Women's Football 2024 Betting Tips & Predictions

There has never been a better time to get into women’s football.

The 2024 Olympics is over, with USA Women taking gold for the fifth time in eight tournaments. It capped a dream start to life as USA Women boss for Emma Hayes, who left Chelsea after a 12-year reign earlier in the summer.

Now that the Olympics is over, pre-season has begun and attention will turn to the return of club football. In England, there’s the growth of the Women’s Super League into one of the top divisions in the world.

Chelsea have won the last five WSL titles but are now embarking on a new era with Emma Hayes leaving to manage the USWNT.

Then there’s the Uefa Women’s Champions League, with Barcelona reigning European champions, having lifted the trophy in three of the past four seasons.

Spain are the reigning world champions, beating England in the World Cup final last year. The Lionesses will be defending their European Championship crown in Switzerland next summer.

Women’s Super League

As the calendar turns to September, attention returns to club football. In England, the Women’s Super League is at the top and for some it is the best league in the world. Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United have become the big four, with the latter the current FA Cup holders.

But no one has managed to take the trophy away from Chelsea. The Blues have won the WSL title in each of the past five seasons. Their streak started with the curtailed 2019/20 campaign which they took on points per game, and it has always been close.

Thanks in part to the WSL being a 22-game league, with 12 teams in total, no one really runs away with the title. After taking the title on points per game, Chelsea have won the title by two points, one point, two points and goal difference. Man City have been runners-up three times, agonisingly missing out in 2023/24 on goal difference.

But what will the Sonia Bompastor era at Chelsea bring?

UEFA Women’s Champions League

The one competition Emma Hayes couldn’t conquer at Chelsea was the Women’s Champions League. They were beaten finalists in 2020, thrashed by Barcelona, and have fallen to the Blaugrana at the semi-finals in each of the past two seasons. Barcelona will like playing Chelsea in the Champions League as it’s a good omen. They’ve won the Champions League every season they’ve played Chelsea.

Barcelona have now reached the past four Champions League finals, winning three alongside a 3-1 defeat to Lyon in the 2021/22 final. Already, Barcelona are the third-most successful side in Women’s Champions League history. They sit one behind Eintracht Frankfurt (formerly FFC Frankfurt) but are still five off Lyon. Arsenal remain the only English side to have won the Women’s Champions League, lifting the trophy as part of their Quadruple in 2007.

Barcelona, Lyon, Bayern Munich and Chelsea have guaranteed their spots in the UWCL group stage for 2024/25. The likes of Arsenal, Man City, Paris Saint-Germain, Wolfsburg and Real Madrid will have to come through qualifying.

2024/25 Women’s Champions League second qualifying round draw

Champions Path

• St Polten vs ZNK Mura
• Benfica vs Hammarby
• Osijek vs Twente
• Galatasaray vs Slavia Prague
• Roma vs Servette
• Anderlecht vs Valerenga
• Vorskla Poltava vs Celtic

League Path

• Sporting CP vs Real Madrid
• Juventus vs PSG
• Paris FC vs Man City
• Fiorentina vs Wolfsburg
• BK Hacken vs Arsenal

First legs are scheduled for 18th-19th September, with the return legs on 25th-26th September.

Women’s Euro 2025

England Women brought football home in 2022 when they lifted the European Championship, beating Germany in the final in Wembley. The Lionesses had been invincible under Sarina Wiegman, but they have picked up a few losses since — including the World Cup final.

England have secured their spot at Euro 2025, but even then they had to settle for second place in their qualifying group. That has them in Pot 2 for the draw, meaning they’ll been in a group with one of Switzerland, Spain, Germany or France. Also qualified for the tournament so far are Italy, Iceland, Denmark and Netherlands.

The remaining seven spots will be decided by the play-offs, which will take place in October and November. The final draw for Euro 2024 is set for 16th December 2024.

When do you release women’s football tips?

We look to publish our women’s football betting tips and predictions approximately 24 hours prior to kick-off. Time periods can change depending on fixture congestion, but you can still count on us for the top matches.

Women’s football predictions

Today’s Women’s football tips

Not only will we add a tips box for every game which you will find ahead of each round of the WSL, but we also produce special betting previews on the big matches.

Our betting previews include our tips, of course, but they also include the odds from a host of different bookmakers, our key stats ahead of the fixture, the predictions of our expert writers and a look back at previous meetings between the two clubs.

Women’s football in-play betting tips

In-play betting has become more and more popular by year, and it’s no different for women’s football. Whatever the competition, a lot of punters will be watching each and every game live, given ample opportunity for some in-play betting.

That means you’ll be able to place bets based on how the match is flowing before your eyes, whether you fancy a defender to nick an unlikely goal or the star forward is looking dangerous and you want to back her to strike next.

