Review of Football Leagues in Europe

We have devoted several reviews to the analysis of the most popular football leagues in Europe, in the context of betting. However, this does not mean at all that the TOP-5 (England, Spain, Germany, Italy, France) runs out of space for football betting. In this material we have collected notes on a number of European championships and the peculiarities of betting on them.

We all have different preferences, both in terms of viewing sports and applied betting strategies. It’s a sin not to take advantage of the variety that peripheral European football offers us. Everyone will find what suits him the most.

Beyond Top Championships

The benefits of the most popular football championships are clear. They are most accessible in terms of viewing live broadcasts on TV or over the Internet. There are always a lot of review and analytical programs on the TOP leagues. In addition, at the matches of the leading championships, the widest painting in the bookmakers. The same applies to limits on the amount of bets. Here they are also the highest, on a level with the Champions League and World Cup matches between teams.

Of course, there are also disadvantages. Since the events are most demanded by bettors, then the analysts of the bookmakers sweat to the full so as not to miscalculate anywhere, or, on the contrary, set traps especially violently. Nowhere is there so much speculation with odds and line skews as in the top leagues. Playing on the basis of bare statistics in these championships is generally pointless. And, as you know, a huge proportion of participants in the betting community sin with this.

In many of these aspects, the championships that we will review later are the exact opposite. It’s more difficult to find broadcasts, there are almost no analytics in the language available to the post-Soviet audience. The list is much stingier than in the top leagues, the limits are more modest. But speculations, loads by odds are much less common. In addition, many championships are pleasing with an abundance of patterns, long-playing trends. In a sense, the lack of entertainment and the class of players works for the benefit of the better. The results are more predictable, which is very important for bets.

Some players like to collect expresses from favorites betting. Not a good idea, if you take the matches of the leaders of the top leagues. A large negative role is played by odds drawdowns. Where the calculated probability actually shows odds of 1.25, the bookmaker can hit 1.10 or even less.

Of course, this will affect the distance, leading the player to a minus. But in more modest championships, leaders are assessed more objectively. So the triplets for the victories of the best teams from different small European championships are quite a strategy. But in order to take such bets, you need to navigate in these “second-rate” tournaments.

So, the player has the opportunity to choose interesting championships outside the TOP-5, to look after teams that are understandable and demonstrate smooth play over long segments. On them and make money throughout the season. Many professionals have long ignored TOP championships and are completely focused on the tournaments in question.

Of course there is a warning. Do not try to grasp the immensity. You need to select a few additional championships and understand them. With the uncontrolled expansion of the number of leagues and teams that you keep in focus, the quality of forecasts will begin to fall. This means that the rate of passability of bets will also suffer, but this should not be allowed.

We pass to voyage along the European football frontier.

Portuguese football

The Portuguese Championship can be safely attributed to the second echelon of leagues, coming in their strength and status for the TOP-5. There are several serious teams of the European level: Porto, Sporting Lisbon, Benfica. At different times, all these clubs have won European competitions of various denominations. There are 18 teams in the championship.

The league is famous for delivering a lot of good players to leading and not so European clubs. Usually TOP-3 is bought up by promising guys. Then they are pulled away at various championships. So the stars were lit Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Figo, Ricardo Carvalho and other masters. The country is not very rich. Well, football clubs, even the strongest, match it.

So selling off young stars is a common practice. It should be very careful about the rates in each new season. The backbone of the club, which pleased the stability in the last period, could sell, but better, which is not tracked, will pay off losing bets. So behind the lineups of the Portuguese teams the eyes and the eyes.

Portuguese football is rather rude, and the referees are very strict and principled. So a rare championship round takes place without deletions. Sometimes, a whole scattering of red cards is dealt. There are also enough yellow ones. So this is one of those leagues that betters working with such small markets as fouls and cards of various denominations like to consider.

Also, the championship of Portugal is considered far from the most productive. More precisely, there is a whole pool of teams that rarely break through the classic 2.5 total. So many betters, fans of playing on Under (2.5) are regulars of the Portuguese league. It is enough to cut off the TOP-3, since they score pretty well, as well as a number of other teams.

But in personal meetings between the remaining underdogs you can catch Under, x be a “flat”, and even Martingale. The arid style is famous for: Boavista, Pasus, Rio Ave, Setebul at home, Moreirense, Fairency and Tondela at a party. High totals, in addition to the TOP-3, are noted: Portimonency, Chaves, Guimaraes.

