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If stats really matter, then why are we still not winning when all those numbers are free and available for everyone to use? Almost every sport now has detailed stats online like player averages, team efficiency, even advanced analytic - but when it comes to betting or predicting outcomes, most of us still end up wrong.

So maybe the question is: are we misreading the data, or is sports just too unpredictable that even the best stats can’t tell the full story?

If you take a mathematical approach, it should be in terms of probabilities, and it would give you a percentage of wins. If you know the world and its effects, there's no guarantee of 100% results, so it's most likely that another result will occur if it happens. You should know that it's to increase your chances, but not be 100%.

It really matters a lot. The reason most of us aren’t winning is probably because we’re not being smart enough with how we play. But if you believe there are people out there who actually win, then it means it’s not impossible, they’re just doing something right. They don’t win by luck alone, they use real analysis as their basis.

Maybe we’re all seeing the same games, the same stats, but we don’t process them the same way. Or maybe they just have information or insight that we don’t. That’s what makes the difference between being an average bettor and a profitable one.

The more you analyze, the more experience you gain, the more chances you have of winning, but you will never get a full guarantee. So you always have to take the risk that you can afford to lose. Gambling makes everyone realize that he can be a big winner based on his statistics. But not all clubs or players can play well or for some reason they cannot score, then they lose. So even though you find a good team statistically, it may be more likely to win, but he may not win with a guarantee. So it is important for you to remember this before overconfidence.

They say to win in sports betting, you have to find the value and you can’t do that without looking at the stats. The stats are what give you direction, and without them, you’re basically betting blindly, which is no different from relying on luck.

Maybe that’s why most bettors still don’t win, we’re just not being smart enough with our approach. With all the websites and data available today, there’s no excuse not to study the numbers. But if we’re looking at the wrong things, our analysis will always lead to the wrong results. And if you’ve been betting for years without profit, maybe it’s because you’re repeating the same mistakes over and over again.

If it were as easy as just look at stats and you will know the winner, there wouldn't be sportbetting as the casinos would be broke. People would only be betting 1 side and they'd get rinsed.

For the most part if you look at moneyline odds, the favorite wins alot. Not every game but alot. The payout is very low especially in the predicted blowout games. The 50/50 games are a bit harder to know/predict the winner which is where stats help IMO.

statistics provide you with completely unadulterated, real, and straightforward information. you can use them very well, or you can misunderstand them completely and fail to grasp what is happening.

the thing that is not understood about statistics is this: for example, you see that team a has won three games in a row, and the next game is against team b, which has lost four games in a row. if i asked you to predict who will win based solely on this statistic, you would definitely choose team a. but then, if i gave you more information, if i told you that team a plays two leagues below team b, and if i also told you that team a consistently lost after winning three consecutive games throughout the season, this time your choice would be team b.

that's how statistics work. when they present something to you, they ignore and hide dozens, even hundreds, of other details. if you're curious about this topic, please research how statistics can mislead us. it's important to be aware of this.

That's how important it is for someone before gambling and placing a bet to first understand what is being bet on, in the world of sports and my experience of analyzing, data collection, survey data, calculating results during sports matches, studying data on the sport we want to bet on is very important, if it is all included in a statistical system, it is clearly very necessary.

This means that statistics will help us to gamble on sports, where the existing data really determines the chances of what we are betting on, for example football, without statistics we bet like a blind person.

First of all, not everybody ready to work with data. It is rather dull process - search information, collect it, data processing... On the other hand you see the odds, see the team names and make a bet - much easier and faster.
Second moment is that we have to understand the game, teams, coaches. Sometimes just one players` injury can change the game, but for another game this player willn`t be improtant. Also i don`t think that it would be easy to find how teams are playing during the rain for example. It is misrading data, yes.
And third moment is random/luck. No one can guarantee win due to statistics.

It is just like studying old past questions to write a new exam, you cannot always rely on them because each new game has the potential for a new outcome regardless of the old statistics. Old statistics are only meant to give you an idea, a sort of reference based on what happened, they do not give you a certain outcome of the future.

There is always the room for randomness in sports this is why it is tagged a game of luck.

Statistics only help while the outcome of the match no one ever knows but rest assured you bet in sports using statistical data it will be better than betting carelessly without data.

The name of the bet is 50/50 odds but by looking at statistics you have a 20% chance so the overall chance is 70% (this is just my own data). ;D

So I bet without statistics will be bad, but with statistics it will be better even though losing will always be there.

The simple reason is that past outcomes are not the guarantee of the future outcomes. We are being warned daily on things like this because nothing is guaranteed. That is why the most feat, vicious and efficient team could lose a match to a weak team. Is that not crazy?

I conclude by saying that the stats are crucial factors here, but we should always remember that they are not the only factors required. Fate is there, luck is there, chance is there, and even unforeseen circumstance is there. They could always influence the most perfect stats, which is why we should not be certain about anything in betting no matter how beautiful it aligns, but gamble responsibly.

The point is that these collected statistics are incomplete, meaning they only take into account a portion of the data. Therefore, you can't rely entirely on statistics. Sports are unpredictable due to a combination of factors that can't be fully analyzed. There will always be factors that statistics don't account for, and it is this information that will be decisive when evaluating betting results.

We interpret only a portion of the data, and of course, it's impossible to make 100% accurate predictions when, for example, you only have 70% of the initial data. Hidden factors (incomplete statistics) will prevent you from accurately analyzing an upcoming event and making the right (winning) bet.

IMO, it's just too unpredictable, and maybe we are expecting too much.

Let's say a player is averaging 10 rebounds per game, and the reward for betting on that is x1.80. Now, we also put the same number, but the odds of losing that bet are high.
We need to adjust to the lower multiplier with lower stats prediction. Not upward or equal to the average stats of the player. But because we cannot accept the small profit that it will give, that's when we get it wrong and we lose.

It's either our ego or not accepting the very low profit that will be given to us.

Stats does matters, it does not guarantee success or wins but it helps align your insight to what you should be expecting and make you prediction in that direction, one thing the stats does not do for you is to predict the game exactly and also the real time human inconsistencies that could happen on the pitch during the play, it also does not covers the actual happenings of that game on that day before the game commence so it can not get you predicting just exactly least it will not be called gambling, it only does gives you data you will look at and then see a pattern and suggest an expectation for a particular fixture and not that it is exactly what's going to happen, it is actually unpredictable even by the casino and the stats because human can not be predicted 100% but can have some expectance on them going by the pattern of their previous behaviors.

This is very true, as we also say that ball is round and its anybody ball game. If you look in the NBA also. There are some team that are really great and strong but we never had 82-0 record in any season.
Numbers will not lie but I still remember when Dallas was at rank number 1 vs GSW at rank number. GSW swept the number 1 team in the play-offs 4-0. What is the big factor why it happened?
The coach of the GSW was the former head coach of Dallas MAvericks.

Stats help you to have objective basis to build your prediction. However, stats are not the only thing that matter in football. Don't forget about Ref and etc. Judging club performance by being fixated on stats is bad. Just take a look at MU vs Forest. Many judged MU to win the game, but the result is far from that.
The result is still being affected by numerous factors.

Stats are not sport bible that can help you to win your bet without understanding the game deeper.

Stats are important to me because they help improve bets... although they don't guarantee anything but whenever we make bets on sports we always look at the stats.

Sometimes we bet according to our gut feeling... but still stats are mostly used to look at data in previous H2H matches.

Do not expect to guarantee any winnings because this is a bet you can possibly lose at any time.
If betting guarantees with statistics then betting will be the main source of income for gamblers.

Using stats to make an informed decision is not mandatory, anyone and everyone is free to
flip a coin for heads or tails!

Using stats is of course not a guarantee to having a winning bet, nobody can predict the future
and in sports literally anything can happen when it comes to human behaviour and decision making.
Anything that is going to be a dead certain wont have odds or maybe 1.01.

