Soccer
Pressing Data Without the Costume: PPDA, Territory and the Limits of Public Models
A pundit on a Saturday afternoon broadcast describes the away team’s pressing as “intense” based on what looks like a…
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Football analytics in the StatsBomb era. Expected goals, possession value, shot maps, recruitment data — the metrics, where they break, and what the manager saw that the model missed.
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...
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.
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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.
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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...