In this article, we try to answer the question: Which football league is the best in Europe? There are various ways to try to answer this and we will go through a few of them: 1) UEFA’s ranking 2) Elo ranking League ranking according to UEFA’s coefficient table UEFA – the Union of European…
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Europe’s most dominating football team
In a previous post, we looked at how many different teams have won the Championship in Europe and we found that in a lot of leagues, one team had dominated the decade with 7 or more titles (read that article here). In this follow-up article, we aim to find out which European club has dominated…
Reduced home advantage in football due to crowd restrictions
A recent study found that football teams retain home advantage with no crowd – in other words, the lack of (home) support is not a key factor in match results and the home advantage is still present even without a home crowd (read more about that study here). However, there was one issue with that…
European league winners 2010-20
Have you wondered which football team wins their league the most? In this article, we look at how the different top leagues in football (soccer) across Europe have been dominated by single teams during the period 2010-20. Number of teams winning the Championship 2010-20 by league In the table below, we show how many…
How often do favourites win in football?
In this article, we will look into how often the favourites win in football (for you Americans out there: We will look at how often favorites win in soccer games 🙂). We do so by looking at some selected European top leagues to see if there are any differences between the leagues and the…
The Money Game – Prize money in the UEFA Champions League 2011-19
In this article, we look at how much the football clubs make by participating in the UEFA Champions League and we take a specific look at how much clubs from the Big 5 leagues have made in the period from 2011 until 2019. The headline states ”Prize Money in Champions League 2011-19” but we…
How to profit from sports betting
In this article, we discuss how to profit from sports betting – we will look at various ways for you to improve your chances to be one of the estimated 2% who can actually make money on a continuous basis from betting on sports. We will look at the following subjects: Sign up offers…
Premier League Goal Stats 2012-2020
Premier League Goal Stats 2012-2020 In this article, we look at some goal stats for the English Premier League (EPL), covering the period from the season 2012-13 all the way until the 2019-20 season (until March, when the Coronavirus put a stop to the tournament). Specifically, we want to answer these questions: What is…
SPORTS BETTING/TRADING – Understanding the odds
SPORTS BETTING/TRADING – Understanding the odds In this article, we discuss the different types of odds that are offered by different bookmakers and sports exchanges and which often depends on in what country the company is based. DECIMAL ODDS The decimal odds are the most prevalent odds used at exchanges and are,…
ROULETTE – Why You Shouldn’t Do It
(Picture by Oniff – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39409754) So, in this article, we’re doing something else, as we will discuss something we actually don’t like at all – pure gambling in the shape of roulette. ROULETTE – The House Always Wins Have you ever heard the saying, ”The house…