About - The Stats Zone

Hello! And thank you for taking the time to read our ‘About’ page, or at least the first sentence. You’ve made it this far, so you may as well continue now.

What is TSZ all about?

Glad you asked! What you see here on the website is just one aspect of TSZ Content Ltd. Our aim is to provide expert, preview-focussed content with a statistical slant for a whole host of sports, from traditional football to Aussie rules football (we don’t just do football!).

We boast a wide-ranging network of sporting experts from across the globe who live and breathe their chosen sports, so much so that merely watching it isn’t enough, they want to write about it for us!

From very humble beginnings where we produced a handful of long-form, statistical deep-dive articles each week, we realised we had a knack for predicting the outcome of events and our focus soon changed. There was a time when we’d pester family and friends to visit the site in order to boost our Analytics but that is thankfully no longer the case as we now boast well over 500k unique visitors per month – and these figures are constantly rising as we increase the breadth of our coverage.

What sports does TSZ cover?

An ever-growing portfolio, but here’s a quick overview of where we focus our efforts:

What types of content are produced?

What else does TSZ do?

Alongside thestatszone.com, we also have a B2B arm to the company where we work directly with the betting and affiliate industry to provide tailor-made content to suit the needs of the client.

Covering several hundred competitions and thousands of events, we pride ourselves on meeting any demand and delivering to the strictest of deadlines. We have previously provided bespoke, data-driven services to one of the biggest sports content providers in the UK, and we look forward to connecting with others in the industry looking to benefit from the expertise we provide.

Aside from our core team listed below, the TSZ network extends to freelance journalists from around the globe, which naturally encompasses a variety of time zones. This has allowed us to meet any deadline required by our clients.

Meet the key players!

Alright, you’ve heard our spiel, but who’s behind it all?

ROB ESTEVA

The founder/gaffer/big cheese, TSZ is the brainchild of Rob Esteva, who founded the company in 2016 and has taken it from strength to strength since. Remarkable really, considering the fact Rob has at least 48 other jobs, not least his role as a Data Specialist for UEFA & FIFA. Rob is also a former Director of Football at Brentford and Altrincham. In his free time, if such a thing exists for him, Rob is a keen follower of Everton, so he’s clearly a glutton for punishment.

TRYSTAN PUGH

Trystan oversees the general running of the website and ensures the team are kept busy on a day-to-day basis. He’s been around since the early days of TSZ despite not originally being Rob’s first choice as Content Manager, which he is constantly reminding the boss of. He needs to let it go. A lover of both playing and watching racket sports, Trystan is annoyingly competitive and is far too obsessed with fantasy football.

ALEX SARWAR

Alex is an avid fan of all forms of cricket and forms an integral part of TSZ’s bat and ball coverage, in addition to his in-depth knowledge of world football. As a keen fantasy football player, he loves nothing more than telling his colleagues why their FPL teams are rubbish, which has made him a good fit for our coverage in that area. Alex has done plenty of sports commentary in his time, so the rest of the team delight in the comical mispronunciations that have become his trademark.

ALEX LAWES

Alex is a sports statistics enthusiast who is tailor-made for TSZ, and in his spare time the Bolton Wanderers fan writes a blog and runs an X account devoted to the Trotters, despite the pain they can bring him! An integral part of The Stats Zone's football coverage, Alex has also been known to dip into cricket, darts and pretty much any other sport we throw his way.

ALEX MEECHAN

The latest in a long line of staffers whose name begins with the letter A and, just to make emails extra confusing, the third of his name on the team, Alex is a tennis analyst with a genuine passion for the sport, having attended Wimbledon from an early age. He covers both the ATP and WTA tours, providing analysis, previews and predictions throughout the season. A lifelong fan of tennis and other sports, Alex enjoys digging into the form, rivalries and storylines that make the sport so compelling.

PAUL HASSALL

A sports writer who has worked for various national and international titles, Paul can be found scribbling about all things tennis for TSZ. He is also an avid football fan and when he's not spinning several plates across various media and sports, he is a keen traveller and foot golf enthusiast.

GABRIEL SHEEHAN

Rarely found discussing anything that isn’t MMA-oriented, law graduate Gabriel forms one half of TSZ’s crack MMA analyst team. A die-hard Arsenal fan who is still struggling to process 2025/26's triumphant season, he’s also a ranked amateur MMA fighter in his spare time, honing his knowledge of the sport through endless tape study and a steady diet of punches to the head.

OWEN LIAO

Owen is TSZ's other MMA addict, breaking down UFC fights in more detail than is probably healthy. He spends his week rewatching fights round by round so you don't have to, with the picks always backed by the tape. When there's no UFC to obsess over, he's tuned in to the major boxing fights or watching Nottingham Forest, which explains why his analysis leans towards the underdog so often.

MATT HIRST

A long-suffering Leeds fan, Matt is most often found watching some kind of sport or following live sports updates. His broad (often random) knowledge of the subject not only makes him great to have on your pub quiz team, but perfect for data collection.

If you would like to get in touch with TSZ for any reason, be it for potential collaboration or just to tell us how great we are, head on over to our CONTACT page and we’ll respond to you as soon as we can!