Soccermetrics API to go private, no longer accepting signups
Soccermetrics APIEffective immediately, Soccermetrics Connect API is no longer accepting new signups, and effective on 2 September, access to the service will be terminated. (more…)
Which goals scored/allowed statistics yield Pythagorean points?
Soccer Pythagorean: TheoryWhen I was evaluating last season’s league projections and creating this season’s with the Pythagorean expectation, I was reminded that I hadn’t really studied which pairs of goals scored and allowed result in a specific expected point total. In a league competition, it’s possible to reach a point total in various ways, and the combination […]
A statistical summary of 2013-14 league projections
League Competitions, Soccer Pythagorean: Tables, Team PerformanceTo complete the look back at the 2013-14 league projections, below is a table that compiles the performance of our goal estimates, and the expected point model to come from that. The competitions are sorted by the number of teams in the competition, then the points RMSE. Unless stated by a number next to the […]
Assessing the Projections: The rest of our 2013-14 leagues (Part 3)
League Competitions, Soccer Pythagorean: Tables, Team PerformanceThis is the third and final part of our exercise in humility — evaluating and assessing our league projections from the 2013-14 European season. At some point in the future I’ll post the projected league tables, but I wanted to write my assessments and besides the 2014-15 season has just started. (more…)
Assessing the Projections: The rest of our 2013/14 leagues (Part 2)
League Competitions, Soccer Pythagorean: Tables, Team PerformanceFollowing on from my most recent post, I continue looking back at the preseason projections that Aaron Nielsen and I made at the start of 2013-14 European season. I will add projected and actual league tables soon; I wanted to get my assessments written down now. (more…)
Assessing the Projections: The rest of our 2013/14 leagues
League Competitions, Soccer Pythagorean: Tables, Team PerformanceBefore the World Cup I started to take a look back at the league projections that Aaron Nielsen and I made at the start of the 2013-14 European season. I took a break during the World Cup to concentrate on the Soccermetrics Connect API, and then took some time away. With the 2014-15 European season […]
Projecting the 2014-15 English Premier League
League Competitions, Soccer Pythagorean: Tables, Team PerformanceA new season of the English Premier League starts on Saturday, and the interwebs are full of previews and predictions of what will happen over the next nine months. I’ll leave the previews to the journalists, but I will present expectations of the final league table here.A lot of people are visiting this site for the first […]
Assessing the Projections: The rest of the 2013-14 Big Five
League Competitions, Soccer Pythagorean: Tables, Team PerformanceWe move on from England to the other domestic leagues that make up the European Big Five — Spain, France, Italy, and Germany. The format is the same as before in which we post the pre-season projections, the final table, and a statistical summary of the predictive quality of our forecast. So, let’s go. (more…)
Assessing the Projections: 2013-14 English Premier League
League Competitions, Soccer Pythagorean: Tables, Team PerformanceThere is one more projection left to assess in the English professional game this season: the 2013-14 English Premier League.Here is what we projected at the start of the season: And here is the final league table: Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Manchester City 38 27 5 6 102 37 65 86 […]
Assessing the Projections: 2013-14 Football League Championship
League Competitions, Soccer Pythagorean: Tables, Team PerformanceWe continue our review of the projections we made for the 2013-14 European season by looking at England’s Football League Championship. Here is what we projected at the start of the season: And here is the final table: Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Leicester City 46 31 9 6 83 43 40 […]