In this post I present the effective playing time of all matches of Argentina’s Primera División tournament up to matchday 8, which was completed last Monday (1 November 2016). Data was supplied by DataFactory.I must point out that these time figures are unadjusted. DataFactory doesn’t record the moments in which a ball leaves play except […]
Me fascinaba el concepto del tiempo efectivo de juego desde aquellos días en que miraba las transmisiones RAI del fútbol italiano en los 90. Siempre mostraron una estadística llamada “gioco effettivo” que indicó el tiempo activo del partido — a veces más de 60 minutos, pero alrededor de 55 minutos de promedio.Yo defino el tiempo […]
En el fútbol, el análisis de los árbitros es un tema muy delicado. La mayoría del análisis se hace en una manera muy simplista y lleva poco valor. Suele tratar de las cantidades de faltas, tarjetas, y penales marcados por el árbitro, y a veces el análisis está organizado por los cuadros en los partidos […]
As most of you know, I have a repository on GitHub called ProjectData which stores open data from a variety of soccer analytics projects. Last night I added a folder to store weather data at football matches.Weather has an impact on the outcome of outdoor sporting events such as soccer and all of the football […]
The OptaPro Analytics Forum has returned for 2017 with a Call For Proposals. You can find the details of the call at the OptaPro blog.This Forum is one of my favorite events on the sports analytics calendar. It provides an opportunity to apply Opta’s detailed match data sets to address analytical questions of interest to football […]
I’m pleased to announce that I will present at the Mathematics and Sports track of the 2017 Joint Mathematics Meeting, to be held January 4-6 in my hometown of Atlanta. There will a record 31 presentations in the track, so it will be broken up into three sessions that will occur on three consecutive afternoons.My presentation will be […]
I’ve just completed my talk at CASSIS, and I’m happy to see that the presentation has generated interest among the audience. I enjoyed giving it, and I enjoyed all of the other oral and poster presentations there. My sincere thanks to Tim Swartz and Luke Bornn for organizing this event, and I hope they do […]
How long does a MLS club’s draft class stick around?It is one thing to be drafted by a Major League Soccer team. In recent years, that honor has been extended to somewhere between sixty and eighty (mostly) college soccer players every January.It is another manner for a drafted player to make it onto a MLS roster and […]
Soccermetrics anuncia que va a crear más análisis estadístico avanzado de las competiciones del fútbol sudamericano, gracias a un acuerdo con el proveedor de datos deportivos DataFactory.Con sede principal en Buenos Aires, DataFactory es la empresa principal de contenido deportivo en la América Latina. Provee datos estadísticos de todas las ligas del fútbol latinoamericano (para […]
I am very pleased to announce that Soccermetrics will be creating more analytics content on South American football competitions, thanks to a partnership with sports data provider DataFactory.Based in Buenos Aires and with offices throughout the Americas, DataFactory is the leading sports statistical data company in South America and the official data supplier for CONMEBOL […]
