How SquadCheck works
What every number on this site means, where it comes from, and what it cannot tell you.
Power Loss %: how SquadCheck prices an absence
What the Power Loss figure on every team page measures, how each player’s share of it is worked out, and what it cannot tell you.
Read →“When is he back?” How SquadCheck reads return dates
The official feed gives a return date for about one absence in four. How SquadCheck reads the rest, and why it will not invent a date.
Read →How the predicted lineups are built
Why last week’s team is the benchmark every lineup prediction has to beat, and how SquadCheck adjusts it for injuries, suspensions and formation.
Read →Player ratings and squad values: what the numbers are, and are not
How the 0–10 player rating is built from the league’s own match scoring, why early-season ratings are pulled toward average, and the formula behind every estimated value.
Read →Where SquadCheck’s data comes from
The official feeds behind every page, how often they are read, how expected goals are put together, and what the free data does not include.
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