La Liga at the moment looks like a congested motorway during rush hour, with several teams side-by-side at the top. However, with Lionel Messi back from injury and in very… La Liga: Heavy Traffic on the road to Glory
Who have been the best free-kick takers in Europe over the past five years? Lionel Messi? Cristiano Ronaldo? According to our research, neither of the two. After analysing all the free-kicks taken in… Bend it like Beckham: the top free-kick takers in Europe
We look at ten ‘top players’ and compare their World Cup performances to their historical ones, determining whether – in Russia – they outperformed or underperformed vs their own standards. By… Russian matryoshkas: Historical vs World Cup performances
We introduce Soccerment Performance Ratings (‘SPR’), an algorithm-driven system aimed at offering a rigorous and unbiased view regarding the performance of football players. What better way to launch SPRs, than… World Cup’s Top-11 and launch of SPR
Messi and C. Ronaldo likely to extend their dominion (1.04 goals per game) Suarez seems the only real contender and Dembélé could support him Griezmann and Benzema likely one step… 2018 Topscorer preview: Spanish La Liga