Scottish Premiership Outright Odds & Betting

For once, Scotland reached its final league afternoon with the big question unanswered. Hearts were still chasing Celtic, Rangers had fallen behind both of them and the trophy could yet change hands at Celtic Park. That battle is now history, but a new one has started. BetVictor has football betting across the 2026/27 Premiership, including the title, finishing positions, relegation and leading scorer.

There was no early Celtic procession this time. Hearts arrived in Glasgow on the last day with an extraordinary prize still within reach: win the match and their 66-year wait was over. The hosts shut it down with a 3-1 victory. Five titles in succession, 56 altogether, but this one had made them sweat.

What followed was an unusually busy summer, even by Scottish football's standards. Martin O'Neill remained in charge of Celtic, while Rangers hired the man responsible for Hearts' challenge. Derek McInnes left Tynecastle for Ibrox and Lawrence Shankland made the same journey, giving Rangers a proven league scorer and leaving Hearts with two sizeable holes to fill.

The market currently has Celtic in front, with Rangers next and Hearts behind the Glasgow pair. Treat that as a snapshot, not a promise. A couple of poor results, an injury or one late transfer can soon rearrange the list.

This page sticks with the season-long calls. For the next round of games instead, head across to the Scottish Premiership betting markets.

Only 12 clubs take part, but the schedule has an extra wrinkle. Each side meets the other 11 three times to begin with. After game 33, the league breaks into two.

The leading six then play one another once more, as do the bottom six. Five final fixtures bring every club to 38. Nobody crosses between the two groups once they have been formed, even when the team in seventh later collects more points than the one sitting sixth.

That quirk gives the race for sixth a real edge. It can also change the meaning of a finishing-position wager in the weeks before the split, when one win may be the difference between looking towards Europe and spending spring in the bottom half.

Finish 12th and the drop is immediate. Finish 11th and survival comes down to a home-and-away play-off against a Championship challenger.

An outright can stay open for weeks or months. The winner is the headline option, although it is far from the only call available across a Premiership season.

Title Winner

This one needs no complicated explanation. Back the club you believe will be top after 38 matches.

Recent history points straight towards Celtic, but last season exposed the danger of treating the title as settled before Christmas. When assessing a contender, look beyond its strongest line-up. European trips, cup ties and winter injuries eventually ask questions of the whole squad.

Each-Way Betting

There are two bets hiding inside an each-way selection. One half of the money goes on the title; the rest goes on the club making the places advertised beside the market. A £5 each-way selection therefore costs £10 altogether.

Always read the terms rather than assuming second place is covered. The number of places and the fraction paid can vary. A team that places without becoming champion only returns something from that half of the wager.

Top Six and Other Finishing Positions

Many clubs begin with sixth as the real target. Getting there keeps them in the upper group for the run-in, brings five matches against the league's better sides and ends any lingering relegation worry.

The list may stretch to top three, top half or an exact position as well. Take the table seriously, of course, but glance at what remains. Two clubs level on points can have wildly different journeys ahead of them.

Relegation and Bottom Place

“To finish bottom” and “to be relegated” can settle differently. A club ending 11th may survive through the play-off, while another market could be based only on the regular league position. The wording on the slip decides it.

Livingston went down after finishing last in 2025/26. Their replacement, St Johnstone, returned as Championship winners after only one year away. Follow the division below through BetVictor's Scottish Championship odds.

Newly promoted teams are often pushed towards the front of the relegation conversation. That may be understandable, but it is not much of an argument by itself. Recruitment, home form and the ability to pick up points against direct rivals will tell us more.

Top Goalscorer

Motherwell forward Tawanda Maswanhise set last season's mark with 17 league goals. Benjamin Nygren and Lawrence Shankland finished one behind him, while Youssef Chermiti scored 15 for Rangers.

Past totals are useful, but circumstances move on. Has the player kept penalty duties? Will he start every week? Could European football mean rotation, or might a January move take him out of the division? Those questions can matter just as much as the finishing ability itself.

Celtic

Five titles in a row explain why Celtic remain the team to catch. The fifth was different from the previous four, though. Managerial upheaval and a genuine challenge from Edinburgh left O'Neill needing to steady the club before delivering on the final day.

They now have to defend the trophy while dealing with another European schedule. That brings bigger nights and less recovery time between domestic matches. BetVictor's Champions League odds cover the other major part of Celtic's season.

Rangers

Finishing third is a failure at Ibrox. Rangers were eight points behind Hearts and watched Celtic celebrate again, so a quiet summer was never likely.

McInnes brings a deep knowledge of the league and arrives after building the best non-Old Firm title challenge in decades. Shankland should add goals, but one signing cannot solve everything that went wrong. Rangers need fewer wasted afternoons away from home and a much stronger return from the Old Firm games.

Hearts

Ninety minutes separated Hearts from the story of a lifetime. The 3-1 defeat hurt, then summer brought another blow as McInnes and Shankland both left for Ibrox.

None of that wipes away 38 games of evidence. Tynecastle became a horrible place for visiting sides and Hearts earned second on merit. Staying near the title battle would be a superb response; even another European finish would suggest that their rise has roots.

The Clubs Behind Them

Hibernian and Motherwell carried European interest into the new campaign. Aberdeen will expect a place in the upper half, while Falkirk have already shown what is possible by reaching the top six immediately after promotion. Dundee United should be looking in the same direction.

A league title would require an enormous leap from any of them. Cup football is less forbidding, and BetVictor's Scottish Cup outright odds follow that road to Hampden.

Celtic have taken five trophies since Rangers went through 2020/21 without losing a league game. Hearts also altered the familiar picture last year. No side outside the Old Firm had occupied the top two since Aberdeen in 2017/18.

1. Sign in to BetVictor or register an account.
2. Open Football and find the Scottish competitions.
3. Choose Scottish Premiership Outrights.
4. Select the winner, scorer, finishing-position or relegation market.
5. Add your pick and choose an affordable stake.
6. Read the market, price and terms once more before confirming.

Outrights can remain unsettled for most of the football season. A bad week does not need an immediate reaction, and a losing selection should never lead to a bigger stake elsewhere.

BetVictor covers title races beyond Scotland too. The Premier League outright odds collect the winner, finishing-position and relegation markets from England's top flight.

Whatever the competition, decide on a limit before placing the bet and keep that money separate from normal spending. An attractive price does not remove the chance of losing.