Spotting player decisions with tracking dataDuring the last couple of weeks, the heavyweights of football analytics created the channel Friends of Tracking in order to share insights…May 8, 2020May 8, 2020
Take the ball, pass the ball — a simple method for analyzing passing behaviourYears ago, we only looked at pass completion rates of teams or players as a statistic. Recently, many statistic sites also report the…Apr 8, 2020Apr 8, 2020
Expected goals and conversion — a probabilistic approachIn recent years, Expected Goals (xG) has become a highly used figure in football analytics. For this post, we assume that the reader knows…Mar 31, 2020Mar 31, 2020