But making an informed decision on what way to bet can at least increase the odds of winning
that bet, personally I would rather do a little research than rolling a dice.

Stats don't give us the complete picture, the form maybe more relevant than the stats but the result is still majorly influenced by the performance on the particular day which can end up really bad in the most unexpected way and that is the point of sport, anyone should be able to win over the other and if not then what is the point of watching the losing team.

If you're asking this question, you first need to understand simpler games, like roulette or even just flipping a coin. It's not about the accuracy of your predictions, but how much you earn when you're right and how much you lose when you're wrong. The ratio is always such that the bookmaker will, on average, earn more with each "flip." Those are the rules of the game.
And yes, sports remains the most difficult area to predict, but the same rules apply to random variables that allow the game organizer (in this case, the bookmaker) to always remain profitable.

Sport is so unpredictable my friend. Stats only helps you to be closer to your luck, but it cannot assure you a win on any match in sports. The reason is because many things affect the game as they play. From injuries in the field, to red card and substitution. Most times the team you expect to win may find it difficult to win because the other team has done a deep analysist on how they play. They also know the area that need to be focused on, how to prevent the other team from penetrating their goalie and so on.

Sometimes stats can't really gives us a well detailed information about a teams real strength, so I wouldn't say it's hundred percent accurate all the time but it actually matters in sports betting. Making use of stats increases your chances of winning and helps you to get a better prediction but like I said, this is not always going to give us the results we need that's why you should not be too sure of any bet you place.

Stats I know are just historical datas that details analyses team strengths and their formations.
In sports bets I think this piece of informations is only meant to help players who are not familiar with the teams to have clue of the teams capacities.

Using it as an analytical instrument on your bets depends on the individuals because the bookies did not state it that the stat is your winning tool. However, sport games are unpredictable that using the stats can not guarantee you winning because, no team is unbeatable.

Sports is unpredictable but these stats might help us to predict what would likely the result of the upcoming match. Honestly I'm not a football fan and doesn't really know the teams but my highest wins were in football and I'm using the stats including previous matches, standing and h2h to analyze what could be the outcome of the match, it's not working all the time but I do win more than I lose. So for me, these stats do matter if we're going on the technical side but we can't deny the fact that there's a lot of other things that may affect the result such as player status (injury, absence, etc.).

Maybe the real issue isn't the lack of data, it's how we read it. Well, it's just that sports are simply too unpredictable for any statistic to capture the real outcome as it depends lots of factors, even ref's decision matters and can change the outcome.
At the end of the day, stats can guide us, but they can't control the game.

Possible that we're misreading the data but data is not all in sports betting. While it helps to determine on which team has the "higher chance" to win, it's not everything when it comes to gambling. And that's sports betting, it's very unpredictable. Even those with 1.01 odd, I've seen those games didn't even went accordingly based on the odd. That just means that in sports betting, we'll never know if the stats that we've used are going to be as accurate based on how we read it. Though it's a way to increase our chance of winning.

True bruh, I will agree with you on this.. Stats might give you an idea or help you make a more informed prediction, but at the end of the day, football is not mathematics, anything can happen on the pitch..
One red card, a missed penalty, or even weather conditions can change everything in seconds. That is why betting purely based on stats can be risky, sometimes, it is just about luck and timing..

Personally when I bet, I always consider statistics, but that doesn't mean I ignore other factors, such as the percentage of luck involved. Therefore the statistical portion should be balanced with unpredictable factors, for example 85% statistics, while the rest can be based on player mentality, fan motivation, and player fitness on the pitch. This allows you to bet more rationally without being fixated on data that sometimes doesn't always align with the final results.

I think the problem is that the numbers show what has already happened, but the game is decided by what is yet to happen. Statistics help, but they don't predict emotion, human error, or chance. In a way, that's how I think.

The data we use in analysis to place bets increases our chances, but it does not prevent us from losses. The increased chances from analysis are never perfect. The habits of bettors in taking higher risks also affect success. Favored teams cannot always win, but their chances of winning are higher than other teams. However, I believe bettors need important statistics when placing bets.

All of that stats don't count in football, games we'd assume is already won by a favorite team ends up switching to the underdog team's favor before the game ends. Football unveils on the go, there'll never be a means to a sure prediction of who will win a match.

Analysing the statistics of previous matches alone will not let a bettor to predict accurately. This is the reason why we do fail even after those statistics available for free of cost to everyone. In trading, there is a saying like, no guarantee of influence of past thing into the future. This is very much true with gambling as well. So, all detailed statistics must be having limited influence so just analysing statistics alone will not bring expected results.

When statistics cannot reflect the impact of an overnight injury, how we can rely on statistics alone?

There are lots of rooms for statistics to be lagging in predicting the upcoming event. So, betting cannot be done with 100% accuracy which is the reason it is still under the gambling category ;D.  

I think so too, because bookmakers use this data to set their odds, which best predict match outcomes, and also leave themselves a margin to ensure they come out on top after the bettors. There will certainly be winners, but without them, many wouldn't believe they could win. I want to say that even relying on these statistics doesn't give us a clear advantage over the casino, because it's unclear what ingenious strategies we'll employ to beat the casino or other players. We need to take a broader perspective and invent something new to stay ahead of the curve, otherwise we'll be like the millions of other players who think luck will do everything for us.

Stats do matter alot in sports predictions, where the problem comes in is through human error, so what if you have access to all the stats does that make you invisible as a gambler? Nope it doesn't, it just means that you will most likely be able to give better predictions on how that particular game of that sport will work out but you will not be able to predict what might happen to the players on ground, anything can really happen to the point that you will see all you predictions going down the drains faster than you can proctehsts happening, that just how human error work and that's why predictions can never be 100% accurate.

I don't know about other people, but in my case I think the problem is that other people don't analyze the game correctly or miss some relevant data. But in general, if a person is analyzing the game correctly, they can get it right. The problem isn't just getting the bet right, but whether the odds allow for long-term profit.

If you, or I, or anyone else is betting on Real Madrid games against weak opponents, you'll see that we can get most of the games right. But the problem is that these will be games with odds of @1.25, which is a very low odd. You need 4 games to get a 2x profit, but if you only get 3 games right and lose the fourth, then you'll have a loss and would have to get 4 consecutive games right.

It's either too unpredictable or most important information can't be access by public.

The information can be access by public means it's no longer limited anymore, so we're betting by using the same information which drag to same prediction. It could be the reason why most people lose, what if the site intentionally manipulate the stats in order to make people think the way they want? ???

In sports betting, stats matters a lot, when you are making your predictions and you fail to check how a club is performing in the season , you will make the worst mistake .

Sports betting or prediction is always based on the present performance of a club as past record can not determine the present performance, so stats tells you the present performance of a club, their consistency both at home and away, goal scoring ability and even tell you the players present in the match, so by the time you are able to gather these information, it will enable you to make informed decision based on these statistics.

There are factors that can make big team loose to a small team, sometimes when big players have incurred injury, a big club cannot perform very well, and sometimes when a big player is not present in a match maybe because of red card, injury, or he is preserved for more important match, these reasons can make a big club loose to a small team and sometimes there are contingencies in a match that even a bettor cannot consider before placing his bet. For example, how would you know that a top player will incure red card or injury that will make him or her go out of pitch and given their opponent the opportunity to win a match? Is absolutely not possible.

Sport is unpredictable and we need to accept the reality, let take for example football, no matter the level of statistical analysis and knowledge of teams player's and management, you still can't predict accurately the outcome of their matches.

We need to reschedule our thoughts and make us a straight way luck dependant when it comes to gambling most especially sports bettings.

