In an earlier post I presented the estimated effective playing time in this summer’s World Cup matches over 90 minutes. (They are estimates because the raw data used to calculate effective time do not track the moments when the ball leaves the field of play.) Eight matches were decided in extra time, so for completeness […]
Continuing our application of “mean time between” metrics to the World Cup, I consider mean time between stoppages. (more…)
In my previous post I introduced the concept of mean time between fouls and mean time between stoppages. In this post I calculate mean time between fouls over all matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. (more…)
The entrails from the 2014 FIFA World Cup have cooled, and the thoughts of football fans have turned to domestic competitions and the Champions League, but I finally got myself out from maintaining and updating the Soccermetrics API to analyze data from the World Cup. I start with an assessment of effective playing time from […]
These are the show notes for Episode #7 of the Soccermetrics Podcast, recorded on 6 December 2013 from the Atlanta office. This episode is a panel discussion of the 2014 World Cup Finals draw which occurred the same day.Joining me on the panel are Albert Larcada, Bobby McMahon, and Axel Torres. Albert Larcada works in […]
The final 32 teams have been drawn from their bowls, and we now know the first 48 matchups in the 2014 World Cup finals. Who got a fortunate draw? Who received a bad break? How will Brazil’s geography and weather affect the outcome of the groups? And what insights do the numbers provide about each […]
