Authored By: Steve Sandmeyer

The knockout round brings tons of drama with it as we continue our analysis of World Cup using Google Cloud by previewing the host country Russia taking on World Cup power Spain.

Semi-final mania has gripped fan bases around the globe as we continue our analysis of World Cup using Google Cloud. Today we preview England vs Croatia — both of whom are on the verge of entering rarified air. Croatia has never advanced to a final. England won the one and only…

Quarterfinal play is upon as as we continue our tournament long analysis of World Cup using Google Cloud. This post features the Brazil v. Belgium match — pitting one team (Brazil) who has conceded just one goal against another team (Belgium) with a World Cup leading 12 goals.

The semi-finals are upon us as we continue our analysis of World Cup using Google Cloud with a preview of France and Belgium. The two nations share part of a border with each other (620 kilometers to be precise) and one can only imagine what kind of fever pitch this match has created in that…

Welcome back to our analysis of the World Cup using Google Cloud. We wrote earlier about the data coverage we have for our analysis of the beautiful game and a bit about our expected goals models. In this post we will talk a bit about how we’re using all of that to predict game…

Knockout round analysis of World Cup using Google Cloud continues as our featured match of Brazil vs. Mexico involves a pair of squads each of whom have endured their share of turbulence. Neither Brazil nor Mexico enjoyed an easy path out of group play. Mexico battled inconsistency. Brazil, at…

Welcome back to analyzing the World Cup using Google Cloud here in the knockout round. This entry will focus on Colombia vs England. Before we dive into the matchup — consider the makeup of the round of 16. History reveals the uniqueness of this field (before the most recent…

One more match to go in our analysis of the World Cup using Google Cloud. Prior to and throughout the World Cup, we’ve talked through a lot of analysis workflows. We talked about data coverage, how we use GCP to to manage all data, turn it into predictive features and finally model it. In the end…

Authored by: Steve Sandmeyer

After a 40-year run by the Jules Rimet Trophy from 1930 to 1970, the current World Cup Trophy was created in 1971 and was first awarded in 1974 to West Germany. It was formed from 18 carat gold and is worth more…

The field is dwindling, the pressure is mounting, and emotions are at a near breaking point here in in the quarterfinal round. We continue our analysis of World Cup using Google Cloud by featuring the match between France and Uruguay.