On Monday, August 31, the O Globo media network launched its “Crystal Ball”, a statistical probability tool that analyzes the winning odds of the 20 Serie A clubs of professional soccer in the country. Through Crystal Ball, O Globo's readers will have access to more than 90 constantly updated probability data.
All of this is achieved together with the support of the Federal University of Minas Gerais' (UFMG) Department of Mathematics, which provides data with the experience of those who calculate soccer quotas since 2004.
Furthermore, fans will be able to go over the recent history of club campaigns and compare the performance of teams with previous years.
The probability information is updated every hour, including the game results of each team and its rival, impacting in real-time the future prospects of each team's ranking. The tool can also be useful for users on sports betting sites, it also shows the growing interest in this vertical of the market in Brazil.