Match fixing in esports: Sportradar shares statistics for 2025

26.02.2026

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In its annual report, Integrity In Action 2025, Sportradar shared statistics on match-fixing monitoring for 2025. In particular, in esports in 2025, only 34 cases were considered suspicious, which is 0.03% or 1 in 2,997 matches. In 2024, 41 episodes were detected.

Out of more than 1,000,000 events in 70 sports worldwide, 1,116 suspicious matches were identified in 2025, 1% fewer than in 2024. More than 99.5% of sporting events worldwide took place without suspicion.

“Soccer remained the most affected sport, though its share of suspicious matches fell from 65% in 2024 to 55% in 2025. This change suggests a gradual shifting of match-fixing activity across other sports", — Sportradar notes.

Among the regions, Europe again ranked first in terms of the number of suspicious matches in 2025, but the number of cases decreased by 66 compared to 2024. South America also saw a noticeable decline, with 64 fewer suspicious matches compared to the previous year.

At the same time, Asia, Africa, North and Central America saw moderate growth. Match-fixers are shifting to markets where monitoring systems and match-fixing prevention measures are less developed.

To monitor match-fixing, Sportradar actively uses and develops a new technology — the Universal Fraud Detection System, based on artificial intelligence (UFDS AI). UFDS AI has enabled real-time analysis of large volumes of betting data, identifying anomalous patterns that are often impossible to detect with traditional methods. As a result, the number of suspicious matches identified using AI has increased significantly compared to the previous year (+56%).

As previously reported by CyberScore, 4IVAN was banned by the EPL organizers after attempting match-fixing at European Pro League 34.