by soccerlogic-gianni | Oct 26, 2012 | Soccer analytics
Recently I spent some time deciphering the MCFC Analytics advanced dataset. As you know this comes from Opta in XML format and, for those of us used to analyse data in tabular format, needs ‘translating’. I won’t explain how I did it, but I now... by soccerlogic-gianni | Oct 19, 2012 | Soccer analytics
In this latest post, I show how data that looks rather uninteresting and uninspiring in tabular form can reveal some interesting insights when visualised with appropriate graphics. This is my second analysis of the 2011/12 EPL Opta dataset provided by the MCFC... by soccerlogic-gianni | Oct 11, 2012 | Soccer analytics
The merits of the long ball have been debated by football fans as the long as the game has been played, and the Fink Tank report in the Times (21/9/12)* recently waded into the debate, arguing that long balls are more effective than their shorter counterparts....