- Factor analysis for player similarityI’ve developed a Shiny app in R which aims to model the similarity of player styles in Europe’s top 5 leagues. I’ve just looked at midfielders for now but IContinue reading “Factor analysis for player similarity”
- Pricing a player with event dataThe summer transfer window is just around the corner and every football fan has a wish list of players that they’d love their club to sign. There is much debateContinue reading “Pricing a player with event data”
- The poisson distribution for footballI’ve decided to make a post on the poisson distribution for football and how it can be used in R. I think that this is a good starting point toContinue reading “The poisson distribution for football”
- Going beyond expected goals per 90The popularity of expected goals in football has grown hugely in recent years. It has represented a big step for data analytics in football and has even broken into someContinue reading “Going beyond expected goals per 90”
- Comparing expected goals modelsI’ve finally got around to creating my own expected goals model in R. There are plenty of good explanations out there for anyone who is not familiar with the concept,Continue reading “Comparing expected goals models”
