Sports Analytics Weekly by kubeia.io - 7/2024

In the latest SBC Podcast I am joined by Harry Stewart-Moore, a gambling law specialist who works as Litigator Partner in the Gardner Leader Dispute Resolution team.

You may associate high powered lawyers with corporate bookmakers but Harry is different as he specialises in working for punters against these multi-million pound behemoths.

Jockeys, horse racing owners and high-rolling punters – Harry has a history of dealing with litigation in all of these fields, often representing David against Goliath.

Giving him unique insight into the workings of disputes between bookmakers and punters, with extensive experience of dealing with regulators and other industry bodies too.

UEFA has published the final revenue distribution figures for its European club tournaments in 2022/23. These are not very different from the modeled numbers that I have previously shared, but I thought it would still be worth summarising the actual results for the sake of completeness, at least for the major leagues.

Miami. City of … something. I don’t know, beaches, presumably. It's’ a town that loves sports, when LeBron is on the team, or the Heat are inexplicably in the finals. But last year, Miami sports fans had something new to excite them, and the city became known worldwide for something else: its proximity to Fort Lauderdale.

I don’t like to think of stats as something that ENDS these kinds of conversations because there are lots of things that stats don’t cover or are blind to, however, when the stats are like this, it should at a minimum have the person look to reevaluate their rating system (this is probably asking too much because people don’t come to these in the most cold, rational ways).

We're pleased to announce that we'll be releasing the entire 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament on our free data today - the first time we've ever released event data from the tournament to the public.

The San Francisco 49ers journey to the Super Bowl has been built on their league leading offense in combination with a strong defense. Their passing game has particularly fired, comfortably leading the league in terms of efficiency as measured by expected points added per play and success rate. Per our numbers, their rushing game sat a close second to the Buffalo Bills - whether throwing or running the ball, they’ve caused opposition defenses extensive problems this season.

MLS Fantasy is Live! Major League Soccer has returned for another season and that means the fantasy game has too. We take a look through the basics and check out some of the features the site has to offer us ahead of the new season.