We can also apply this analysis to women’s football, where, as of 2023/24 and the 2024 summer leagues, we cover 13 domestic leagues. Teams competing in those competitions canaccess StatsBomb IQ for free as part of our commitment to elevating women’s football. Vivianne Miedema leaves Arsenal...
Even a certified genius is going to have trouble adding value in every one of those areas, especially when the bulk of football managers spend 30 years of their lives focusing primarily on learning to play football. We know from years of business research that having one person be an expert ...
At the other end of the pitch, Robert Lewandowski wasted no time settling into Spanish football after his summer move from Bayern Munich. The experienced striker topped the scoring charts with 23 and could have had even more if it wasn’t for the seven efforts that hit the woodwork. Up fro...
Managers like to build their football teams in their own image. Pep Guardiola’s sides are meticulous perfectionists. Jurgen Klopp wants his football to be full of emotion and energy. Jose Mourinho’s teams will do anything to win, and don’t care if they make a few enemies along the way...
This leads us to StatsBomb’s latest endeavor. Based on the limitations outlined above, we recognized the need for a model that accounts for the continuous nature of football, the retention of information from previous states, and the actions chosen by decision makers. Our next model will improv...
Leroy Sané has been injured throughout the season, though it seemed like he had one foot out the door anyway. But he did offer something totally absent now. Sané is almost unique at the top level of modern football as a left-footed winger who exclusively plays from the left, which lets...
The above analysis is only a snapshot of what can be attempted when we look at actions by players across a range of GameStates. As is the case with virtually all the analysis that is currently being carried out in football we have to work with relatively small datasets but I would hope...
v=miN7g6iEmeo 2) Giannis Antetokounmpo The reigning NBA MVP and probable best player in the world is another obvious pick. African heritage but born and raised in Europe sounds like a football star (Zidane, Mbappe) and a quick Youtube search shows the Greek Freak has someserious football ...
there are numbers and metrics aplenty for other positions but in public analytics at least, development has been limited and a genuine track record of successful application is yet to be found. If centre back analysis is the holy grail of public football analytics, then the search thus far has...
By admin|March 26, 2020 Share this article 2020 Messi Moments with Álex Delmás: Barcelona 3-3 Real Madrid, March 2007 Share this article With football at a standstill, we’re going to take advantage of the pause to analyse the evolution of one of the best players in the history ...