01 — Live
Matchday coverage
Minute-by-minute text reporting filed straight from the desk while the match runs.
Vol. 01 · The Corynix Masthead
Football, written sharper.
Corynix is an independent football media network. We file from the desk with the discipline of a newsroom and the lens of a tactics board — previews, live text, full-time reports, ratings and data-led predictions, built around the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Editor's note
"We don't do rumours. We do matches — start to whistle, with the receipts."
Marcus Hale
Editor-in-Chief, Corynix
120+
Matches covered weekly
48
Nations on the desk
<90s
Live update latency
72%
Prediction accuracy YTD
The desks
Four desks. One standard.
Every Corynix byline rolls up to one of these four desks — and one editor accountable for it.
02 — Reads
Post-match analysis
Tactical breakdowns of shape, key moments and player ratings on a 1–10 scale.
03 — Tactics
The tactical desk
Pressing triggers, build-up patterns and transition behaviour — explained without jargon.
04 — Models
Predictions
Probability splits backed by form, lineup quality and venue context — not guesswork.
Our position
No rumours.
Just matches.
Corynix is not a fan blog, not a rumour mill, not a transfer aggregator. No clickbait, no broadcast clips, no highlight rip-offs. Every page exists to help you understand a match — before it starts, while it's running, and after the final whistle.
Ownership
Independently owned
No club, league or broadcaster on the cap table.
Affiliations
None — by design
The desk answers only to its readers.
Editorial standards
How the desk works.
- 01Tactics over hot takes
We argue from the pitch, not the timeline.
- 02Probability, not certainty
Every forecast carries its confidence band.
- 03Ratings scored by the desk
No crowd-sourced averages, no fan-bias inflation.
- 04Transparent corrections
Mistakes are logged on the article footer, dated.
The masthead
Who runs Corynix.
A small, full-time team of editors, reporters and analysts. Every byline on the site is a real person on this list.
6 bylines · 6 cities
London
Editor-in-Chief
Marcus Hale
Fifteen years on the touchline beat. Built the Corynix tactical desk from a single newsletter.
Corynix DeskLondon
Madrid
Head of Analysis
Sofia Reyes
Former club performance analyst. Translates xG and pressing data into language fans actually use.
Corynix DeskMadrid
Lagos
Senior Match Reporter
Daniel Okafor
Lead writer on World Cup qualifiers across CAF and CONMEBOL. Lives at the press box.
Corynix DeskLagos
Milan
Predictions Lead
Elena Marchetti
Runs the probability model. Background in sports econometrics and Serie A scouting.
Corynix DeskMilan
Tokyo
Asia Correspondent
Hiroshi Tanaka
Covers AFC qualifiers, J-League and the Saudi Pro League. Long-form interview specialist.
Corynix DeskTokyo
Berlin
Newsroom Producer
Amira Haddad
Runs the live blog rotation. Keeps the Corynix desk on schedule on matchdays.
Corynix DeskBerlin
Built around 2026
The tournament is the headline. The matches are the work.
Schedule, predictions, live blogs and player ratings — all in one place, all written by the Corynix desk.
Newsroom contact
Get in touch with the desk
- Editorialdesk@corynix.com
- Correctionscorrections@corynix.com
- Press & partnershipspress@corynix.com