Category: Sports

• April 26, 2020

  From Belgium to Cheltenham

  I’ve been watching a fair amount of football at lower league tiers in the last year both home and abroad. This is due to a mix of club queries and the fact that detailed data is becoming more and more available from the big data suppliers. A lot (not all) of teams at lower level…
• April 10, 2020

  How is Jonjoe Kenny doing at Schalke?

  There are 16 right-backs in the Bundesliga who’ve made 500 passes or more this season. Kenny ranks 6th of 16 in my passing model for accuracy. The passing model assigns a likelihood of a pass from x to y on the pitch being completed. So, a pass between two centre-backs like the one below gets…