What is Super Sub: Substitute Guarantee Explained for Beginners - November 2025

What is Super Sub Betting?

Super sub is where a player is substituted off while a wager is unsettled, their replacement has the opportunity to win the bet. The cumulative total of the starter and the substitute determines the outcome of the bet.

The feature is available on markets such as first goalscorer, next goalscorer to score two or more goals, to be carded, and to score or assist, among several other options, depending on the bookmaker.

Until recently, player-outcome bets could be ruined by unexpected substitutions. It could be excruciating when the fun ended before the final whistle.

However, in recent years, several standout bookmakers have introduced Super Sub betting. The feature, available on bet365, Paddy Power, and Sky Bet’s highly-rated platforms, is a game-changer.

Super Sub selections can be lucrative and are utilised by experienced bettors to secure healthy returns on player-outcome wagers. Our guide explains how to use the innovative feature and when it’s applied.

Understand Super Sub with Real Examples

Backing ruthless Norwegian striker, Erling Haaland, to find the back of the net at least twice in the same game is often a lucrative bet.

Yet, if Haaland picks up an injury, is uncharacteristically ineffective, or Guardiola changes Manchester City’s shape, the forward might be substituted before full-time.

If the record-breaking Premier League scorer has not fulfilled the requirements of a “To score two+ goals” bet, his replacement will have the opportunity to settle it.

In this example, Rayan Cherki replaces Haaland. If Haaland has already scored, Cherki only needs to bag once to win the bet. If Haaland fired a blank, Cherki must score twice to win the wager.

Super Sub follows a similar structure across market selections. Whether it's player shots, player tackles, player fouls, or player to be carded, the cumulative total of the starter and the substitute determines the bet.

On a player to score or be carded selection, if Haaland fails to find the back of the net and is replaced by Cherki, who receives a yellow card, the bet wins.

However, if Cherki is booked for disrupting play before he’s entered the field, his yellow card will not count towards the Super Sub wager. Only one player can be active in the bet at any one time.

Different Types of Super Sub Betting Explained

With most leading sportsbooks – bet365, Sky Bet, Paddy Power, and William Hill, among others – Super Sub betting is applicable on singles, multiples, and bet builders.

Singles

A singles Super Sub bet is one selection on one market. If the selection wins, whether through the starter’s or the substitute’s contributions, the bet pays out entirely.

Multiples

Super Sub can be utilised on doubles, trebles, and accumulator market selections. Crucially, Super Sub does not need to be eligible for each leg of a multiple selection for it to be applicable.

For example, the following fourfold accumulator is compatible with Super Sub:

Erling Haaland to score (Super Sub)

Mohammed Salah to score or assist (Super Sub)

Chelsea to beat Brentford

Arsenal to score over 3.5 goals against West Ham

If each selection wins, the accumulator pays out.

Bet Builder

Bet builders are same-game multi-leg wagers. This means that Super Sub can be applied multiple times within the same match. In a contest between Arsenal and West Ham, a Super Sub-based bet builder could include the following market selections:

Declan Rice to score (Super Sub)

Bukayo Saka to score or assist (Super Sub)

William Saliba to be carded (Super Sub)

Arsenal to win 4-0

Arsenal to take over 6.5 shots on target

Super Sub only applies to the player-outcome legs of bet builders. If each of the five legs wins, with substitutions available to contribute to three of the selections, the bet builder pays out.

Super Sub Betting Strategies

Super Sub betting is often lucrative, although not necessarily strategic.

Sure, bettors can secure greater returns from a substitute closing an open wager – but how can they predict who the incoming player will be?

Substitutions often occur due to changing tactical shapes; like-for-like swaps are not always guaranteed.

This means that if Erling Haaland has suffered an off day and Pep Guardiola wants to revert to his old false-9 system, the Norwegian might be replaced by a midfielder.

If Haaland was backed on a Super Sub next to score wager, the incoming midfielder would be significantly less likely to score and win the bet.

Anyhow, it still increases the bettor’s chances of winning the bet. A substitute that’s less likely to score is better than not having the option at all.

What is Super Sub FAQs

What is Super Sub betting?

It lets a substitute player’s actions count toward a wager if the starter is substituted.

Which bets can use Super Sub?

Player-outcome markets like goals, assists, cards, and certain bet-builder legs.

Can Super Sub be used in multiples or bet builders?

Yes, it applies to singles, multiples, and eligible legs in bet-builder wagers.