Profitable football tipsters are hard to come by.
The football betting markets are complex and efficient, making value bets difficult to find. The reality is that most stats-based approaches aren’t sophisticated enough to model or predict fixtures with great precision. So unsurprisingly the majority of football tipsters are inconsistent, and generate little or no profits.
When compared to horse racing, there aren’t anywhere near as many successful and highly profitable football tipsters that I can recommend. Nonetheless, there’s a select group of football betting pros with a proofed record to back up their relatively impressive performance in some of the world’s ‘tightest’ sports markets.
This is an honest account of football tipsters, which I keep up-to-date. So be sure to check back in to see how the list has changed.
Ranking The Top Football Tipsters
The main principle used to rank my top football tipsters is the same for any other sport, including horse racing:
Making a profit in football betting means absolutely nothing if is isn’t proofed, or was generated over a very small (and insignificant) number of bets.
Anyone can select a winning a bet by chance. But only skilled individuals can win in the longrun. So here’s the full list of criteria I use to define my list of the best football tipsters:
- Legitimacy — who collected the statistics? Are they trustworthy? Is the data correct and accurate?
- Data set — is the data set large enough to know whether the tipster is profitable (or not)?
- Profitability — how well has the tipster performed since starting out?
- Frequency — how frequent are the tips? When are they usually released?
- Recent performance — how well is tipster is doing right now?
- Cost — how much does the tipster cost? Is it worth the investment?
I always use Tipstrr to monitor football tipsters. It’s one of the most transparent tipster proofing services, and aims to entirely eliminate the risk of being mislead by fake or inaccurate profit statistics. For that reason, I recommend their service on this site.
Regardless whether you decide to subscribe to any of the recommended football tipsters below, consider the above criteria as a guideline.
So here’s my list of the best football tipsters…
1. Sports Insider
About
Sports Insider is a multi sport tipster with a heavy focus on football. Although highly selective, his long-term record is excellent.
In the tipster’s own words: “The right info is the cornerstone of successful sports betting. After 15 years in the betting industry, I have the knowledge, connections and experience to analyze and evaluate the flux of info I receive and provide valuable picks.”
Subscribers should expect frequent wins and low variance, with Sports Insider’s average odds sitting at around 2.0.
Statistics
- Legitimacy: Verified by Tipstrr
- Data set: 1,302 bets since August 2018
- Profitability: £5,085.22 profit (15.62% ROI, +203.40 units) from £25 stakes
- Frequency: 19 tips per week, typically released 8am-12pm
- Recent performance: £21.99 profit (0.36% ROI) over the past 3 months
- Cost: 7 days for £2, then £49 per month
Last Updated: 29/11/2019
2. SVB Tips
About
SVB Tips is a multi sport tipster, offering a high proportion of football tips. He also features on my list of the Top Horse Racing Tipsters, as he’s performed impressively well in both.
The majority of SVB’s tips are published in the morning — usually between 9 and 11 am UK time. All selections are produced by carefully studying the odds, and seeking value. The tipster advises level stakes per bet, for simplicity and practicality.
The man behind the SVB account has been professionally providing his advice for the last 5 years, and states: “I am aware that sometimes its hard to get the posted prices, so because of that the service will always be kept to the minimum price tier.” It’s refreshing to find a tipster that recognises that value selections are snapped up fast.
Statistics
- Legitimacy: Verified by Tipstrr
- Data set: 2,675 bets since January 2018
- Profitability: £9,839.02 profit (14.71% ROI, +393.56 units) from £25 stakes
- Frequency: 61 tips per week, typically released 8am-12pm.
- Recent performance: £1,463.21 profit (10.9% ROI) over the past 3 months
- Cost: £1 for 7 days, then £19 per month
Last Updated: 29/11/2019.
3. Alias Core
About
Alias Core focuses his portfolio on football and ice hockey. Interestingly, he’s carved out a niche in Latvian league ice hockey, were he played himself.
The tipster emphases that he doesn’t use a strict staking plan, because he doesn’t consider any of his tips “stronger” than another. In other words, everything he tips is there because he believes it is a value bet.
