Russian Premier League Betting

The Russian Premier League, currently, was founded 24 years ago. It is the current top level of football in the country. Initially, it was also known as the Russian Football Premier League before the name was shortened after a rebranding was done recently.

First-rate football within the country has seen a few changes over the years. During the 9 years the top tier was referred to as the Russian Football Championship. While the fall of the Soviet Union and the many redevelopments of the sport have brought with them an enormous amount of change, the large teams based across Moscow and St Petersburg in particular have been a mainstay of the sport the whole way through.

Keep reading for our guide to Russian Premier League betting markets.

Russian Premier League Betting

16 clubs contest the Russian Premier League season and it looks set to stay that way. All clubs face each other in a well-known system; a team plays once at home and once away to complete a 30-game season in total.

After 30 games for both sets of players, the final league standings is where the campaign ends for everyone apart from two of the teams as relegation concerns are the only thing not yet resolved.

European Qualification and Relegation

When the season is completed, the leaders are Russia's title-holders and are joined by the second team in qualifying for the UEFA Champions League.

Those finishing in third can enter the Champions League qualifying rounds, while the fourth-placed side qualifies automatically for the UEFA Europa League. The teams in 5th and 6th enter the Europa League qualifiers.

Down at the bottom end, the 15th and 16th finishers are relegated outright to the First Division while the two immediately above enter and promotion/relegation play-off scenario.

Russia’s Biggest Teams

In its existing shape, Russia's top flight has been most effectively won by CSKA Moscow and Zenit St Petersburg. Rubin Kazan have also won it a couple of times and had some moderate success in Europe too. For example, when they beat Rangers in the UEFA Cup final in Manchester.

They, along with Lokomotiv Moscow, Krasnodar, Spartak Moscow and Arsenal Tula, are all set to make their presence felt while there has been a recent dip for the former giant Dinamo Moscow.

Russian Premier League Betting Markets

Betting in Russia is tricky, hence, betting on favourites sight unseen even for bargains accumulators is not recommended without watching the stats.

Only 2.26 goals per game were registered in the entire season and such a figure is characteristic of the Russian Premier League. During this time the tightness of the league was also reflected in the percentage breakdown of 'home', 'draw' and 'away' wins as being 43-29-28.

On the surface that makes it less easy for us, but if the stats are reliable, we can always use them to our advantage.

This is the best way to do it:

Handicap Betting – home teams win 43% of all games here which is nearly average, yet not the best. The flip side of that particular coin, of course, is that 57% of all fixtures aren't hosted by the home team and hence, with the low goal tally as such as well, backing away sides at -0.5 can quite frequently be a money-spinning option. There are lots of matches here to finish in draws where the home favorites were around 10/11, rendering away handicap punters with reasonable odds a good chance of winning.
Total Goals – at 2.26 goals per game affairs tend to be close. How to utilize that is to eliminate any obvious mismatches such as top two vs bottom four etc, leaving the rest of the games statistically highly likely to have hardly any goals. Bet on under 1.5 and then it can pay you so often and even occasionally at tasty odds too if you remain selective.
Ante-Post – Russian Premier League title champions are a longer-term punt. New signings and departing players can radically change the makeup of Russian sides, so consider the aggregate transfer value of each side in the league and bet on the one with the most expensive one to claim the title. There is a strong case the favourite will be marketted up due to reputation, as opposed to true squad value.

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