Germany is the home of the Bundesliga, one of the top five European leagues, with passionate fans supporting their clubs weekly. For all of your latest football betting from league and domestic cup action, make Betsson your home for German football betting.
Football in Germany
The top flight in Germany was introduced in 1963 and is one of the newer top-tier leagues in Europe. The Bundesliga has grown into one of the biggest leagues, featuring top teams such as Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
Along with the Bundesliga is the highly popular DFB-Pokal, the main domestic cup competition involving 64 national teams, including clubs from the fourth tier. The winner of the DFB-Pokal meets the Bundesliga champions the following year for the German Supercup title.
Bayern Munich are Germany's all-time most successful club for both league and cup titles. There are also places up for grabs in the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League through league and cup competitions in Germany.
Popular Football Bet Markets
Explore a fantastic range of football odds at Betsson, from outright markets to quick in-play options. We also have a great suite of features like Cash Out, bet builders, and in-play statistics to help you navigate everything from German football odds to Bundesliga odds and more.
Outright Football Betting
Picking the outright winner for events like the Bundesliga title or the DFB-Pokal champions is among the most popular football bet options. Below are some of the other popular outright betting markets:
- Outright Winner
- Top Goalscorer
- To Be Relegated
- Not To Be Relegated
- To Reach Final
- Bottom Half Finish
- Top 3 Finish
German Football Betting Match Odds
Football bet options on matches from Germany range from standard picks like “Match Result” and “Both Teams To Score” to more nuanced options like how many goals the away team will score in the second half of a fixture.
You can typically find 150+ pre-match football bet options on markets such as:
- Half-Time/Full-Time
- First Goalscorer
- Double Chance
- Draw No Bet
- Total Home Goals
- 1st Half Result
- 2nd Half Result
Other types of football betting options put an alternative spin on things. The Betsson Bet Builder tool lets you quickly create a same-game multi, while interval bets let you select a period in which the first goal of the game will be netted. You can also back a pre-built treble for fixtures in football betting.
Live Football Betting
There is even more after the kick-off, thanks to the excellent in-play betting platform at Betsson. Our coverage of live games further extends the variety of German football odds. Markets refresh rapidly after key moments, so you can get straight back into betting on favourite markets like ‘Total Goals’, ‘Next Team To Score', and ‘Match Result’. All Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal matches are covered by in-play betting.
Live football bets on the Bundesliga also come with in-game stats. This all ties together brilliantly on the Betsson mobile betting app, which can be downloaded for iOS and Android devices. It adds a layer of convenience for watching live betting markets and keeping up to date with any Cash Out offers.
Football Betting Tips
With so many football bet options provided by Betsson online betting, it’s best not to try and tackle them all. Take time to study the markets that interest you, whether handicapping away teams or sticking to home wins in the match outright market for cup ties.
Build your strategy around the markets and teams you know to maintain focus. Look around for any match previews in the Betsson blog for football betting tips, and check out our fantastic statistics section that breaks down the ins and outs of a team's abilities, head-to-head, results, and form.
German Football Betting 2024/25
There was a huge surprise in the 2023/24 Bundesliga, as Bayer Leverkusen won their first league title by going undefeated throughout the entire campaign. This means that the Bundesliga odds for the 2024/25 season will focus on them as reigning champions.
Bayern Munich are the favourites to win the 2024/25 Bundesliga title, leaving Bayer Leverkusen as the second favourites. It will be worth keeping an eye on the dates for the potentially title-deciding clashes between Bayern Munich and Leverkusen, while Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich, known as Der Klassiker, is also a highlight of the season.
St. Pauli and Holstein Kiel are the two new clubs battling for survival in this season’s Bundesliga. Look for those among the front-runners in the relegation Bundesliga betting odds. Teams like Stuttgart, Union Berlin, Frankfurt, and Leipzig will be hoping to push for European tournament places.
The top Bundesliga clubs are also the front-runners in the DFB-Pokal football odds. Bayer Leverkusen are the reigning champions after beating Kaiserslautern in last season’s final. Leverkusen meet league runners-up Stuttgart in August’s DFL-Supercup.
For further football bet options, you can find football betting options on what silverware a team will earn, like a ‘Bayern Munich Bundesliga and Champions League’ double or another ‘Bayer Leverkusen Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal’ double. The DFB-Pokal Final is held at the end of the domestic season in May.
Why Bet on German Football at Betsson?
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