Understanding Football Betting Statistics and Tips

Coverage of Football Tips at OLBG

OLBG provides football tips from over 100 leagues across many countries around the world. To help you navigate around the site and find the tips from the leagues you want, we split these into the following sections

UK Football Tips - For example, Premier League Tips

UEFA Club Competition Tips - For example, Champions League Tips

European Football Tips - For example, Bundesliga Tips

World Club Football Tips - For example, Brazil Serie A Tips

International Competition Football Tips - For example, World Cup 2026 Tips

During the off-season, it is also worth keeping an eye out for the Club Friendlies tips as teams prepare for the new season, which is also the case for International Friendlies in between the major competitions.

Best Leagues for Underdogs

All punters love an underdog; that is because of the bigger odds, and if you can get them right, then a better return for your money, but they are underdogs for a reason with the bookies, so caution has to be taken when backing these. Regarding which league has the best record for underdogs winning that we cover on OLBG, that would be England National League South, which has seen 28.56% of underdogs go on to beat the favourites.

Here are the top five leagues for underdog winners:

• 28.56%: England National League South


• 28.53%: Australia A-League


• 27.32%: Scotland League Two


• 27.10%: England Championship


• 27.08%: Sweden Superettan

Best Leagues for 1x2

Home advantage can be one of the biggest factors in football, the familiarity with the facilities, the support of the majority of the fans and things like knowing how the pitch will play can all be big advantages. The league which tops the list when it comes to success at home is the USA MLS, which over the past five completed seasons has seen 49.04% of the home teams go on to win their matches.

Travelling is a much more difficult side of the game; teams can travel up and down countries, having to stay overnight in hotels, which can affect routines, and then they have to play in front of opposing fans, meaning picking up wins on the road is much rarer. Having said that, the top league for away wins is the Singapore Premier League, which has seen 37.61% of the visiting teams come away with a win, according to data seen on https://footballpredictiontips.com/.

Plenty of punters like to play draws, for matches they see as close, then maybe the draw is the best option, it usually offers plenty of value too, which is why it is so popular. Looking over the leagues, with a strike rate of 32.98% for draws, it's the South African Premier League which tops the list for the largest percentage of games finishing in draws.

Full-Time Result Statistics

Best Leagues for Winning Favourites

How often the bookies get it right is the next thing to look at. By this, we mean which league tops the list when it comes to winning favourites and which is the most reliable for backing favourites. With a total of 62.61% winning favourites, the league coming out on top is the Singapore Premier League. If focusing on just favourites when playing at home, then it is also the Singapore Premier League, which still comes out on top with 65.10% of those favourites winning.

Here are the top five leagues for best-performing favourites:

• 62.61%: Singapore Premier League


• 61.53%: Northern Ireland Premier


• 59.27%: Serbia Super Liga


• 57.93%: Australia Victoria Premier League


• 57.65%: China CSL

Which Leagues Produce the Most Goals Per Game?

When you combine all of the leagues and look at the average number of goals per game, that number stands at 2.69 goals per game. The top league for goals is the Singapore Premier League, which has, on average, produced 3.95 goals per game, which is +1.26 more than the average. At the other end of the spectrum, the least-producing league in terms of match goals is the South African Premier League, which has an average of 2.07 goals per game, some -0.62 fewer than the average.

Here are the top five goal-producing leagues:

• 3.95: Singapore Premier League


• 3.19: Australia NSW Premier League


• 3.15: Germany Bundesliga I


• 3.14: Australia Victoria Premier League


• 3.13: Netherlands Eerste Divisie

Which Leagues are the best for BTTS bets?

If you are a fan of a BTTS bet, then this section is for you. Those not familiar with the bet, it stands for 'Both Teams to Score', which is pretty self-explanatory; it means that you are backing that both teams will score at least one goal in the game. With a 66.24% strike rate for successful BTTS matches, the Singapore Premier League comes out on top as the best league. At the other end, the Bulgarian First League has seen just 43.49% of matches finishing with goals for both, so it would be preferred for the 'No' option of the bet.

Best Leagues for the BTTS bet:

• 66.24%: Singapore Premier League


• 60.96%: Australia A-League


• 60.30%: Switzerland Super League


• 60.00%: Germany Bundesliga I


• 59.58%: Norway Eliteserien

I am backing Over 2.5 Goals. Which league is best?

If BTTS isn't for you and you like the Over 2.5 Goals bet better, which means you don't need both teams to score, one team could score 3+ goals, and your bet would be good. The Singapore Premier League is the most productive for games finishing with three or more goals; the league has seen 72.44% of the games do just that. One league that may be worth avoiding when it comes to the Over 2.5 Goals bet is the South African Premier League, as just 34.21% of games would have been successful with three or more goals.

Best Leagues for the Over 2.5 Goals bet:

• 72.44%: Singapore Premier League


• 61.05%: Germany Bundesliga I


• 60.77%: Netherlands Eerste Divisie


• 60.75%: Norway Eliteserien


• 60.34%: Australia Victoria Premier League

Top European Leagues

Plenty of bettors will only be interested in the top European leagues, so here we have a table highlighting the statistics for the top five leagues in Europe, we look at the percentage of favourites who win, the percentage of underdogs, the average number of goals per game and then the success rate for both BTTS and Over 2.5 goals so you can easily compare the leagues.

