This article explains my Expected Score (xS) model for Australian Rules Football. Using data from 2021-2024, I share my steps, results, and top 10 lists.… Read More Creating an xScore Model for Australian Rules Football
Diving into the past decade of data across 10 different leagues to see how elite European football tactics have evolved… Read More Key Playstyle Changes Over the Last Decade: Pressing, Defensive Height, Goalkeeper Usage
Which teams may use their keeper the most in buildup? I create a data model to find, from 3,000 teams around the world, which ones might use their keeper heavily (and high up) in buildup.… Read More Goalkeeper Chains Around The World: Creating a GK Buildup Index
Pass flow motifs are a good way to begin looking into a team’s passing style and perhaps how they may play in possession. This article looks at 18 leagues and 305 teams’ unique passing styles.… Read More Pass Flow Motifs: Examining Team Passing Style
Can we determine what leagues are most similar to each other? Clubs similar to a specific club? Possible leagues and clubs for a specific team to scout in? I’ve developed a method for this and introduce it here.… Read More League and Club Similarity: Proof-of-Concept and Applications for Recruitment
“How many points should a football team have been expected to earn?” That’s the question this article develops a method for. The Pythagorean Expectation method developed in Baseball is brought into Football, with all aspects of the method and sample analyses detailed.… Read More Creating an Expected Points Model Inspired by Pythagorean Expectation
This is a first step towards trying to get a better view of defenders and defensive skills using event data. I examine ball receipts under pressure and subsequent actions to see if attackinng-player-focused event data can be used as a proxy for defensive actions… Read More Moving Towards Better Data Analysis of Defensive Play: One Proof of Concept – Pressures
Article by Ben Griffis What players tend to pose the most immediate danger to the opponent’s defenders and goalkeeper with their passes? This is the question I’m looking to (begin to) address with a new metric I rather non-creatively term, Passing Danger Index, or PDI for short. The idea behind this is to see which… Read More Introducing “Passing Danger Index”: Measuring The Immediate Danger A Player’s Passes Pose to Opposing Back Lines
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