Sports Industry Reports and Analyses

The 2026 World Cup Participants Punching Above Their Population Weight Ranking all finalists by squad market value per resident reveals which countries generate the most football... Read more

2026 World Cup: Team Values and Group Rankings The 48-team World Cup field is worth €17.57bn, with France leading all nations by squad value... Read more

Ball Possession Kings of Europe’s Top 5 Leagues Barcelona lead the way, PSG sit just behind, and Arsenal are the lowest-ranked champions among the... Read more

Earnings per Goal for the 2025/26 Golden Shoe Leaders Kane may be Europe’s top marksman with 36 Bundesliga goals, but each Mbappe strike in... Read more

The Most Overworked Footballers Ahead of the 2026 World Cup Virgil Van Dijk tops the list having already amassed over 60 matches and 90 hours of... Read more

Young Blood or Old Hands: Which of Europe’s Top 7 Leagues Give Young Coaches a Chance? Liga Portugal has the highest share of under-40... Read more

The Most Valuable Football Stars Missing the 2026 World Cup Twenty-one players worth at least €45 million will miss the tournament, but only one carries... Read more

The Teams with the Best Comeback Record in Europe’s Top Leagues Bayern Munich emerge as Europe’s comeback kings with 28 points won after falling... Read more

The Football Clubs Using the Most Players From Their Own Academies in 2025/26 Athletic Bilbao have used 20 players formed in-house this season, while... Read more

Champions League Winners Who Waited Longest for Another Title Inter own the biggest comeback after ending a 45-year wait in 2010, while Benfica have gone... Read more

Where Europe’s Top Leagues Get Their Managers From Managers from 25 countries are in charge of the 132 teams in Europe’s top 7 leagues... Read more

The Most Valuable U-21 Talents in Football Only two U-21 players are valued above €100 million, as Ligue 1 places five names in the... Read more

European Tournaments History: How the Champions League Last Eight Teams Compare in Previous Knock-Out Meetings One tie carries decades of knock-out history, while elsewhere... Read more

Scoring in the Wrong Net: Where Own Goals Are Most Common in 2025/26 Season Premier League clubs lead with 34 own goals – as many... Read more

The Football Managers with the Most Impactful Substitutions in 2025/26 Across Europe’s Top 7 Leagues No Premier League presence in top 10, as Kompany... Read more

The Best Goalscoring Duos Across Europe’s Top 10 Leagues in 2025/26 The Champions League will serve us a head-to-head battle between the... Read more

European Football Leagues in UEFA Club Tournaments 2025/26: Performance vs Market Value Cypriot and Irish teams among the biggest surprises, Austrian and Scottish clubs with... Read more

Countries Supplying the Most Players in the Champions League 2025/26 Only Spain provides more than 100 players, while Argentina’s footballers record the highest average... Read more

Caught Offside: The Teams Triggering the Most and Least Calls in Europe’s Top 5 Leagues From Sevilla’s 74 offsides to Lazio’s 24, La... Read more

Nationalities of the Coaches Leading Teams into European Club Tournaments Last-16 Round Spain supplies 11 of the 48 managers in the last-16 phase, ahead... Read more