Blogs: Football

Every football match has a favourite and an underdog, can you profit from backing them in particular circumstances? These football betting statistics collated by me over 12 years make interesting reading.

Explore the rich history of the FA Cup in our latest blog, featuring past winners, tournament records, and essential statistics. Plus, discover expert betting tips to enhance your experience during the thrilling 2025-26 FA Cup season.

Can we make a profit from backing Odds On football favourites? What are the statistics in the English Premier League from backing away team underdogs? I have collated 12 years of trends and have the answers.

See historical Bundesliga statistics for the popular match betting markets. Check out which teams matches are worth noting for popular bets like 'Both Teams To Score' and 'Total Goals'.

I was listening to a podcast where a bookmaker representative mentioned his firm using the Poisson distribution to calculate football prices. If it's good enough for the enemy then it is good enough for us as bettors.

How Do You Profit From Backing Draws?I have been wondering for some time whether using the bookmaker'sodds can actually help me identify draws. I'll expand, if we assumethat when bookies price up a game as particularly close, forexample; the favourite

We asked OLBG members for their best advice for footy tipsters . Below are the top 12 in a condensed format. We hope readers and football fans find them useful when betting on football.

Learn how to avoid these 5 most common mistakes in betting and turn losing bets into winning ones.

Using Weather To Predict The Number Of Goals?So Storm Desmond hit us over the weekend of the 5th/6th December,the weather warnings prior to this had got me thinking about theaffect said weather might have on the timing of goals and

Somewhere Over The 2.5 Goals RainbowI remember telling older gamblers in a pub about over 2.5 goal betsand none of them understood it. "How can you bet on half a goal?!It's impossible!" And they had a point, so much so