German DFB-Pokal Football Betting 2011-2012
The main domestic cup competition in any league around the world is always viewed as the biggest trophy to win besides from the league. The DFB-Pokal is a unique tournament which gives amateur sides the chance to compete against and beat some of the best sides in the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga Two.
The big sides in Germany all have European commitments and they may tend to focus on the Champions League and the Europa League a little more heavily than this tournament. However, there are some very strong sides in the cup that are always going to spoil the part for those amateur sides looking to make a name for themselves.
DFB-Pokal Betting
DFB-Pokal betting works in the same way as any other domestic cup competition. The trends are the same and the value will most likely not appear in the event until much later when the teams start to even out in terms of quality. The problem with DFB-Pokal betting through the early rounds is the fact that the bigger sides are always massively odds on for a win.
DFB-Pokal betting covers a variety of different markets which will be useful during those early matches where the value in directly backing a side has been sucked out of the equation. DFB-Pokal betting markets such as both teams scoring, handicaps and total goals will all be harder to predict but will all have longer odds for the matches where Bayern Munich will be playing a match against a side that few have ever heard of.
DFB-Pokal Favourites
The DFB-Pokal favourites are always going to be the bigger sides because they have the bigger and better quality squads. Bayern Munich will want to add to the record 15 titles they already hold in this competition. Borussia Dortmund will want to use the competition as a way to express their dominance as the current German champions.
This will be a good chance for Schalke to demonstrate why they are one of the DFB-Pokal favourites after they have taken a lot of criticism following their domestic and European performances last season. The DFB-Pokal favourites are always subject to change because the magic of the cup can always cause an amateur side to raise their game and cause an upset.
Schalke are also a very good example that DFB-Pokal favourites could turn out to be the side that hits the best patch of form during the tournament. Schalke reached the semi-finals of the champions League due to a good run of form before they were emphatically thrashed by Manchester United.
German Football Betting
It is worth doing some homework with German football betting because this tournament will be similar to a lot of the domestic tournaments seen in England and Spain. Quite often in competitions like the FA Cup, a team from League One who is scoring a lot of goals can beat a Premier League side. German football betting is no different.
German football betting generally produces more decent odds when the bigger sides play each other because no German side has really dominated German football in the recent past. From a betting point of view, it is fantastic there is no example of a side that is winning all competitions every season because this makes things a little more unpredictable.