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NBA Shot Chart: Leading Scorers by Zone, 2010-11 Dallas Mavericks
Reading Time: < 1 minute Inspired by the NBA visualization master @kirkgoldsberry, here’s a look at the leading scorers by zone of the 2011 NBA Champions, the Dallas Mavericks.
10 Steps to Get Started in Sports Analytics in 2022
Reading Time: 12 minutes Throughout the article below, I go through my approach of how to become great in the four pillars of a sports analytics expert: Communication, Statistics, Programming, and Sports Knowledge.
EURO 2020 Series: The Statistical Breakdown of Full Backs
Reading Time: 10 minutes Moving forward to our second article of the EURO 2020 series, we present to you the statistical breakdown of full backs. As I have already written in the introduction these articles do not aim to analyse every aspect of the game and cannot possibly include an analysis of every different role and style of play of individual positions. Therefore, full-backs, wing backs, and complete wing backs will feature the present article.
EURO 2020 SERIES: The Statistical Breakdown of Central Defenders
Reading Time: 9 minutes We present different central defenders and their EURO 2020 stats, having analysed their performance over nine different categories.
EURO 2020 Introduction to the Statistical Breakdown of Every Position
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some days after I watched the EURO 2020 Final, I was contemplating what should be our farewell to the competition. I had already decided that I was not interested in writing an analysis of the Final and instead I believed that it would be more interesting to focus on the best performers. After a discussion with Bill, the idea of a series of articles focused on the players’ statistical breakdown was born.
How the Bucks are Winning and How the Suns Can Win – NBA Finals Shot Analytics
Reading Time: 8 minutes I looked at the shot distribution per quarter for the top 3 players of each team to paint a picture. Moreover, I did some clustering of each team’s shots.
Messi and Neymar Top the 2021 Copa América Player Stats Leaderboards
Reading Time: 5 minutes In a hard fought final against Brazil, Argentina won their 1st Copa América title since 1993. Messi gave it all he had and won his first ever international title. He really wanted to lift the trophy and the stats we gather prove that!
Scorching Suns Too Hot For Bucks So Far (NBA Finals Shot Analysis)
Reading Time: 3 minutes I looked at the shot distribution of each player per quarter to paint a picture. The two graphs below show the total percentage of shots each player took in each quarter. A short description of the key points we noticed, as well as how to read the graphs, follows.
Advanced Soccer Analytics: EURO 2020 Final Predictions (A Shot of Poisson)
Reading Time: 7 minutes What a EURO it has been! It’s had it all: emotions, tension, goals, own goals, records broken, controversial decisions. The EURO 2020 will definitely be remembered for years to come! The final will be played at the Wembley Stadium in London. Can England lift their first EURO trophy in their home ground? Is “football coming home” or is “football coming to Rome”?
EURO 2020 Player Clusters: The Good, the Bad, and the Awesome (Semi-Finals Edition)
Reading Time: 7 minutes This EURO’s semi-finals contain a very impressive group of players. There are so many players that stand out from each team, each for their own
Advanced Soccer Analytics: EURO 2020 Semi-Finals Predictions (I got the Poisson, I got the Remedy)
Reading Time: 7 minutes The EURO2020 is turning out as the tournament of surprises and high scores. The model managed to successfully predict the good and efficient performance of Belgium and England. It also predicted that the match between Spain and Croatia would be balanced (with a slight advantage in favor of Spain, as it turned out in overtime). Italy had a hard time but eventually progressed while in the other knockout matches we had surprises that were difficult to predict by a model or experts of the sport. The definition of the model is given in detail at the end of this article.
Advanced Soccer Analytics: EURO 2020 Quarter-Finals Predictions (Choose Your Poisson)
Reading Time: 7 minutes The EURO2020 is turning out as the tournament of surprises and high scores. The model managed to successfully predict the good and efficient performance of Belgium and England. It also predicted that the match between Spain and Croatia would be balanced (with a slight advantage in favor of Spain, as it turned out in overtime). Italy had a hard time but eventually progressed while in the other knockout matches we had surprises that were difficult to predict by a model or experts of the sport. The definition of the model is given in detail at the end of this article.
EURO 2020 Goalkeepers: What Do the Stats Tell us?
Reading Time: 3 minutes What kind of stats would a coach want to see for his goalkeeper? Of course, 0 saves off of 0 shots on target. The better the defense the happier the manager! But, in a realistic scenario such as this year’s EUROs, keepers must be able to block shots and also play with their feet.
UEFA EURO 2020 Group Stage Stats Recap: Top Players – Part 4 of 4 (Round 16 Matchday 4)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Team Stats leaders that play on June 28 knockout games: Toni Kroos, Kalvin Phillips, Alexander Isak, Andriy Yarmolenko