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What are the Most Popular Football Leagues to Bet on?

Discover the best football leagues in the world to bet on beyond the English Premier League.

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Football is the world’s most popular sport, of that there is no doubt. There are currently over 3 billion fans enjoying football games around the globe, many of whom play the game for fun as well. However, those who don’t enjoy playing the game, enjoy wagering on it.

Football and Betting

Football has a loyal and dedicated betting audience. Estimates put the total amount of money bet on soccer at over 200 billion dollars, worldwide. The online sports betting market has significantly contributed to the popularity of sports betting, and especially football wagers.

For the unaware, online bookies are sites that cover notable sports events, and come out with fair and balanced odds. One of the most notable of these websites is Novibet, a bookie that is famous for its detailed coverage and pretty respectable bonuses.

With online sports betting, many football events have grown in popularity. Which begs the question, what are the most popular football leagues to bet on? In this article, we will answer that very question.

The English Premier League

If we focus on the seasonal leagues that take place every year, then we certainly can’t do a list like this without bringing up the English Premier League. The EPL is England’s top-tier football league, featuring some of the most popular sports clubs worldwide, including Manchester City and Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool.

Of course, it is the most popular sports competition in England, but what makes the EPL special is that it gets attention worldwide. When most people consider getting into football, they don’t look at their own local leagues, but rather turn on the English Premier League instead. Naturally, that means that there is a lot of money that goes into betting on the EPL. To be precise, over 60 billion Euros were wagered on the EPL in 2021/2022. Who knows how much that amount has grown since.

The Spanish La Liga

The Spanish League, known in Spain as the Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Prima, and better known as La Liga to the rest of the world, is the second most popular football league in the world. It is to be expected, as it is the stomping ground of Real Madrid, the club that currently holds the honor of being the most popular football club in the world. Real Madrid’s greatest rivals, Barcelona, are also a staple of the league, and its current champions.

Much like with the Premier League, La Liga attracts fans from all over the world. Which means it attracts bettors from all over the world. Going by the same statistical analysis done in 2022, estimates state that 42 billion Euros were spent on La Liga wagers during the 2021/22 season. Which places La Liga comfortably on the second spot on our list.

Honorable Mentions

The five major European football leagues are all incredibly popular betting events. We already discussed the EPL and the La Liga, but that doesn’t mean that Bundesliga, Serie A, Euro and Ligue 1 are any less popular. All of these leagues see upwards of tens of billions of Euros in wagers every year.

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Angers vs Le Havre

Angers

Saturday, 18 April 2026

7:00 pm

Le Havre

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The Angers famine continued last Saturday in Rennes. Having started their match badly, the SCO was defeated by a goal 2-1 and has a fourth match in a row without a win, 1 draw, 3 defeats, a week after having neutralized Lyon 0-0. He ranks virtually 13th before the matches of the 30th day and maintains a probably sufficient lead of 9 points over the play-off player while there will remain three matches to play after the reception of Le Havre. For its part, Le Havre 14th thought it had done the hard part by opening the score in Nice but saw its opponent equalize and escape with the point of a 1-1 draw, the third in 4 matches after those obtained a month ago against Lyon 0-0 and against Auxerre 1-1 at the start of the month.

Able to regularly feed its meter, the Norman club has moved away from the red zone in recent weeks and is ahead of the barrage by 5 units. However, nothing is decided for Le Havre who will travel to Lille and host Marseille on the 32nd and 33rd days.

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PSG vs Lyon

PSG

Sunday, 19 April 2026

8:45 pm

Lyon

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Leader of Ligue 1 by 4 points ahead of Lens, while having played one match less than its runner-up, PSG stood out in the title race after having been challenged for a long time by the Sang et Or. The French champion, who also has the best attack and the benchmark defense in the Championship, remains on 6 victories. Among them, he obtained two in Ligue 1, before the March break in Nice 0-4 and two weeks ago at the Parc des Princes against Toulouse 3-1. The Parisians have since been authoritarian in the quarter-finals of the Champions League against Liverpool 4-0 on aggregate, whom they beat this week at Anfield 0-2. The defending champion will face Bayern Munich in the semi-finals, with a first leg scheduled for Tuesday April 28 at home.

For its part, Lyon 5th put an end to a drought of two months without a victory, last Sunday against Lorient 2-0, after having fueled this poor form with 3 draws and 3 defeats in Ligue 1. Defeated by Monaco 1-2 and hanging on to Angers 0-0 during its previous outings, OL capitalized on its long series of victories recorded between the months of December and February to remain a major player in the race for the podium. Eager to return to the Champions League without going through the play-offs, the Rhone club is 2 points behind the leading trio and follows the top 4 by one unit. Paulo Fonseca and his players will still have 4 matches to play after this one including the receptions of Rennes and Lens, other teams at the top of the table.

