September 2 – The number of betting related fixed matches saw a fractional decrease in 2020, according to the third annual Suspicious Betting Trends in Global Football Report.
“The percentage of matches identified as having suspicious betting patterns has decreased from 0.61% to 0.56%,” said the report authors.
However, they did pick up worrying trends of an increase in suspicious betting patterns in national team games as well as what a clear trend by match-fixers to targeting mid-week games as opposed to Saturday matches.
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