{"id":1975,"date":"2023-05-12T19:55:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T19:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10bettingsites.co.uk\/?page_id=1975"},"modified":"2023-05-12T19:55:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T19:55:36","slug":"can-you-bet-on-a-player-not-to-score-in-a-match","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/football\/can-you-bet-on-a-player-not-to-score-in-a-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Bet on a Player Not to Score in a Match?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PlayerThere are so many ways to bet on football that are \u2018goal positive\u2019, i.e. both teams to score, over 2.5 goals, first\/last\/anytime goalscorer and so on.<\/p>\n

But there aren\u2019t as many options when it comes to betting on fewer goals \u2013 surprising, given that around 48% of Premier League games witness two or less goals in them.<\/p>\n

Wouldn\u2019t it be interesting to be able to bet on an individual player NOT to score during a game?<\/p>\n

Perhaps we could add a few players to a single accumulator coupon to try and maximise our returns.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, there are very few ways to bet on what we might describe as the anti-anytime goalscorer market.<\/p>\n

Can You Bet on a Player Not to Score with the Bookies?<\/h2>\n

\"Bookmaker<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve searched high and low for a bookmaker that offers odds on a player not to score, from the major UK brands to smaller firms and even offshore companies based in Europe or Asia.<\/p>\n

But we simply could not find a bookie willing to offer prices on a player not score a goal in a game.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s strange, because some firms \u2013 especially those with an American presence \u2013 will offer odds on a player not to score a touchdown in selected NFL games, but as far as \u2018soccer\u2019 is concerned the bookies don\u2019t want to touch such a market.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s probably two main reasons for that: firstly, it would be difficult for them to lay off their liability (for reasons we will come to shortly), and secondly, this is a market that would be very difficult to price.<\/p>\n

For example, if a player is injured or sent off early in a game, it works in the bookies\u2019 favour in their first\/last\/anytime goalscorer odds. But if they offered prices for a player not to find the net, such an outcome would hand punters a rare edge.<\/p>\n

Consider it this way. What price would you offer for Erling Haaland not to score in a Premier League for Manchester City? Would you go odds-against? How about if you knew that the Norwegian failed to find the net in ten of his first 32 Premier League games during the 2022\/23 season?<\/p>\n

There are plenty of moving parts, and with 22 players on the pitch plus substitutes, pricing up a \u2018not to score\u2019 market would be difficult and fraught with risk on the bookies\u2019 part.<\/p>\n

Can You Back a Player Not to Score with a Betting Exchange?<\/h2>\n

The curiosity of the situation is exacerbated further by the fact that the Betfair Exchange, the most popular and liquid exchange in the UK, doesn\u2019t offer \u2018not to score\u2019 options on either the back or lay side.<\/p>\n

This is where the bookies would go to balance their liabilities on such a market, so that\u2019s another reason to explain why you can\u2019t wager in such a way on your favourite betting sites and apps.<\/p>\n

But a couple of exchanges \u2013 BetDAQ and Smarkets \u2013 do<\/em> allow you to get involved; albeit by laying first or anytime goalscorer picks where you can get matched.<\/p>\n

That is the rub, however. These markets are not all that popular with punters and so liquidity is low \u2013 some 48 hours shy of the Manchester City vs Everton game, the amount that had been matched on the Anytime Goalscorer market at BetDAQ was exactly zero.<\/p>\n

And this was the state of play at Smarkets:<\/p>\n

\"Smarkets<\/p>\n

The percentages at the top of the back and lay columns confirm how little balance and liquidity there is in this market, which makes the job of getting matched all the more difficult. The amounts listed under each player also reveals the general apathy to betting on the anytime goalscorer market at the firm.<\/p>\n

So can you bet on a player not to score? Yes, although you\u2019ll have to hope that your lay bet gets matched, and you almost certainly won\u2019t be able to wager in this way on any games other than those involving the most popular Premier League teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are so many ways to bet on football that are \u2018goal positive\u2019, i.e. both teams to score, over 2.5 goals, first\/last\/anytime goalscorer and so on. But there aren\u2019t as many options when it comes to betting on fewer goals \u2013 surprising, given that around 48% of Premier League games witness two or less goals […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":58,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-1975","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1982,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1975\/revisions\/1982"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulesofsport.com\/betting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}