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Betting and statistics guides

One entry per statistic: what it measures, how to read it, what it does not predict and what our model does with it. Educational content, not betting tips: we explain the statistics so you can decide for yourself.

Football statistics

Football statistics Possession in football: the most quoted stat and the least predictive What possession measures, why a team can win it and lose the match, and which other statistics you need to read alongside it. Read guide → Football statistics Shots and shots on target: the stat that does anticipate goals Why shots on target anticipate future goals better than goals themselves, how to read them and how they relate to expected goals. Read guide → Football statistics Attacks and dangerous attacks: what they are and how they are actually counted What counts as a dangerous attack, why it is the star statistic of live coverage and how much error it carries as an unofficial measure. Read guide → Football statistics Cards in football: the stat where the referee matters more than the teams Why a team's card average says less than the referee and the competition do, and how to read the number without the usual traps. Read guide → Football statistics Attack and defence strength: goals for and against, read properly How goals for and against become an opponent-adjusted attack and defence rating, and why it is the basis of any goals model. Read guide → Football statistics Average goals and Over 2.5 rate: how to read them and how they relate Why two leagues with the same goal average can have different Over 2.5 rates, and what the scoreline distribution adds to the average. Read guide → Football statistics «Both teams to score» as a statistic: what it measures and what it gets confused with The share of matches where both teams score is not a goals indicator but a distribution one. How to read it and how it differs from Over. Read guide →

Tennis statistics

Tennis statistics Service points won: the statistic that explains most of a tennis match Why service points won explains more than aces, how it combines with the rest, and what difference the surface makes. Read guide → Tennis statistics Break points: the most decisive statistic and the noisiest Breaks decide sets, but the conversion rate is one of tennis's smallest-sample statistics. How to read it without drawing false conclusions. Read guide → Tennis statistics Total games in tennis: what actually predicts it (and what doesn't) Format sets the frame, but within it what predicts the total is not how evenly matched the players are: it is each player's games tempo. We measured it. Read guide → Tennis statistics Tennis statistics by surface: why a yearly average is useless How the game changes between clay, hard and grass, why a single rating misleads and how the general rating blends with the surface one. Read guide →

Basketball and handball

Basketball and handball Points and pace in basketball: why scoring a lot isn't playing well The difference between scoring a lot and scoring well: what pace is, what efficiency per possession is, and why the points total depends more on the former. Read guide → Basketball and handball Points by quarter: why the four periods are not the same Why the first quarter is the most predictable and the last the most distorted, and what that means for reading period statistics. Read guide → Basketball and handball Point differential: the best indicator of level in basketball Why average point differential anticipates future performance better than the win-loss record, and how it connects to the handicap. Read guide → Basketball and handball Goals per game in handball: the sport of high totals Why handball behaves statistically more like basketball than football, and what that means for reading its goal averages. Read guide → Basketball and handball Goal difference in handball: the handicap metric Why average goal difference is handball's central statistic, how it relates to the handicap and what distorts it. Read guide →

Niche sports

Niche sports The three-dart average in darts: what it is and how to read it What the three-dart average is, how it is calculated, what level each number signals and why it is not enough on its own to anticipate a match. Read guide → Niche sports 180s and checkouts in darts: the two stats that decide legs 180s measure scoring power and checkouts measure the ability to finish. What each number means, which weighs more in a leg and what neither of them tells you. Read guide → Niche sports Table tennis: sets won %, comebacks and points per match What sets won %, comeback % and average points measure in table tennis, and why the first set decides less than it seems. Read guide → Niche sports Volleyball: points won on serve, streaks and sets won % Why serve rules in volleyball, what the longest streak really measures and how to read sets won % without mistaking it for level. Read guide → Niche sports Ice hockey: power play, penalties and overtime rate What power play percentage measures, why penalties cut both ways and what a high overtime rate really means. Read guide → Niche sports Rugby: tries, possession and time in the opposition 22 Why possession alone misleads in rugby, what time in the opposition 22 adds and how to read tries without forgetting the scoreboard moves other ways too. Read guide → Niche sports Run rate in cricket: what it is and why format decides everything What run rate is, how it is calculated, what is normal in T20 and ODI, and why comparing it across formats makes no sense at all. Read guide → Niche sports MOBA esports: kills, towers, dragons, barons and gold per map What kills, towers, dragons and barons and the gold difference measure in LoL and Dota 2, and why gold comes closest to explaining who wins the map. Read guide →

