In this strange season, the first international break has arrived, which has caused a small amount of schedule change in League One that our “Supercomputer” hasn’t been able to make…Read More >
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Lower League Forecasts, October 3, Game Week 4
We continue at Scorecasting Economists to provide forecasts before matches have taken place. It’s something we enjoy doing – it’s interesting to try and predict something, to record it, and…Read More >
Lower League Forecasts, Game Week 3
Are things starting to take shape? In League One, big boys Wigan have started with two defeats, so have defeated play-off finalists Oxford, while favourites Portsmouth have only drawn their…Read More >
Lower League End-of-season Forecasts
We plan to issue regular end-of-season forecasts this season. Not least, because that’s what all fans are ultimately bothered about – what each match means for their chances of going…Read More >
End-of-season forecasts, Premier League
We posted our pre-season forecasts here, and the stand out pick was Everton for relegation. Models are only a function of the data going into them, and for our slimmed…Read More >
End-of-season forecasts, Championship, September 24
Being Reading-based economists, we’re delighted to see that Reading have made a strong start to the season – two wins out of two, highly unexpected too. Well, the Barnsley win…Read More >
Lower Divisions, Game Week 2, 19-20 Sept
The second strangest season ever (last season stranger, at least for now) continues today in English football’s lower leagues. Some pilot trials are running with up to a thousand fans…Read More >
Lower League Forecasts, Opening Weekend, September 12-13
Football Leagues One and Two return to action today – the first time these divisions have played without fans. Evidence suggests it won’t make that much difference to outcomes… Here…Read More >
Premier League Forecasts, Opening Weekend, September 12-14
The Premier League kicks off this afternoon – what’s going to happen? Neither Manchester club plays; will Liverpool go three points ahead of their two rivals? There’s a 67% chance…Read More >
Championship Forecasts, Opening Weekend, September 10-12
The Championship returns this weekend after a few weeks’ break. What’s going to happen? How will Wycombe do on their first day amongst the big boys? Well, they face fellow…Read More >