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Football Reads from The Analyst – Trailer If you like sport, then you will love the Reads from The Analyst! It is your audio home for data-driven storytelling from the team behind TheAnalyst.com. We are going to delve… 4 years ago Graham Bell
Football Advanced Metrics: Top Five European Leagues The top 500 players with at least 900 minutes in Europe’s elite leagues by attacking metrics aggregated to per 90 values for season 2020-21. 4 years ago Peter McKeever
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