With the 2017 AFL season due to kick off on Thursday, below is our line up of betting resources to assist you with your 2017 AFL betting.
On AusSportsBetting.com
The following AFL betting resources are available on this website.
2017 AFL Season Preview
Steve Matheson has completed a comprehensive team-by-team 2017 AFL season preview, which includes futures betting tips.
Weekly Previews with Betting Tips
Weekly previews with betting tips are typically published every Thursday evening in the AFL section.
Email Newsletter
A newsletter is published every Thursday night, which provides an overview of selected upcoming sporting events, betting tips and keeps you up do date with the latest features on AusSportsBetting.com and her sister site AusSportsTipping.com. You can subscribe to the newsletter using the form at the bottom of the page.
Form guides
Weekly AFL form guides are available in the Data section. These provide recent results, head-to-head data and historical betting values for the upcoming round of fixtures.
Bookmaker odds comparison
View and compare the latest AFL odds in the Bookmaker Odds section. Odds are provided for both fixtures and futures markets. Only bookmakers that offer Australian dollar accounts are listed.
Historical data
To assist you with model building, historical AFL data, including game results and bookmaker odds, can be found in the Data section. The data set is updated weekly and is available in Excel (.xlsx) format.
Betting promotions
Active AFL betting promotions can be found in the bookmaker promotions section. Note that for legal reasons this section is not available to NSW visitors.
Betting tracker
We offer a free Excel betting tracker spreadsheet to help you track your bets and measure your betting performance. OpenOffice and Google Sheets versions are also available.
Beginner’s Guide
Our Beginner’s guide to sports betting provides a useful introduction to sports betting theory.
On AusSportsTipping.com
Our sister site provides the following 2017 AFL betting resources.
Interactive form guide
The Interactive AFL Form Guide enables you to filter each team’s form by home/away and strength of opponent. Note that the form guide will take a few game weeks to become insightful, but you can view the English Premier League form guide to get a good feel for how it works.
Match Centres
AusSportsTipping.com offers AFL match centres for every fixture. Each match centre provides bookmaker odds, member tipping tallies, form guides and in-depth performance guides for the game.
Line betting table
The AFL line betting table ranks each team based on how frequently they have covered the line this season. Figures are shown for home, away and all fixtures.
Predictability index
The AFL predictability index ranks each team based on the predictability of their score lines as measured by the accuracy of pre-game bookmaker lines. Figures are shown for home, away and all fixtures.
Betting value index
The AFL betting value index ranks each team based on their betting value in the head-to-head market. The data can be filtered by date.
Home advantage analysis
The AFL home-field advantage analysis compares each team’s winning records at home versus away. League averages and medians are also provided. The data can be filtered by date.
Stadium Analysis
The AFL stadium analysis provides win records, average scores, betting value, line & over/under records, average total scores and win percentages for each team at each stadium.
Elo Ratings
The AFL Elo Ratings tool calculates the Elo ratings of each team using the parameters of your choosing.