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A defensive stats personal library

A selection of interesting posts about defensive stats in football

Every question you need to ask about running stats

The European Premier League

Recently read: The rise and fall of peer review

Goodbye 2022, Hello 2023

What if you let loose a data scientist on in-match decisions?

Prompt: Write an article about potential AI use in football...

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Every question you need to ask about running stats

Running stats in football aren't always used well, here's a bunch of questions to think about

Everything you need to know about defensive statistics (well, the basics)

When is data 'right'?

Everything you need to know about expected goals

Everything you need to know about 'pitch control'

The real meaning of Moneyball

Applying analytics

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The European Premier League

Manchester United says 'hello world' to data science

Do VARs dream of electric football commentators?

Creating new data by stealing from basketball

The Who, The What, and The Why of bringing advanced stats to the public

Business of analytics

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How football competitions are their own competition

So... everyone has hybrid data now

FIFA's big, big plans (no, not the World Cups)

So... everyone has pressure data now

Where to spend your analytics money?

Defensive data

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Everything you need to know about defensive statistics (well, the basics)

What if we didn't care about passes?

Research in Focus: Make your own goalkeeper data

Research in Focus: Ghosting

Do we know football well enough to have good defensive stats?

Supporter Specials

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Recently read: The rise and fall of peer review

An OpenAI Q&A about expected goals

Research in Focus

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A defensive stats personal library

Research in Focus: xG Replication with American Soccer Analysis

Research in Focus: Quantifying Finishing Skill

Research in Focus: Using data to identify unconscious bias

Research in Focus: Make your own goalkeeper data