In sports betting, it is often seen that if someone bets on a team with good statistics, the winning amount is paid much less in proportion to the bet, in that case, gamblers get greedy and bet on a team with a relatively weak statistic because the winning amount is offered to the weaker team. In that case, you can say that gamblers usually lose their money by betting on the opposing team instead of betting on the team with good statistics. But there are some gamblers who can understand the reality and even though they pay less in the case of a team with a better statistic, they still bet on that team and in most cases they win.

Yea, statistics matters a lot in sport but sometimes it is more and beyond statistics that's why we don't win most of time we play gamble and if statistics is 100 percent certain or sure, winning would have been so easy but sports exist in such a way that even statistics alone is not enough sometimes you need more than statistics and the reason we lose sometimes is not because we misread statistics but rather sometimes statistics can be deceitful and that is why we say gambling is a game of luck but funny how some people don't believe that.

True, I will say people has to start betting logically.. Stats do matter to an extent because they show a team consistency and form, but greed usually makes people ignore that..
It is better to take smaller wins on solid stats than chase huge odds that mostly end in losses.. Betting is still risky, but using stats wisely just helps you play a bit smarter, and not fully luckier..

The truth is that yesterday and today can not be thesame, if we want to judge our past by comparing to our future we might be making mistake, and that's why we keep following up analysis and still failing because we forget to acknowledge that we are either making progress or or not making progress. We use analysis of previous match that mistake where made to predict the outcome of the next match forgetting that there may be an adjustment and correction in the next match that will make it not to play as it happened yesterday. And Also we make prediction base on the previous wins of a team, believing that they will do same in all their matches but we forgot that they may fail the next match simple because other team will like to improve and it will lead to this team to lose. These are the things that makes analysis not work accordingly.

So the thing is that gambling is not permanent or fixed, it is flexible and fluctuates but we tend to predict mostly as if it is permanent or like it is programmed to follow a pattern.

It actually goes a long way even if it doesn't always guarantee a bet to be safe but if you are a bettor that focuses on being strategic there is no way you would consider betting without doing proper analysis...stats shows you important informations required before you make your final selections...stats are important but using them doesn't mean you shouldn't stake responsibly, not bet can too certain

Yes statistics do matter, and gamblers still loose because the sport is performed by humans and they can make errors or random events like weather or injuries can make performance of a player or club not up to expectations. And no matter the statistics gambling is completely on luck.

The thing is, stats are for something that has happened not for what will happen.  From this, we can may tell the outcome if the conditions and randomness of the said event are the same during those matches, but we all know that an upcoming match although with the same team competing, still has its own uncertainties.  People who rely too much on stats fail to acknowledge the present condition of the players, the injuries, conditions, and the strategy of each team.  This is one big reason why many people who rely solely on the stats of past events often mess up on their betting.

Stats are one important factor to determine the strength of each team but we should not disregard the unknown events that may happen during the match like strategies, players being fouled out, or injured, and more.

Yeah you are right, information is all over the web and it's not that hard to see those stats, though analyzing can be much easier in selecting games and team/player that you may support for your next bet, but the reality is it's a business where bookies are fr advane than the gamblers, they have system that prepared from any advancement that gamblers may use to predict their next bets, it's  a counter measure that will let them survive in this indutry.


Again, it's a business where bookies/sports house is not doing any charities  they are also need to survive so even data are available there's no guarantee that the outcome will always be in our favor, there are many factors that may affects the outcomes of our bets.

I will say that sport betting is unpredictable because your winning depends on the tram (players) and luck. Fine, there are statistics too but as a gambler, don't fully depend on the statistics because you might lose mostly when the statistics looks too good to be true and the smaller team statistics looks so weak. Before you know the smaller team can up their game and you lose your bets. This is why I said winning truly depends on luck and not just the statistics. However, you nowadays you can get statistics from different sources both on legit sites and fake but truth be told that winning don't really depends on statistics.

Unless you could see the future or predict the outcome of future events like Nostradamus was once believed to have done, then it doesn't matter the stats that's available online, one cannot fully still predict the outcome of a bet. It is still a wild guess and only luck can make anyone whether with stat analysis or not, to win big or small.

On a contrary though, one can actually tell how a teams performance could turn out though with stats, due to severity of upcoming fixtures, or severity of the league tournament involved at the time and then it would boil down to the strategies of betting and understanding of risk management that the gambler applies to make their luck shine in this case.

Like everything, it does matter but certainly not all the time. For instance, I place bets on NBA props alot and you can easily get player stats and averages before the game but sometimes the player will just blank and perform very poorly. That's why my approach to selecting games for betting is quite different now in that I do my analysis with the stats then go with gut feelings while keeping those stats info in mind.

Because the majority of losers consider the odds when betting and ignored the basic principle of referring to stats solely when betting. Users frequently skip bet with high winning percentage based on stats because of low odds so they often venture on a more riskier bet or place bet on parlays just to increase the odds while increasing the risk involved.

Most of the successful sports bettor research for bets that has value on it due to the winning percentage based on stats.

Also, luck is still an important factor in addition to stats.

Good interpretation. I think the simple answer is because despite all the data and analysis we do, most sports are still decided by luck. Yeah data and analysis can give you an edge against the bookie and there are pro bettors who do this, but even then most of the games will come down to luck. You can analyse all you want but the QB can make a bad throw and in soccer even an own-goal can happen so you can't analyse enough.

I'd say 90% is luck for sports betting and 10% or around that much allowance for data and analysis. There are pro bettors who know how to take full advantage of this 10% and make it count. But impossible for a regular gambler even with all the data

Stats always matter and you will have high winning percentage if you rely most of your bets on stats.

For example on my recent MLB betting journey. I manage to get a decent win on most of my bet because I don’t have a favorite team when betting. I usually bet on team that I think have high winning percentage based on the stats available for their current roster set.

Sometimes having a favorite team gives us biased on our pick that’s why we missed some important considerations on our bet.

There are some times that state in betting will definitely help and that is the basic truth and we can not deny that, as most of the times that state will definitely lead you to loses. I have been part of some gambling that I so dependent on states and I will not forget that moment. Truly speaking I was disappointed. If we say we want to leave our gambling on tates of games then we are going to lose, even though the profit will be there it will be a slime one.
Gambling is a game of its own, what will definitely work for you might not work for someone else and that is why it will be better to gamble towards the knowledge you best known it for.

Statistics are definitely important for a gambler. I analyze statistics and I manage my gambling according to my statistics.However Gambling is completely based on luck, but not everywhere, especially in sports betting, gambling is largely based on own analysis and experience, and you can win a lot. However, in casino games (slots, dice, poker, etc.) you can win if you have good luck. Moreover, I think sports betting is based on your own analysis, experience and strategy.

I have made use of stats several times but I have noticed that they don't really help everytime, there are somethings that can happen in the game that might change the outcome of how it was predicted using provided stats but still it's safer to make use of them unless you're the type of gambler or bettor that only focuses on having fun and not making profit. Stats matter a lot of times but one thing you need to do is to always be on the safe side by staking low. Using stats won't guarantee consistent wins because you are not in control if the outcomes

Just because everyone can get into a car doesn’t mean everyone can actually drive that car right? That’s exactly how it is with stats, the stats are there for everyone but not everyone knows how to read them as well as to make use of them.

And secondly, sports is indeed unpredictable, a typical example of past scenarios doesn’t guarantee future results, the fact that the stats are there doesn’t mean you’ll read them to arrive at a perfect conclusion, these stats are only there to offer you guidance and help you improve your chances of making or arriving at a most logical conclusion, they pretty much don’t guarantee success.

In that case, maybe there’s no point spending too much time analyzing if it won’t help anyway. I know some gamblers who rely purely on instinct when picking a team to win,  they don’t look at numbers, just what they see from constantly watching games. They already know each team’s strengths and weaknesses, and surprisingly, they win quite often.

So yeah, stats don’t always tell the whole story. It really depends on the person analyzing them, because sometimes the interpretation is wrong and other times, even the stats themselves don’t reflect what actually happens on the court.

