Football-preview guide - 23. 08. 2015
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Our previews are divided into several sections – now we are going to take a general look at each section of our analysis. In fact this is literally all what bettor needs to increase his potential rate of success.
Basic info
The first section shows us a general overview of the match. So you can see the country in which the match is played, name of the league and season, and of course also number of the round.
The team on the left stands for the Home team, the team on the right side stands for the Away team, as it is usually shown in Europe. After the match there will be a final result of the match with half-time result in the column.
This section also shows date of the match, time of the kick off and also name of the stadium on which is the event held.
Clickable bookmarks on the bottom of the basic info can redirect you directly to other sections which you can see.
Team Stats
The Team Stats table will show you so far standings of the current season for each team. On the very top of the table you can see stats for both teams from complete matches, including percentual rate of the result. So in this example you can see that Barcelona won 14 of 15 home matches, which is 93% of total home matches.
However, in only 9 cases of the 15 matches have Barcelona led after the half time. This could be important indicator for all bettors - it may show you that betting on win of Barcelona in half time might not be the very best idea.
Down there you can see stats about scoring of each team. First two lines shows number of goals for and against the team. Overall column shows total amount for both home and away matches.
Some interesting and important stats are highlited by green and red color. In this case, line with average scored goals per match is highlighted green for Barcelona. Can you see? This number shows that Barcelona scored 3,6 goals per match in average so far at their home stadium. This might indicate that it could be good idea to bet that Barcelona will score more than 2 goals in this match. This fact is supported by fact that Real Madrid has played only 21% of away matches with clean sheet. The possibility is then very high. And what more, so far it has never happened Barcelona not to score in the home match. Rules of probability are clear and says - this bet should be the winning one.
Missing players
This part of our analysis will tell you who of the squad will not be able to take part in the game. The table shows name of the player, his playing position, total games played and total games scored so far in the season. The question mark says that it is not 100% sure whether the player will really miss the match or not.
So in this case, you may see that Barcelona will maybe miss Andres Iniesta, midfielder who took part in 20 matches so far, scoring one goal. But in this case you cannot fully rely on the numbers. You must also be able to say who of the players has which impact on the field. In this case, missing Andres Iniesta may be a serious problem for Barcelona squad, because as you probably know, he is one of the best creative midfielders in the league and his passes are usually the key which opens the door of every defense.
Before taking any conclusions of this table, please make yourself sure that you can really estimate influence of missing player for the team. This table should be only auxiliary for you.
Match facts
This part of the preview should bring you some important trivia which could help you to make important statements before the bet.
In this example you can see that both of the teams are about to play important Champions league match next week. What should it mean? Well, let´s assume that this match is played at the end of the week. Champions league matches are always played on Tuesday or Wednesday. Which means that the players will only have 2-4 days for regeneration.
And this could mean what? You guess right - both coaches might want to save their biggest stars on which they rely in the Champions league matches.
However, not even this stat is 100% reliable. You might not forget that Barcelona and Real Madrid are top european teams and both of them has bench of restitutes full of high-quality players. So all in all this info could mean something, but also could mean nothing.
The other trivia says that Barcelona has scored 2 goals in last consecutive 14 home matches. What should this mean? It´s simple, this fact says that betting that Barcelona will shoot 2 or more goals could be highly effective way to earn your win.
H2H (Head to Head)
This table shows you stats of the last five games against each other. So in this case, you may see that Barcelona won 4 of the 5 matches (80% win rate), Real Madrid won 1 of the 5 last matches (20% win rate) and none of the matches ended by the draw.
Below you can see dates of the matches, together with final results of the matches. From the table you can see in which case which team was home and which was away. This may be also very useful stat for you to decide.
Fixtures
Few last matches of the team might be good indicator for the result of the upcoming match. In this example you can see five last games of both teams.
What is important - at every match you can see whether it was league match, Champions league match, Cup match or even friendly match. This is very important, because approach to the match may vary depending on the type of match. Friendly match may be very different to Champions league play off stages, as you sure know very well.
W in green square states win, D in orange square Draw and L in red square Loss. You can switch betwen overall stats, home stats and away stats, so you can see form of the team in every situation. Some of the teams may have poor general form on the first look, but if you get deeper to the stats, you may for example notice that they are very strong in away matches, and the upcoming match is played away.
Tables
In this section you can see a classic league table, including info about order of the teams, total amount of played matches, number of won, drawn and lost matches. G states goal stats - goals shot vs goals against. On the very right side you may see actual form stats - if you move your cursor on the match you are interested in, you will see a brief overview of the match. Let´s also say that you can see home and away tables, which may be very useful to you.
Over / Under table shows us stats about goals scored. To be more accurate - this table allows you to see in how many cases of the last five matches has the team scored selected amount of goals. So in this example you may see that Barcelona has scored more than 1,5 goals in he last few matches so the probability that it will happen again in the upcoming match is truly high.
