Soccer
Bayer Leverkusen’s Unbeaten Season: Bayesian Skepticism in Football
Bayesian skepticism in football — what it means, how it applies to extraordinary seasons like Leverkusen's unbeaten run, where the framework breaks, and how...
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Jess Tanaka
Jess Tanaka is the SportsHighLight NBA and WNBA lead. She writes the bulk of basketball coverage on both sides — lineup data, second-spectrum-style tracking interpretation, possession value, shot quality. Wrote the Possession Trap series and most of the WNBA pace pieces; the editor most likely to push back on a hot take with a chart.
Soccer
Reading the Champions League Knockout Stage Through Expected Goals
The Champions League knockout stage produces a familiar viewing trap. A team wins the first leg 2-0 away from home.…
Soccer
How to Read the January Transfer Window Through Analytics
The January transfer window is the messiest moment in soccer’s analytical calendar. Clubs scramble to fix mid-season problems. Selling sides…
Soccer
Champions League Matchday 3: The xG Story Arsenal Was Hiding
Arsenal 4-0 Atletico looked like vintage demolition. The xG numbers were 3.8 to 0.6 and pointed at something the league phase would confirm.
Soccer
PSG’s Champions League Final 5-0: The xG Story Behind the Blowout
Désiré Doué scored his second goal of the 2025 Champions League Final in the 73rd minute at the Allianz Arena…
Soccer
Liverpool 2024-25 Premier League Title: How Slot Did It in Year One
Liverpool won the 2024-25 Premier League title in Slot first year. 84 points, 0.78 xG-against. Twenty English titles, equaling Manchester United.
Soccer
Liverpool 1-0 PSG: The xG Result That Bracket Variance Produced
Liverpool beat PSG 1-0 in the UCL Round of 16. PSG had 4.1 xG to Liverpool 1.8. The 3% finishing variance result that knockout...