Articles by 4Futbol Staff

The editorial desk at 4Futbol: explainers, guides and data-driven notes for people who follow the world game and people who study it.

The 2026 World Cup in numbers

48 teams, 104 matches, 308 goals and a final settled in extra time. Every figure here was counted from the public-domain match record behind our World Cup pages — not recalled from memory.

4Futbol Staff · Sep 19, 2026 · 2 min read

How Argentina's league works — zones, the annual table and promedios

Thirty clubs, two zones, two champions a year, a sixteen-club knockout for each title, an annual table that decides Copa places — and relegation by three-season average. A reader's map.

4Futbol Staff · Sep 17, 2026 · 3 min read

Why Liga MX no longer relegates anyone

From 2026–27 the rulebook says it in so many words — Liga MX clubs will not go down, and nobody can come up. How Mexico got from relegation-by-average to a closed league, and how a famous old club came back anyway.

4Futbol Staff · Sep 15, 2026 · 2 min read

Three-way moneylines, draw no bet and Asian handicaps explained

Football betting confuses American bettors for one reason — the draw. How the three-way line works, how the bookmaker's margin hides in it, and the markets built to remove the draw.

4Futbol Staff · Sep 12, 2026 · 3 min read

What expected goals (xG) actually tells you

xG is a measure of chance quality, not of who deserved to win. What goes into it, what it is good for, and the four ways it gets misused every weekend.

4Futbol Staff · Sep 10, 2026 · 3 min read

How league tables and tie-breakers really work

Goal difference is not the universal tie-breaker you think it is. Spain, Italy and Portugal look at head-to-head results first, Brazil counts wins first, and the order has decided titles.

4Futbol Staff · Sep 8, 2026 · 3 min read