Shirt Number Betting Explained

In the fast paced world of gambling, bookmakers are always coming up with new and exciting ways to part you from your money! If you fancy trying something different that could reap rewards then look no further than Shirt Number Betting.

Shirt Number betting is where you bet on the sum of the shirt numbers from the players who score the match goals. Recently his has become quite popular, it’s a good way to get a bet on a game if you’re not sure who’s gonna win…

Let’s say that in an Arsenal V Man Utd game, the shirt spread is set at 27-30 by the bookmaker. You bet on whether the goals in the match will be scored by players wearing shirt numbers that add up to either less than 27 combined on their shirts or more than 30. If you thought it would be a high scoring game and bet more than 30, if the game was 1 – 1 draw with both Arshavin and Giggs on the score sheet then you would win because Giggs wears shirt number 11 and Arshavin 23 which makes a total of  34.

This is not an easy market to make money on so you really need to do your homework first. Some squads have high shirt numbers and others have strikers with relatively low numbers so make sure you know who’s playing, what number they are wearing and weight it up against the spread that’s on offer.

Shirt Number betting means that not only do you have to correctly predict the score of the match but also the goal scorers which can be tricky with teams that share the goal scoring responsibility amongst a few different players. But if you feel that a game will be low-scoring and the spread is set high at 27-30 then it may be worth going for.

There are a couple of tips for Shirt Number betting though. Firstly, if you’re new to this type of betting then go small with the bets. Finally look out for line-ups where regular goal scorers have high shirt numbers – this can work in your favour if the spread is high. Betfair bookmakers have shirt number betting on all Premier League games if you wanna try it out.