The Austrian Football Bundesliga offers a distinctive betting landscape shaped by a small, familiar league of 12 teams playing each other multiple times per season through its split-round format. After 22 regular-season rounds, the league divides into a championship group and a relegation group, creating distinct competitive dynamics in each phase. Scoring tends to run slightly higher than Europe's top-five leagues, with matches frequently clearing 2.5 total goals, partly due to the quality gap between perennial contenders like Red Bull Salzburg and the rest of the field. That gap also means match odds regularly feature heavy favorites, which bettors need to account for when assessing value.
Vig on Austrian Bundesliga markets tends to run wider than what bettors find on the Premier League or La Liga, reflecting the league's lower betting volume and reduced bookmaker competition. Moneyline and totals markets are widely available, but more granular props — player-level lines, corners, cards — are offered by fewer books and often carry steeper margins. This makes vig comparison particularly valuable in this league, since the spread between the sharpest and softest books on the same match can be meaningfully larger than in higher-profile competitions. Books with dedicated European football coverage tend to price these markets more competitively than generalist sportsbooks.
The season runs from late July through late May, with a winter break spanning roughly mid-December to early February. Odds tend to be most competitive during the early season and immediately after the winter break, when bookmaker attention is highest and line movement is driven by sharper action. The championship-relegation split in the spring creates unique situational angles — motivation levels shift dramatically, and teams in the relegation group often show different home/away form than their full-season numbers suggest. Weather is a legitimate factor during autumn and early spring matches, particularly at higher-altitude venues, where cold, wet conditions can suppress scoring and favor defensive setups. Tracking squad rotation, European competition fatigue for Salzburg and Sturm Graz, and managerial changes mid-season all provide edges in a league where public attention is limited and information asymmetry rewards the prepared bettor.
Ried @ LASK
| Side | Market | Best Line | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|
| home | h2h | Fanatics: -180 | -210 |
| away | h2h | FanDuel: +470 | +400 |
| draw | h2h | FanDuel: +330 | +295 |
| over | totals | BetRivers: -134 (+2.5) | -150 |
| under | totals | Bovada: +108 (+2.5) | -109 |
| home | spreads | Pinnacle: -105 (-1) | -115 |
| away | spreads | Pinnacle: -109 (+1) | -115 |
| over | totals | LowVig.ag: -105 (+2.75) | -105 |
| under | totals | Pinnacle: -111 (+2.75) | -115 |
Wolfsberger AC @ Austria Lustenau
| Side | Market | Best Line | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|
| home | h2h | Pinnacle: +299 | +250 |
| away | h2h | 888sport: -105 | -111 |
| draw | h2h | Pinnacle: +261 | +230 |
| over | totals | Pinnacle: -107 (+2.5) | -115 |
| under | totals | Pinnacle: -111 (+2.5) | -127 |
| home | spreads | Pinnacle: -107 (+0.5) | -122 |
| away | spreads | Bovada: -108 (-0.5) | -111 |
| over | totals | LowVig.ag: -140 (+2.25) | -140 |
| under | totals | LowVig.ag: +120 (+2.25) | +120 |
Rheindorf Altach @ Sturm Graz
| Side | Market | Best Line | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|
| home | h2h | Pinnacle: +386 | +350 |
| away | h2h | Fanatics: -145 | -160 |
| draw | h2h | FanDuel: +290 | +260 |
| home | spreads | BetOnline.ag: -105 (+0.75) | -115 |
| away | spreads | Pinnacle: -110 (-0.75) | -115 |
| over | totals | Pinnacle: -113 (+2.5) | -125 |
| under | totals | Pinnacle: -105 (+2.5) | -122 |
| over | totals | BetOnline.ag: +117 (+2.75) | +117 |
| under | totals | BetOnline.ag: -137 (+2.75) | -137 |
Austria Wien @ Hartberg
| Side | Market | Best Line | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|
| home | h2h | Pinnacle: +124 | +105 |
| away | h2h | Pinnacle: +236 | +220 |
| draw | h2h | FanDuel: +240 | +200 |
| home | spreads | Pinnacle: -108 (-0.25) | -122 |
| away | spreads | Pinnacle: -108 (+0.25) | -109 |
| over | totals | BetOnline.ag: +104 (+2.5) | -105 |
| under | totals | Pinnacle: -121 (+2.5) | -135 |
RB Salzburg @ WSG Tirol
| Side | Market | Best Line | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|
| home | h2h | Fanatics: -210 | -250 |
| away | h2h | BetRivers: +525 | +470 |
| draw | h2h | Pinnacle: +364 | +320 |
| home | spreads | Pinnacle: +104 (-1.25) | -102 |
| away | spreads | Pinnacle: -122 (+1.25) | -128 |
| over | totals | Pinnacle: -112 (+3) | -112 |
| under | totals | Pinnacle: -106 (+3) | -118 |
| home | spreads | LowVig.ag: -130 (-1) | -130 |
| away | spreads | LowVig.ag: +110 (+1) | +110 |
| over | totals | LowVig.ag: +117 (+3.25) | +117 |
| under | totals | LowVig.ag: -137 (+3.25) | -137 |
| over | totals | BetRivers: -175 (+2.5) | -185 |
| under | totals | BetMGM: +125 (+2.5) | +118 |
Grazer AK @ Rapid Wien
| Side | Market | Best Line | Worst |
|---|---|---|---|
| home | h2h | LowVig.ag: +350 | +320 |
| away | h2h | Bovada: -125 | -141 |
| draw | h2h | Pinnacle: +273 | +240 |
| home | spreads | Pinnacle: -118 (+0.75) | -125 |
| away | spreads | Pinnacle: +101 (-0.75) | -105 |
| over | totals | Pinnacle: -115 (+2.5) | -125 |
| under | totals | Pinnacle: -103 (+2.5) | -122 |
| home | spreads | LowVig.ag: +118 (+0.5) | +118 |
| away | spreads | LowVig.ag: -138 (-0.5) | -138 |
| over | totals | LowVig.ag: +115 (+2.75) | +115 |
| under | totals | LowVig.ag: -135 (+2.75) | -135 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best Austrian Football Bundesliga lines today?
