'Desperate' Premier League fans reckon pre-game bonk helps their team win on the pitch
More than one in 10 Premier League fans are so superstitious they believe pre-match sex helps their team win.
Researchers found 12% of all supporters think nookie the night before or on match days brings good luck on their pitch.
Liverpool fans are the most likely to believe pre-match nookie leads to victory with 25% saying having sex before games was lucky.
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That compares with just 2% of Fulham fans who are the least likely to indulge in the pre-match good luck nookie ritual.
Scoring in the bedroom is just one of the pre-match rituals, researchers found, as fans believe in wearing lucky clothing like socks, eating the same food before a game and following the same route to the ground.
The betting site BettingTips4You.com asked 2,300 Premier League fans what good luck rituals and superstitions they believe bring their team good luck.
Spokesman John Pentin said: “Our findings expose the extraordinary lengths fans go to in order to bring their teams good luck.
“Discovering that fans clearly link sex with winning was unexpected and honestly quite bewildering. It's a curious blend of passion, superstition and perhaps a touch of desperation.”
Manchester United fans are the second most likely to believe scoring in the bedroom leads to scoring on the pitch with 22% saying sex before matches brought good luck.
Newcastle fans came third on 20% ahead of Tottenham Hotspur fourth on 18%, Arsenal fifth on 17%, Chelsea sixth on 16% and Everton seventh on 15%.
Manchester City fans came eighth on 14% ahead of Aston Villa in ninth place on 13%, Wolverhampton Wanderers tenth on 12%, West Ham United eleventh on 11% and Nottingham Forest twelfth on 10%.
Sheffield United came thirteenth on 9% ahead of Crystal Palace in fourteenth place on 8%, Brentford fifteenth on 7%, Brighton sixteenth on 6% and Luton seventeenth on 5%.
Least likely to believe nookie leads to good results are Bournemouth fans in eighteenth place on 4% and Burnley fans in nineteenth place on just 3%, ahead of Fulham at the foot of the table on just 2%
Researchers also found that 70% of all fans, both mean and women, are superstitious.
Some 61% have a lucky item of clothing like a team shirt or coat and 22% always eat the same pre-match meal with 7% always taking the same route to the ground.
Another 28% believe in singing the same songs they have always sung inside the ground for luck and 19% prey before and during the game.
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