WSL Premier League Betting Guide: How to Play

The Women’s Football Premier League is perhaps the most competitive league in women’s football. Known as the WSL – Women’s Super League – the sport has become widely popular in the UK and others countries over the past few years. In this WSL Premier League betting guide, we break down all you need to know about the league and how you could potentially win from successful bets on the competition.

WSL Premier League Betting Guide: An Introduction

The FA Super League, also known as the Barclays FA Women's Super League, is the top tier of professional women's football in England. Twelve of the top teams in England play in the league, including Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Brighton Hove & Albion, CHelsea, Everton, Leicester City, Manchester City, Manchester United, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham.

The teams play in a robin round for the Super League title, with the top three teams also qualifying for the women's champion league. The team that places last after all the games are played is relegated to the Championship.

The predecessor to the FA Super League was the FA Women's National League, which was founded in 1991. This was the first FA recognised professional women's football league, and it was played by eight teams. In 1994 it was renamed "the Premier League", one year after the men's First Division was rebranded as the Men's Premier League.

Premiership teams also competed in the FA Women's Cup and the Premier League Cup, and the winners and runners up of the Premier League also could secure berths to the Women's Champions League and Champions League qualification rounds.

In 2010, the Women's Premier League was restructured and was renamed the FA Women's Super League. In the current format, the League has been won by four teams, with Chelsea winning five times, Arsenal three times, Liverpool twice and Manchester City once.

WSL Premier League Betting Guide: How to Play

There are many ways to watch the Women's Super League, with broadcasters such as Sky Sports, BBC Sport or NBC. The league has the most of its television viewership in Britain, although there are fans of the league all around the world. Fans who enjoy placing bets while watching their favourite teams play will be spoiled for choice with the huge selection of bets that are available for the Women's Super League.

There are simpler bets for fans who want to back their teams, but there are also a huge number of specific bets that would interest the punters who want to place strong bets with massive odds. At online sportsbook sites in the UK, such as BC.GAME Sportsbook, players are given a fair chance of winning from rewarding odds. Furthermore, there are several bet boosters for special matches to make the excitement all the more thrilling. Continue reading to learn more about how to bet on the WSL Premier League.

Match Result

A bet can be placed on either team to win the match or for the match to end in a draw. This is a hugely popular bet for many fans who prefer not to go into the details and are happy with the odds offered.

Double Chance

When a game is more difficult to predict, then the double chance bet allows punters to reduce the amount of risk. Double chance bets are two way bets, where there is a bet on the home team to win or the match to end in a draw, and a bet on the away team to win and the match to end in a draw. These bets come at lower odds than the match result, but are safer to place.

Handicap Bets

Punters who want to place a bet on the match winner but want higher odds or alternatively want to reduce the level of risk can try to use handicap bets. These bets offer positive and negative handicaps that can either reduce or increase the odds. Placing a bet on the favourite team to win with a negative handicap can significantly increase the odds. The higher the negative handicap, the higher the odds will be, starting from -1.5, -2.5 and -3.5.

Punters looking to place a bet against the favourite team can use positive handicaps to make betting on the weaker team easier to win. When there is an underdog, placing a positive handicap such as +1.5 may be enough to tip the game in favour of the underdog. The odds will still be high, though the larger the positive handicap, the less the odds will be.

Over/under Bets

The over/under market offers many different bets with a large range of odds. These bets are not directly connected to the full time result of the match, instead the focus on certain in game statistics.

Over/under bets revolve around a statistic in each game, such as number of goals. There is a number offered, such as 6.5, and then there is a bet for whether there will be more and a bet for whether there will be less goals than the offered amount. For bets such as number of goals scored, there will be over/under bets for a range of values, these can be over/under 1.5, 2.5, 3.5 and more. The over/under market includes bets such as total number of goals, number of cards, number of corners, number of goals scored in a half and many more.

Game Props

For fans who want to place bets on even more specific match statistics, there are game props that can potentially offer even higher odds. These bets may relate to  a player’s performance, such as will the player score in the match, will they score a header and more.

There are bets on aspects of the match that are very difficult to predict, such as will there be a penalty in the game, will a player be sent off, will a substitute score and many more.

Some game props combine bets such as number of goals with halves, halves and final match winner, match winner and total number of goals, amongst more. These bets offer large odds, and can definitely keep any fan on their toes during a game. They are amongst the most popular bets because they give fans multiple aspects of a match to keep an eye on.

The Bottom Line

Ultimately, as seen in our WSL Premier League betting guide, the best teams have a greater chance of winning matches and are therefore not as rewarding to bet on. However, as this is a Super League, all clubs across the league have a fantastic chance of winning a 90-minute game of football, even if their squad is not as exciting. If you decide to test your luck out with the WSL Premier League betting markets, head on over to BC.GAME Sportsbook for a chance to win from rewarding bet boosters.

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