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B. Monchengladbach vs Mainz

B. Monchengladbach

Sunday, 19 April 2026

7:30 pm

Mainz

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This 2025-2026 season will clearly not have been a cakewalk for this Borussia Mönchengladbach team. Never able to support the best in the race for European places, this team even finds itself in the second half of the table, in 14th place, before these last 5 days. Eugen Polanski's men are only 5 points ahead of the play-off, Sankt Pauli, at the start of this 30th episode of the season. Since their last success against Sankt Pauli precisely 2-0, the Poulains had to be satisfied with draws against Cologne 3-3 and Heidenheim 2-2 and they were logically dominated by a Leipzig team in great form last weekend 1-0. Mainz, for its part, should indeed be able to play in the Bundesliga next season.

After a more than difficult start to the season, the visitors re-mobilized well with the arrival at the helm of Urs Fischer's team who was able to get his players out of the red zone to lead them to 9th place in the ranking, with 3 points ahead of their opponent of the day. Capable of winning 3 victories in a row against Werder Bremen 0-2, Frankfurt 2-1 and Hoffenheim 1-2, FSV was however stopped in its tracks by Friborg 0-1 last weekend. At the same time, Mainz had taken a good chance of qualifying for the semi-finals of the Conference League after winning their first leg against Strasbourg 2-0 last week. But this team was unable to counter the thunderous return of Racing at Meinau on Thursday evening and it finally lost very heavily 4-0 to finally take the door in the 1/4 finals.

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Juventus vs Bologna

Juventus

Sunday, 19 April 2026

8:45 pm

Bologna

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4th in Serie A with 2 points ahead of 5th place, Juventus will have to work hard to take part in the next Champions League. The recent dynamic gives cause for optimism since the Bianconeri have not lost any of their last six league games, 4 wins and 2 draws. This great series began following the elimination against Galatasaray during the Champions League play-off. After being held to a draw by Sassuolo at home 1-1, Juventus won against Genoa 2-0 and at Atalanta last weekend 0-1.

Expected in the battle for Europe this season, Bologna did not meet expectations and occupies 8th place in Serie A with 9 units of spending on 6th place. The Rossoblu have regained their colors in recent weeks, as evidenced by the 6 victories obtained during the last 8 days, for 2 defeats. Beaten at home by Lazio 0-2, they then showed their superiority against poorly ranked Cremonese 1-2 and Lecce last weekend 2-0.

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Verona vs AC Milan

Verona

Sunday, 19 April 2026

3:00 pm

AC Milan

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In great difficulty throughout the season, Hellas can hardly believe in their chances of remaining with only 6 matches remaining. The Veronese are currently 19th in Serie A and are 9 points behind the first non-relegation team. They put an end to a very bad dynamic by winning, to everyone's surprise, in Bologna at the beginning of March 1-2. Hellas has fallen back into its bad ways since then with setbacks suffered against Genoa 0-2, Atalanta 1-0, Fiorentina 0-1 and Torino last weekend 2-1. AC Milan today occupies 3rd place in Serie A, 5 points ahead of 5th place.

Once in the fight for the Scudetto, the Rossoneri have stalled for a few weeks and will ultimately have to work to access the next Champions League. They have disappointed recently by losing 3 of their last 4 league matches, for 1 victory. Falling to Torino at home 3-2, AC Milan otherwise lost to Lazio 1-0, Napoli 1-0 and Udinese last weekend 0-3.

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Gaziantep vs Kayserispor

Gaziantep

Monday, 20 April 2026

7:00 pm

Kayserispor

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Gaziantep, 11th, no longer plays anything in the championship except to grab a place among the places of honor in the top 10. We cannot hope for better by winning only one of their last 16 matches in the elite. Since its victory against Antalyaspor 1-4, GFK has had 3 matches without success including 2 defeats on the lawns of Fenerbahce 4-1 and during the previous day on the field of Rizespor 2-1. Meanwhile, the local team was held to a draw by Alanyaspor 1-1. On the other side of the median, Kayserispor is asleep at the bottom of the table but can still enjoy a position between now and the last day.

First relegated by occupying 16th place in the ranking, Kayserispor, with 23 points, is only two lengths behind Genclerbirligi. Away, the visiting players have not won since the 14th day, at the end of November. To date, they have lost their last two games on the road against Samsunspor 2-1 and Kasimpasa Apaches 2-0. During the previous day, Kayserispor had no say in receiving Fenerbahce 0-4.

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