	PE1	Primera Division	-132.90	58	77.09%
	HN1	Liga Nacional	-165.60	27	38.67%
	CO1	Primera A	-166.30	53	68.62%