Soccer Video Total Legend: Remembering Johan Cruyff Johan Cruyff passed away on this day in 2016. One of the greatest players in the history of the game, he was instrumental in the Netherlands’ journey to the final… 9 months ago The Analyst
Soccer Shape Analysis: Automatically Detecting Formations Shape Analysis uses tracking data to automatically identify a team’s shape, both in and out of possession, during a game. 9 months ago Jonny Whitmore, Thomas Seidl
Soccer Identifying Patterns with Movement Chains Movement chains describe the patterns of four player involvements in a passage of play by displaying the locations of the first touches. 9 months ago Jonny Whitmore, Danny Dinsdale
Soccer What Is Possession Value (PV)? Possessive Value assigns credit to individual players based on their positive and negative contributions on the ball. But how does it work? 9 months ago Jonny Whitmore
Soccer Sequences and Possessions in Football Stats Perform’s possessions framework strings together consecutive events into sequences in order to provide a more detailed picture of what’s happening on the pitch. 9 months ago Jonny Whitmore
Soccer What Are Expected Assists (xA)? Expected assists (xA) measure the likelihood that a given pass will become a goal assist based on several factors about the pass. 9 months ago Jonny Whitmore
Soccer Looking Back: Arsène Wenger’s Arsenal The anniversary of his 1,000th Arsenal game is not one Arsène Wenger will remember too fondly, but his reign remains one to celebrate. 9 months ago Dom Farrell
Soccer Podcast 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… 9 months ago Graham Bell
Soccer 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. 9 months ago Peter McKeever
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