With the main outcomes, you need to be careful, because an element of unpredictability for European Brazilians is observed. It can only be noted that the Portuguese league tends to outweigh the teams in home matches. This is over the open secret, but in this championship the strength of the clubs at home is beyond doubt.

Austrian League

A small, only 12 teams Austrian league, has several high-profile club names in Europe. Of course, it is: Austria, Sturm and Rapid. But in all these teams, troubled times give way to a pale shadow of former glory. The fact is that the Salzburg Football Club, sponsored by the Red Bull concern, has taken the title 9 times in the past 12 years.

And 5 times in a row, and the case is moving towards the 6th championship. Some 10 years ago, some betters realized what was going on and there were a lot of “ladders” to win the Republic of Belarus. Alas, now the odds on the team sank. It painfully stably rolls everyone in its primacy, and in Europe it is noisy, while at the level of the Europa League.

Whether you want to flirt with the bets on the leader yourself, based on your strategies. Odds on its shoulder is not encouraging. However, there are many other trends in Austrian football where you can “charge”. Such clubs as: LASK, St. Pölten, Wolfsberger fired well. But on the famous Austria, Rapide and Sturm, you can earn more by betting against them. In any case, the former leaders of Austrian football miss willingly and from almost everyone.

Swiss Football Betting

The Swiss League consists of only 10 teams. In general, the Swiss championship is very pleased with the performance. Some players chosen bet Martingale on Over(2.5), Over (3) in this championship. Well, all derivatives are also relevant: “both will score — yes”, “Both score + Over”.

Irish Championship

While coaching ideas from all over Europe occupied the English championship, the traditions of reckless British football in the “beat and run” style were supported by other countries of the kingdom. So the championship of Ireland has long and steadily been a priority for players for goals in live. Here they score with whole “string bags”, so it doesn’t get bored. If you play with your head, it’s also profitable.

Bets on “both to score + Over” as 2.5 and 3.5, is also in great demand when average teams are playing. And here are the leaders: Dundalk and CorkCity do not particularly like to miss, but they pound themselves very vigorously. You can play on their individual totals and victories with indecent odds.

Scottish Championship

Celtic is the undisputed leader of the Scottish League. The Rangers, Harts and Aberdeen have so far disputed only the second line of the table. The Scottish League is not so generous in goals, although the style of football is traditional, British. So this championship was fond of players on Under (2.5), on a par with the Portuguese championship.

It’s definitely not worth putting on cards in Scotland. Judges from the foggy island are generally very stingy with warnings and other sanctions. Although football here is quite rude and power.

Forecasting in Serbia Championship

In the championship of Serbia there are 16 teams and traditional dual power: Partizan and Crvena Zvezda. Among the trends can be noted low performance. The basic strategy of the game in this league is simple, like logs. We throw away matches with the participation of Red Star, as well as a couple of other “shooting” teams, such as: Chukariki, Spartak Subbotitsa, Radnichki.

For the rest we play Martingale om or just “ flat ” for total under 2.5. Of course, it is worth imposing a composition factor. If any of the teams suffered losses in the defensive ranks, then this should alert, then the chance to break through the total increases.

Respectively, followed by the classic strategy on Under can be played and live and live-arbs on the same trend. Before the game we put on Under. We are waiting for half an hour and arb on Over. The profit is fixed, and the next tedious match is no longer interesting.

Championship of Croatia

The Croatian League is small, with only 10 teams. There is a fairly dense competitive environment. Dynamo Zagreb stands out, whose victories can be taken on expresses with other European leaders of their championships. This is followed by a whole group of teams close in class: Lokomotiv Zagreb, Rijeka, Osijek, Hajduk. In general, the championship is more productive than Serbian. You can play Over, but it’s better in live when the goals have already gone.

Czech football and betting

In the Czech championship Sparta Prague lost ground. In recent years, fighting for the championship: Slavia and Victoria. Slavia Prague impresses with its stable results and scattering of shipped heads. The team is really good, even in the Europa League spotted. The total league is pretty torn. In this regard, there are many more stable tournaments, so it’s better not to go into this outcome here.

