Football Rules: First Goalscorer Coupled

Market description: Select a pair of players to score the first goal in a match.

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.

3. Own goals don't count towards the first goalscorer.

• Example: If the first goal in the match is an own goal, the winning selection in this market will be the scorer of the second goal.
• If the second goal is also an own goal, the winning selection in this market will be the scorer of the third goal and so on.
• If no further goals are scored, the winning selection in this market will be no goalscorer.

4. Goals scored by a goalkeeper don't count towards the first goalscorer.

• Example: If the first goal in the match is scored by a goalkeeper, the winning selection in this market will be the scorer of the second goal.
• If the second goal is also scored by a goalkeeper the winning selection in this market will be the scorer of the third goal and so on.
• If no further goals are scored, the winning selection in this market will be no goalscorer.

5. If the final score is 0-0 or in the event of only own goals and/or only goals scored by a goalkeeper are scored in the match, the winning selection in this market will be no goalscorer.

6. If either/both selected players don't start the match and enter the field of play before the first goalscorer market has been won, bets placed on those players in this market will stand.

7. If either/both selected players don't start the match and enter the field of play after the first goalscorer market has been won, bets placed on those players in this market will be void, even if the remaining player scored the first goal.

8. If both selected players leave the field of play before the first goalscorer market has been won, bets placed on those players in this market will have lost and will be settled as losers.

9. If either/both selected players take no part in the match, bets placed on those players in this market will be void

10. If a match is postponed, normal postponed match rules apply.

11. If a match is abandoned, normal abandoned match rules apply.

• If a winning first goalscorer selection has been established in the time played before abandonment, bets placed including that player in this market will have already won and will be settled as winners. Bets placed that don't include that player in this market will have already lost.
• If both selected players have left the field of play without scoring the first goal in the time played before abandonment, bets placed on those players in this market will have already lost.
• If a winning first goalscorer selection hasn't been established in the time played before abandonment, bets placed on players that are still on the field of play in this market will be void, subject to normal abandoned match rules, because the match didn't play for the full duration.