Tag: expected passing

• March 3, 2018

  February Tweetbag

  Questions from twitter… My models tie in with the players most people would suggest: Kevin De Bruyne and Mo Salah. De Bruyne has absolutely blitzed his expected assist totals. Ozil might have created more but Kev’s are getting converted. Salah has also very done well in this category: Then comes Salah’s goalscoring exploits. Unbelievable stuff:…
• January 22, 2018

  Some words on passing ‘analytics’

  When Opta record a pass during a game, they attach numerous qualifiers to help describe it. This is helpful as it provides context. However, when the media present it to us, either on telly or in print or even on dedicated football stats wesbites, you’ll not find those qualfiers nor the context. This is not…