Let’s get the obvious one out of the way first. Artificial Ground – or AG – football boots are specifically designed to offer great performance on 3G and ‘long pile’ artificial turf. Now, players have synthetic playing surfaces that actually look like grass – whether it’s ‘long pile’ or ‘rubber crumb’ 2g, 3g or 4G – allowing the ground to ‘take’ a stud and allowing players to wear their match-day boots to training or casual games. There are no major upgrades in terms of shoe technology, but the quality of material used is superb. Comfort is given immediately out of the box but people with slim feet might find it difficult to get a snug fit. For a perfect fit, it’s advisable to go down one size smaller because the shoe runs a full size bigger. Adidas markets the World Cup SG as the high end of their Copa line. Actually, the World Cup and the Copa Mundial are almost the same shoe with the main difference being the soft ground version has six removable, screw in studs. For soccer, having the right shoes for the right pitch is critical. The right shoes are important to performance and safety.

A classic in the line of Adidas’ kangaroo leather soccer cleats, the Adidas World Cup has been a preferred soft ground cleat for more than twenty years.

As standard, the service will add 12 of our Performance Studs (6 on each boot) to your boots, consisting of 4x 13mm and 8x 11mm. We will affix the studs into the prime position taking into consideration both grip and comfort. Soft ground ‘SG’ soleplates are designed for wet, muddy pitches, where the metal studs will penetrate the top layer and prevent slipping. Of course, this means classics like the Copa Mundial, PUMA King and Nike Tiempo are exceptional choices, but more modern football boots can be found with mostly conical soleplates now, including the Nike Magista, adidas ACE and X, Umbro Velocita and PUMA evoSPEED for those who still want to stand out. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Often, soft ground boots will have six or more removable studs made of metal or injection molded plastic that can be swapped out for longer or shorter studs – which is optimal if you’re playing on both wet ground and natural grass on different game days. If you enjoy the idea of customizing your stud selection, then you should own a pair of SG cleats.

Well, the Football Association has this handy table in their ‘Third Generation Football Turf Guidance’ handbook:

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Here at Footy-Boots.com, we’re no expert orthopaedic surgeons or developers of artificial playing surfaces – we’ve just taken the opinions of the experts around us, add in our own personal experiences, and a dash of common sense.