Data Science

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…

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…

Welcome back to our analysis of the World Cup using Google Cloud. We’ve previously written about topics like our data coverage, expected goals models and a whole bunch of games. In this post we are going to talk about the features…

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…

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…

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?

Welcome back to our continued analysis of the 2018 World Cup using Google Cloud. We continue to refine our models and prepare for the knock out round. In this post we dig deeper into the drama of Group D featuring predictions and analysis for Iceland v. Nigeria.

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…