AFL 2026 Tips, Predictions & Expert Previews

AFL punters can pool multiple results together over the course of the weekend to drastically improve their odds.

AFL multi betting works much the same way it does in any other sport. Almost all online betting sites in Australia will allow you to accumulate different results in a betting slip. Those odds multiply together to drastically improve the pay-out.

Here is an example of how an AFL multi can work:

Combined multi total = $5.83

While multi betting is increasingly popular, there are rules and warnings that punters should be aware of.

While multi betting is an easy and sometimes fun way to increase your odds and have a stake in multiple games for minimum outlay, punters must be remember that there are upsets in the AFL each week and the more short odds chances they throw in to one bet, the more chance they make of one of those legs letting them down. It is advisable to keep your multis down to three or four legs, but if you’re searching for big odds and think you can tip more winners, most bookmakers will let you add up to 10 separate legs to one bet.

Almost all AFL betting sites will now allow you to place conflicting results inside the same multi bet. So, for example, if you have two separate legs in a multi from the same game, like a player goals total into the final result, the multi will be voided. A multi leg cannot influence another result inside that multi.

There is however, exceptions to this same-game multi rule - the same game multi which you can read about below.

Here is an example of how an AFL same-game multi could work:

Combined same-game multi total = $69.90

Same-game multis often have drastically-improved odds, given the nature of exotic player odds within a game, but can provide punters with real value, given certain player exotic markets, if successful, would certainly improve the chances of a team’s overall result. It is by no means an exact science, but it is an interesting market for punters to indulge in.

You can check out our best AFL Same Game Multi Tips, which are provided for free each and every round of the season.

The 23-round AFL home and away season fixture is one of the great quirks of the sport and a source for constant debate.

The source of conjecture for the AFL fixture is the simple fact that the math does not quite work.

The 18 teams playing over 23 weeks means that some clubs will meet twice during the year and others only once.

The quirk dates all the way back to the days of the Victorian Football League, before it morphed into the Australian Football League, when 12 teams played each other twice over a 24-week season.

When the league expanded throughout Australia to adopt new teams, the length of the season remained for TV broadcasting rights reasons and now at 18 teams we are left with a fixture that many deem unfair.

The AFL attempts to cover this by scheduling repeat matches based on where clubs finished in the season before. So strong sides don’t beat up on weaker teams and get an advantage in the standings.

The AFL season typically starts in March and while the traditional date of the Grand Final is the last Saturday in September, the league’s great finale has been played in the first weekend of October a number of times over the last decade due to other fixturing quirks.

Games are fixtured from Thursday evening to Sunday evening over the course of a season, but blockbuster games on public holidays mean matches can also be played mid-week.

After a 23-week home and away season, there is a one-week break before the top eight teams compete over a four-week finals series that culminates in the AFL Grand Final, held at the MCG.

You can find the full AFL 2026 Fixture here, along with key games and calendar highlights.

The AFL’s big individual medals and awards are an incredibly-popular side show for punters who can find tremendous value and big odds in big, open fields.

Such is the popularity of these medals, futures markets for the next year can often open minutes after a new winner has been crowned.

AFL medal winners are a big part of the folklore and history of the sport and if there’s one thing punters love, it’s getting in early and picking the winners.

AFL Premiership: You can bet on who will win the AFL premiership all year round with odds available from the minute the Grand Final ends. 

Brownlow Medal: The Brownlow Medal is a betting phenomenon in Australia and the biggest individual award a player can win during the home and away AFL season. The Brownlow is judged by the AFL umpires, which will identify the best three players in every game in a 3-2-1 voting system. At the end of the season, the votes for each and every game are counted and the Brownlow Medal is awarded to the player with the most votes. Players who receive a suspension throughout the season can be deemed ineligible to win.

Norm Smith Medal: The Norm Smith Medal rewards the player that stood above the rest and performed on the biggest stage in the game – the AFL Grand Final. The Norm Smith goes to the best on ground in the finale and is voted on by a select group of media and ex-AFL players and champions.

Punters will choose from 44 players who take the field.

Coleman Medal: The Coleman Medal is awarded to the player who kicks the most goals during the AFL home and away season. The Coleman was once a more popular market that was fiercely battled upon by players who could notch more than 100 goals in a season, but the modern game, the unselfish nature of modern players and the advantage of unpredictable forward lines has made the Coleman harder to predict for punters.

AFL Rising Star: The AFL Rising Star awards the best young player in the game. To be eligible for the award a player must be under the age of 21 and played less than 10 games before the start of the season.