Football betting is a mainstay of our sports offering at Starsport. On this page, you'll discover exactly how betting on football online works, which markets and leagues we offer, and what you need to know about live betting. We'll walk you through the key markets step by step, from the classic match result to handicaps and live odds.
Betting on football starts with an account. After registering and verifying your identity, you pick a match from our sports betting offering or from the matches currently live. Open the match, select a market, enter your stake and confirm your bet.
The odds determine what you stand to get back. We use decimal odds as the Belgian standard display format. These are easy to read, since multiplying the stakes by the odds gives you your total payout. Stake €10, say, on odds of 1.80, and you'd receive €18 if you win. Once you've got the hang of this calculation, you'll quickly notice it forms the basis of every choice you make when betting on football.
Besides the result of a match, you can bet on plenty of other aspects of the same fixture. These football bets each give you a different angle on the same match, from goals to the final score.
The 1X2 market, also known as the match winner, is the starting point for most bets. You simply predict whether the home side wins, it ends in a draw, or the away side comes out on top. This market doesn't need much explaining, which is why it's often the first choice for anyone just getting started with betting.
With double chance, you combine two of the three possible 1X2 outcomes into a single selection, home and draw, for example. So instead of picking one exact outcome, you're ruling one out. That gives you lower potential returns than a straight 1X2 bet in exchange for a noticeably lower risk. This is ideal when you're torn between two scenarios.
With the total number of goals market, you predict whether more or fewer goals will be scored than a set line, often 2.5. That line is deliberately set at a half number, since the number of goals is always a whole number, which means a line of 2.5 is guaranteed to produce a winner. That way, there's no risk of your stake simply being refunded.
With both teams to score, also known as BTTS, you're only predicting whether both sides score at least once. The eventual final score or winner doesn't matter, just whether a goal goes in at both ends. This market works great for open, attacking matches where you expect both teams to create chances.
With an Asian handicap, one team is given a virtual goal advantage or disadvantage, which levels out an uneven match and makes the odds on the favourite more attractive.
A second market worth mentioning is the correct score, where you predict the exact final score of the match. That's considerably harder to get right, but it comes with significantly higher payouts.
Football bets are available across a wide range of leagues, from the Belgian divisions and local clubs to the biggest international tournaments and global final rounds. With us, football betting covers a huge range of options.
Starsport is an official partner of several Belgian clubs, including KRC Genk, Beerschot and OHL. If you're looking for Belgian football betting, you'll find the full breadth of Jupiler Pro League betting with us. This doesn't only include the top clubs, but also the lesser-known names lower down the table.
The Premier League and La Liga each get their own dedicated page full of matches and markets. The Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 are also part of our offering, alongside plenty of other European leagues you can bet on continuously.
We have a dedicated page for Champions League betting, just as we do for the Europa League and the Conference League. The three cups differ in level and prestige. While the Champions League brings together the absolute elite of European football, the Europa League and Conference League play out a level below, each with 36 clubs.
National teams also get extensive coverage, with their own dedicated page for international matches. World Cup and Euro qualifiers form a recurring part of the calendar, bringing fresh fixtures on a regular basis. That means betting on international football offers plenty of choice all year round, beyond club football too.
Team news and lineups play a major role in betting. Injuries, suspensions and rotation shift a team's strength before the odds catch up. Statistics and form, such as recent results and the balance between home and away matches, give you a picture of the match. Also, home advantage is a real, explainable factor.
Spreading risk across multiple markets or matches often works better than putting everything on one outcome. Reading the odds critically matters just as much. A high number reflects a low probability, not automatically a good bet.
Anyone serious about football betting also stays sharp during live matches. A red card or an early goal can open up opportunities that simply weren't there beforehand.
Live betting on football is all about odds that update continuously as the match unfolds. The markets stay open for as long as the game runs.
With Cash Out, you close an entire bet early to lock in a profit before the match even finishes. Partial Cashout works differently, letting you secure part of your potential winnings while the rest of your stake keeps running at the original odds.
For certain matches, we also offer streaming once you're logged in, though coverage isn't guaranteed for every match. So always check on a match-by-match basis before you expect a livestream to be available.
You can also place football bets on the go, straight from your smartphone or tablet browser. The same core features remain available: live betting, Bet Builder, Cash Out and streaming where available. It all runs just as smoothly on mobile as it does on desktop.
Notifications about the score and odds changes keep you up to date while you watch, without needing to keep refreshing the page. That way, football betting in Belgium stays within reach wherever you are.
At Starsport, you'll find Boosted Odds as a separate tab within the football offering, alongside the regular match odds and the Outrights. Here, several selections from the same match are combined into a single bet. For example, a goal scorer combined with the prediction that a team wins both halves. This provides higher combined odds than if you'd placed those selections separately. That way, a specific prediction about a match can still get you more attractive odds than a standard bet would.
The Starsport football quiz lets you predict the results of upcoming matches, with the round closing as soon as the first match kicks off. To take part, you need to place at least one €5 bet during the same calendar week as the quiz. A perfect score shares a jackpot with other winners, and even a not-quite-perfect score can still earn you an Xtra Bet. Prizes are paid out every Monday once the round has ended, so your knowledge of the current football weekend gets rewarded straight away, even if you didn't get everything right.
Yes, Starsport regularly runs football-focused promotions alongside fixed features like the quiz and Boosted Odds. On the Promo page, offers such as extra live profit boosts on European cup matches, Cash Out enhancements and cash-prize tournaments rotate through, each with its own duration and terms. Since these offers change regularly, the Promo page is the most reliable place to check which promotion is currently running.
Yes, at Starsport you can watch certain football matches live directly from the match page itself, next to the live odds panel. This feature only works while you're logged into your account, and availability varies by match. You can see whether a livestream is available right on the match page, via the icon next to the live odds. So make sure to log in before a match starts so you don't miss any of the action.
Yes, Starsport has a separate tab for this called Outrights, alongside the regular match odds and the Boosted Odds. Here, you can bet on which team wins an entire league, the Premier League, for example, rather than on the result of a single match. Within that same tab, you'll also find the season's top scorer as a separate market. Since this type of bet only gets settled once the league is over, you can place it at any point during the season.
With Bet Builder at Starsport, you put together your own bet from multiple markets within the same football match. Think match result, total goals, double chance and handicap, combined into one joint ticket with combined odds. This sits in its own tab, separate from Boosted Odds. That's because Boosted Odds are ready-made combinations, while with Bet Builder, you decide for yourself which markets to combine. That way, you build a bet that fits your prediction of the match exactly.
Yes, at Starsport you can combine selections from multiple football matches into a single bet. Every selection needs to come in for the bet to win, and in exchange, the total odds get multiplied together, boosting the potential payout. Through StarCombo Xtra, that payout on combination bets can be boosted even further. This is a different mechanism from Bet Builder, which combines markets within a single match. Combining bets, on the other hand, brings different matches together, where a single miss means the whole ticket loses.