Sports Betting: Football

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Player Shirt Numbers

Research is the key to success in player shirt numbers betting. Make sure you know the numbers of the likely scorers before you bet, or the likes of Thierry Henry could leave you staring at a loss

Betting on shirt numbers is a spread betting favourite. We show you how to bet on this unusual market

What on earth is shirt number betting?

It’s a bet on the sum of the shirt numbers from every goalscorer in a match. It’s most popular among spread bettors, but is steadily becoming more common among some of the fixed odds bookmakers.

Can you explain how it works in a bit more detail?

Take the example of Sparta Prague vs Arsenal in the Champions League where the spread is set at 27-30. Let’s say for example the result is a 1-1 draw with Slepicka (shirt number 10) hitting the net for Sparta and Henry (shirt number 14) scoring for Arsenal.

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