Sportradar Monitoring Data Suggests Slight Decrease in Match-Fixing

Sportradar, the world’s leading sports technology company, has published its match-fixing report, declaring a slight decrease in event manipulation worldwide. The company reaffirmed soccer as the riskier discipline when it comes to such fraud.

The Number of Suspicious Games Decreased

In its Integrity in Action 2025: Global Analysis & Trends, Sportradar announced that global match-fixing activity “showed continued progress toward containment in 2025.” The company attributed the favorable trend to the broader efforts against fraud, which include enhanced monitoring, better enforcement, and new education initiatives.

The company’s Integrity in Action 2025: Global Analysis & Trends shows that Sportradar monitored over 1 million events across 70 sports worldwide, leading to the identification of 1,116 suspicious matches. This figure suggests a decrease of 1% from 2024, Sportradar said.

At the same time, more than 99.5% of all sporting events worldwide remained free from suspicion, which highlights the “continued effectiveness of coordinated integrity measures across the international sports ecosystem.”

Sportradar published further statistics, saying that Europe remained in the lead in terms of the total suspicious matches count, although it recorded 66 fewer cases than it did in 2024. Suspicious alerts in South America were also on the decline as the region recorded 64 fewer cases.

At the same time, Asia, Africa, North and Central America experienced slight increases in terms of the number of suspicious matches.

In addition to that, Sportradar highlighted soccer as the most impacted discipline with 618 suspicious matches detected. Basketball came in second with 233 cases, followed by tennis with 78. Rounding up the top five were table tennis and cricket with 65 and 59 cases, respectively.

Sportradar noted that tennis, table tennis, and cricket had experienced a notable growth in suspicious matches, suggesting that match-fixing activity is becoming increasingly dispersed rather than remaining concentrated on a single discipline.

Opposing Fraud Is a Continuous Effort

In 2025, Sportradar continued to expand its efforts against fraud. One of the most noteworthy developments was the advancement of its AI-powered Universal Fraud Detection System, which leverages machine learning to analyze betting odds in real time and flag suspicious patterns. AI analysis has thus remained a growing contributor to the war on fraud in sports.  

In the meantime, Sportradar continued to promote education, detection, investigation and enforcement. In terms of education, the company said that its Integrity Education initiatives reached a total of 34,000 participants, up 25% year-on-year. In addition to that, the company supported 125 sanctions across 7 sports.

Andres Krannich, Sportradar’s executive president of integrity services, hailed the slight decrease in suspicious cases, saying that it is encouraging, but also reinforcing the importance of continuity in the fight against fraud.

He concluded: “Match-fixing remains an evolving threat, and sustained investment in technology, intelligence, education, and collaboration is essential to staying ahead of those seeking to corrupt sport.”