by soccerlogic-gianni | May 30, 2013 | Soccer analytics, Sports Analytics
Introduction The idea for this analysis came from reading Paul Power February post, where he sets out to analyse Defensive Efficiency (Deff). To measure it he lists seven variables, and reasons for his choice. These are: 1. Goals Conceded (GC) 2. Goals Conceded... by soccerlogic-gianni | May 25, 2013 | Soccer analytics, Soccer match analysis, Sports Analytics
Continuing my analysis of the MCFC Analytics project data for the 2012 EPL season, in this post I try to give an answer to a much debated argument among fans, namely: does the number of points gained by a team at the end of the season, and therefore its position on... by soccerlogic-gianni | Feb 8, 2013 | Soccer analytics
Continuing my analysis of the Bolton-Man City match, this time I look at possession, currently a hot topic among football analysts. My objective is to analyse this metric during a number of fixed time (min.) intervals of the match, and find out how this alternates... by soccerlogic-gianni | Dec 17, 2012 | Soccer analytics
Bolton-Manchester City (2-3) – EPL Season 2011-2012 Continuing my graphic analysis of the Bolton-Man City match (#MCFC data), in this blog I am going to look at completed passes (CP) in the final third. Passes in this area of the pitch provide a good indicator... 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...