substantially, falling to 3.06. And his xG came down with it, dropping to 0.44. Those are still fine numbers, but they’re the numbers of a good striker, not the numbers of the one who’s at the top of world football. Often times, of course, injuries take time to heal, and players...
This leads us to StatsBomb’s latest endeavor. Based on the limitations outlined above, we recognized the need for a model that accounts for the continuous nature of football, the retention of information from previous states, and the actions chosen by decision makers. Our next model will improv...
Leroy Sané has been injured throughout the season, though it seemed like he had one foot out the door anyway. But he did offer something totally absent now. Sané is almost unique at the top level of modern football as a left-footed winger who exclusively plays from the left, which lets...
Mbappe) and a quick Youtube search shows the Greek Freak has someserious football skills. Giannis will bring his trademark enthusiasm and competitiveness to the team, and will
there are numbers and metrics aplenty for other positions but in public analytics at least, development has been limited and a genuine track record of successful application is yet to be found. If centre back analysis is the holy grail of public football analytics, then the search thus far has...
Anyway, I don't want to be a killjoy about a team who is playing some bloody nice football and should get better when some key players return from injury. Wenger must rotate his players in November and December though, gotta keep the players fresh. ...