En esta entrada presento el concepto del mapa de expectativa de gol (mapa xG) que ilustra los intentos de gol de los dos protagonistas y sus probabilidades de convertirse en goles.Los mapas no son inéditos en la comunidad de los analistas avanzados del fútbol. Michael Caley y Sander Ijtsma (alias 11tegen11) se hicieron famosos por […]
With my latest push into the world of Expected Goals, it’s inevitable that I produce an xG chart for each game. This is what I’m presenting here.These xG maps are definitely not new — if you’ve been following Michael Caley or Sander Ijtsma (aka 11tegen11) you’ve been inundated by them. My contribution is to design the […]
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 […]
Yo soy aficionado de una multitud de deportes, entre ellos el críquet. Es un juego de bate y pelota que comparte algunos rasgos con el beísbol pero en realidad son primos distantes. En ese deporte, no es inusual que un bateador marca decenas o hasta cientos de carreras, así que es interesante averiguar cómo está marcándolas […]
I’m a big cricket fan (to be honest, there are few sports that I’m not a fan of), and I’ve been fascinated by some of the visualizations that TV production teams use to communicate individual and team performance. One such visualization is the “wagon wheel” that is an overhead view of the paths of all […]
A few days ago, the Performance Analysis group at Manchester City Football Club released a pair of videos that demonstrate the role that analysis has in player development, match preparation, and match analysis. The first video looks at the use of performance analysis for opposition scouting and youth development, and the second video describes its […]
I follow cricket from time to time and I've noticed that their broadcasts have been at or near the forefront of sports broadcasts in terms of data visualization over the past 20 years. One example has been the on-screen score "watermark" (not sure of the precise term) which I believe predates its inclusion in football […]
