News
All the latest sports news and updates with MathODDS, no hassle — everything that matters in the sports world is right here!
-
Premier League: Dugarry savages De Zerbi over goalless Spurs
Zero. Six games in, still zero. Tottenham have not scored a goal this season. Two points, 17th in the Premier League, and a scoring column that has yet to be opened. Set that against the summer and it stings. Roughly 370 million euros went out the door in the transfer market, on top of back-to-back…
-
La Liga: Zidane gives Mourinho’s Real Madrid his blessing
He came for the cars The Madrid Formula 1 Grand Prix. Engines, grid walks, the usual noise. That is where the Spanish press cornered Zinedine Zidane, and nobody asked him about engines. “Real Madrid are doing very well, as usual. Mourinho has managed to build a very good team.” Two sentences. That was the whole…
-
Serie A: Gattuso says Nuno Tavares had Real Madrid in him
An inheritance, burned One hundred million euros. That is the number Gennaro Gattuso reached for when DAZN Italia asked him about Nuno Tavares after Lazio’s 2-2 draw with AC Milan. The Lazio boss does not do half measures. “I’ve always said Nuno Tavares is a Real Madrid-level player,” he began, which was the gentle part.…
-
Premier League: Two VAR officials dropped after Manchester derby error
Two days, one demotion Matt Donohue and Blake Antrobus will not be working the next round of Premier League fixtures. Pro Ref, the body running professional refereeing in England, pulled both men off the list. They had been on VAR duty for the Manchester derby at Old Trafford on Sunday. The Telegraph reports they stay…
-
NCAAF: Sankey cools the talk of a 24-team playoff
A 30-day negotiating window with ESPN opened last week and the assumption was that 24 teams would follow. The SEC commissioner spent Monday telling people not to assume anything.
-
NCAAF: The HBCU big four does not survive the data
South Carolina State are 3-0, nationally ranked and outscoring people 153-0. Opta’s efficiency model still rates them fifth among HBCU programmes, behind a team that has lost twice.
-
Football: Opta makes Bournemouth Europa League favourites
Ten thousand simulations of the 2026-27 Europa League produced an unlikely name at the top. A club playing its first European season of any kind comes out as the most frequent winner.
-
Football: The numbers said Hull City should go down
Opta’s expected points model had Hull City finishing in the Championship relegation zone last season. Four games into the Premier League, they sit on eight points and nobody can quite explain it away.
-
MLB: Padres win an eighth in a row at Coors Field
San Diego built a five-run cushion in Denver overnight, then spent three innings watching Colorado chip away at it. Mason Miller closed the door on an 8-7 win and a streak that now reads eight.