Before going into details to discuss this thing, let's define what gambling is, according to AI overview on google, "Gambling is the wagering of something of value (money or belongings, also called the "stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome, with the intent of winning something else of value."

So, Is sports betting considered gambling? The answer is yes, so why can stats  be useless at time even after knowing too much about it? That because even sports is an event that can produce an uncertain result.  Stats does not guarantee winning so we can not win always no matter how sure we are about the game, even the bookies are not always right that's why we win and they pay us because they were wrong too.

If statistics do matter so why are gamblers losing money to betting after checking statistics of what team has higher chances of winning the match? This does not matter and we should not be fooled about how people continue to make it look like they are not making loses after they had used different statistics to predict the outcome of different matches and majority end in loses.

If you don't look at stats at all you're giving yourdelv even less edge than playing randomly. Yes you have to look at stats and have some intuition in terms of considering them. But that's not to say that it's a superpower or something.

Looking at stats is just a way to not suck. You'll still likely lose more than you put in, but at least you can limit the rate of losing bets if you make more educated decisions.

Stats only help us identify the team or player with the HIGHER chances of winning. Just because stats exist doesn’t mean it will always repeat itself. There are always other factors involved that will make the results of the future matches different from the previous performances.

At its core betting it a game of chance, so regardless of the stats you can still lose, however, with stats available to help yourself make smarter choices. choices that can help you loose less and stay consistent
So to answer your questions... No, we don't necessarily misread the data and yes it is very unpredictable

If you are just gambling for fun, I say don't bother with the stats. If you're trying to make profit, then you'd want to improve your chances of winning as much as possible. It's human tendency to seek for patterns and predictability, to think that we are in control. Everyone has their own interpretation of these data, but in the end, nothing is ever really guaranteed.

It's more than just numbers though, there are many factors (physical, mental, emotional) that cannot be measured. When these variables come into play, it can easily affect a player's performance.

By numbers, you mean odds? If yes, odds are not free at all.
So you really believe that someone would create a firm as big as any of those casinos that you know, only to gather up data so you'd make more profit than be does at the end? Make that make sense to me. Everything you see in there is just a manual configuration and simulation. This is what creates the illusion that makes you to believe gambling is 'predictable', meanwhile, anything else would just scare you off after one or two tries.

I think I am more interested in knowing how stats or what relationship stats has with we winning our games, I personally believe that stats are there for record keeping sake, they are not there to act as a something we use for our sports prediction, and another important thing to note again is that stats are not always 100% percent accurate, but this again; has nothing to with we winning and losing games, this is absolutely independent.

And you have to also know that sports results or outcomes is dynamic and not static, even the teams stats you are talking about is also dynamic, what this means is that changes occurs from time to time, nothing is ever permanent, a team that is has been losing games for the past 3 weeks (for example), and this has reflected on their stats, may wake up and start winning their games straight up 3 months, and what this mean is that their stats will change again to reflect their current performance and achievement.
This is why stats aren't a data we as gamblers can truly depend on to help us win our sports betting games..

Stats only additional data when we attempts to predict the outcomes of the particular games and with seeing previous stats usually we can determined the correct scores or probably the winner but indeed it will not help a lot because the stats for every teams in every games is really different and if we talking about the percentages i think it's around less than 10% to won the bets if predict the game used the stats only that's why to gets the better results we should combine several data but not used stats only to predict the games

yes these can be an useful instruments for some insights.
when you have to predict on outcome you can't rely only on what you see in stats or in just one indicator.
you always need to have all details possible to evaluate a match. more data and details that you have, more outcome you can predict...
plus if you gamble live using tech instruments, the chance for a win are definitely increasing.

Data is helpful, but it doesn't guarantee a win. In sports betting, I don't celebrate a single day's success—I consider it a win only if I'm profitable over the course of a month. Statistics can paint a picture of how teams or players perform, but the element of luck should never be ignored. If stats alone gave bettors a consistent edge, bookmakers wouldn't be in business for long.

Knowing the whole story before it even begins feels unreal... prophets & oracles don't really exist, or they do?

Stats can't tell us the full story because the story begins when the game starts, and the ball is round... so that means anything can happen during the game. Sport is not totally unpredictable, and I wouldn't say we are misreading the data. We need to count on many surprises... after all, players are only humans, so they make a lot of mistakes, and sometimes even bad ones get in the right spot and have a game of their life... how to predict who will shine & who will slip and make a mistake? Those things just happen...

The reason is how you use these statistics, I can ask you a counter question: if all players see the same data, why do they bet differently (I mean on different teams in the same match?)? I think the reason is obvious, different players interpret this data differently, and when a player loses, it's precisely because they can't properly analyze it. Moreover, there are players who don't bother analyzing anything, they bet on the favorite or simply follow their intuition because it's easier and faster.

Statistics are important, they give you an idea of what a team's performance is like and whether it has undergone changes during the period you observe (for example the coach or players).
Many bettors almost always rely only on statistics, which in some cases I admit work, but only statistics are not enough to guess an outcome, because the variations of the outcome are always unpredictable.
In essence, statistics are always to be considered, but we must not rely only on statistics.

For every game, there are options. And these options carry different odds based on possibilities or probability.
In some way, stats are like guidelines to direct your choice of betting and narrow it to few possible probabilities within a range of options.
It's never accurate as the odds could be very deceiving in some cases which could prompt most people to pick on lower odds that can possibly ruin their game.
Betting can be manipulative and bettors should know it's not a free ticket to financial freedom.
Everyone sees and interprets the stats differently, some choose to play safe and some choose to go high. They are also people who bet with their guts feeling.
What works for one man might not work for all.

What are the other things we should consider that don’t show up in statistics? Because I believe if those sites really showed everything in the data, then we’d already have all the info we need to win. But that’s clearly not the case.

So I’m curious..  what else do you think matters in sports betting aside from stats? Maybe things like team chemistry, motivation, fatigue, or even off-court issues could play a part?

Sometimes the stats matter, but not always. A team does not face another in the same week (it's infrequent). Most of the teams play against another team after a month or so. A lot can change in a month. Their key player might return or fall to injury, which changes the momentum. However, a larger and stronger team can lose to a weaker one. It sometimes happens, and those stats cannot help us in such a case.

The venue, key players, team combinations, and even bench players can change the game result. So, not just on statistics, but you also have to stay up to date with recent team news. Yet, the outcomes can go against you. Nothing is 100% guaranteed.

At the end of the day every game is unpredictable no matter how much data or stats you’ve got the odds only give you a picture not the actual result and many times that picture is misleading sometimes low odds look like a sure win but then the match turns upside down and everything falls apart.

The way people interpret stats is also different some rely heavily on history and numbers while others bet purely on instinct and what they see in the moment both can work or fail depending on the situation that’s what makes betting tricky because even with a good understanding of probability you’re still playing in a space controlled by chance. The real mistake is thinking betting is some kind of path to consistent profit or freedom because it’s not it’s entertainment that carries financial risk so people should focus on enjoying the process while keeping control over their bankroll if you bet smart and only risk what you can afford to lose you’ll stay in the game longer without falling into the trap of chasing unrealistic expectations.

In betting world 🌍 their are a lot of features,and since the features are there is for the betterment of the gamblers so if you think you will use those features to heat bet company big ,their are other ways them are also waiting to hear you big , because in stats they know about it very will so they rearrange their players to make sure that the stats doesn't have a nice effect again this is sense of bet company,now how will you kill them as a good prediction gambler go and check the players and their wick point ,with that your features

Use the features,use their players ,and also use the stats ,you will know what am saying I'm major games ,this is the only way you can win successfully.

