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Funny & Bizarre You Tube Football Videos

We have come up with an amusing bunch of funny & bizarre You Tube football videos worth sharing. The following journey will take you through the realms of amazing tricks and feats, bizarre real game situations, hilarious goal celebrations,...
Football in East Africa

Observations of Football Mania in Uganda

The Start of it All: In early January 2011, this article was one of the first ever written in the Soccerwidow blog. I remember it clearly; another hot, sunny day on the verandah of our residence in Lugala, towards the end of our 2-year stay...
Soccerwidow's Turn to Balance the Books

Soccerwidow Match Preview Pause in Betfair German Blog

Unfortunately, this announcement is not good news for those of you who like to follow Soccerwidow’s regular match previews published in the German Betfair blog: With immediate effect, there will be a pause until further notice. Due to continued...
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26.8.2012 English Premier League: Liverpool v. Manchester City – Statistical Match Analysis & Football Betting Predictions

Liverpool fans can be assured that there will be a positive response from their team to last weekend’s humiliating 3-0 loss to West Brom. New manager, Brendan Rodgers, knows that two defeats in a row would increase the pressure on him...
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German Bundesliga 2012-2013: Bottom 2 Automatic Relegation Betting Statistics

In our recent article “Who’s going to win the 50th German Bundesliga title?” we analysed the Meisterschale winning chances of each team taking into consideration the previous 49 seasons’ data. We now switch attention...
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Who’s Going to Win the 50th German Bundesliga Title?

With just under 3 weeks to go until the start of the “Golden Jubilee” Bundesliga season we take a look at the 18 teams in contention for the title and statistically assess their chances of winning the Meisterschale next May. Defending...
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6.8.2012 Norwegian Tippeligaen: Stabæk v. SK Brann – Statistical Match Analysis & Football Betting Predictions

Stabæk are in desperate trouble and marooned at the bottom of the Tippeligaen. Going into this match they are 10 points adrift of even a relegation play-off place with just under half of the season remaining. It’s all a bleak contrast...
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5.8.2012 Belgian Jupiler League: Zulte-Waregem v. Gent – Statistical Match Analysis & Football Betting Predictions

Both teams are looking to build on their opening day wins and a victory for either will see one 100% record maintained and another dashed. It is of course too early to say which team is ‘in form’ but both kept clean sheets in their...
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Soccerwidow’s Match Preview Results: 8 Months, 117 Games, 317 Bets, Dec 2011 – July 2012

Sod’s Law The end of the month has arrived all too soon and following our 17 match analyses in July, encompassing 43 more value bet recommendations, it is time for our usual reckoning… July was the first month in our public experiment...
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Soccerwidow’s Match Preview Results: 7 Months, 274 Bets, Dec 2011 – June 2012

Reach for the sky… The end of the month has arrived once again and following 29 match analyses encompassing 67 more value bet recommendations, it is time for our usual reckoning. Throughout June, we had some help from newly welcomed guest...