Model statistics

Model statistics Opponent-adjusted Elo: turning a run of results into a number How the Elo rating works, why beating the leader adds more than beating the bottom side, and the role of the K factor and home advantage. Read guide → Model statistics Recent form: what the last five matches are really worth Why a run of recent results adds less than it seems, which part of it is real information and how it should be weighted. Read guide → Model statistics Head-to-head (H2H): the public's favourite statistic and the weakest Why the direct-meeting record adds far less than it seems, in which sports it does matter and how to read it without fooling yourself. Read guide → Model statistics Expected goals per team: the number everything else comes from The expected goals a model estimates before kick-off are not the xG of shots already taken. What each one is and why they get confused. Read guide → Model statistics Model accuracy: why 80% can be worth nothing Hit rate is the most quoted metric and the easiest to inflate. What it really measures, why it isn't profitability and what to look at instead. Read guide →

Value betting

Value betting Calculadora de value bet en español: introduce probabilidad y cuota Calcula el value de una apuesta con tu probabilidad y la cuota. Fórmula del valor esperado, ejemplos y cómo lo aplica el modelo de BetsTalent. Read guide → Value betting Qué es el value betting (apuestas de valor) y cómo encontrarlo con estadística Qué es el value betting o apuestas de valor, por qué importa la probabilidad real frente a la cuota y cómo detectarlo con estadística. Guía rigurosa. Read guide →

Prediction models

Prediction models Calculadora de Poisson para apuestas: probabilidad de goles paso a paso Aprende a usar la distribución de Poisson para estimar la probabilidad de goles, resultados exactos y Over/Under. Fórmula, ejemplo paso a paso y cautelas. Read guide → Prediction models Cómo funciona nuestro modelo: Elo + Poisson explicado sin tecnicismos Cómo funciona nuestro modelo de predicción de fútbol: Elo mide la fuerza, Poisson reparte los goles. Explicado sin tecnicismos y con honestidad. Read guide → Prediction models El modelo de Poisson para predecir goles en el fútbol Cómo funciona el modelo de Poisson en apuestas de fútbol: la fórmula, un ejemplo paso a paso y cómo lo aplica el motor estadístico de BetsTalent. Read guide →

Odds and probability

Odds and probability Conversor de cuotas a probabilidad implícita (decimal, fraccional y americana) Convierte cuotas decimales, fraccionales y americanas a probabilidad implícita. Fórmulas, ejemplos, tabla rápida y cómo descontar el margen de la casa. Read guide → Odds and probability Probabilidad implícita de una cuota: qué es y cómo se calcula Aprende qué es la probabilidad implícita de una cuota, cómo se calcula paso a paso y cómo descontar el margen de la casa. Guía clara con ejemplos. Read guide →

Betting markets

Betting markets Guía de mercados de fútbol: Over/Under, BTTS y hándicap explicados Guía honesta de los mercados de apuestas de fútbol: Over/Under, BTTS y hándicap explicados con estadística, ejemplos y el porqué de cada cuota. Read guide →

The maths of betting

The maths of betting Matemática de las apuestas: bankroll, EV, ROI, yield y CLV Guía honesta de la matemática de las apuestas: bankroll, EV, ROI, yield, Kelly y CLV explicados con fórmulas y ejemplos. Datos, no promesas de ganar. Read guide →

Statistics by sport

Statistics by sport Apostar con estadística en cada deporte: fútbol, baloncesto, balonmano y tenis Cómo usar estadísticas para apostar en fútbol, baloncesto, balonmano y tenis: qué datos importan en cada deporte y cómo los modela el motor de BetsTalent. Read guide →

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