Football Betting Tips for Beating The Bookies (with example!)

Betting on football or gambling in general involves risks and over the years – the pendulum has tilted in favour of the bookies…well, not anymore.

In this post, we will be talking about football betting tips and how to use these tips to stay steps ahead of the bookies and ultimately beat them for value.

I know its a huge promise, but at the end of this post, you will learn one major strategy that can help you beat the bookies daily.

Now, beating the bookies starts with understanding the fundamentals and this brings us to the first question:

How To Be Good At Football Betting.

Being “good” at football betting involves knowing the right markets to bet, the right time to bet and ultimately having a strategy (or strategies) that you can rely on, day-in and day-out whenever its time to place a bet.

Here are some key points:

1. The Favourites Doesn’t Always Win.

One of the major mistakes most football bettors make is falling into the trap of the bookies by placing bets on the favourite teams or in some cases betting on the more popular side.

Even though this is obvious, its still one of the biggest mistakes a lot people make when they bet.

I would even go further to suggest and advice that you do not bet on “your team” because of the emotions involved and because you will be mixing “business” with “pleasure”.

And we all know what happens when you mix business with pleasure.

2. Consider Less Obvious / Popular Markets.

The full time 1X2 market is arguably the most popular market and its the market a lot of people bet on.

When betting on the 1X2 market, you are favouring a team to win and if they don’t win, you loose the bet (and money).

(PS: 1X2 means Home Team Win, Draw or Away Team Win) 

There are a lot of other less popular and mainstream markets that can be very profitable such as: Draw No Bet, Over/Under Goals and Corner Markets, Cards, 1X2 (halftime markets), Inplay markets and more,

So, instead of only always betting on the full time result, check and pay attention to other less popular markets that can be profitable and more easy to predict and win.

3. Have a Go-To Betting Strategy.

Betting without a well thought out and tested strategy is the fastest way to loosing bets and making the bookies rich.

I define a betting strategy as a set of rules and conditions that must be met by a fixture (or teams) before placing a bet on that fixture or team.

Creating a betting strategy can be very simple or complex.

I personally like to lean towards the simple side of things. There is no need to complicate things.

For example; I like placing bets on live inplay games and I have different strategies, one of my favourites is using “Shots On Target” of a live fixture to inform my betting decision.

Quick example, one of my go-to strategies is to wait until the 28th minute of a live match where there are zero goals in the match and the shots on target is more than 3, then I place a bet on the over goals market – depending on the past data of the team at hand.

More on this later.

An Example of a Betting Strategy/System That Works.  

Live Example:

In Conclusion.