The Moldovan Football Federation and Starlizard Integrity Services join forces in the fight against match-fixing

FMF highlights that thanks to the first partnership between the two last year, a successful investigation against match-fixing was able to be carried out and, as a result, Moldovan side FC Floresti were demoted from the country's top-league in January 2022.

It is important to mention that SIS combines deep insights into how betting markets should behave with detailed on-pitch performance data analysis and research, making it ideally placed to identify suspected or potential match-fixing.

In this way, and according to the FMF, SIS will continue to provide a dedicated alert service to the F?F free of charge, notifying the governing body of suspicious betting patterns or questionable performances by teams or players in Moldovan football. In addition, SIS will be ready to investigate specific allegations of match-manipulation in Moldova, working closely with the FMF on any such investigations.

Regarding the renewal of this agreement, Evgheni Zubic, head of integrity at the FMF, values the alliance and says, "We have already benefited enormously from their deep understanding of betting markets and their expertise in identifying both suspicious betting patterns and team or player The renewal of the agreement with SIS will enable us to build on our successful collaboration and further strengthen our efforts to keep Moldovan football clean".

While Affy Sheikh, director of Starlizard Integrity Services, considers it a privilege to be able to contribute to safeguarding the integrity of Moldovan football and support the FMF. Along these lines, he comments that the alliance “is another example of our successful working relationships with sports governing bodies around the world, where we provide our monitoring, analysis and alert services free of charge as part of our own commitment to ridding football and sport in general of match manipulation".