Football Rules: Half Teams to Score
Market description: Predict which team will score a goal in a specified half of a match.
1. Bets are settled only on the events that occur in the specified half of the match. This includes any injury/stoppage time added on by the match official at the end of the specified half of the match.
2. The other half of the match and extra time don't count unless otherwise stated.
3. If no goals are scored in the specified half, the winning selection in the market will be no goal.
4. If a match is postponed, normal postponed match rules apply.
5. If a match is abandoned, normal abandoned match rules apply.
- If a match is abandoned during the specified half and a winning selection has been established in the time played before abandonment, bets placed on that selection in this market will have already won and will be settled as winners. Bets placed on other selections in this market will have already lost.
- If a match is abandoned during the specified half 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 specified half didn't play for the full duration.
- If a match is abandoned after the specified half, bets placed on this market will stand - win or lose.
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.