Last MLS season was another high for Brian Schmetzer’s Seattle Sounders. Despite underperforming in the area of goals and conceding one too many goals here and there, the Sounders made it all the way to the 2019 MLS Cup Finals, emerging as champions as they beat Toronto FC 3-1. In...
Barcelona are currently experiencing some problems with their forward line as Luis Suarez has been ruled out of contention for the upcoming four months and that could likely mean that the Uruguayan’s season is already finished despite it being only January. And of course, for a team that intends to...
In the modern game, the fullback positions are becoming more and more important. Gone are the days when this was a position in which to place players that maybe did not have the quality on the ball to play elsewhere. In today’s game with the prevalence of counter-pressing, there tends...
We should start here with an insight into how to use data when looking to recruit players for your club. In no way should data be used as the definitive and only source of information when looking to take new players into your club. Data has to be combined with...
With the January transfer window open it is an interesting time to do some recruitment analysis in order to identify players that certain clubs may look to target. The first of these articles will look at the centre-forward situation at Manchester City. Currently, City have two players competing for the...
Goalkeepers. A position that is arguably the hardest to truly analyse in football due to the unpredictability of the job. What makes a good goalkeeper? How do we know if a goalkeeper is performing well or is just blessed with a talented defence? In turn, how do we know the...
Manchester United have had one of their worst starts to a campaign in the last 30 years despite projected improvement in some quarters. There are question marks over whether or not Ole Gunnar Solskjaer should even be in charge. However, the premise of all this can be traced back to...
Sporty Trader is an online sports gambling portal. It has been founded in 2005 with the goal of providing valuable assistance for avid gambling and athletics followers. Throughout the services offered, Sporty Trader has always identified its founding principles; the goal is to provide bettors with the absolute best help...
Every European club dreams of winning the champions league, and it's not for the glory of it alone. Qualifying for the Champions League guarantees participating clubs plenty of money. Winning a single game earns a club €2.7 million while a draw commands €900,000. Qualifying for the round of 16 raises...
The MLS is fast approaching its climax, at least for the majority of its members. Those good enough to have finished in the top seven of their respective conferences will qualify for the post-season playoffs (The MLS Cup) last championed by Atlanta. In this article, we will take a look...
Nowadays, everybody is obsessed with reading stats and using them in the hope of gaining an advantage when it comes to betting. However, which stats are more important than others when it comes to placing a wager? Punters would be aware of the teams and will already have background knowledge...
A total of 24 teams came to France, with each team believing in their own philosophy, personnel, and tactics for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019. Although the Men's World Cup in 2018 showed that possession-based football is not the surest possible road to a successful campaign in a knock-out...
The use of data is not new to the field of sports. Originating from the American sports of baseball, “Sabermetrics” slowly spread to the other sports in the mainland – football, basketball, and hockey. While soccer was a little wary of embracing the change so easily, it can’t be denied...
Anyone who’s played a team sport knows the saying: “attack wins games but defence wins championships”. This rings true in football, where statistics like goals conceded can often matter as much as goals scored. That’s also why we’ve analysed some of the best defenders in the game, from Virgil Van...
Leeds United fans suffered the agony of another failed promotion bid this season when missing out on a return to the top-flight at the semi-final stage of the play-offs. The Whites finished third at the conclusion of the regular season with stats of 25 wins, eight draws and 13 defeats....
It was the dullest-ever climax to Chelsea's fifth-round FA Cup fixture against Manchester United. The Blues had been displaying a boring possession play when the ball came into Hazard's feet. The Belgian had a pretty chance to play a long pass to Higuain but it had already been late for...
Watford took just four points from their last six Premier League games of this season. In addition, the team of Spaniard Javi Garcia only managed to score six goals. Because of these poor performances in the last games of the season, they got knocked out of the top ten and...
What's happened after THAT summer in Russia? It is fair to say that Cheryshev thrust himself into the mainstream football conscience during his home nation’s World Cup in the summer of 2018. He finished the tournament with four goals, including a rocket in the quarter-finals against eventual finalists Croatia. However,...
We are trying to play a game from which we will benefit – we are looking to keep a balance. We have players who struggle a bit more when defending, so it’s normal for us to try to take the game to our opponents and keep the ball in the...
As we speed towards the end of the season the Premier League betting really heats up with all to play for in the outright, top-four and relegation markets. There’s also top-six and even match bets still to be decided and it’s not yet too late to back your opinions with...