It has a little bit of both. Stats helps to understand patterns and probabilities, it yet can not capture all that affects a game, such things like emotions, motivation, decision coaching or maybe luck. Lots of bettors has misinterpreted data by aiming just on surface stats instead of context, such like how a team perform with pressure or against some styles.
Therefore while stats are worthy tools, sports stays unpredictable as human performance is not totally mathematical. The numbers guide you, though they do not give assurance of the outcome.

Obviously, the industry is full of unpredictability, as everything is quite possible to happen in the game. So, we are not misreading anything, we are only trying luck because the game is highly unpredictable.

That's why we don't need to spend much on our bets because it's a game where luck plays a big role in determining the final outcome, and there is no guarantees of winnings in gambling.

The second is true. Sports are unpredictable, and the main factor is that you can't make precise predictions because the players are real people. Not machines or robots acting according to their own algorithms, but people who can be extremely unpredictable. I would say that the human factor, when applied in sports, adds color and enormous interest to the sport. If everything were so easy to calculate, I don't think sports would have so many fans.

I know that in sports betting, we still rely somewhat on our luck. But in sports, it does not play a major role. A strong team that dominates the league can be unlucky and lose to a weaker team. But such occurrences do not happen often. That is the purpose of statistics for analysis. There are things we cannot predict, such as the tactics a coach will use. Using the wrong game tactics can work in favor of the opposing team.

Stats are working fine to improve your changes to pick winners. It's the odds that are against you.

When you rely on stats, you are likely pick a lot more winning teams then losers. But odds are already counted on that, so even if we pick 70% winners, we don't make as much money that would cover our losses.

Stats are also something that give us an edge, they aren't a promise of any result. Because even with 90% winning change, you have 10% of losing change. And that 10% change is real, and it can repeat 100 times in a row if you are unlucky.

It's predictable but the predictions are uncertain, like you said stats gives an edge towards making prediction with possible expectations but yet the expected results remains uncertain until the game is over before you can tell what the outcome was. Without stats, then we are just betting on a random guess which will result to too much losses compared to if we were using stats.

We ain't misreading the data but we need to understand that statistics are just like a guide to what will likely be the outcome of a match and not a guarantee that after checking those statistics that your predictions will be right. Statistics are a set of previous ratings and analysis of a match but it doesn't mean that they are meant to keep repeating in same direction. Of course, sports events are unpredictable because even the strongest team can fail at a time when no one expected them to fail and that is why you will see a team on a winning streak but you can bet on them in their next match and they end up disappointing.

See if the research and statistics are correct then it is easy to win the bet, when I bet then I find out the difference between the two teams, the type of players and whether the good players are injured or not. But sometimes even if the research is correct it is not possible to win due to luck, if you have bad luck in sports or going to the stadium then if you research according to good research and statistics you have to lose the bet. But the main difference between the two teams is that you have to study the differences of the players very carefully, then it will be possible to win the bet easily.

You've already mentioned several aspects other than statistics, if we were to go into detail, it would probably be very long. Why are other factors besides statistics important? Because on-field other factors will impact a club's performance, both as a team and individually. For example, if a key player receives a red card, this will reduce the team's strength. This will change the game, and if opponents able to take this condition as a advantage, they could win the match. This is just one factor, not including other factors outside of statistics such as a rain in match etc.

Because the most important statistics are those used by the bookie, apart from the fact that they always pay less with a margin. If you bet $100 on one team to win and another $100 on the other team to lose, the casino will always pay less than $200. This example is greatly simplified to make the idea easier to understand. In addition, casinos can afford to pay for a lot of computing power to analyze a lot of variables. The space left for a bettor to make money is very small, which is why only a small percentage is profitable in the long run.

Statistics are an important part of betting, as they will help you predict closer or increase your chances of winning. However, the results won't always be as expected. However, it's still much better and more sensible to check statistics before placing a bet than to bet based solely on instinct or betting haphazardly.

So you don't believe that they still manipulate these games, even after showcasing them unpredictable, even to themselves (bookmarkers)? Some events usually seem like it's just another pre-planned scheme, especially in lower Leagues and major moments in the champions League. Well, it's still no match for what those simulators do with casino games.

Op, to answer your question, No. Stats don't really matter, neither does anything else suggested by these casinos, except from your own evaluation.

It can help in placing your bets, but yes, it is not a guarantee that you will win despite of consulting the statistics of the game. The numbers may assist in choosing your bet but it won't assure your winning chance. There are still factors that you need to consider that are not yet factor in in those stats. Like hidden injury, last minute change of line-up, new strategy, weather conditions and so on. So those numbers may help you figure out who has better chance but then, there are still blind angles that you can't integrate with your considerations.

In my opinion, you are right limited statistics are often misleading. As far as I have seen many people just chase numbers and those numbers never give the whole picture. A win with very low probability shows a bright number that confuses people and may seem like a way to make regular money, but in reality it is only a rare outcome. Careful bankroll management is the most important thing in betting. If you only rely on numbers and do not have a plan to accept losses you can get a big blow. My advice would be to see betting as entertainment, set clear limits and never put your living expenses on bets. Calculations and instincts will help but they should not be the only basis for decisions. Situation, mental state and preparation for possible losses are equally important.

You need to fully understand that all those statistics online cannot guarantee you a success winning. If those available statistics of different sports can make you profitable or give you serious winning many casinos would have gone bankrupted by now. I know that many of us like to use these statistics to check what team we would be adding to our bet and the chances they can win and bring us profits.

I apply this with my bets and it matters to how outcome shows but, we know that in every sports that we're betting and the games that are happening. There's always the twist that can happen, the comebacks as we call it in sports can happen. From having a huge lead, it could make the table turn in favor of the losing team because that's how competition goes. For me, these stats are helpful and I am basing most of my bets with the historical data that are viewable about them. But we have to remember that it's not everything when we bet.

What happens is that a team cannot stay up with one pattern or tactics till the end of the season because as the matches goes deeper, they will meet teams that will also give them tough competition which will require them to change formation or the positions of players in such a way that it will balance up with the current situation at hand. Another thing that also makes teams to change formation and tactics different from the one they were using is as a result of players going on injury which causes a reshuffling of the squad by the coaches in order to fill up the positions of the affected players that goes on injury, so definitely their game play is gonna change. However, statistics alone cannot be an avenue to use and justify the possible outcome of a match and i can't really say that statistics becomes deceptive when it moves away from the initial setting, it's just something normal.

Stats absolutely matter, but only when used with context. Numbers can highlight patterns, but live conditions form, motivation, weather often shift outcomes. Good bettors blend stats with intuition and timing.

Do you rely more on recent data or long-term averages when placing bets?

Statistic in Gambling gives you an idea how a team is currently performing so that it can guide anyone trying to Gamble but, it should be noted that statistics has no role to play in determining whether a team can win or not. This is because no two games are the same the form of a team can change at any time this is why I say that relying on previous match statistics is not too good.Gamblers should always use curren form in making their predictions because what matters the most is current form.

Stats aren't the deciding factor but it'll minimize the risks of your bets, so we always consider it. Same thing in sports, some teams are just OP but they still lose? Why? Because there are many instances that makes them lose the game such as the opponent team have a full counter or maybe team got injury or maybe misplay that cause the game defeat. But tbh, if you follow stats, then your errors will be minimized, it doesn't give you free win but it gives you a reasonable bet that could win you. The sports have luck also, there's a lot of things to consider and those situations will alter the game result even if you have those stats. But if those stats played well, then you're lucky because everything was played by the book but again, not all games are played by the book some games are out of the box.

It's simple, stats only matter to bettors that are strategic when they are betting, if they just bet to get lucky then then there isn't any need to check stats. But if you are concerned with how you can improve your decision making in selecting bets then you must learn to take stats seriously. Although using stats doesn't always guarantee profit, we can't always predict the outcome of sports accurately.

