Heung-min Son Set to Depart TottenhamTottenham Hotspur's long-serving forward, Heung-min Son, is reportedly on the verge of leaving the club.

Heung-min Son Set to Depart TottenhamTottenham Hotspur's long-serving forward, Heung-min Son, is reportedly on the verge of leaving the club.

The second goal Aston Villa scored against Tottenham is a textbook case of actions that don't appear in the statistics when analysing a game. Boubacar Kamara receives the ball on the edge of the Tottenham box, but it's the run of Marco Asensio that drags Yves Bissouma away and opens the space for Kamara to score. It's an intelligent piece of footballing action, but it won't show up on Asensio's stats at the end of the game. That action was a good summary of Asensio's influence on the game: su...

The second goal Aston Villa scored against Tottenham is a textbook case of actions that don't appear in the statistics when analysing a game. Boubacar Kamara receives the ball on the edge of the Tottenham box, but it's the run of Marco Asensio that drags Yves Bissouma away and opens the space for Kamara to score. It's an intelligent piece of footballing action, but it won't show up on Asensio's stats at the end of the game. That action was a good summary of Asensio's influence on the game: su...

Football is about achieving a simple objective: winning games (and by extension, trophies). You can further divide that objective into two sub-objectives: scoring goals and not conceding goals. That's how you win games after all, by scoring more goals than you concede. At this point, footballing philosophies and tactics splinter and diverge in a thousand different directions. Some managers prefer to play with the ball, some prefer to play without the ball. Some managers favour a back 3, other...

Football is about achieving a simple objective: winning games (and by extension, trophies). You can further divide that objective into two sub-objectives: scoring goals and not conceding goals. That's how you win games after all, by scoring more goals than you concede. At this point, footballing philosophies and tactics splinter and diverge in a thousand different directions. Some managers prefer to play with the ball, some prefer to play without the ball. Some managers favour a back 3, other...

Last month we dipped our toes into prediction markets with exact-score wagers on the Champions League quarter-finals. The response was terrific but we also heard the most common request loud and clear: “Let me back a winner, not a scoreline.” So we’ve levelled up.

Last month we dipped our toes into prediction markets with exact-score wagers on the Champions League quarter-finals. The response was terrific but we also heard the most common request loud and clear: “Let me back a winner, not a scoreline.” So we’ve levelled up.

The Champions League semi-finals are upon us and the stakes couldn't be higher. Arsenal face Paris Saint-Germain, while Barcelona take on Inter Milan in two heavyweight clashes.

The Champions League semi-finals are upon us and the stakes couldn't be higher. Arsenal face Paris Saint-Germain, while Barcelona take on Inter Milan in two heavyweight clashes.

Gameweek 32 of this season of the English Premier League came to an end last night with Bournemouth's 1-0 victory over Fulham. With 6 gameweeks left to play, the final state of the table is beginning to come into focus. Here are a few thoughts from the weekend's games. Liverpool Stroll To The TitleIt's done and dusted now. Honestly, I thought there wasn't much of a title race to begin with, and that it was over the moment Saka got injured, but I suppose there was always some chance of an upse...

Gameweek 32 of this season of the English Premier League came to an end last night with Bournemouth's 1-0 victory over Fulham. With 6 gameweeks left to play, the final state of the table is beginning to come into focus. Here are a few thoughts from the weekend's games. Liverpool Stroll To The TitleIt's done and dusted now. Honestly, I thought there wasn't much of a title race to begin with, and that it was over the moment Saka got injured, but I suppose there was always some chance of an upse...

The first legs of this season’s Champions League semi-finals could not have been more contrasting. At the Emirates, Paris Saint-Germain eked out a slender 1–0 win over Arsenal thanks to an early Ousmane Dembele strike, while in Spain, Barcelona and Inter Milan served up a six-goal thriller that ended honours even at 3–3.

The first legs of this season’s Champions League semi-finals could not have been more contrasting. At the Emirates, Paris Saint-Germain eked out a slender 1–0 win over Arsenal thanks to an early Ousmane Dembele strike, while in Spain, Barcelona and Inter Milan served up a six-goal thriller that ended honours even at 3–3.

We're running a new experiment at Falsenine: our first prediction markets are now live for this week's Champions League quarter-finals. Start

We're running a new experiment at Falsenine: our first prediction markets are now live for this week's Champions League quarter-finals. Start

Inter dragged themselves to the final, and PSG cruised to it. Here's how it all happened.The Angel Of MilanTypically, when I start writing one of these columns, I think of something interesting that stood out to me tactically. Some brilliant use of a player or a system that we were not expecting, to achieve the desired result. This game was not about that at all. At all. Don't get me wrong, there were tactical matchups aplenty. Thuram's hold-up play to help Inter progress the ball by playing ...

Inter dragged themselves to the final, and PSG cruised to it. Here's how it all happened.The Angel Of MilanTypically, when I start writing one of these columns, I think of something interesting that stood out to me tactically. Some brilliant use of a player or a system that we were not expecting, to achieve the desired result. This game was not about that at all. At all. Don't get me wrong, there were tactical matchups aplenty. Thuram's hold-up play to help Inter progress the ball by playing ...

Early Regional Roots (1890s–1950s)Football first arrived in Brazil in the late 19th century, introduced by British expatriates and well-traveled Brazilians. Early on the sport was an elite pastime.

Early Regional Roots (1890s–1950s)Football first arrived in Brazil in the late 19th century, introduced by British expatriates and well-traveled Brazilians. Early on the sport was an elite pastime.