Superstitious football fans have their own rituals before a crunch match – including kissing badges and prayer

From drinking some questionable fluids to bizarre pre-match rituals – sportspeople can be a superstitious bunch.

Research of 2,000 people who watch sport revealed 25 per cent will carry out unusual rituals ahead of a game to help improve their luck for a good result.

Of these, when watching at home, 23 per cent must sit in the same part of the sofa for any game, while 24 per cent will kiss the badge of their beloved club or nation.

And to avoid cursing their favourite team, 22 per cent will refuse to watch a match with specific people they deem ‘unlucky’.

During tournaments, 23 per cent of superstitious sports fans even claim they won’t wash if results are going the right way.

But do you have what it takes to become a table-topping champion and defeat this quiz on the rituals of the world’s best-loved sports stars?

The tricky test comes after four in 10 sports fans admitted they're ‘superstitious’, wearing a pair of lucky socks - or sitting in a preferred seat at home or in the stadium - for critical sporting events.

A spokesman for OLBG.com, which created a quiz and commissioned the research, said: “Clearly the nation’s sport lovers are full of superstition.

“Fans are a passionate bunch and will do anything they can to give their side an edge, whether it’s got any basis in reality or not.

“For many, this is probably based in a feeling of frustration they can’t actually get on the field and help the team that way, so it makes them feel they’re doing something.”