You are correct in saying that statistics are only valuable to people who wish to think over their footing in the playing field. To the ones who are just seeking luck, it does not matter. Statistics can be used to see the trends and behaviour that can work as cautions before the bet is made. Although it is not clear what will happen ultimately, the figures give a rationalised view of what might happen. Analytic betting gives gamers a better opportunity to place better bets. In the meantime there is a strong tendency to bet following the mere intuition, which merely brings sheer luck, but nothing beyond that.

You're right, for the fact that people keep saying that football is unpredictable does not mean that we can't predict the scores, just that we can't make accurate prediction all the time. And truly stats helps in knowing the teams that is at advantage of wining because if you choose to follow the odds you will be losing almost every time because those odds is deceitful there are some certain odds that seems sure but when you bet them you will be surprise to see them working opposite, and sometimes it might be due to their past record why most times it will just happen. But in all checking stats if very important while making prediction .

Stats can't always tell the full story thats why its important not to rely too much on stats completely to succeed in betting. A lot of bettors mostly make use of h2h to determine the outcome of a game but I think that the present doesn't always depend on history, teams csn change form and their game play can either upgrade or downgrade. But as a bettor that hopes to reduce losses stats would be very important

The best stats of any pad will eventually be affected by luck as well, maybe the stats will affect 70% of your chances of winning,
but the rest will depend on luck and unexpected moments when the match happens, such as injured players, referee cheating, manipulation and the like.

There is no guarantee that the results are 100% correct when knowing the details of the statistics of the matches that will take place, it is only a reference that can still change.

Even people who try to bet without looking at the statistics just use their luck to randomly choose who will win and lose, and indeed their bet amount with confidence.

Stats is very important, without it you don't know what a team is playing and for that, you are going to be betting like someone without direction. Just look at it this way, you want to trade and make profit but you don't see the essence of technical analysis and you think it's going to worm. The fact that you know about trading and trading technical analysis doesn't mean you will make profit from the market, apply that same logic to sport gambling with stats.

To be more clear, we as gamblers can only predict we don't get the final say. A team can be doing well but the match you bet about them is going to lose, you will be wondering what is the purpose of winning all those games and when it's your turn they failed wholeheartedly. I ha mve a bet of game that is happening right now all Champions League but there are two matches I that ruin everything for me and for that, the best is going to lose and it's not like my predicted teams weren't good before the game.

Statistics in football only matters when it has to do with players rating but not determine winning in any game. A team may be dominant in a game with over 100 percent possession and other statistical records but may end up losing at last to a weaker team with poor statistical report on the game.  In 13 June 2014 world cup tournament Spain vs Netherland, spain had an impressive performance and a wonderful statistics on the game but had a humiliating 1:5 lost to Netherland at last and this is not the only game with such terrifying outcome to say its a coincidental  result, so I strongly believe statistics never justify winning

I think it's just to increase the probability because it can be an important thing to show the condition and mentality of the club but on the one hand it certainly won't change the course of the match because after all when it's on the pitch the situation is decided in 90 minutes.

The match statistics are just an enhancement that we feel to believe that the situation might be the way we want to feel but apart from that the performance on the pitch decides.
I love soccer so putting it in a soccer point of view when there is a club with good statistics in the previous few matches of course this can bring up a sense for us to be able to have more confidence to bet but when the match arrives the statistics on the field can not apply because the strength is seen from their performance and scheme when the match starts.

We read and interpret it correctly, but the problem here is that everything is unpredictable. Though the odds help us to decide where we put our bets, it doesn't mean there is certainty of winning.

Whether we are placing our bets on high or low odds, we couldn't find assurance from them. At the end of the day, we still rely on luck and their performance.

In gambling, it is never all about who can read the odds and analyze the game but rather who is lucky. In fact, even a wild guess could win. Just because he/she is lucky, not a coincidence.

Do you rather prefer betting a game blindly without checking statistics?
Checking statistics of the events you want to bet is to give you an edge to outsmart the casino because from checking those statistics you can be able to know which option will be suitable for any of the matches you want to place a bet. For instance, when two strong teams are playing a match, you might just assume that their strength is equal without knowing that one of them is more powerful than the other, so if you don't check their statistics and probably their previous meetings, you won't know that one is stronger than the other team.

Stats really matter because they give a high chance of winning. But really, why do most gamblers still end up losing it all? It’s because sometimes unexpected things happen — players can get injured during the match, referees can make mistakes that lead to unexpected outcomes, or any player can make an error that results in a yellow card or even a red card, which can lower the team’s performance.

There are many things that can happen which make some predictions go wrong. That’s why sports betting is unpredictable. However, these unexpected events shouldn’t make gamblers bet blindly without doing any statistical analysis before predicting.

Looking at statistics does not mean that we can automatically make bets into wins but statistics can be one of the drivers to increase our probability of being able to get a win even though this has only a small effect because of course we realize that when the fight is carried out, what happens is how the strategy of what we bet.

I think this is just a suggestion or reinforcement for us to believe that what we do in the bet can have a strong probability of winning.
As for the results in betting, obviously it depends on the performance and strategy of those we bet on because even good statistics when the game is running and their strategy is bad or luck does not accompany it can be a defeat.

Statistics enable us to see the strengths and weaknesses of the team.  So yes, knowing how to analyze it and apply to our decision on which team is more likely to win can be into our advantage since it can increase our chance of predicting the correct outcome of the mathc.


It is not just a suggestion but a hint to which team has the more chance of winning.  If the game goes in normal flow without the random unknown factor, it is more likely that the team with a stronger stats will win.


True, the unknown factor could be a real game changer like an ace player getting into an injury or the team despite the effort failed to perform well or the strategy of the weaker team is effective in nullifying their ace players and strongest game strategy that resulted to the stronger team loss.

Stats are crucial part of information that lets you know the current status of a given team. It gives you a summary of their past matches, lineups, scorings, matchups, and other relevant information that will aid you in choosing your next bets wisely.

Without any stats, it is like you are shooting yourself in the air- nothing to guide you or to help you at all given that information is king in sports-betting.


Just like any other gambling game, nothing is truly guaranteed and absolute. Stats are information that will give you an edge over the others if you at least know majority of it. But even if you know the stats of every team and you compare their designated matchups, nothing is guaranteed BUT it will give you a slight advantage and increased chance of winning.

Statistics are like a reference point for bettors to understand what might happen. They're like a compass. They help a lot when making a decision. For me, it's essential to take statistics into account. If not for them, what are you going to base your bet on, right?

For me, all sport statistic data are really important before placing bet exactly as sport betting, we can easily predicting which one have good performance based on last several matches data analyst, looking forward team condition all playing full teams or not and most important from last previous matches result have good or bad result. Sport data statistic is most helpful when placing bet at sport betting regarding the casino gambling have giving lower odd for any favorite winning team but checking previous matches result can get higher accurate for predicting.

Sport statistic data become reference for us to know the possibility match result and place betting make easily to choose which one teams have good data statistic based teams performance, composition team completed or not and head to head both teams which one team has been superior in the last few meetings.

It is true that in sports betting the stats it helps a lot when you are going to make a bet, but you are doing good anlaysis by the stats it doesn't mean that you will  be always winner,,,and the cause is also simple becuase it is gambling and here no matter how skillful you are or the good strategy you took it doesn't guarantee that you will be the constant winning.
So the main fact is gambling depends on the luck and that's why even we have all the stats about the sports, we can't be the regular winner.

Stats in sports bet is important and a part of the fun in bets but whether it is enough to make us win is a different story, the truth is that knowing stats and being able to analyze very well is not enough to make you win. Stats matter very much, without it you will be relying only on your luck to win, when you have accurate statistics it increasing your confidence and your chances of winning. Never become overconfident because you believe in your game selections, anything can happen at the end of a game that can alter your perfect predictions.

In any sporting event, random things can happen that are impossible to predict, even if you follow the statistics closely. So, of course, no one has a 100% win rate, whether they are a beginner or an experienced user who understands a particular sport. However, this doesn't mean that an experienced user cannot make a profit from sports betting on a regular basis.

