Most people use data from Fbref (Statsbomb) or Understat to assist their FPL decisions. However, an underlooked source of data is the FiveThirtyEight website. FiveThirtyEight use data to analyse sports, politics and science. With regards to football, they are well-known for their predictions on every tournament imaginable, from the Champions league to League two. It’s… Continue reading Secret xG Data
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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
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
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