Soccer is by far the most popular sport in the world and it is continuing to gain traction in Canada, as we try to catch up to the world powers in the sport. Canada had a strong performance at the 2024 Copa America tournament, losing to the eventual champions, Argentina, in the semi-finals. This came after the Men’s National team qualified for the 2022 World Cup for the first time since 1986. Canada will co-host the 2026 World Cup with superstars like Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David looking to help the team make a statement on home soil.
In addition to having our best ever International teams (both men and women), professional soccer is really taking off in Canada. Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC and CF Montreal are all members of Major League Soccer, while the Canadian Premier League which launched in 2017 is allowing professional soccer to continue to grow here in Canada.
Soccer is not the first sport that comes to mind when you think about Canada, so it may surprise you that soccer is currently the highest participation sport in Canada with over 800,000 registered players!
Best Soccer Betting Sites
The following online sportsbooks each offer a wide variety of soccer betting options. They accept bets on every Major League Soccer game, as well as offer lines from the majority of professional leagues around the world.
Bet365, being a UK based sportsbook, offers the widest variety of soccer betting options in terms leagues and competitions from around the world, but if you are just interested in the MLS or major leagues such as the Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, etc, then any of the sites listed will meet your betting needs.
Team Canada looked solid in their friendlies vs the Netherlands and France leading into Copa...
Different Soccer Bets
There are many, many bets that you can make on soccer games. Bet365 offers over 100 betting options on every Premier League game and this number increases even further for high profile matches such as World Cup or Champions League.
***I’m using odds past from Bet365.com for two of the examples below. That said, I suggest comparing odds with out other top rated betting sites when making your bets.
Full Time Result
There are three possible outcomes of a soccer game: the home team winning, the road team winning or a draw. The full time result bet involves you selecting which of these three options will occur in the match.
Here is an example match from Europa League featuring Real Sociedad and Manchester United. As you can see Real Sociedad is the favourite with odds of 2.15 to win the game.
Full time result odds can also be labelled 1×2, money line, to win, or money line 3-way (like above).
Spread Bets
Spread bets, also referred to as Asian Handicaps, bring the number of potential outcomes in the match down from 3 to 2. Here is a screenshot of the asian spreads offered at Bet365 for this game:
When there are two spreads in the betting line it means half the wager applies to each spread.
Total Goals Bets
With the total goals bet the oddsmaker will set a total number of goals to be scored by both teams during the match. You can then bet on whether the total number of goals scored will be over or under this total.
In this example Bet365 has set 2.5 as the total. If 3 or more goals are scored in the match then the over 2.5 goals bet is a winner, and if 2 or fewer goals are scored then the under bet is a winner.
Other Soccer Bets
Here are a few of the other soccer bets that can be made to give you an idea of the variety of bets that betting sites take on soccer matches.
Correct score.
Half Time/Full Time. A bet on which team is leading at half-time and after the match ends.
Goalscorer bets. Certain players to score the first, last or any goal in the match.
Draw no bet. You can bet on either team to win with a draw resulting in your bet being returned.
Winning margin. Bet on either team to win by a set number of goals.
Same Game Parlays. A parlay bet with selections from the same game. The odds could change depending on the correlation between the bets in the SGP.
Those are just a few. To see everything you can bet on I suggest visiting Bet365.com and checking it our for yourself.
Futures Bets
The classic futures bets in soccer would be betting on which team will win the various leagues around the world, or which country will win the World Cup. You can place futures bets at any time during the year because the odds will change depending on a clubs performance and their chances of winning their league.
Please wait while you are redirected to the right page...
See Website For Details
See Website For Details
#Ad