The majority of Alias Core’s bets are at around odds of 2.0, meaning the strike rate should be high and the variance low.
Statistics
- Legitimacy: Verified by Tipstrr
- Data set: 1,168 bets since January 2019
- Profitability: £2,920.45 profit (10.0% ROI, +116.82 units) from £25 stakes
- Frequency: 26 tips per week, typically released throughout the day
- Recent performance: £1,183.51 profit (14.34% ROI) over the past 3 months
- Cost: £1 for 7 days, then £19 per month
Last Updated: 29/11/2019
4. EFL Advisory
About
EFL Advisory provides dedicated football tips from the English Championship, League One and League Two. Emails go out Thursday for weekend games and Monday/Tuesday for midweek games.
As with any authentic service, the aim is to bet on games where the tipster believes a team has a better chance of winning than the bookmaker’s odds suggest. That’s value betting in a nutshell.
Note that EFL Advisory has had some downtime during his Tipstrr career, and recent performances have been weaker than previous ones. Nonetheless, he deserves a mention on this list because his overall return has been very positive from 600+ proofed football only bets.
EFL Advisory could be one to watch, in case it returns to form.
Statistics
- Legitimacy: Verified by Tipstrr
- Data set: 647 bets since March 2017
- Profitability: £1,115.49 profit (6.9% ROI, +44.62 units) from £25 stakes
- Frequency: 5 tips per week, typically released 8am-12pm, 4-8pm, and 8pm-12am
- Recent performance: -£58.75 profit (-2.5% ROI) over the past 3 months
- Cost: £29 per month
Last Updated: 29/11/2019
5. WeBET Football World
About
weBET Football World has featured in my monthly tipster rankings on more than once occasion, having performed excellently during several months.
As its name suggests, weBET Football World is focused entirely on football — aside from a few one-off bets on other sports. The average odds are slightly higher than many other successful football tipsters, which partly contributes to the high variance in results: on multiple occasions its produced more than 40% ROI over a 30 day period, yet in some months its lost money.
Another reason for the variance is that, like other services on this list, tips are selective. weBET averages just 13 per week. However, with over 590 football bets tracked, it’s a promising service that could prove to maintain profitability over a larger sample.
Statistics
- Legitimacy: Verified by Tipstrr
- Data set: 1,311 bets since October 2018
- Profitability: £7,540 profit (23.0% ROI, +301.6 units) from £25 stakes
- Frequency: 24 tips per week, typically released 8am-12pm
- Recent performance: £922.50 profit (20.3% ROI) over the past 3 months
- Cost: 7 days for £6, then £29 per month
Last Updated: 29/11/2019
Limitations Of Football Tipsters
The main limitation of football tipsters is that the markets are difficult to identify consistent value bets from.
In the major football leagues — such as the English Premier League — the odds are generally a reasonable reflection of the probability of an event occurring (i.e. roughly accurate odds for TeamA to beat TeamB). This is due to so much money within the markets, chiseling the prices into line. But to profit, you need inaccurate prices.
There’s also countless other reasons why football betting is challenging. Consider the following:
- Squad changes
- First 11 team players
- Managers & Coaches (and their ethos)
- Club buyouts (and their impact)
- Changes to salary structures
- Stadiums (including expansions/rebuilds)
- Injuries & Player suspensions
Plus many more factors listed in my post Why Making Accurate Football Betting Predictions Is Difficult.
Some football tipsters consider these factors in their selections, and use them to produce a profit. But, crucially, there’s no way of knowing that any betting system will continue working in the future — unless it’s a risk-free technique such as arbitrage or matched betting.
Always follow sports tips cautiously, risking only a small percentage of your bankroll on each bet. Accept losses, bet within your means, and stay disciplined.
Looking For More Football Tipsters?
I’m currently monitoring the progress of proofed tipsters on Tipstrr, to see who qualifies for this list. Here’s my monthly rankings of the top performing Football Tipsters:
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- March-June 2020: lack of racing activity.
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- September 2020: Top Football Tipsters Of The Month - October 5, 2020
- September 2020: Top Horse Racing Tipsters Of The Month - October 5, 2020
- August 2020: Top Football Tipsters Of The Month - September 8, 2020