Football Rules: Time of First Goal Before/After Live
Market description: Predict whether the time of the first goal will be before or after a specified time.
1. Bets are settled on the events that occur in normal time. This includes any injury/stoppage time added on by the match official at the end of normal time.
2. Extra time doesn't count.
- Bets placed on before and including 30th minute will be settled on the events that occur from the time of bet placement to 29:59.
- Bets placed on 31st minute and over will be settled on the events that occur from 30:00 to full time and will include any injury/stoppage time added on by the match official at the end of normal time.
- Bets placed before and including 60th minute will be settled on the events that occur from the time of bet placement to 59:59.
- Bets placed on 61st minute and over will be settled on the events that occur from 60:00 to full time and will include any injury/stoppage time added on by the match official at the end of normal time.
3. In-play bet acceptance rules apply.
4. A goal won't count if a shot is taken within the specified time period of the match and the ball doesn't actually cross the goal line until after the timeframe has expired.
4. If the final score is 0-0, the winning selection in this market will be no goal. All other bets placed will have lost.
5. If a match is abandoned, normal abandoned match rules apply.
- If a match is abandoned and a winning selection has been established in the time played before abandonment, bets placed on that selection will have already won and will be settled as winners. Bets placed on other selections will have already lost.
- If a match is abandoned and no winning selection has been established in the time played before abandonment, bets placed will be void, subject to normal abandoned match rules, because the match didn't play for the full duration.
6. Settlement of all stats markets will be based on data provided by OPTA (Part of the Stats Perform Group).
- OPTA stats are available here.
- OPTA may occasionally go back and make amendments to ensure accuracy. We'll settle all markets based on their final decision.
- Adjustments to the settlement of markets won't be made for changes or adjudications made by governing bodies after the event.
- OPTA have a long-established list of ‘Event Definitions’ which are adhered to across all of their data collection centres. They can be accessed here.