A paired-sample analysis of the 2025–26 A-League Men season testing whether home advantage is real. The points suggests that it does not however the goal difference suggests that it does.

One of football's oldest assumptions is that tackling is a defender's job. Midfielders break up play here and there, but the heavy lifting of tackling, in particular belongs to the back four. We tested that assumption against real 2025/26 A-League Men data, and the result wasn't what we expected.