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The launch of the latest installment of the world’s biggest football video game is upon us, armed with new gameplay features, like ‘dynamic tactics’ and ‘timed finishing’, but what most gamers will be more worried about is assembling their Ultimate Team starter squad. Where are you going to be able to find players that will be competitive without costing an arm and a leg? We’ve been digging into the stats to find some clues. More...

Across Europe, certain clubs have built up a reputation for bringing through players who go on to shine elsewhere. We’ve analysed every current top-flight club in England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France and Belgium over the last decade to see how many of the players in those divisions this season have passed through their ranks. More...

We’re continuing our series of analytical summaries for the EFL, covering three teams from each of the Championship, League One and League Two. Rather than starting alphabetically we’ve selected clubs at random and identified their top three strengths, weaknesses, goalscorers and creators. More...

Romelu Lukaku’s first-half miss against Tottenham on Monday night continued the Manchester United striker’s frustrating scoring record against the north London side. The Belgium international has netted just one goal in 863 minutes against Spurs in his Premier League career. But what other hoodoos persist in English football? We’ve looked back over the data from the More...

Today we’re launching a series of analytical summaries for the EFL, covering three teams from each of the Championship, League One and League Two. We’ve selected clubs at random and identified their top three strengths, weaknesses, goalscorers and creators. More...

With deadline day fast approaching, we're taking a look at where the value lies in making late Premier League transfers. A tighter summer window ending before the new season begins has put more pressure on top-flight clubs to get their house in order and seek out any bargain buys still available. More...

As anticipation for the new Premier League season builds, armchair managers are feverishly tinkering with their fantasy football squads, but how do you get the edge on your friends and colleagues? We’ve analysed the data for the official Fantasy Premier League game, including the strategies of last season’s top 50 managers, to help you top the league. More...

It’s only a matter of time before the £100m barrier is broken in English football and our detailed analysis of the biggest signings over the last decade has produced a 10-man shortlist of the players likeliest to make it happen. More...

With the World Cup over and attention snapping quickly back to the 2018/19 season, there’s an additional sense of urgency in the transfer market. We’ve cast our eye back to the deals done in the Premier League and EFL last summer, comparing what each signing achieved on the pitch with their total cost to the club - based on reported fees and wages - to see which players represented the best and worst value for money in a range of categories. More...

We’ve put together an interactive stage guide for the Tour de France 2018 which not only gives you all the information you’d expect but also includes an analysis of each stage’s importance to the riders challenging for the yellow jersey. We’ve done this by breaking down the performance of the last 10 yellow jersey winners More...

If you are heading to Wimbledon this summer you’ll have plenty of choices to make: there are plenty of courts available but you can only be in one at a time. To make your decisions easier we’ve analysed every match from the 2017 tournament - singles and doubles - to identify which Wimbledon courts are likely to provide what you’re looking for. More...

We've looked at every summer signing made by clubs in the 'big five' European leagues since World Cup 2006 - including which players moved after the tournament - to see how the last three editions have influenced the transfer market. More...

With the deadline for naming provisional World Cup squads fast approaching, Gareth Southgate will surely be scribbling down and crossing off names in search of the perfect combination for the plane to Russia. To assist him in his deliberations, we’ve turned to the data and come up with a simple scoring system inspired by fantasy More...

The Champions League and Europa League have both reached the semi-final stage and Liverpool and Arsenal are flying the flag for English football. We have analysed historic data from both competitions to identify trends in terms of what success or failure might mean for the teams next season, and which squads look best equipped to More...

Arsene Wenger has announced he will leave Arsenal at the end of the season so here are the Arsenal next manager odds and we have a great infographic on the main contenders to replace him. Carlo Ancelotti and Joachim Low have been installed as the early favourites in bwin’s next Arsenal manager odds, with Brendan Rodgers More...

The media have run out of superlatives to describe Manchester City at times this season, and even accounting for their recent sticky patch they will surely go down as one of the top-performing champions in the Premier League era. We wanted to find out whether they are likely to be remembered as the best of More...

This time last year, Burnley’s James Tarkowski had spent longer sitting on the bench than any other outfield player in the Premier League. Since then he has worked his way into not only the Clarets’ first team but the England squad. No player aspires to spending a career on the sidelines and Tarkowski has shown More...

Champions League betting odds > BET HERE! The knockout stage of the Champions League is in full swing and the competition to reach the final in Kiev is fierce. To help you find the best bets, we’ve gone beyond the usual form guides and head-to-heads and pushed ourselves to deliver a different take on the More...

Think Joshua will win? BET HERE! Think Parker will win? BET HERE! Explore all bets Odds: Joshua 2/25, Draw 33/1, Parker 6/1 Date: 2130, 31/03/2018 Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff TV: Sky Sports Box Office Anthony Joshua is strongly fancied to add the WBO heavyweight title to his WBA and IBF belts when facing Joseph Parker More...

CLICK HERE! to bet on the Champions League The knockout stage of the Champions League is in full swing and the competition to reach the final in Kiev is fierce. To help you find the best bets, we’ve gone beyond the usual form guides and head-to-heads and pushed ourselves to deliver a different take on More...

While the league table is ultimately all that matters at the end of the season, it only reflects the state of play after all 90 minutes have elapsed in each match and not the game states that have occurred beforehand. To see if it was selling some teams short – or perhaps flattering others – More...

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, we’ve turned our attention to football’s most successful goalscoring partnerships. For each of the big five leagues, plus the EFL, we’ve looked at which pairs of players have created the most goals for each other from the start of last season up to the end of January. We’ve also More...

CLICK HERE! to bet on the Six Nations With the Six Nations taking place, many fans will be planning trips to watch their national team in action. It is not always easy to predict which journeys will be worth it though, so to help we have combined data from every match since the tournament was expanded More...

Many clubs will still be looking to complete some important January transfer window business between now and the end of the month but who are the best signings? We’ve analysed over 2,500 mid-season moves to clubs in the ‘big five’ European divisions over the last decade, categorising each deal and measuring how effective it was. More...

CLICK HERE! to view all the bwin football markets There are plenty of clichés floating around in football about the importance of being top or bottom of the table at Christmas, but just how reliable are they in gauging how the rest of the season will pan out? We’ve looked at the last 10 Christmas More...

CLICK HERE! to view all the bwin football markets The value of closing out a win is becoming increasingly apparent in the Premier League this season. The two Manchester clubs have been ruthless in doing so and occupy the top two places in the league table as a result, while Bournemouth and West Brom languish More...

CLICK HERE! to view all the bwin football markets Set pieces have been taken far more seriously in recent years. Once seen as the preserve of the more agricultural teams in a division, the 2014 World Cup witnessed a surge in goals from dead-ball situations. We’ve crunched the numbers from the last three seasons to More...

CLICK HERE! to view all the bwin football markets We’ve crunched the numbers for every defensive player in the big five European leagues in the last three seasons – filtering out those who commit fewer than one foul per game on average, along with those who have made less than a season’s worth of appearances More...

CLICK HERE! to bet on World Cup 2018 The World Cup draw takes place on Friday and fans of all participating countries are keen to know which of the various combinations possible will give their side the most straightforward passage to the knockout stages. England’s supporters are no exception so to make things easier to More...

With the Ashes due to start at midnight, there will be plenty of English cricket fans bracing for some all-nighters. With Joe Root already having to respond to some Aussie jibes and plenty of nervousness about the absence of Ben Stokes, it’s safe to say there is plenty to be anxious about. We’ve analysed the More...