Here is our calendar of leagues showing you the start and end dates, and in connection with the 1X2 HDAFU Tables, exactly where the mid-season breaks are. Some leagues have still not confirmed their full schedules for 2023-24, but updates will be performed when information becomes available.
If you are not already aware, Soccerwidow’s HDAFU Tables are a powerful analytical tool to use for 1X2 (Home-Draw-Away-Favourite-Underdog) portfolio betting.
The level of detail contained in the tables even stretches to distinguishing between the first and second halves of a league season, where markedly different patterns of results are usually found.
Likewise, to help you plan holidays around your Over/Under Cluster Tables, please take note of the dates below. The number of teams these apply to in each league is governed by the available historical statistics: each team must be playing in at least a sixth consecutive season in its league during 2023-24.
2023-24 Winter Leagues
Start Date: 28th July, 2023
1st Half Ends: 9th December, 2023
2nd Half Starts: 17th February, 2024
Finish Date: c.18th May, 2024
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (22 matches each team). The league then splits into two groups of six: Championship and Relegation groups. Here, the six teams in each group play each other twice, home and away (a further 10 matches each team). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Bundesliga HDAFU Table.
The Bundesliga Cluster Table applies to eight teams guaranteeing a minimum number of 80 games for betting (41.67% of all applicable games) and a maximum number of 88 games (45.83%), depending upon the nature of the six-team splits (i.e. min. 4/4; max. 6/2 or 2/6). All end-of-season Euro League and Relegation play-off games are excluded from our analyses and should be avoided for betting.
Start Date: 28th July, 2023
1st Half Ends: 26th December, 2023
2nd Half Starts: 20th January, 2024
Finish Date: 16th March, 2024
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (30 matches each team). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Jupiler Pro League HDAFU Table.
The Jupiler Pro League Cluster Table applies to 11 teams guaranteeing 110 games for betting (45.83% of all applicable games) during the regular season. All end-of-season Euro League, Championship Group, and Relegation play-off games are excluded from our analyses and should be avoided for betting.
Start Date: 21st July, 2023
1st Half Ends: 3rd December, 2023
2nd Half Starts: 18th February, 2024
Finish Date: c.18th May, 2024
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (22 matches each team). The league then splits into two groups of six: Championship and Relegation groups. Here, the six teams in each group play each other twice, home and away (a further 10 matches each team). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Superligaen HDAFU Table.
The Superligaen Cluster Table applies to seven teams guaranteeing a minimum number of 60 games for betting (31.25% of all applicable games) and a maximum number of 72 games (37.50%), depending upon the nature of the six-team splits (i.e. min. 4/3 or 3/4; max. 6/1 or 1/6). All end-of-season Euro League play-off games are excluded from our analyses and should be avoided for betting.
Start Date: 11th August, 2023
1st Half Ends: 26th December, 2023
2nd Half Starts: 30th December, 2023
Finish Date: 19th May, 2024
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (38 matches each team). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the EPL HDAFU Table.
The EPL Cluster Table applies to 12 teams guaranteeing 132 games for betting (34.74% of all games).
Start Date: 11th August, 2023
1st Half Ends: 20th December, 2023
2nd Half Starts: 14th January, 2024
Finish Date: 18th May, 2024
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (34 matches each team). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Ligue 1 HDAFU Table.
The Ligue 1 Cluster Table applies to 11 teams guaranteeing 110 games for betting (35.95% of all games).
Start Date: 18th August, 2023
1st Half Ends: 20th December, 2023
2nd Half Starts: 13th January, 2024
Finish Date: 18th May, 2024
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (34 matches each team). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Bundesliga 1 HDAFU Table.
The Bundesliga 1 Cluster Table applies to 11 teams guaranteeing 110 games for betting (35.95% of all applicable games). All end-of-season Relegation play-off games are excluded from our analyses and should be avoided for betting.
Start Date: 19th August, 2023
1st Half Ends: 7th January, 2024
2nd Half Starts: 14th January, 2024
Finish Date: 26th May, 2024
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (38 matches each team). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Serie A HDAFU Table.
The Serie A Cluster Table applies to 12 teams guaranteeing 132 games for betting (34.74% of all games).
Start Date: 1st July, 2023
1st Half Ends: 13th November, 2023 (Apertura)
2nd Half Starts: c.5th January, 2024
Finish Date: c.2nd May, 2024 (Clausura)
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (34 matches each team). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Liga MX HDAFU Table.
The Liga MX Cluster Table applies to 15 teams guaranteeing 210 games for betting (68.63% of all applicable games). All end-of-season Apertura and Clausura play-off games are excluded from our analyses and should be avoided for betting.