And what’s more, with most bookmakers also offering cash out on bets, you can react to the action to cash out for a portion of your potential winnings before the game is over.

Full-time results

The most popular market on any sportsbook, a full-time result bet is as simple as it sounds – you’re betting on the eventual outcome of the game.

Whichever tournament you’re watching, from the WSL to Euro 2025, whichever way you see a game heading, you can bet on the outcome with the full-time results market.

You can even bet on which team will win each half or be leading at a certain point. There are also correct score markets, where you can bet on the exact result at full-time, or indeed half-time.

To score and win tips

You might get more value on those short-price odds for the favourites by combining your team to win tip with a goalscorer tip!

Of course, there are plenty of goalscoring markets available regardless, including first scorer, any time scorer, last scorer, to score two or more and many others.

Both teams to score

Exactly what it says on the tin – both teams must score in the 90 minutes for your bet to come in.

These are particularly popular bets to place as multiples, when you’re betting on for example four games and essentially eight different teams to score. Easy pickings with some of the attacking talent set to be on show!

Over 2.5 goals

Similar to the BTTS market, in these markets you’re betting on more than two goals to be scored in the game, which can be particularly popular if you’re expecting a thumping win for one side – or if you’re backing both teams to be on the scoresheet a lot.

Of course, you can also bet on Under 2.5 goals if you’re expecting a lower-scoring game, or you can change the parameters to bet on Under or Over 1.5, 3.5 or 4.5 goals and more. There were a grand total of 437 goals scored at an average of 3.31 per match in the WSL last season.

Double chance

Think the bookies have got the odds all wrong and fancy those underdogs to get the better of their more illustrious opponents?

The double chance bet is perfect for this kind of hunch, as it allows you simply to bet on a team not to lose, giving you both the victory on your chosen team and the draw within the odds.

Bookings

It is often said that officiating in women’s football still has to catch up with regards to harsh decisions, with many fans feeling fouls are often waved away wrongly when they would have been given in the men’s game. This has led to bad injuries, as players look to get as close to the line as possible, knowing they are less likely to be punished.

There are plenty of markets available here, from total bookings, overs and under markets and which team will pick up the first booking in a game. Plus, you can even bet on whether a specific match will feature a red card.

There are also markets available on specific players to be carded or even sent off in a game.

Corners taken

Most bookmakers now offer bet-builder style markets where you can combine different bets from corners, cards, goals and result markets to create a specific, bespoke bet on the game.

But corner markets are worth backing themselves and you can bet on a certain amount of corners in the game, overs and unders markets, team specific amounts and who will win the first corner among other bets.

Women’s football VAR specials

The 2019 Women’s World Cup was used as a trial for the updated Laws of the Game which included more scrutiny for goalkeeper encroachment during penalties. There was also VAR at the tournament, and it returned for the 2023 World Cup and 2024 Olympics.

However, VAR is still sparingly used in women’s club football in Europe. It has been implemented in the Women’s Champions League, but is not in the WSL.

Current 2024/25 WSL outright odds

Below you can find the latest 2024/25 WSL outright odds from Unibet, BetMGM and BetUK.

Defending champions Chelsea are the pre-season favourites, but they will be pushed close by both Arsenal and Man City. The latter in particular have bought well in the summer and missed out on the title last season by the smallest of margins.

You have to be 18+ to gamble. All odds within this article are accurate at the time of writing. GambleAware.

This week’s women’s football predictions

Feel you’re ready to start placing your women’s football? Read on for a little more information if you’re still looking to be armed with everything you need before you start looking to bash those bookmakers.

Women’s football price boosts

It would be foolish not to take advantage of the excellent price boosts, new customer offers and specials available on women’s football.

With some bookmakers such as Sky Bet, you may find a raft of boosted prices on every single game in the big tournaments.

Best bookmakers for women’s football

Markets are growing in women’s football, with new bookmakers getting involved more and more.

Such an influx of change means you may not be able to distinguish the good from the best. Fortunately, at Squawka Bet, we’ve done the legwork for you. Check out the crème of the crop below:

• Bet365
• Sky Bet
• BetMGM
• Midnite
• BetUK

What other competitions do we offer tips for?

We don’t just focus on women’s football for our betting insight. Indeed, there are plenty of other men’s tournaments and leagues we cover with just as much zest and accuracy.

So, without further ado:

• Champions League
• FA Cup
• League Cup
• Europa League
• Bundesliga
• Serie A
• La Liga
• League One
• League Two
• Championship
• Premier League
• UEFA Nations League

Women’s football offers & free bets

Aside from our women’s football tips and predictions, there’s plenty more betting contributions to delve into, chiefly the betting offers and free bets.

These will most be present for every knock-out game with specials, promotions and enhanced odds available to wager on.

So, strap yourselves in, arm yourself with our betting content, and sit back as the games come in thick and fast for an international tournament unlike any other.