Yes it is. It can be a dodgy market to bet on though as bookies use Opta stats that are suppose to be impartial but it doesn't always work like that. For example you see the KDB goal last night? If the keeper had saved that it wouldn't have been classed as a shot on target because it was a cross, even though had it not been saved it would have been a goal and as a goal they count it as a shot on target.
I had Fernandez and dzeko one plus shot on target each half at 16/1 with sky I’m now expecting a nice pay out, just came in ended up with a nice £170
Most betting sites use opta stats. This site shows the opta stats in real time. https://www.whoscored.com/ I use it loads.
Am I right in saying that 'blocked' shots don't count either? I've never understood that, if you hit a shot and it's going in the net without intervention surely it's a shot on target.
The bookies will always twist things to suit themselves. Last season I had a bet on Ollie Watkins to have a shot on target in the first half of a Brentford game. A cross came in, Watkins headed it goalwards (replays showed it as on target), a defender on the line got underneath it and could only help it into the net with his head. Watkins was awarded the goal - Skybet refused to pay out and would only post the Opta rules in any correspondence. The thing is, Opta do sometimes get things wrong - like in this case. Take Callum Styles’ goal away at Birmingham City this season. That is as clear an own goal you’ll ever see. Find the angle from behind the Birmingham net. Styles was still awarded the goal instead of an own goal for Leko. Baffling.
I thought the bookies went by Chris Kamara's stats to be honest: "There's been a shot on target hasn't there Chris?" "oh, I must have missed that one"
