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Betting on La Liga
From August to May, 20 teams compete to be the La Liga victor and hopefully get a chance for Champions League contention and Europa League play. Each club plays every other club twice – once at home and once away – giving you betting opportunities galore.
This page features news and betting breakdowns to ensure you have everything you need to make smart picks when you’re ready to visit a soccer sportsbook. We’ll also demonstrate how to read odds and present the additional handicapping pages we offer.
Understanding La Liga Odds
One of the most important aspects of wagering is knowing how odds work. Any betting site that has straight-up lines on the Spanish football league will provide betting odds like so:
- Barcelona -125
- Mallorca +355
- Draw +330
We use American odds (-500), but you can toggle between Decimal (1.20) and Fractional (1/5) style. Where you live will generally determine the type of odds you use. In the UK, bettors lean towards fractions. In Europe and Australia, you’ll see decimals. In Canada and the US, American odds are used.
Moving on to the numbers themselves. The team with the minus sign (-) is the favorite. The team with the plus sign (+) is the underdog. The draw is the third option and will rarely come with minus money. In this scenario, oddsmakers predict that Los Bermellones have a 22% chance of winning the match, whereas Barça has a 55.6% shot. There’s also the 23.3% possibility of a tie.
If you’ve done your research – or let us do it for you with our betting articles – and you feel like FCB is indeed going to dominate, a $100 bet would give you a payout of $180 – your original money comes back, coupled with your winnings of $80. To see what you’d win based on the odds offered and amount bet, check out our Odds Calculator.
Learn to Bet on La Liga
When you check out any sportsbook offer La Liga odds, you’ll typically see soccer options for the following bets. Make sure to review our odds calculator before deciding on a bet to make sure you're getting the best value possible!
- Moneyline: For a moneyline bet, you simply have to pick a team to win straight up. In any scenario, one team will be the favorite and one will be the underdog -- you can tell which is which because the favorite has negative odds (ex. -110) and the underdog has a positive line (+110). Pick the team that winds up winning the match and you'll be a winner! You can also wager on a draw, if neither team is to your liking.
- Point Spread: Spreads in soccer are somewhat similar to those used in American football. Oddsmakers adjust the betting line to give the underdog an advantage of +0.5 goals. In turn, the favorite has the disadvantage of -0.5. The dog must either win outright or not lose by more than a goal to cover, and the fave must win by a goal or more.
- Totals: Nice and easy, especially in a lower-scoring environment than other spots, total bets have you predicting the OVER/UNDER for a match based on the sportsbook line. If it's set at 2.5, you'll make a wager on whether there will be more or less than three goals during the match.
- Props: All sports betting should be fun, so for those looking for extra entertainment with their wagers, try prop betting. These are bets based on player or team milestones that could affect the outcome of a game but don’t necessarily need to. These could include: which club will score first? Will there be a red card? How many corners will there be? And so on.
La Liga Futures Bets: The Grand Finale
Bets made far in advance of a big event (usually months or weeks) is a futures bet. In La Liga's case, you're wagering on the team that will take home Spain's championship title. These odds are usually set long before the competition begins and are available for wagers right up until the final match. If you want to bet on futures, make sure you get the jump sooner than later -- as excellent teams perform accordingly, their odds will only drop.
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