Reading Time: 3 minutes Team Stats leaders that play on June 27 knockout games: Memphis Depay (3rd), Cristiano Ronaldo (5th), Kevin De Bruyne (14th), Patrik Schick
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Advanced Soccer Analytics: EURO 2020 Round of 16 Predictions (Choose Your Poisson)
Reading Time: 8 minutes “After the first analysis on June 22, 2021 on the predictions for the last games in the Group Stage for the EURO 2020, we move on to the scientific predictions for the Round of 16 Knockout Stage”
UEFA EURO 2020 Group Stage Stats Recap: Top Players – Part 2 of 4 (Round 16 Matchday 2)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Team Stats leaders that play on June 27 knockout games: Memphis Depay (3rd), Cristiano Ronaldo (5th), Kevin De Bruyne (14th), Patrik Schick
UEFA EURO 2020 Group Stage Visual Recap: A Comparison of Top Players Based on Stats. Part 1 of 4 (Round 16 Matchday 1)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Toni Kroos is MAGNIFICENT, Pedri is amazing, Memphis Depay is awesome But you already knew that and we won’t talk about them today. Stay tuned!
EURO 2020 Fantasy: Projected Points and Probabilities for the Round of 16
Reading Time: 2 minutes The EURO 2020 Fantasy tournament starts again today. Are you excited? Our algorithm team has not been doing too good. We had 65 points in
Soccer Analytics for Beginners: An R Tutorial on EURO 2020 Data – Web Scraping & Radar Plots
Reading Time: 12 minutes Bill K from SweepSportsAnalytics.com presents Soccer Analytics for Beginners: An R Tutorial with EURO 2020 Data – Web Scraping & Radar Plots.
Step 1: Download R Studio
Step 2: Install packages
Step 3: Load libraries
Step 4: Read fbref.com URLs
Step 5: Read a single pair of tables for a single game
Step 6: Read all tables for all games
Step 7: Create summary data frame
Step 8: Select players
Step 9: Create the radar plots
Step 10: Make the graph presentable
Step 11: Interpret the graph
EURO 2020 Group F: Matchday 2 Review & Matchday 3 Outlook – France, Germany, Portugal, and Hungary All Potential Casualties in the Group of Death
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Group of Death turned out to be even more exciting than expected. All four teams have a chance to make it to the next round. Every goal counts as the 3rd place may lead to the next round as well.
UEFA EURO 2020 Group E: Matchday 2 Review & Matchday 3 Outlook – Spain, Sweden, Poland, and Slovakia Battle It Out
Reading Time: 4 minutes Spain absolutely needs a win against Slovakia. The Spaniards are strong favorites, with 80% chances of winning. Slovakia will work hard to at least get a draw that would see them qualify to the round of 16. Poland and Sweden have similar chances of winning, with the Central European team having a slight edge. With a draw, the Scandinavians would clinch at least 2nd place and may even finish 1st if the other group match ends as a tie too.
NBA Eastern Conference Finals: Bucks Favorites over the Hawks, Key Performance Analysis
Reading Time: 5 minutes Milwaukee Faces the Hawks for a Spot in the NBA 2021 Finals The NBA Eastern Conference Finals start on Wednesday with the Milwaukee Bucks having
EURO 2020: Group C – Matchday 2 Review & Matchday 3 Outlook
Reading Time: 4 minutes Both Austria and Ukraine will qualify with a draw, but chances are that Ukraine won’t risk conceding a late goal. The Netherlands have qualified and North Macedonia have already exited the tournament.
EURO 2020: Group B – Matchday 2 Review & Matchday 3 Outlook
Reading Time: 5 minutes Belgium are the obvious favorites in their match against Finland. Russia against Denmark is a much expected game against two sides that play different styles of football.
NBA Western Conference Finals: Suns Favorites over the Clippers, Key Performance Analysis
Reading Time: 4 minutes Phoenix Facing the Kawhi-less Clippers for a Chance at a Championship Ring The NBA Western Conference Finals start on Sunday with the Phoenix Suns having
EURO 2020: Group F – Matchday 1 Review and Updated Outlook
Reading Time: 4 minutes France and Portugal made their first step towards the round of 16 Portugal writes history scoring 3 goals in the final 10 minutes of the
EURO 2020: Group E – Matchday 1 Review and Updated Outlook
Reading Time: 4 minutes Spain couldn’t overcome Sweden and Slovakia pulls off an upset. Spain’s impeccable 85% of possession was not enough. The opening game turned out more challenging