Football

Part 1 β€” A Career in Football Analytics, The What

Part 1 β€” A Career in Football Analytics, The What

When I started in the football analytics community it was a bit intimidating.

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Player similarities & interpolation

Player similarities & interpolation

Analyzing video, finding players from similar teams, traveling all over the world to scouts player: scooting activity can be long and fastidious.

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Beyond the Goal: Visualizing Expected Assists in Soccer

Beyond the Goal: Visualizing Expected Assists in Soccer

Basketball games have score lines in the triple digits. An NFL game in 2019 might produce a combined double-digit touchdowns.

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PassSonar: Visualizing Player Interactions in Soccer Analytics

PassSonar: Visualizing Player Interactions in Soccer Analytics

Democratized thanks to Michael Lewis’ Moneyball (both the book and then the movie adaptation), baseball and basketball have already gone quite far in the realm of sports analytics.

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After raw stats: exploring possession styles with data embeddings.

After raw stats: exploring possession styles with data embeddings.

The most basic way to identify a team style of play is to look at possession percentages, pass success rates, tackle rates, the average number of faults per game, etc….

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