For me stats matter but they don’t always tell the whole story. Numbers can show trends, strengths & weaknesses but they can’t measure things like momentum, pressure or a player’s mindset on game day sometimes a team looks perfect on paper but ends up losing because of small factors like chemistry, fatigue or just plain luck so yeah I think we’re not misreading the data, it’s just that sports will always have that human side that numbers can’t predict that’s what makes every game exciting & unpredictable.

Because statistics only allow bookmakers to set initial odds, which will then be heavily adjusted, sometimes even dramatically lowering or increasing. Everything depends on how many people start betting, and to even out the odds, the bookmaker will adjust these odds until they reach a certain equilibrium. And even this won't be a reliable indicator, as sometimes favorites quickly lose to underdogs.

Yeah, but the thing is that the past doesn't really matter for random events.

And if it matters, for example a team scores a goal, then the odds will be changed to reflect this new information.

In the end, the casinos know exactly how to get your money, and they're very good at that.

Casino knows how to play with the odds that they'll provide, so even you gathered all the potential stats that may repeat that same performances, bookies still knows how they can be compensated by providing odds that will gave hard time for gamblers to predict the potential outcomes.

Those information can be use as basis but along the way it's still the performances of the players or teams that will bring the outcome and that still unknown and no guarantee even how deep the research you made before placing your bet.

What you Said is true, stats don't guarantee wining it only draw us closer to wining Because when you're checking stats you will  know teams that is more likely to win more especially when betting in a game that have almost the same odd for example 2.45 and 2.48 you know the odds are very close, so at this point gamblers maybe wondering which one they will go for among the two odds but when you go into detail you can be able to find the favorite team among them sometimes the favorite might even fall upon the team that has a high odd because those bookmakers are not so perfect in fixing those odds, they do make mistake most times.

Why use the words "closer to winning" better use the reality which is a loss.

Well, I guess I’m gonna disagree with you on that. When you say “we,” it sounds like you’re assuming that no one can be profitable, but that’s not true. Even if we’re all reading the same stats, someone who’s better at analyzing them can still make consistent profits, while others might not.

So let’s not conclude that winning in sports betting is impossible. It’s just that not everyone has the same skill or discipline to make it work.

Yes you are correct,all sports has their stats with them or in the company that created it,but we all still say this that this is gambling this is how is even supposed to be so that you will have edge of gaining , secondly so that nobody can doubt the process that's why the stats is not hidden,id they hide the stat they might close everything about gambling because the secret is too much ,but now is not hidden,if you think you can predict then carry on with the H2H stats everything is with you carry on ,bet is not easy, secondly in the exam or in higher instructions we have text books and hand out yet students still fails examination that's how gambling is , student still fails examination but not all students will fail ,some will pass while some fail ,this is the acronym and arony of life , something must keep you down , everything will not be clear and soft all the time.

Stats tell us a lot and they do matter. When looking at stats are building a model make sure to remove outliers, or at least discount them. This is one of the main things that can inflate or deflate the stats. For example, most games the team plays are 1-0 , 1-1 ,0-1 but they have one game that is 3-2. This one game is going to inflate the goal stats for the team both for goals for and goals against. You could remove it, have a closer look why this game was so high scoring or discount it and maybe take 50% of it. This is an example of some of the fine points of using stats to your advantage. You should always combine stats with any other information that you know or can gather. Tactics for this game, revenge games, motivation, does the team need the win to make the playoffs ect. Combine stats with this information and you are on the right path.

This is what you can already call analyzing a match. And of course, for a good analysis, we need quality statistics. Without it, the analysis will be incomplete. And you are right that the analysis should be comprehensive. We need to look at how motivated the teams are for this game, what lineups the coach chooses, whether there are injured players, and many other factors that can ultimately influence the result. And I wouldn’t exclude any matches from the statistics, but rather try to understand why there were more goals than usual in that particular match.

Even if you bet on the best team based on the best statistics, the story of the match may not be in your favour in the end. This is the nature of gambling where unless you are lucky, the value of experience is very limited. If you bet on the statistics of most matches, you may be wrong because important players may be sick in that match or even a strong team may be defeated by the opposing team's playing strategy. That is why I do not be overconfident when gambling. It is always better to consider the possibility of losing as more likely when betting because the desire to win will make you frustrated in gambling.

You are right.
But in some cases I have seen many people think that in the case of sports betting, maybe they can make a regular income by using their skills and strategies, which makes them think that gambling is more than they are worth. But I have seen them go through the financial crisis only to see that they lost on one bet.
So gambling should never be taken as a main profession, be it sports betting. Because we will find many matches where the underdog team beats the stronger team.

Ultimately, statistics don't cover absolutely every parameter that influences a match. Players' divorces, fights with their girlfriends, illnesses, and the like are just rumors that could turn out to be untrue. Yes, many bettors try to study the results of previous matches when predicting matches, but this isn't exhaustive information on which to draw conclusions. Team lineups are subject to change, as are performances in different weather conditions, and the distraction of playing on a foreign field. There are simply too many variables we don't know...

Stats can make you prepared for the game but it's not going to promote your winnings for you.Even a perfect data can't predict and guarantee you  into winning.But the difference is in how you creatively and effectively combine your data alongside your mental capacity for a solid implementation.That way,your wins can be guaranteed or possible.

Does anyone guarantee victory?
There is no guarantee whatsoever in my opinion because basically it will also depend on the luck of each person.

Making research with some data and statistics that already look perfect will only know the basic information according to the existing data,
but in the end the victory is determined at the moment and how the match takes place.

By combining data creatively, and effectively it will indeed help to find the flow of the match that will take place, but it will not be completely valid.

Numbers do determine the chances, but not completely 100%, even 1 in 100, for example, a sports match between club A with odds of 1.02 vs odds of 70, I am more interested in placing a small bet with odds of 70 than placing odds of 1.02 because of the big risk, that's why I often lose, but if I win, of course I will get a lot, looking at statistics is necessary to consider the risks we will face

Statistics work very well at 100% when they are Applicable to events that are different from those of human beings, that is, a human being does not Always perform a certain act like robots or something similar, which means that a human does not behave according to the statistics , because they can falter and their performance is not the same there is the first failure, on other occasions it may be that yes, but there are variables that cannot be controlled.

Admittedly, there are limitations to the use of statistics in relation to the human behaviour. People tend to act against the patterns that they are good at uncovering. Statistical forecasts may not be reliable due to emotions, experiences and other unexpected events. Nevertheless, statistics is a useful tool to have on visualising general tendencies. We must merge between the data and social and psychological background in order to make its conclusions helpful to people.

However, there are professional bettors who have a gut instinct that tells them to bet based on their many years of professional experience. It's as if they subconsciously understand where the odds aren't quite fair and where there's a gap that could lead to a potentially profitable bet. Of course, there are systems that calculate all the statistics with large databases, and this could soon become a problem for professionals too. Sometimes I even wonder what the future of betting will be like with AI, which is developing so rapidly; maybe we'll even lose traditional betting in a few years.

Maybe that's it, perfect stats doesn't convert 100% into a full win at all times. There are some things that can happen unexpectedly with each game that we watch. But having the best stats as a way to determine which we're going to bet is a responsible way of showing of what kind of bettor are you. It's the basic way of how we have to gamble and make use of those stats as basis. Because not every sportsbettor does that whenever they do it, and will simply reason out that they are okay with or without stats and are doing it for fun.

It's a waste of time sometimes for me for following stats and ends up loosing the first match out of the many matches I predicted, especially the sure predictions that seems good to be true but got fucked. For educational purposes, stats is pretty good for record keeping.

When using it as a tools for successful betting experience, the assurance shouldn't be placed high on it as it will fail at the end.

