Does Speed of Attack matter?

2014-06-24

It certainly seems intuitive that having fast attacks should be a great way to launch efficient attacking moves. The attacking team has the chance to drive forward against an opposition that doesn’t have time to set itself or poss...

A Match Fixing Perfect Storm?

2014-06-23

Allegations of match fixing are commonly aimed at smaller footballing nations, where poorly paid team management figures and players can easily be lured to manipulate matches by the substantial payments offered by match fixers.

Will Colombia “Tank” Versus Japan?

2014-06-21

Although most World Cup group stage scenarios are beginning to take clear shape, there is one which a massive cloud currently hangs over. This involves the Japan vs Colombia match on Wednesday June 25 played at Cuiaba and more spe...

Syndicates in WC Public Money / High Limit Heaven

2014-06-12

Professional Syndicates are salivating ahead of tonight’s World Cup and in particular the opening match where Brazil take on Croatia. The amount of uninformed public money invested globally on the popular big name favorites is vas...

Syndicates quiet ahead of Word Cup: Why?

2014-06-05

Due to the nature of Asian and European betting markets, in order to maximize profitability professional betting syndicates must time when they place a bet. Syndicates crave access to high betting limits from bookmakers or deep..

Serie A: "Gemellaggio Season"

2014-05-16

It is clear from looking at historical data and Asian betting market moves within Italy’s premier football league Serie A, that some matches approaching season end appear to be bent. At this backend point in the Serie A season lea...

World Cup Penalty Shoot Out Data

2014-05-13

This paper is an essential starting place for an analysis for the impact of penalty shoot-outs in competitive international football as it reports some empirical findings on events in penalty shoot-outs in the World Cup (WC), Euro...

The Host Cities and Nation Base Camps

2014-04-27

This summer sees Brazil host 31 other nations in the 2014 Football World Cup, played over 32 days, in 12 cities. Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world, with an area of 8,515,767 sq km it’s big!...and while the World Cup.....

How Bookmakers Manage A Position

2014-03-10

Trading the investment of clients is crucial to the success of any bookmaking operation. The source of client investment is broad and wide ranging whereby each client differs in punting ability. A clients punting ability is define...

When is "Match Fixing" not Match Fixing

2013-12-12

Football is never far away from its next scandal and allegations of match-fixing certainly dent the reputation of the beautiful game. But is it right to call the recent claims of wrongdoing "match fixing"

Worlds Toughest League: Away Wins

2013-10-29

Why is Nigeria the world's toughest league in which to get an away win? Last season, 10 of Nigeria's 20 top-flight teams were unbeaten at home. None of them got more than three away wins. Why?

Fruede 11 Mathew Benham Interview

2013-10-19

Just how does the head of global betting behemoth “Smart Odds” and “Matchbook” bet? Freude 11 sits down to talk professional football betting with industry heavyweight Mathew Benham.

The Winning Formula: Data Analytics

2013-09-15

When Simon Wilson first arrived at Southampton football club he was a consultant for a technology startup called Prozone. Prozone had developed a proprietary player-tracking software which, fed by eight cameras around the pitch