When Mohamed Salah set up for a penalty kick in just the second minute of the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League final, he had a chance to score the potential deciding goal in one of global sports’ biggest contests. With a reported 63,272 fans in the stands, an estimated 380 million to 400 million people watching […]
A new paper published by Danish sports data company RunRepeat and backed by the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) makes it clear that soccer commentary in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada has a racism problem. Researchers from RunRepeat sampled 80 games from the 2019-20 seasons of the English Premier League, French Ligue 1, Italian […]
On any given week during peak soccer season, FiveThirtyEight offers projections for dozens of club soccer matches across the globe. The sheer volume of matches taking place this time of year can be paralyzing. With that in mind, we’ve added a feature to our club soccer predictions that rates upcoming matches on their quality and […]
On any given week during peak soccer season, FiveThirtyEight offers projections for dozens of club soccer matches across the globe. The sheer volume of matches taking place this time of year can be paralyzing. With that in mind, we’ve added a feature to our club soccer predictions that rates upcoming matches on their quality and […]
Global club soccer rankings men’s soccer teams Soccer Power Index (SPI) TEAM RATING RANK1-WEEK CHANGETEAMLEAGUECOUNTRYOFF.DEF.SPI 1 Real Madrid La LigaSpain3.50.593.5 2 Bayern Munich BundesligaGermany3.40.592.6 3 Barcelona La LigaSpain3.30.592.6 4 PSG Ligue 1France3.00.589.5 5 Juventus Serie AItaly2.60.587.0 6 Dortmund BundesligaGermany2.80.686.5 7 Man. City Premier LeagueEngland2.70.684.8 8 +1 Man. United Premier LeagueEngland2.40.584.3 9 +3 Chelsea Premier LeagueEngland2.50.782.0 […]