Human actions cannot really be considered or predictable with just stats, it's a stats that shows only what could probably happen with no guarantee they the stats would help you identify who has more potential on that match because one could be very energetic this morning and in the evening fall sick right? human behaviour is likely unpredictable so the stats are not useless nor useful at some point.

It’s hard to understand why we still lose even when we believe that statistics play a key role in betting. But here’s the reality, stats don’t completely determine who will win, as outcomes can change depending on various factors, especially when team members are injured or when other circumstances affect their performance.

That’s why it’s very important to stay updated on news reports before the game. The odds will also change, which can help us make better betting decisions. However, despite all these considerations, we can never guarantee a win in gambling. And that’s the reality we must accept.

Closer is a state I think. :D And loss is like you never attempt to win anything.

Gamblers see games differently, in the game Liverpool and Real Madrid played, I don't know if I am going to call that luck or something but I can tell you that somebody bet on Liverpool to win with bigger odd and he made his money while the casino took money for betting Real Madrid. The truth is all gamblers can't bet on the same idea because they can never be the same. If all ideas are the same then that means casino will always be a step ahead do gamblers.

The bookmakers that add plenty of options for everyone to play around what they can interprete knows all gambles don't think alike. Till now, I still find it difficult to gamble around handicap, I don't know how to use it, now recently I'm seeing 1UP, 2UP and many more on sport bet and it's getting more complicated, I just do the one I understand and move on.

Casinos uses statistics of previous matches of a team to know how the future play of the team could be like and it's not a 100% accurate guesses of what the future has in place. Gamblers that are fun of using statistics to know how the outcome of a match can perform will most make mistakes. A football team can decide to change their pattern of playing and use the one that is strange to what their opponent is expecting and this alone can bring a victory to the team.

I don’t just fully rely on it, because the few times I did I regretted the outcome of my bets, thinking I could just take a look at the stats of the teams involved and then figured who is going to lose or who’s gonna win was the worse decision I could have ever made since I started gambling. Sometimes, it goes as your prediction with the stats says while other time th results can be very off from what the actual outcome is.

So just use stats and then implement it into your actual analytical method and use it for a better prediction, just don’t rely entirely on stats you’re going to regret it if you do.

I personally believe these statistics can be a consideration when placing bets, like doing research before placing a bet. I believe this is one way to improve our betting, as the results might make winning more likely, but I'm not saying it's guaranteed. I don't think I can achieve good results in every bet I make, but I certainly hope my bets yield positive results, but I realize that winning is uncertain.

However, statistical data in the world of sports can also serve as a foundation for developing the best gambling strategy. I agree with this statement, but while statistical data can be used as a basis for developing a gambling strategy, it shouldn't be completely trusted, as it may not reflect reality. Therefore, in addition to looking at statistical data, it's a good idea to compare it by observing or watching a team's performance in previous matches. This can serve as a useful benchmark for determining & developing a betting strategy.

It is the same as we read the bitcoin price chart the data is already available and various kinds of patterns and also technical calculations can already be used as a powerful measuring tool to predict, but still sometimes right and sometimes wrong, this is because we will not know what will come to happen, all statistics are just the past that has been created so that we can speculate on future opportunities including soccer matches, we can speculate when we have statistical data.

What we don't know is, how the two coaches use their strategies against their opponents and that is very difficult to access by anyone to allow matches to be predicted more accurately.

Stats matter, but they only tell part of the story. They help you find value bets and spot trends, but momentum, injuries, and team morale can shift outcomes fast. Smart bettors mix data with real-time context.

Do you track player stats yourself or rely on public odds movement?

Not only the previous matches but also the current situation if they are complete roster if it's a team game or if someone is missing the game. That changes the odds and even with the best teams, they're having that underdog vibes through the odds if they are not complete. And I agree that a team, football, basketball or any other sports can always make some twists before a game happens if they're reading how their opponent plays. So, that is one unexpected that can happen in any sporting event that we're betting. And there could be some last minute announcement before a game commences.

Stats in sports betting  matters  in determining  the bets and see the trends in predicting the best results. It gives you a good analysis check that covers a wider audience of the sports. Yeah even with goid strategies we keep loosing so it's noy something new  but the consistency in following up makes it worthwhile. So stats is usually a good guide for betting and getting reasonable outcomes.

Yup, combining your own knowledge and the stats of the team or player that you want to support will help you a lot in terms of entrusting your money to bet for them, knowing both stats and the actual performances of those people will gave you decent chances to predict the possible outcome, though it's not an assurance but having basis will help in increasing your chance to win.

Knowing the those who you place your bets give you confidence not just by stats but also the capability to deliver in an actual game outcome.

The stats may be there, but do you think it’s everyone who knows exactly how to use those stats?

Again, stats are only there to offer some kind of guidance and help a gambler make better analysis and not to guarantee a win. The presence of stats doesn’t in anyway eliminate the presence of luck and chance in the game, they’re just like a way to help you increase your chances of getting lucky. That’s why some people can end up using those stats and end up losing while another person could just make a few Lu Lu picks, get lucky and end up winning.

Stats is good in sports betting, it kind of gives the gambler a clear idea of what to possibly expect will happen or turn out to be the outcome of a match, especially when we are clearly looking at the history of both teams that are playing a match that we are interested in placing a bet on..

But then, it's very important as well to be aware that stats does not guarantee any form of winning in sports betting, it is very possible for a gambler to study a teams stats from beginning to finish and still lose their bet on such a team, and this is because every thing about sports is dynamic, things don't remain the same way forever, team/players (for example) don't remain the same forever, they either improve and get even better, or deprove and lose performance level for one reason or the other. Let's not forget that the players are humans with strength and emotions too, they can have a bad day like anybody else and this can sometimes affect their performance on the pitch.

To me, I would say that statistics really matters alot in gamble. However Statistics help to avoid making unnecessary mistake because sometimes there might be a mistake in the odd maybe due to system error or most times the bookmakers will purposely set the trap just to see if gamblers will fall for such trap and the only way we can escape from such trap is by checking statistics. I know that checking  statistics does not guarantee wining but the reason why it is very important to check statistics before betting is so as for us to know where we are heading.

You know, statistics are very important but they don’t tell the whole story, mate. I would not say those are a actual solution, but those could give us some clue. yes you could also benefit from looking at xG, possession, and onfield player form. But a red card, bad referee decision or player having a horrid day can change the entire game, right? Sports is about emotion and unpredictability, so even when we have the information, the outcomes will still disappoint us from time to time. So if you are clever enough, don’t rely only relying on statistics and place your bet based on your intuition and understanding of the game.

Imo, yes, the best stats doesn't always materialises to the outcome of every game. There are other factors that can can influence and change the outcome of a game thereby making the current stats losing it's usefulness, and these are unpredictable circumstances or factors which we can't add into the stats of the opponents because of their nature of occurrence. These could be hard luck, key player of the best team sustaining injury and then sent out immediately the game started, unfavourable atmosphere or perhaps the officiating referee taking decisions out of error that led to the underdogs winning whereas by stats they stand no chance.

Statistics are the answer like a haystack contains the needle, its there but you have to find it and know what to do with it.   You could say the same of many subjects, theres alot of data on the market but are we all able to judge when to buy or sell best but its all in plain sight ready to be used.

It was not gathered for no significant use. It indeed plays an important role when betting. Those who can’t appreciate it or don’t know how to use it properly will simply think it is another waste of time. But those who use it, believing that it will give them an idea when placing their bets, will never take it for granted.
I use it myself and can see the difference compared to just making a wild guess. The odds of winning are higher, but as usual, it is still not enough to guarantee success. Losing is still part of it, but at least our chances of winning increase, and that is something great.

But the thing is, no matter how well you try to combine your knowledge and whatever you try to put together with your skill, data, etc., you can only increase your chance of winning to a high level, but your winning rate can never be guaranteed as long as you are not the one controlling the game result.