One of the applications of match event data is to compare the reported pre-match formation of a team with the formation indicated by their on-field involvements. Many analysts who work with such data have created maps of player positions and passing networks, so the following plots are hardly original, but I did want to see […]
I know that I have a reputation of being hard to please when it comes to the Soccer Analytics panel, so I’ll just come out and say what I thought of today’s event.It did not suck.Not only that, this was the best Soccer Analytics panel in the history of the SSAC.I know that for some, that […]
Hello from Boston, where I’ve been covering the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. It’s time for the Soccer Analytics panel and I’m cautiously optimistic about its prospects.Here’s how the session went down. These are paraphrased comments and they’re created during the moment, so 100% coverage and accuracy are not guaranteed. The panelists:Hendrik Almstadt Daniel Stenz […]
The Soccer Analytics panel at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference has been hit-or-miss since it was included in 2011, but the organizers have made an effort to improve the quality of the panel with better selection of the facilitator and panelists. In my opinion they’ve continued to make positive progress with this year’s panel.Returning […]
A couple of nights ago I gave a preview of the SSAC Research Paper competition. I’ve meant to give a preview of the Research Poster competition in previous years but didn’t follow through. I’m following through this year.The Research Posters presented at SSAC are works that advanced to the second round of the Research Paper […]
La vuelta esperada del fútbol en la Argentina me motiva a calcular el tiempo efectivo de juego de los partidos de Primera hasta la pausa de verano (Fecha 14). Los datos son suministrados por DataFactory.A diferencia de los cálculos hechos en la entrada anterior, las figuras son ajustadas por el tiempo perdido cuando el balón […]
It’s been a while since I’ve done this, but the likely (maybe) return of the Primera División this weekend has motivated me to run the numbers on effective playing time and major referee metrics. First effective playing time, which was calculated for all matches played before the summer break in Argentina. Data was supplied by DataFactory.In […]
The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference is more of a sports business conference these days, but the MIT association conveys a conference that also values rigorous and high-quality research. The Research Paper competition keeps the SSAC connected to this heritage as it evolves. This year the competition returns with tracks for publications on Baseball, Basketball, Other […]
I’ve been attending the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference since 2010, which is right around the time that the conference reached critical mass and outgrew its MIT home. It was already a large event by that time (about 1000 attendees for a day) but is simply massive now (over 3000 attendees over two days, with pre-conference […]
The new season of the J-League kicked off tonight, so for completeness’ sake I’m extending my analysis of club impacts on effective time in the J-League to its lower divisions. The analysis is similar to previous work with a slightly different way of presenting the results.The effective match data was collected by DataStadium as part of an […]
