Premiership Odds

PREMIERSHIP ODDS
Premiership betting has grown immensely in popularity with football punters in recent years. Premiership betting odds can add an extra dimension and increased enjoyment to the viewing of live games. Betting on individual matches has probably become the most popular form of betting with football punters.

Odds to win the Premier League

Clearly any bet on who will win the Premier League is going to be dominated by the “big four” (Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal), and nothing reflects this better than the odds of the fifth-best priced team (currently fourth placed Aston Villa, available at odds of 200/1, compared to Chelsea’s 3/4 or Manchester United at 10/3.

Premiership Relegation Odds

A popular market, which often throws up a few surprises, and normally remains a fairly open contest heading into the final game of the season, betting on premiership relegation can be very profitable. Odds remain extremely volatile – A few weeks ago, Spurs were bottom of the table and favourites for the drop. Enter Harry Redknapp, and they are now out of the drop zone, and shot up to 20/1 outside shots for relegation. despite Hull’s excellent start to their very first Premiership campaign, they remain only 9/2 for the drop, suggesting the bookies forsee their form dropping away. At the time of writing, the favourites for relegation were West Brom, Stoke and Bolton, closely followed by West Ham, Fulham and Blackburn Rovers.

Match Betting

“Traditional” match betting involved prices for 90 minutes play, with prices for home win, away win and draw. However, bookmakers have introduced other Premiership odds for betting on single matches. One of the most popular is the “Asian Handicap”, as described below.

Asian Handicaps
Asian Handicaps are a relatively new type of betting opportunity offered on football matches. Asian Handicaps appear complicated, but are quite easy to understand and can offer more interesting betting options to the football punter. An Asian Handicap is created which gives a roughly equal chance to both teams. This allows a very competitive market to be offered, even if in the game appears particularly one-sided.

Example

1.95 Man Utd (-0.5) v Arsenal (+0.5) 1.85

The figure alongside the team is the Premiership odds on offer in decimal form. The figure in brackets is the handicap. This means Manchester United are an imaginary ½ a goal behind at the start of the match. Manchester United punters need United to win, while Arsenal punters need Arsenal to win or the match to finish drawn.

In addition to Premiership odds on the outright result of a match, layers offer a vast range of other markets. These include markets involving goalscorers, total goals, shirt numbers, corners, booking and many others. It is recommended that punters investigate individual bookmakers’ sites to determine the complete range of markets and Premier League betting odds available.

Team’s Finishing Position

Given the dominance of the Premier League by the “Big 4″ sides, online layers offer prices on any team finishing in the top 2, top 3, top 4 and top 6 positions. There is little value in places 2 to 4 as the “Big 4″ dominance still applies. Premiership betting odds for a top 6 finish are generally an accurate reflection of a team’s chances and there seems little value in any of these markets.

Top Goalscorer


Throughout the season, online layers offer fluctuating Premier League odds on the player who will finish as the leading goalscorer. The top goalscorer Premiership odds market is inevitably dominated by strikers from the leading clubs. With about one third of the 2008-09 season played, Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo (8 goals) tops the market, with Chelsea’s Nicolas Anelka (12) just behind. Liverpool’s Fernando Torres (7) and resurgent Spurs’ striker Darren Bent (7) are also prominent in the Premiership betting odds. Gabriel Agbonlahor, who recently made his England debut in a friendly against Germany, has scored 7 times for Aston Villa and may represent value at a massive price.

Top Regional Clubs

Several online layers offer Premiership betting odds for teams in a particular geographical area. For example:
Top London Club
Top Midlands Club
Top North East Club
Top North West Club

Such Premier League odds are popular with punters, as though prices are shorter than winning the Premiership, only a handful of teams are involved.

All odds correct at time of writing. Please click here for the latest odds

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