A Match Event is each event in the real-life sports match that may earn you fantasy points. A negative action leads to minus points.
Using a real-life sports action depend on the:
- Data availability
- Fantasy game: a game organizer can simply discard some stats when creating a scoring system
- Sport
- Player position: eg. only a goalkeeper can score points for saving a penalty in football
Examples
- Football: minutes played, assist, goal, yellow card, clean sheet, penalty miss, …
- American Football: passing yards, running yards, touchdown, interception, field goal, …
- Cycling: finish place, jersey wearer, team bonus, …
- Basketball: 2 pt field goal, 3 pt field goal, free throw, blocked shots, steals, turnovers, assists, rebounds, …
