“Put it in the goal!” – Balls Up asks Londoners if football and romance mix

To celebrate the release of Amazon MGM Studios’ new outrageous football comedy, Balls Up, starring Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser, we took to the streets of the capital to ask people if devotion to the beautiful game can co-exist with a beautiful relationship.

From sacrificing sex for a European cup triumph, to keeping an eye on the scoreline during ‘intimate’ moments, hit play to see what Londoners had to say about their team always coming first…

Our social sampling follows research by international data collection agency Potentia Insight, who surveyed over 1,400 sports and film fans around the world to find out how they think a certain global football tournament taking place this summer might impact people’s sex lives.

It turns out, Brits are more likely to score if their team does, with 87% of men and 60% of women finding their partners more attractive when they are celebrating a win, and 61% of those asked agreeing it increases their odds of a post-game, er, ‘de-briefing’.

When it comes to ‘your place or mine?’, men fare better on familiar turf, with 54% of blokes saying they have better sex when their team hosts opponents. Female fans are less concerned with a home advantage, with 50% preferring intimacy after away fixtures.

But the bottom line is that despite being a nation of footy lovers, the people of the UK would choose time between the sheets over decisive clean sheets, with 74% of the men and 60% of the women surveyed saying they would rather lose the championship than give up sex for an entire football season. In fact, getting some action even trumps following the on-field action, as 62% of men and 60% women would rather have sex than watch an important game on TV.

Perhaps that’s wise. After all, the home nations’ track record in big tournaments often has everyone going home crying before the climax.

Catch raunchy buddy comedy Balls Up on Prime Video now.