Fluidity in Football: Measuring Relationism Through Spatial DataMy eyes haven’t been scrolling the social media platforms as much as I used to do a few years back. Partly because I don’t have the time…May 4May 4
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…Apr 26A response icon1Apr 26A response icon1
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 12A response icon6Apr 12A response icon6
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 29A response icon1Mar 29A response icon1
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 8A response icon4Mar 8A response icon4
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 2A response icon3Mar 2A response icon3
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 15A response icon1Feb 15A response icon1
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 2A response icon1Feb 2A response icon1
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 27A response icon5Jan 27A response icon5