Championship of Romania

The Romanian championship has several prominent leaders, these are: Cluj and Steaua. A couple of seasons ago, Viitorul unexpectedly pulled up. Astra and Craiova also stand out. All these teams, except for the unstable Viitorul, plus Methane Gas, show an excellent game at home, they are extremely inferior. You can work with this trend.

Cluj often wins with dry scores. Steaua scores a lot, but misses a lot, so it regularly manages to drag “both will score” for decent odds. Expressed by “grassroots” collectives are: Astra and Hermanstadt.

Hungarian Championship Betting

The Hungarian League stands out against the background of many European championships. So, quite a lot of very productive matches are played here. But there is a nuance. Just predicting total Over and flirting it before the start of the game is a dangerous practice. Better to act in live. To bet on subsequent goals, when it breaks through, the score will be soaked, and before the end of the match there will still be a lot of time.

There is no expressed leader; champions change with enviable regularity. So if you consider the main outcomes or individual totals, then you need to catch patterns at a short distance. The league is rather interesting in terms of the intensity of the struggle. For many types of bets, it is very dangerous for its unpredictability.

Polish League and Betting

The Polish Football Championship is very unpredictable in terms of major outcomes. So we do not recommend considering the strategies associated with these options. It is only possible to exploit short-term trends.

The long-term leader Lehi is a little out of action. The houses are good: Lechia Gdansk, Pogon Szczecin, Piast Gliwice. A team like Jagiellonia has a reckless game: scores and misses a lot. In their games, the total often breaks through and the bet on “both score — yes.”

Championship of Greece

In the Greek championship, perennial leaders are changing. First, the long-term dominance of Olympiacos was interrupted by AEK, and now PAOK densely entrenched on the top. Houses traditionally play a lot: PAOK, Olympiakos, Panathinaikos, Atromitos, AEK. So the league gravitates to a strong game in its own stadium. Another trend: the low performance of their average teams and outsiders. The Greek championship is a long and reliable base for playing strategies for total under.

Turkish Football League

Turkish Championship can also be considered European. And it’s not just about geography. What is there, if both Turkey and Israel are members of UEFA.

Traditionally in the lead: Galatasaray, Besiktas. Recently contested championship Başaksehir. In general, there are many worthy clubs in Turkey. If we talk about totals, then the score 0-0 is not so common, but it is impossible to say that Over or Under prevail. We need to consider short-term trends for specific teams.

This championship is rather difficult to predict in terms of the main results. So experienced players use slightly different trends here. Namely, the impulsiveness of the Turks themselves. Games in this championship are hot, disassembly is frequent and long, cards of various denominations are issued abundantly and regularly. They usually play on cards. Either to break through the total according to warnings, or they catch the next red one.

Betting on Belarusian Football

The championship of Belarus consists of 16 teams. The leader of the BATE championship won the title 13 years in a row and something does not hint at a change in hegemon. Shakhtar Salihorsk and Dynamo Minsk usually occupy places in the Europa League.

By its style, the Belarusian league is not much different from other championships of post-Soviet countries. Yes, on the whole poorer than RPL, but if you look at the average team — there is the same longing and the dominance of grassroots results. So amateurs get hooked on Under — you are welcome.

It is difficult to play on the leaders due to low odds. Somewhere it is appropriate to collect small express or use the “ladders”.

Championship of Ukraine and bets

The Ukrainian championship is not distinguished by anything except the iconic Dynamo-Shakhtar derby, and some more isolated confrontations. Actually, the constant change of the champion has been going on for many years, even decades, only between these two clubs. Also, teams such as Zarya, Vorskla, and Alexandria have proved themselves to be quite good.

After certain events in the country, lost the championship very strongly. The format has changed, reduced (from 16 to 12 teams), and the intrigue has disappeared completely. It turns out that the leaders of the matches against any opponent is very understated rates. And matches between the average of the team E is practically devoid of spark and very unpredictable. Basically, in such meetings the “lower classes” prevail, and it is difficult to guess the winner.

The reasons for this longing are the lack of real competition, both at the top and bottom of the table. It’s very difficult to fly out. There are few people who want to get into the big leagues from the first, for financial reasons. So we consider the Ukrainian championship, in terms of rates, a dish only for local “gourmets” who could notice something from local specifics or near-football factors.

Afterword

The variety of European football is impressive. Indeed, for every taste. The main thing is not to spray. Find the most understandable and enjoyable league perceptions, outcomes, and bend your line.