The table below shows which sportsbook has the best available price on each side of every upcoming Austrian Football Bundesliga event. Line shopping across multiple books can save you 1–3% per bet compared to sticking with a single sportsbook.
What is vig (vigorish) in sports betting?
Vig — short for vigorish, also called juice or overround — is the margin a sportsbook builds into its odds. It's the difference between the true probability of an outcome and what the odds imply. Lower vig means you keep more of your winnings on every bet. For example, a standard -110/-110 line has about 4.76% vig.
How often is this data updated?
We pull fresh odds from The Odds API three times per day — at 6:00 AM, 2:00 PM, and 10:00 PM UTC. Each snapshot captures the latest lines from every sportsbook that has posted odds. The timestamp at the top of the page shows the most recent refresh.
How is the vig grade calculated?
Each sportsbook is graded on a letter scale based on average vig: A+ (under 2%) is exceptional, A (2–3%) is excellent, B+ (3–4%) is above average, B (4–5%) is the industry standard, C (5–6%) is below average, and D (above 6%) indicates high-juice markets.
Why does lower vig matter for bettors?
Lower vig directly impacts your long-term returns. A bettor placing $1,000 per week at a book with 4% vig loses roughly $40/week to the house edge. At 2% vig, that drops to $20/week — a $1,040 difference over a year. For serious bettors, shopping for lower vig is one of the most reliable ways to improve profitability.
What sportsbooks do you track?
We track both regulated US sportsbooks (DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars) and offshore books (Bovada, BetOnline, MyBookie, BetUS, LowVig.ag, BetAnySports). Data comes from The Odds API, which aggregates real-time lines from licensed sources.
How We Calculate These Numbers
- Data Source
- All odds on this page come from The Odds API, which aggregates real-time lines from licensed US and offshore sportsbooks. We track moneyline, spread, and totals markets across every sport with active betting lines.
- Update Frequency
- We pull a fresh snapshot of every tracked market three times per day — at 6:00 AM, 2:00 PM, and 10:00 PM UTC. Each snapshot captures the latest lines from every sportsbook that has posted odds for a given event. The timestamp at the top of each page tells you exactly when the data was last refreshed.
- Vig Calculation
- Vig (short for vigorish, also called juice or overround) measures the margin a sportsbook builds into its odds. We calculate it by converting the odds on each side of a market to implied probabilities, summing those probabilities, and subtracting 100%. For example, a market priced at -110/-110 implies 52.38% on each side — a total of 104.76%, meaning a vig of 4.76%. Lower vig means better value for bettors because you keep more of your winnings.
- Per-Market Breakdown
- We compute vig separately for each market type: moneyline (h2h), point spreads, and totals (over/under). The "average vig" shown for each sportsbook is the mean across all market types weighted by the number of events sampled in each market.
- Grading Scale
- Every sportsbook receives a letter grade based on its average vig: A+ (under 2%) is exchange-level pricing. A (2–3%) is very competitive. B+ (3–4%) is above average. B (4–5%) is the industry standard — a -110/-110 line is 4.76%. C+ (5–6%) is slightly below average. C (6–7%) is below average. D (7–8%) is high vig. D− (8–10%) is very high vig. F (10%+) is predatory pricing. See the full Vig Index Methodology for formulas, worked examples, and known limitations.
- Trend Tracking
- We store daily snapshots for 30 days, allowing us to show 24-hour and 7-day vig trends. A downward trend (improving) means sportsbooks are tightening their lines — often in response to increased competition or higher betting volume as a season heats up.