Tag: Stoke

• June 29, 2013

  Preventing Opposition Shots from Good Areas

  There are three managers in the Premier League who appear to fully understand the mechanics of taking and conceding shots from the right positions. Well there were three. There’s only one left and his name is Sam Allardyce. One of the others was his partner in football crime, Tony Pulis. The other one was Sir…
• June 27, 2013

  Team Styles and Quality of Shot Position

  Last time out at Differentgame we looked at the consistency of finishing from different areas of the field. Today we’re going to look at which teams consistently shoot from good positions. Using the positional data collected for our expected goals model we can calculate the % chance of scoring for each shot taken. From there…