Football

Catch the Fantasista if you can! It’s the last gameweek of the season and the title of best fantasy manager of the UCL is up for grabs. — This is it, the moment of truth. It all started back in September, with a Top-50 first gameweek. In the lead since GW4, picks have been falling our way and no major setbacks have derailed us up to this point. Facing an eighteen point advantage from the chasing pack, we…

Now that the 22/23 Premier League season has come to an end, let’s look back on what a special season this has been. August The season kicked off with Manchester City’s brand new £51m signing from Borussia Dortmund, Erling Haaland, scoring a ton of goals. The Norwegian striker struck a brace…

I’m drenched. The fans in the stands are drenched, the officials, the players. My clothes are heavy with wetness. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The forecast said it would be sunny. Warm. The first raindrops started to fall during the singing of the National Anthem. It hasn’t let…

A Q&A with Nico Papas, CEO & Consulting Director of Premier Football Consulting — We met with Nico Papas, CEO and Consulting Director at Premier Football Consulting (PFC). Nico has been involved in the recruiting process as both a player and a consultant for nearly two decades. He has built relationships with coaches from across the country and has deep knowledge about the ways…

Football (soccer) is the most followed sport in the world, and no club event is bigger than the UEFA Champions League (UCL) finals. With the finals between Manchester City and Inter Milan set to be played this Sunday, as seen in recent trends, there has been a rise in different…

Using data to identify the best football club among the 5 European top leagues in 2022/2023 — #0 Introduction As the curtains draw on yet another thrilling football season, it’s time to delve into the statistical realm and dissect the performances of Europe’s football teams. In this data-driven analysis, the goal is to compare European teams based on their aggregated league statistics, such as points, goals for, goals against…

Corners. One of the most standard, yet dangerous ways of scoring a goal. A team that excels in these types of set pieces can win a game in a match where their open play is potentially bad. Or in a game where they have missed all sorts of chances. Today…

Reece Barrett’s in-depth analysis of how Martin can finally stop Southampton from being second-best. No matter who they played last season, Southampton always seemed to be second-best. This was not always the case for them in the Premier League. Even in recent years, at Hasenhuttl’s best, Southampton were an expeditious…

SoccerMap utilizes a deep learning architecture to provide visually-interpretable analysis in soccer, enabling coaches to analyze players’ positioning, decision-making, pass success probability, … with remarkable accuracy and practical applications. — Introduction In this research paper, the authors address the limitations of existing models in soccer analytics and propose a novel application of deep convolutional neural networks to calculate full probability surfaces for fine-grained analysis of game situations. The architecture allows for rich visual information to be presented to coaches and players…