Football Rules: Goals in X Min Bands Live
Market description: Predict whether or not a goal will be scored within the specified time period of the match.
1. Bets are settled on the events that occur only within the specified time period of the match.
- Bets placed on 16th to 30th minute will be settled on the events that occur from 15:00 to 29:59.
- Bets placed on 31st minute to half time will be settled on the events that occur from 30:00 to the half time whistle and will include any injury/stoppage time added on by the match official at the end of half time.
- Bets placed on a specified time period of the match ending in full time will be settled on the events that occur to the full time whistle and will include any injury/stoppage time added on by the match official at the end of normal time.
- Bets placed on 46th to 60th minute will be settled on the events that occur from the start of the second half to 59:59.
2. In-play bet acceptance rules apply.
3. The ball must actually cross the goal line within the specified time period of the match to count.
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.
5. If no active play takes place at all during the specified time period of the match due to the match official suspending play due, although not exclusively, to injury, crowd trouble etc., bets placed on this market will be void.
6. If there's disruption to play within the specified time period of the match due, although not exclusively, to substitutions, injury etc., bets placed on this market will stand if any play has taken place.
7. If a match is abandoned, normal abandoned match rules apply.
- If a match is abandoned within the specified time period of the match and a goal has been scored in the time played before abandonment, bets placed on that outcome will have already won and settled as winners. Bets placed on other outcomes will have already lost.
- If a goal hasn't been scored in the time played before abandonment, bets placed on this market will be void, subject to abandoned match rules, because the specified time period of the match didn't play for the full duration.
- If a match is abandoned after the specified time period of the match, bets placed will stand - win or lose.
8. 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.