Start Date: 11th August, 2023
1st Half Ends: 17th December, 2023
2nd Half Starts: 12th January, 2024
Finish Date: 19th May, 2024
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (34 matches each team). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Eredivisie HDAFU Table.
The Eredivisie Cluster Table apply to eight teams guaranteeing 56 games for betting (18.30% of all applicable games). All end-of-season Euro League and Relegation play-off games are excluded from our analyses and should be avoided for betting.
Start Date: 21st July, 2023
1st Half Ends: 16th December, 2023
2nd Half Starts: 10th February, 2024
Finish Date: 25th May, 2024
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (34 matches each team). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Extraklasa HDAFU Table.
The Extraklasa Cluster Table apply to nine teams guaranteeing 72 games for betting (23.53% of all games).
Start Date: 11th August, 2023
1st Half Ends: 14th January, 2024
2nd Half Starts: 21st January, 2024
Finish Date: 19th May, 2024
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (34 matches each team). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Primeira Liga HDAFU Table.
The Primeira Liga Cluster Table applies to seven teams guaranteeing 42 games for betting (13.73% of all applicable games). All end-of-season Relegation play-off games are excluded from our analyses and should be avoided for betting.
Start Date: 14th July, 2023
1st Half Ends: 20th December, 2023
2nd Half Starts: 20th January, 2024
Finish Date: c.25th May, 2024
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (30 matches each team) before splitting into Championship (top 6) and Relegation groups (bottom 10). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Liga 1 HDAFU Table.
The Liga 1 Cluster Table applies to six teams guaranteeing a minimum number of 39 games for betting (12.38% of all applicable games) and a maximum number of 60 games (19.05%), depending upon the nature of the splits (i.e. min. 3/3; max. 6/0). All end-of-season Relegation and Euro League play-off games are excluded from our analyses and should be avoided for betting.
Start Date: 21st July, 2023
1st Half Ends: 9th December, 2023
2nd Half Starts: 2nd March, 2024
Finish Date: 25th May, 2024
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (30 matches each team). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Premier League HDAFU Table.
The Premier League Cluster Table applies to nine teams guaranteeing 72 games for betting (30.00% of all games).
Start Date: 5th August, 2023
1st Half Ends: 2nd January, 2024
2nd Half Starts: 27th January, 2024
Finish Date: c.12th May, 2024
Each team plays each other three times (33 matches each team) before splitting into Championship and Relegation groups, where each team plays a further one match against all other teams in their group. All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Premiership HDAFU Table.
The Premiership Cluster Table applies to eight teams guaranteeing a minimum number of 96 games for betting (42.11% of all applicable games) and a maximum number of 100 games (43.86%), depending upon the nature of the splits (i.e. min. 4/4; max. 6/2 or 2/6). All end-of-season Relegation play-off games are excluded from our analyses and should be avoided for betting.
Start Date: 11th August, 2023
1st Half Ends: 20th December, 2023
2nd Half Starts: 3rd January, 2024
Finish Date: 26th May, 2024
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (38 matches each team). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the La Liga Primera HDAFU Table.
The La Liga Primera Cluster Table applies to 11 teams guaranteeing 110 games for betting (28.95% of all games).
Start Date: 22nd July, 2023
1st Half Ends: 16th December, 2023
2nd Half Starts: 20th January, 2024
Finish Date: c.12th May, 2024
Each team plays each other three times (33 matches each team) before splitting into Championship and Relegation groups, where each team plays a further one match against all other teams in their group. All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Super League HDAFU Table.
The Super League Cluster Table applies to six teams guaranteeing a minimum number of 51 games for betting (22.37% of all applicable games) and a maximum number of 60 games (26.32%), depending upon the nature of the splits (i.e. min. 3/3; max. 6/0 or 0/6). All end-of-season Relegation play-off games are excluded from our analyses and should be avoided for betting.
Start Date: 11th August, 2023
1st Half Ends: 24th December, 2023
2nd Half Starts: 7th January, 2024
Finish Date: 19th May, 2024
Each team plays each other twice, home and away (38 matches each team). All of these games are included in our analyses and can be considered for betting using the Süper Lig HDAFU Table.
The Süper Lig Cluster Table applies to 11 teams guaranteeing 110 games for betting (28.95% of all games).
2023-24 Winter Leagues Cluster Tables Summary
Minimum Number of Applicable Games (all 17 leagues): 1,592
Maximum Number of Applicable Games (all 17 leagues): 1,604
Hi Right Winger,
will you update this article with the dates now that the schedules are out? Thanks, and keep up the good work!
Hi Daniel,
Your wish is my command!
