Football Rules: Player Shots On Target Match Bet
Market description: Select a player to have more shots on target than another player from the options available.
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. A shot on target is defined as being any goal attempt that resulted in a goal being scored or would have resulted in a goal being scored but was stopped by a goalkeeper's save or by a defender who's the last player.
- Shots directly hitting the frame of the goal aren't counted as shots on target, unless the ball goes in and is awarded as a goal.
- Shots blocked by another player (who isn't the ‘last man’) aren't counted as shots on target.
- A cross - even if dealt with by the keeper - isn't a shot on target (a cross is a medium- to-long-range pass from a wide area of the field towards the centre of the field near the opponent's goal).
4. If both players have the same amount of shots on target, the winning selection in this market will be a draw.
5. If both/either selected players don't start the match but enter the field of play at any time, bets placed on the market will be made void.
6. If a match is postponed, normal postponed match rules apply.
7. If a match is abandoned, normal abandoned match rules apply.
- If one (1) of the selected players has left the field of play in the time played before abandonment, and the player remaining on the field of play has had more shots on target than the player who has left the field of play, bets will stand. Otherwise, bets will be void.
- If both selected players have left the field of play in the time played before abandonment, bets will stand.
- If both selected players are still on the field of play at the time of abandonment, bets placed will be void, subject to normal abandoned match rules, because the match didn't play for the full duration.
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.