Interquartile Ranges and Boxplots in Football AnalysisBy writing regularly, I have concluded that I like discussing data from a sporting perspective: explaining data methodology through the…3d ago3d ago
Calculating triangular third-man runs with event data: how reliable are the results?Data metrics and development always feel or look innovative. About 40% of the time, they are. It is very satisfying to create something…Apr 125Apr 125
Finding overperforming strikers using contextual anomaliesI was reminiscing early this week about the days that I just spent hours in Tableau with Wyscout data and making scatterplots for the life…Mar 291Mar 291
Introducing the Probability Even Strength Index (PESI): how can we rank expected performances under…I can’t be the only one who feels like this from time to time. I have hit the wall in terms of creating or developing completely new…Mar 84Mar 84
Chess strategies in football: designing tactical passing styles based on chess ⚽️♟️Football tactics is what originally swayed me in the direction of football analysis. I’m a sucker for patterns and causal relationship, sos…Mar 23Mar 23
Space control and occupation metrics with average positionsSpace and zonal control. These words and concepts are used quite often when we talk about football in a tactical sense. How do we control…Feb 151Feb 151
From Ice Hockey to Football: Mean Even Strength (MESF)From time to time I like to look at other sports in the world and see what we — football enthusiasts — can learn from other disciplines in…Feb 8Feb 8
Introducing Expected Shots from Cross (xCross): measuring the probability that a shot occurs from a…How many more expected models do we need? That’s surely a question I have asked myself numerous times while researching the article I am…Feb 21Feb 21
P-values in football: assessing thee validity of correlation in scatterplotsScatterplots. Football analysts in the public space absolutely love them and I’m one of them. I have been using them for years to show two…Jan 275Jan 275
Expected Defensive Threat Reduction (xDEF): measuring how defensive players reduce attacking…It’s finished! That’s my inital thought when I started writing this article and that sentiment comes from weeks of cracking my brain. I…Jan 182Jan 182
