The 2018 World Cup is finally here. In the opening match, Saudi Arabia will take the pitch against the host country Russia, who is favored by the majority of analysts. In our opening post we explored the predictive qualities of…

Authored by: Steve Sandmeyer

At last…the round of 16 is upon us. No more draws, no more goal differentials, no more tie-breakers (other than extra time and penalty kicks). The knockout round. Win or go home. Fight or Flight. (Feel free to insert your own cliche…

Welcome to the inaugural post for “Analyzing the World Cup using Google Cloud” — a publication which carries forward work from the previous World Cup in 2014 (blog, predictions, and Strata session). Our lineup for this 21st FIFA World Cup is a bit different: some new…

Momentum vs Pressure

Welcome to the deep heat of group play as we continue our analysis of the 2018 World Cup using Google Cloud. In this post…

Welcome to the second to last match in the opening round of group play. We continue to refine our analytics workflow using Google Cloud to analyze the World Cup and in this post we feature predictions for Colombia vs Japan.

As we continue our tournament long analysis of World Cup using Google Cloud we highlight Group E play, and feature a match between two teams in Brazil and Serbia — with the pressure squarely on the shoulders of the former. The latter feels as if they’re…

Welcome back to analyzing the World Cup using Google Cloud. We are back to Group D again. It’s like watching a soap opera. For which nation we will witness the final episode? Argentina or Nigeria?

Following up on our previous posts related to expected goals and final squad analysis, in this post we share some pregame exploratory analysis powered by BigQuery as well as predictions (scroll to end) for our featured match.

Welcome back to analyzing the World Cup using Google Cloud as we dive into the theater of final matches in group play. Today we focus on Iran v. Portugal. Can Iran shut ’em down? Can Iran’s fans bring the noise? Let’s see if the B side can win again…