Analytics in Football - Official Thread

[Tyrone Biggums]

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Really good in-depth article here. Highly likely that this is where Grok picked up the stats above

Long range goals: Is shooting from outside the box a dying art in football?

BBC Sport explores the history of long-range goals in the Premier League and how data and tactics are shaping how often they're scored.

www.bbc.co.uk

Grok saysn:


'Key points from data and analysis primarily from Opta'


Now for some delicious celebrities in picture.

 

[Philby]

FBref and Opta: The data break-up that sent soccer’s analytics world into meltdown

The removal of advanced data from a popular internet resource has proven unpopular – The Athletic breaks down what happened

www.nytimes.com

https://archive.ph/T5607

 

[Cloudy O'Ranieri]

This must be close to a record for half time xG

 

[Philby]

 

[Philby]

A really good deep dive into PL set piece trends. Borderline depressing really. If there aren't some rule tweaks the game is trending towards the objective of every possession simply being the "winning" of a set piece.

The Set Piece Revolution

The game is changing in the English Premier League.

www.expectinggoals.com

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2018301195803120029

 

[Philby]

A couple of notable xG totals racked us this weekend.

Como somehow didn't win (incl. An injury time penalty miss)



...and Barca go 3rd in the single game xG records in big 5 leagues since time (advanced stats) began!

https://twitter.com/x/status/2017723945860907153

 

[Cloudy O'Ranieri]

A couple of notable xG totals racked us this weekend.

Como somehow didn't win (incl. An injury time penalty miss)

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...and Barca go 3rd in the single game xG records in big 5 leagues since time (advanced stats) began!

https://twitter.com/x/status/2017723945860907153

Why should Barcelona be frustrated by it? They won the focking game!

Any time you rack up big xG AND win is great.

 

[Philby]

Not my choice of wording.

I suppose it refers to the gap between goals scored and their xG total

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

A really good deep dive into PL set piece trends. Borderline depressing really. If there aren't some rule tweaks the game is trending towards the objective of every possession simply being the "winning" of a set piece.

The Set Piece Revolution

The game is changing in the English Premier League.

www.expectinggoals.com

They'd want to get a lot tougher on interference with the keeper. Specifically the holding of keepers arms and backing into them when they are attempting to palm balls over.

Its getting ridiculous.