About Football Tips at OLBG

Our Football Tips have been provided by a growing community of knowledgeable sports bettors since 2002. Our particularly strong group of expert football tipsters add their predictions to the site daily.

The Best Football Tipsters

Our tipsters compete in competitions with huge cash prizes for the best football tipsters. This means that we attract and retain expert and profitable football tipsters.

For example, at the time of writing (January 2026), this includes tipsters such as

• Baz2014 with a profit of +1,165 (to 10pt stakes) over the last 12 months for Correct score tips.


• tadley with a profit of +837 (to 10pt stakes) over the last 12 months for tips on Goal Scorers.


• bowhillbear has over 35k followers in the OLBG app.

The Most Popular Football Tips

Above, you can see the most popular football predictions on OLBG today, so this page is perfect if you need some football tips for tonight. If you click on the tips and comments tab in the menu, you will sort the tips by volume, and then you can view the list in order of popularity. Popular tips at OLBG are sometimes called hot football tips.

In the popular list, you may also see some of tomorrow's football tips or this weekend's football tips. If you are a once-a-week punter, you may just want to look at Saturday football tips. We know that many people come here looking for football accumulator tips, so you can order the tips by data or by clicking on the events tab. To see the latest football fixture lists, check out the BBC Football section.

Value Football Tips

The Value Rating column above gives you a star indicator out of 5. This is calculated by comparing the % of tips on a selection with the odds of that selection. If the percentage of tips is higher than the chances according to the odds, that is a sign that the selection could be a value bet. Sort this column and look for selections with a high number of stars.

Football Tips Most Likely To Win

Perhaps the biggest indicator of a tip most likely to win is the odds. Whilst we will always recommend that you search for value football bets, we appreciate that some like to combine short odds bets. If you want to see the shortest or longest odds tips, then filter the column-marked odds

There are many ways to use the OLBG football predictions, so read on for more help. To see today's best predictions from all the sports covered at OLBG, head to the main page for betting tips.

How can I see More Detail on todays Football Tips?

1. Click on a match above.


2. This will then take you to a page showing all of the predictions on that specific football match.


3. You will see a breakdown of the most popular tips in the outright market and the tip from the best tipster tipping on this match.


4. Scroll down to see tips from all the other markets, read comments from tipsters and analyse their records.


5. We show one tip comment for each selection, but you can click "View all tips" to see more

The most popular football tips at OLBG are

• 1x2 tips (also know as win-draw-win tips or outright tips)


• BTTS (both teams to score tips)


• Result and BTTS


• Correct Score Tips


• First Goalscorer Tips


• Total Goals Tips (under over 2.5 goal tips are the most popular)


• Goal Line Tips


• Half-Time/Full-Time Tips


• Draw No Bet Tips


• Double Chance Tips


• Asian Handicap Tips


• Half-Time Result Tips


• Clean Sheet Tips


• Win to Nil Tips


• Score in both halves tips


• Half with the most goals Predictions


• 1st Half Goal-line Tips


• 1st Half Asian Handicap Tips


• Half-Time Correct Score Tips

For each market and prediction, you will be able to see the number of winning tips, % confidence, star rating and odds.

Also, you will be able to see the tip comments below from our top football tipsters.

Look at the tipster's level stakes profit over the last 6 months, their strike rate and other stats we highlight, such as this month's strike rate or winning days in a row, to help you to judge if you want to follow the selection or not.

How else can I Access OLBG’s Football Tips?

As well as visiting our football tips pages on the web, whether on your desktop or mobile, you can get access to all our predictions via the OLBG tips app.

Using the app is a really easy way to look through all the football tips.

You can start with the hot tips section to see the most popular tips of the day, then filter to football tips to just see the most popular football tips today and use the confidence filters and minimum/maximum odds to tailor the tips for you.

Over 1.1 million people have installed our free app, and it boasts an average rating of over 4.6 out of 5 stars.

Over on our Twitter channel, we love to chat about today's football tips as well as all other sports. Our social media team pick out tips from the OLBG members, highlights great value tips, thoughtful reasoning and members in profit or on a good winning run. You can follow OLBG on Twitter for more football tips.

Do you have football specialists by league at OLBG?

We have a large number of excellent football tipsters at OLBG. Some specialise in Premier League football tips, while others go further down the leagues to offer top UK football tips. Some of our tipsters can be seen at their best when tipping on the Champions League football tips, while others focus on other European and worldwide football leagues.

We cover a huge range of leagues for our predictions at OLBG, far bigger than any other football tips site. Some of our football tipsters specialise in specific markets such as under or over goals, both teams to score and Asian handicaps.

Some of our tipsters strive for consistency and show profit month after month, while others look for bigger value bets at higher odds. If you are looking for football tipsters who are both profitable and consistent, then you can view them on our best football tipsters page, where you can analyse the tipsters from almost any angle you want.

Do you Recommend any other Source of Information for Top Football Tips?

Outside of OLBG, we recommend top sources of quality information to help you with your football betting.

If you are looking for alternative tips, then we recommend Predictz.com football betting predictions. This long-standing site makes predictions for 1X2 and correct score forecasts on all the day's popular football matches.

To get the most out of your football betting, you need the best betting sites to bet at, so we have written a detailed guide to help you identify the best football bookmakers to bet with.

There are some great betting offers available around football, including enhanced odds, so before opening a new bookmaker account online, also take a look through our comprehensive list of free bets.