Football Settlement Queries

OPTA Overview & Helpful links

The statistics provided by Official OPTA Data will be used to determine the settlement of multiple markets we offer.

You can click here to view how we use Opta to settle statistic markets in football such as Shots on Target (SOT), Goalscorers, Tackles, Offsides, Assists, Passes, Cards and Corners as well as others.

Key live Opta stats are also published here. Once you select the game you wish to review, there will then be options presented to for the stats you wish to look at!

90 Minute Betting

All bets on football are automatically settled on the basis of 90 minutes play unless otherwise stated for that particular market. 90 minutes play includes time added on by referee for stoppages. The only exceptions are for matches that are played for a lesser duration (e.g. 60, 70 or 80) as agreed by the laws of the competition in which they are competing or agreed by both sides prior to kick-off. In such cases, if the match is played in the traditional format of two halves, all bets will be settled at the end of the agreed game length which includes time added on by the referee for stoppages whether the game length is advertised by Betfair or not. If the game is played in an unusual format (e.g. 3 or 4 periods) then all half-time markets will be voided but all other markets will be settled on the basis of the score at the end of the match (including any time added on by the referee for stoppages).

Postponed Matches:

If any match is postponed and rescheduled, we will take the following action:

All Matches:

If the match is confirmed to take place within the current or following 3 days of the original local event kick-off date, all bets on the match will stand, unless confirmation of the rescheduled start time is not received within 3 hours of the original kick-off, single bets will be void and multiple bets will be settled on the remaining selections.
Please note that games which have their kick-off altered prior to the kick-off time will not be classed as postponed.
Should the rescheduled time be outside of the following three days, undetermined bets will be void regardless of the announcement coming within 3 hours or not.
If the venue of a match is other than what is indicated on our website, the bet will stand provided the match has not been switched to the opponent's ground, in which case the match will be declared void. Notwithstanding this rule, in major international tournaments (e.g., World Cup, European Championships), all venues will be deemed neutral. If the scheduled venue of a match is changed, including if the venue changes to a new venue in a different country, all bets will stand.

Abandoned Matches

If a match is abandoned after it has already kicked off, any bets where the outcome has already been decided will stand. All other selections will be made void.
If it is announced within 3 hours of kick off that the game is due to restart within 3 days of the initial abandonment, all bets will stand. Undetermined bets will be void if no information is received within 3 hours of the initial abandonment.
Games where a referee removes the players from the field of play for a temporary period but resumes the remaining minutes of play by midnight local event time will not be deemed as abandoned and all bets will stand.

Players - Void Markets

Any player who takes the field for any part of a match will be deemed as a runner for settlement purposes. Only players not in the squad or unused substitutes will be deemed non-runners.

Bookings / Cards

For Over/Under Total Card markets, the maximum number of cards awarded to one player is two. Yellow Card = 1. Red Card = 1. Yellow Card + Yellow Card (Sending Off) = 2 Cards.
Bookings will only count for players taking part in the match. Bookings of managers, coaches or off the field of play will not count.
Any bookings made during half-time will count, however bookings made after the final whistle do not count.
Restrictions apply as to what special spread selections can be combined with in accumulative bets.
For first booking if more than one player being booked in the same incident the first player to be shown a card by the match referee shall be deemed the winner.
Both yellow and red cards count for this market.
Booking times will be settled on the match time when the yellow or red card is shown and not when the foul or offence took place. Bookings during half-time (before the 2nd half kicks off) will be counted as cards awarded in the 1st half for settlement purposes with regards to all relevant markets.
For any bets placed on the total number of cards to be awarded (e.g. in total, to a team or to a single player / group of players), a player who has been shown two yellow cards (and is therefore ultimately shown a red card) or a player who is shown a yellow card followed by a straight red card will, for settlement purposes, be deemed in each case to have been shown two (rather than three) cards. For the avoidance of a doubt, the award of a straight red card will, for settlement purposes, be deemed to amount to the award of a single card.