Football Rules: Total Match Shots on Target
Market description: Predict the number of shots on target made in the match will be over the number specified.
- Over five (5) shots on target = at least six (6) shots on target or more
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 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 and the over selection has been won in the time played before abandonment, bets placed on that selection in this market will have already won and will be settled as winners.
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.