Premier League Punters

Whilst successful premier league players definitely don’t seek out red cards on the field, it seems that off-pitch, red, as well as black cards from a handy deck, betting shop wagers and casino delights are extremely popular.

With the amount of travel involved in attending away matches, gambling on the go is the 21st century option for players. With many casino games now available online, such as a quick spin of roulette at Saudicasinos.com or a virtual visit to big-name bookmakers for bets on the matches, horses and hounds themselves, a significant number of premier leaguers over the years have found gambling to be as much a part of their beautiful game as being on the pitch itself.

• Matthew Etherington, who’s enjoyed premier league success with Tottenham Hotspur, Stoke and West Ham is reputed to have spent well over £1 million through racing bets on both horses and greyhounds, as well as in poker games.
• Former Man United and Newcastle United winger Keith Gillespie was declared bankrupt in 2010 following years of gambling at bookmakers, including a spree he dubs “Black Friday” which cost him £47,000.
• Michael Chopra is another player who was at the top of his game on the field, but struggling with runs of poor luck in daily betting. He is reported to have spent over £2 million gambling during his football career.
• Dominic Matteo of Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United and Liverpool confessed to reporters that, despite the excitement he provided to football fans whilst on the pitch, when he wasn’t playing it was boredom which sparked his initial interest in gambling. Matteo made ready use of mobile technology for easy access to a range of gambling methods, including his favoured horse racing.
• Paul Merson, a respected former Arsenal and England player, also favoured gambling as an off-pitch past-time, reportedly spending up to £30,000 a time during betting sprees.
• David Bentley, of Arsenal, Blackburn and Tottenham Hotspur fame has also revealed that although he’s still young at under 30, he has been habitually gambling since he has been earning a premier league wage. He is reported to have been spending massive sums during sprees where he’s placed up to 100 bets a day.

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Of course, as Bentley’s experience shows, it’s that premier league wage which is often the starting point for players’ and their relationships with gambling. Whether it’s through investing large amounts into owning racehorses, as Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen have been reported as doing, by filling time on journeys or stints away from home with a visit to online casinos and bookmakers, to having inter-team card schools, it seems that a significant number of players are aiming for big wins off the pitch as much as on them!

Football Stats Legend/Notes

Universal To All Tables

Team = Team Name
P = Games Played

Standard League Table

*League table of all games played
Won = total games won
Lost = total games lost
Draw = total games drawn
GD = goal difference
Points = points total (win=3, draw=1, loss=0)

Form Table

1-8 = results over last 8 games with most recent game first (no.1)

Home Table

*Shows league table with results from only home games
Won = total games won
Lost = total games lost
Draw = total games drawn
GD = goal difference
Points = points total (win=3, draw=1, loss=0)

Away Table

*Shows league table with results from only away games
Won = total games won
Lost = total games lost
Draw = total games drawn
GD = goal difference
Points = points total (win=3, draw=1, loss=0)

Half Time Table

*Shows league table as if games ended at half time
Won = total games won
Lost = total games lost
Draw = total games drawn
GD = goal difference
Points = points total (win=3, draw=1, loss=0)

Team Goal Stats

*Shows most prolific teams in terms of shot to goal ratio.
Avg Shots = average shots on goal per game
Avg On Target = average shots on target per game
Goal % = percentage of shots which convert to goals

BTTS Stats

*Shows teams with most games played where both teams scored at least once
BTS = games played in which both team have scored at least one goal
% = percentage of total games in which both teams have scored at least one goal

Over/Under 1.5

*Ranks teams by most games with over at least 1.5 goals
Over 1.5 = games with over 1.5 goals
Over 1.5% = percentage of games with over 1.5 goals
Under 1.5 = games with under 1.5 goals
Under 1.5% – percentage of games with under 1.5 goals

Over/Under 2.5

*Ranks teams by most games with over at least 2.5 goals
Over 1.5 = games with over 2.5 goals
Over 1.5% = percentage of games with over 2.5 goals
Under 1.5 = games with under 2.5 goals
Under 1.5% – percentage of games with under 2.5 goals

Over/Under 3.5

*Ranks teams by most games with over at least 3.5 goals
Over 1.5 = games with over 3.5 goals
Over 1.5% = percentage of games with over 3.5 goals
Under 1.5 = games with under 3.5 goals
Under 1.5% – percentage of games with under 3.5 goals

Booking Stats

*Ranks teams by highest average booking points per game
Yellows = total yellow cards this season
Reds = total red cards this season
Avg Booking Points = average booking points per game (Yellow = 10, Red = 25)

Corner Stats

*Shows teams which pick up most corners per game on average
Avg Home = average corners per home game
Avg Away = average corners per away game
Overall Avg = average corners from all matches

Scored Both Halves

*Shows teams which have scored in both halves most often
SBH = number of times team has scored in both halves
% = percentage of games where team has scored in both halves

Clean Sheets

*Shows teams with most clean sheets
Clean Sheet = total number of games with clean sheet kept
% = percentage of games with clean sheet kept.

Average Goal Stats

*Shows teams with the highest average goals scored per game first
Avg Scored = average goals scored per game
Avg Conceed = average goals conceded per game

Premier League Potters

Average Goal HT Stats

*Shows teams with the highest average goals scored per game as if game finished at half time.
Avg Scored = average goals scored by half time
Avg Conceed = average goals conceded by half time

Premier League Pundits

Average Odds Stats

*Shows the average starting odds for all teams in the league with the shortest ranked first
Home = average starting odds when team at home
Away = average starting odds when team away
Overall = average starting odds from all games

Referee Stats

*Shows the most card happy referees
*Only includes referees with 5 games or more in specific league
Avg Yellow = average number of yellow cards shown per game
Avg Red = average number of red cards shown per game
Avg Points = average number of booking points given per game (Yellow = 10, Red = 25)