Sports integrity analyst Starlizard Integrity Services (SIS) has released its latest report on global football matches, identifying 167 games as suspicious throughout 2023. The study looks closely at more than 65,000 matches, with the 167 number representing 0.26% of the total. This however is an increase of 16% compared to the 144 potential cases of manipulation from 2022 that SIS …
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Stats Perform and Starlizard report reduction in suspicious football matches
Releasing their fourth annual joint report, Stats Perform Integrity and Starlizard Integrity Services identified a reduction in the number of suspicious football matches during 2020. Marking the third successive year that the proportion of suspicious matches has fallen, the investigators identified 217 matches in 2020 as suspicious – 0.35% of the 61,296 matches analysed – representing a reduction in both …
Read More »SIS and SFA form integrity alliance for Slovak football
Starlizard Integrity Services (SIS) and the Slovak Football Association (SFA) have entered into a strategic partnership to combat match-fixing in Slovakian football. The agreement will see SIS alert the SFA when irregular and suspicious betting patterns are detected in relation to the country’s top-flight Fortuna Liga in addition to the Slovakia Cup and Slovakia Super Cup. Furthermore, the sports integrity …
Read More »Stats Perform and Starlizard warn of weekday threats in suspicious betting report
A total of 456 matches were found to have suspicious betting patterns, including a ‘clear trend’ for those played on weekdays, as part of the third annual ‘Suspicious Betting Trends in Global Football Report’ co-authored by Stats Perform and Starlizard Integrity Services. The report aims to help football’s global stakeholders better understand the complexities of monitoring suspicious wagering activities, providing …
Read More »Football integrity trio reports suspicious betting decrease
The ‘Global Football Report 2019’, released today by the working partnership of Stats Perform’s integrity unit, Starlizard Integrity Services and TXODDS, found that matches identified as having suspicious betting patterns decreased from 397 to 377 in the last year. The report, which aims to provide stakeholders of the sports integrity community with an informative overview of current trends related to suspicious football …
Read More »Betting on Football delivers blueprint for player props perfection
Perform Group and Sky Bet will join forces at this week’s Betting on Football (20-23 March) to expose what’s changed to drive the boom in betting on player and team stats. Featuring SVP of Perform Betting Shane Gannon, Sky Bet Head of Trading Andy Wright and Opta Chief Analyst Duncan Alexander, ‘Opta and Sky Bet’s blueprint for player props perfection’ …
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