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⚽ The big leagues are back, Sorare's plan and more 🔥
Box-to-box
August 15, 2024
Hey! 🤜 🤛
Four of the top five European leagues are back to get fans around the world excited!
And with us, you’re getting even smarter about fantasy football on Sorare.
Today's issue ⬇️
📖 Need to know: Our top reads for beginners
⚽ League intro: Premier League
💯 Player of the week: Jon Gorenc Stankovic
🎙️ Listen to this: The Sorare Data podcast
🗓️ Mark your calendar: Upcoming competitions
As always, we also have some updates from the community and a few other bits.
And just in case you haven’t tried Sorare yet, you can sign up now and start playing Sorare Rivals for free – with a chance for some really nice rewards.
Let’s dive in. 🤓
📚 Top 4 reads for beginners
⚽ Leagues around the world
Premier League: The best league in the world?
The Premier League is kicking off on Friday.
Why it’s worth watching: It's the most watched league in the world – and it has developed massively since its introduction in 1992/93 (it replaced the previous First Division). And while it is generally considered to be extremely competitive, Manchester City has dominated in recent years, winning six of the last seven championships (including the last four years in a row). Will any team be able to break City's stranglehold in the upcoming season?
Three things you should know:
51 different teams have competed in the Premier League – only six teams have played in each season so far (Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham).
Blackburn Rovers are the only former Premier League champion currently outside the Premier League.
13 of the 20 current Premier League teams have won a title in England's top division. Very few Newcastle United fans, however, will remember the last time their team finished a season at the top of the standings – because it was in 1927.
By the numbers: Out of the 20 teams, Manchester City has the highest market value at €1.32 billion. Newly promoted Ipswich Town has the lowest market value at €91.15 million. (Source: www.transfermarkt.com)
💯 Our player of the week
Jon Gorenc Stankovic (Sturm Graz): 100 points against TSV Hartberg
Reigning Austrian champions Sturm Graz got their first win of the season against TSV Hartberg. Jon Gorenc Stankovic was playing as a defensive midfielder, helping his team to secure a clean sheet. That wasn't enough, however – he even managed to score an assist for the first goal in the 2-0 win.
🎙️ Podcast highlights
The SorareData podacst: Is Sorare's plan working?
Lairdinho is joined by Yowzaa and mpenn10 to discuss the success of early access cards, and what we may expect in the coming months in terms of the supply of 2024-25 cards.
Listen to it on Spotify.
🗓️ Competition schedule
Game week 503 (20-23 August): The Global All Star competition is back – no restrictions at all, every card can play in your line-up.
Game week 504 (23-27 August): It’s a global competition with a twist – all five players in your line-up have to play for different clubs.
Game week 505 (27-30 August): Another global competition – but your players are not allowed to go over the cap of 270 points.
And in September and October, there will be two special European nights – you can find all relevant information on the Sorare blog here.
⚡️ Community notes
Do you want to watch other people open reward boxes? Check out the latest episode of “Make it a Double Double” on YouTube.
Are you using Telegram? Then you can join the Fantasy Sorare Challenge in Sorare's official Telegram group here.
Who are the best goalkeepers and defenders in the Premier League? Harry Trades has put this video together to discuss that.
👉 We'll have a lot more great content coming up – and we're helping everybody to have a lot of fun on Sorare! 🔥
That’s all for today. Let us know if you're looking for any specific information so that we can cover that in the coming weeks.
Talk soon,
The Sorare FUM team
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