Betting On Underdogs: How To Spot The Most Interesting Football Odds

And everyone has a different way of going about it. What is becoming more prominent over time is people choosing to bet on underdogs, but just how do they spot when bets like this have the potential to work out?
In short, when you look at football betting, if you want to wager on the underdog, you’re choosing the team with the biggest odds and the one that is not expected to win or get a positive result. So, many will look at that and think it doesn’t make sense because when you bet, you want to give yourself the best chance of winning, right?
The problem is, when you’re betting on the favourite, such as Manchester City, when they play a lesser team like Sheffield United, you'll have to risk a lot to win a very small amount by wagering in a City win. And this simply doesn’t work for a lot of football punters unless they’re putting together multiples such as doubles, trebles and accumulators.
Therefore, some are now taking on underdog bets, which makes sense in the case that you can risk a small amount to win a fair return – the total opposite of wagering on the favourite with a huge stake to win a tiny profit in the grand scheme of things. But it’s not as simple as finding underdogs and wagering on them to win because that’s just betting blind and chancing your arm, which is reckless.
Of course, to identify underdogs in football, the initial step is to find the teams with the bigger odds in match betting with bookmakers, essentially the sides people think will lose. But from here, it comes down to two things – research and luck. Betting on the underdog will always require a substantial amount of luck, but things can move the odds in a punter’s favour, so to speak.
For example, if the favourite is in bad form or has injuries to key players, or perhaps they’re expected to rotate their team, there could be an opportunity for the underdog to take advantage. But bettors will only know this if they do their research. And, if they leave it too long, sports book operators will likely adjust the odds for these reasons.
There are also ways to bet on underdogs and reduce the risk, such as handicap betting or double chance bets. This means that punters will still get better odds than if they were wagering on the favourite, but they have more protection and will increase their chances of winning, which is never a bad thing.
Or, bettors could wait for cup games where teams from different leagues take each other on, as there are often giant killings with form going out of the window as starting XIs are changed, and the smaller or so-called lesser teams play at the top of their game. It’s another option for those who want to get stuck into underdog betting.