Everything duly updated – still a few gaps in the Winter League programme (Greece and a few end-of-season uncertainties), but this calendar article will continue to be amended as soon as dates become fixed…
Hi, i read all your stuff but never posted.
Im making something that looks at the “book” and finds pricing errors.
I can not think of a logical way to price matches between “NEW” teams (ones that have just been promoted) and existing teams.
It is very hard to get anything making much sense pricewise with so few games played in most of the leagues.
Got any tips on how to deal with NEW teams in Imature leagues ? ANything you have ever wrote on this would be very helpfull – I cant find anything on this subject.
Hi Semnomic,
Thanks for your comment.
We have written in the past about the issue of calculating odds for league newcomers and agree it is an unreliable science.
Better to concentrate on teams with longer track records in the leagues you are looking at.
I hope this helps in some small way.
Thanks for link – What I’m looking at is using history from newcomers LAST season, applying a sort of weighting to it and combining it back into current season. So although the HDA numbers + total goals etc are high for last season they get diluted yet give some credit. As the season progresses I dilute less and less until about 50% of way through season where NO old data is used…
Hi,
With the new format in the Ireland premier league this season, is the end of the 1st half of the season to be treated as the end of round 16 as stated in this article? Or would it be the end of round 18, which is exactly half of this season? Want to make sure I switch to the second half system at the right time.
Thanks.
Hi Simon,
I will update the article over the weekend with the various Summer League dates now that most of them are known.
You are right – end of Round 18 (19th May) signals the close of the first half of the season in Ireland.
Second half of season systems in Ireland should begin with the round of matches commencing on 21st May.
Thanks for taking the trouble to write.
I’m confused, the last match in Allsvenskan was played on the 27th of May, but you say it has no break during the World Cup, although the next match will be played on the 3rd of July. Japan J league also has a break since 20th of May, the next round will be played on the 18th of July.
Hi Jo,
Yes, the WC has interrupted a few schedules. From the Japan perspective, all of its analyses for the HDAFU tables split perfectly in half – the first 17 rounds followed by the next. The WC has created a ‘false’ break – what effect this is likely to be is anyone’s guess. But to be technically following the HDAFU tables’ model, I suggest using the half/half season break per the dates above.
I have changed the dates for Sweden and thanks for making me think again on that one.
Hi Right Winger,
ok understood. According to this article 2nd half of Finish Veikkausliga started on the 30th of June (round 17) but there were some teams with just 15 matches played and these teams played against teams with 16 or even 17 matches played. How to maneuver this the next time?
Hey guys,
just before you spend money, consider this data is to the most extend freely available online. And further, before relying on this data read this https://twitter.com/12Xpert and the information provided on the 11.04.2019 about systems based on historical data.
All the best.
Peter
Elena/Rob
Posting this here as it’s a calendar related questions. I’m interested in the take you guys may have on the coronavirus and the disruption it is having on the start of some of the summer leagues. China, of course, South Korea and now Japan are seeing it’s football games postponed indefinitely. We don’t know when the seasons will actually start, therefore do you think this will have any impact on the results distribution especially when considering 1st and 2nd half of season systems? Do you think this level of disruption should have any bearing on whether to pursue these particular leagues for betting purposes.
I’m attempting a summer league portfolio, but am a little concerned that betting on those particular affected leagues may not be wise in the circumstances due to the delayed start dates and possibly condensed/congested season which would be unlike any in the previous 5.
Your thoughts greatly appreciated.
Simon.
Hi Simon, nobody really knows how the virus will develop and if the world is truly facing a pandemic and what effect it will have on the economy and everything else.
However, I, as a statistician, see it for the economy far less devastating than many panic reactions suggest. So far, 80% of the infected people don’t show any or only very mild symptoms; the majority of them don’t even notice that they have the virus. The really big problem with these unaffected people is that they are carriers of this deadly virus for around 14 days. That’s a real problem and very high risk as it’s causing a very easy spread of this virus and hence, the intense control measures that are currently being put in place all over the world. All countries are working very hard to reduce the spread of the virus.
Of course, what must have an effect on the economy and businesses are the quarantines and lock-downs. However, how much and what exactly that is everybody’s guess. For example, in Italy, many A-League games have been recently played without a supporting crowd. However, I personally wouldn’t think that this should affect the game results, at least not as long all the players are still healthy, their managers and team around them as well as their families. But that is my opinion. Statistically, we will only know for sure next year.
Nevertheless, what I would suggest doing is to pick systems and monitor them for a while without putting on real big money. It doesn’t do any harm to start betting with real money a little bit later. Anyway, the first 6 weeks of every season are always a little bit bumpy, with or without a Coronavirus.
Good luck to you and everyone else who is reading this comment! Stay away from crowds for a while and try of not catching that virus! 🙂