pct rating and where the team is in standings is good place to start. also look to see if there playing east to west or west to west or east to east if nba , nhl or nfl. in mlb look to see if american league or national league teams are playing.
for mlb use this website https://www.mlb.com/standings/league
for nba use this website https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/standings.fcgi
for nfl use this website https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/standings.cgi
don't gave a good link nhl yet
I think you asked a great question I posted this in the mlb forum it might help:
1. Look up the definition of statistics
2. collect data on what you believe is your hypothesis or the key driver of what wins baseball games or whatever sport your thinking of handicapping.
3. Organize - summarize - analyze - if you collect enough you will find history repeats or it doesn’t and you probably have to go back to #2.
4. a few hints A. x drives y meaning does pitching lead to victories or does hitting lead to victories or something else B. Always include the opening line oddsmakers put on a game in your analysis C. Recognize the best and worst pitchers on paper don’t always win
5. X drives y .... aka cause and affect
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