Analyzing the World Cup using Google Cloud

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’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…

Welcome back to analyzing the World Cup with Google Cloud and the final day of group play. Tomorrow there are no matches, we have no idea what we are going to do with ourselves. Today our focus is on Group H for a match of utmost importance, specifically Columbia v Senegal.

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…

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.

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 quarterfinal play continues, we continue our analysis of World Cup using Google Cloud featuring a matchup between England and Sweden. Both teams are entering rarely chartered waters. England has advanced to a semifinal just twice — once in 1966 — the year they hosted and won their only…

Welcome to the the 2nd weekend of the 2018 World Cup as the biermangel katastrophe continues. Who will be more impacted — the Germans or the Swedes? We continue to refine our player focused predictive model using Google Cloud — skilling up in…