When people hear about Udinese, they tend to think about veteran Italian striker Antonio Di Natale, developing talented players like Alexis Sanchez and their links to Watford. They regularly finished in the champions league qualifying spots/Europa league spots for a few years and were an Antonio Di Natale penalty miss away from progressing into the… Continue reading Rodrigo De Paul Scouting Report
Passing Under Pressure
After months of playing around with the Statsbomb data, I’ve finally managed to make a blog post out of it. One of the things that is unique about the Statsbomb data is that it tracks pressure events, so I’ve researched how passing is affected under pressure. I looked at lots of different breakdowns of passes… Continue reading Passing Under Pressure
Predicting Titanic Survivors
Kaggle is a website which hosts machine learning competitions. I recently completed the Titanic competition on Kaggle. The task was to predict who died and who survived on the Titanic, given data on approximately 900 passengers. I did this by using a random forest model to classify the passengers. I managed to correctly classify 74%… Continue reading Predicting Titanic Survivors
Making Data Visualizations
I entered the data visualization competition run by Chance Analytics. We were given a full season’s data from the Chinese Super League and told to visualize it as best as possible. I wanted to write about my visualization and creating data visualizations in general. For my entry, I plotted the locations of low crosses which… Continue reading Making Data Visualizations
Conversion Rates: A Reminder
Here is a link to my article on ChanceAnalytics, where I have written a summary/reminder of conversion rates: Conversion Rates: A Reminder
Shots In The Box
Whenever I play Fifa I get very frustrated. I always find myself in good positions, such as in the opposition penalty area. However, sometimes you just want to smash your controller, since it looks obvious you are about to score and have your own ‘Agueroooooooo’ moment, only for a defender to come out of nowhere… Continue reading Shots In The Box
Michy Batshuayi: A Statistical Analysis
Chelsea’s first major signing of the transfer window brings strength in a much needed area for the blues, the striker department. Michy Batshuayi, the 22-year old forward from Marseille, was purchased for around £30 million pounds. A promising young striker who scored for Belgium in the Euros this summer, he will be hoping to follow… Continue reading Michy Batshuayi: A Statistical Analysis
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