FOOTBALL - It will be no surprise to many that Vitesse’s Wilfried Bony is the Dutch top flight’s most efficient goalscorer. The leading Eredivisie marksman needs on average less than 80 minutes to score a goal. The picture below tells you which players follow in his wake.
FOOTBALL – Mesut Özil scored Real Madrid’s 300th league goal since the arrival of José Mourinho at the club in July 2010. Click the read more button to find out who scored Real’s milestone goals in Mourinho’s period at the club.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 350th goal for club and country in Real Madrid’s 5-2 league win over RCD Mallorca on Saturday. Click on the read more button to find out how these goals are divided over different competitions.
TENNIS - When looking at percentage of games (the ones that make up sets, which make up tennis matches) won at Grand Slams in Open era, the men’s singles Top 11 all-time contains the ‘Big 4’ of modern day tennis. Björn Borg and Rafael Nadal are the only two players that have won at least 60% of all their games, the equivalent of winning each Grand Slam match by 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
FOOTBALL – The Eredivisie begins again this weekend with PSV and FC Twente on 40 points, three points ahead of Ajax and Feyenoord who meet in this weekend’s second “Klassieker” of the season. Vitesse are a further two points back in fifth. Ajax have come from behind to win the Eredivisie title in the last two seasons and also nearly did so in 2009/2010, falling just short after closing the deficit with champions FC Twente from nine points to one in the last 16 matches. Can Ajax repeat these feats?
AMERICAN FOOTBALL - The NFL’s Divisional Playoff Round starts this weekend and it will be the first playoff match this season for the Atlanta Falcons, who at 13-3 are the NFC’s top seed. They have done that behind the easiest schedule in the league, having played opponents averaging only 6.75 wins. Click on the Infographic to enable its interactive features.
FOOTBALL - With the Premier League returning this week after taking a break for the FA Cup, the focus will be back on the title race between the two Manchester clubs. However, it is well worth asking whether that title race is actually all but over. Head of Analysis at the Infostrada Sports Group Simon Gleave has looked at the top three in the Premier League from a variety of different angles and presents his findings here.
FOOTBALL - Luis Suarez is a different player at home and away in the Premier League this season. At Anfield he scores most of his goals in the second half, while away from home he nets most of his goals in the first 45 minutes. Read more to see how this compares to other PL top scorers this season.
FOOTBALL - After Manchester City’s 2-2 draw with Ajax on matchday 4, the general assessment was that City’s poor performances in the Champions League are manager Roberto Mancini’s fault and he needs to be replaced. Similar things are being said today after City’s elimination from the Champions League.
FOOTBALL – Roberto Di Matteo was sacked as Chelsea manager this morning having been hailed as a genius in October. The question is what has actually changed? Infostrada’s Head of Analysis Simon Gleave takes a look.
FOOTBALL - In November 2011, the then coach of FC Twente Co Adriaanse coined the term rangjournalistiek (best translated as rank journalism) referring to his opinion that the league table during the season doesn’t reflect how good or bad the competing teams are. At the beginning of this season, Infostrada’s Head of Analysis Simon Gleave went in search of different methods to try and quantify this.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL - For the first time in four years a regular season NFL game ended in a tie, as the San Francisco 49ers and St. Louis Rams negotiated a 24-24 stalemate on Sunday. A rare occurrence, the tie can only come about if both teams fail to break a deadlock in a 15-minute overtime period.
BASKETBALL - The 2012/2013 NBA basketball season will start today and the early feature match involves the first step of the title defence of the Miami Heat and their star player LeBron James. ‘King James’ is embarking on his 10th professional season and we have compared him with several other dominant players at the same juncture in their careers.
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