Every week there are football matches taking place and most online bookmakers offer a wide variety of bets for each match. Not only can the football fan bet on a team winning or drawing a match, bets are also available on which player will be the first goalscorer, which player will score anytime during the match, the winning margin, half –time/full-time results, Half-time score, Time of the first goal and a whole host of other bets.

As you can see there are plenty of betting opportunities offering a great chance to get a return on your stake. Southampton University had an interesting news piece a few years ago about getting the best out of your football bets through spread betting. The most common type of betting on football involves the top tier league in England, whereby world-famous teams such as Chelsea and Manchester United compete, this is called Premiership football betting and makes up the vast majority of UK football bets. There are some ways to help increase your chances of winning on football bets, for instance a lot of people love to do a football fixed odds coupon or place an accumulator on the weekend football. Most punters will pick too many selections however in the hope of a massive payout for a small stake.

How many people do you know who have picked 8 or 10 match accumulators only to have one or two bets let them down? We’d expect you know quite a lot, as the chances of a bet like this coming up are astronomical. You stand a far better chance of a return if you maybe only choose 6 teams and cover your selections in doubles, trebles and full cover accumulators. At least this way if one or two teams let you down, your winnings will most likely be able to cover your stake and you can try again another day. Isn’t it better to win maybe £15 than to just lose out on £300?

Another tip for helping you win more bets when football betting is to place bets or make selections in the lower divisions. The Premiership takes most of the big bets and the vast majority of the money staked by punters is on Premiership results, but it can pay to bet on matches from lower divisions especially if you study past trends and results, current form and take note of any injuries or suspensions to main strikers and defenders.

Odds compilers tend to concentrate on the big matches where all the money is going and they might miss the fact that say Barnet have six players missing through injury and suspension in their home match with Wycombe. If both teams have the same sort of form and are close to each other in the table, the odds will have been set on the premise that both teams are at full strength. The fact Barnet have so many players missing should give Wycombe an advantage, and the odds won’t be changed to reflect the advantage Wycombe now have. This means a good value bet is now available to punters, and if you’ve been smart enough to study the form and team news you will be able to take advantage.

For more information try visiting some of the links throughout the article or searching on your preferred search-site for a UK football betting guide.