Football Rules: Total Team Match Fouls
Market Description: Predict whether the number of fouls made in a match by the named team will be over the number specified.
- Over one (1) foul = at least 2 fouls
1. Bets are settled on 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 foul committed is defined as any infringement penalised as foul play by a referee that results in a free-kick or penalty event.
- Offsides are not given as a foul.
- Incidents where a match official has played advantage, even where they subsequently caution the player, do not contribute towards the total foul count.
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.
- If a match is abandoned and the under selection has already lost in the time played before abandonment, bets placed on that selection in this market will have already lost and will be settled as losers.
- If a match is abandoned and a result for this market has not already been determined then bets placed on that market will be void, subject to normal abandoned match rules, because the match didn’t play the full duration.
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.