Argentina’s Primera División championship has entered the final third of the season, and Boca Juniors — who have led for much of the tournament — now find themselves in a three-way scrap for the title. And it is not inconceivable that three or even four other sides will join the fight.Below is an enlarged league […]
En la entrada previa presenté la estructura de un modelo de expectativa de gol y la estrategia para entrenarlo. Vamos a aplicarlo al torneo actual de la Primera División Argentina por la gentileza de DataFactory. Ya van 20 jornadas del campeonato, así que faltan 10 fechas de este torneo larguísimo.La tabla de posiciones, para los […]
In my previous post I presented my approach to building and testing expected goal models that I use in the future. I’ve been working with DataFactory‘s data from the Argentina Primera División, so I will apply the xG model to create a table that competition. This table is valid for matches played before this weekend […]
Expected goals has become a thing — some might say, the thing — in soccer analytics over the last 3-4 years. It is the one metric that has broken out of analyst circles and discussion groups into the football mainstream, and it seems that every analyst has their own expected goals (xG) model that they […]
It’s been a while since I’ve done this, but the likely (maybe) return of the Primera División this weekend has motivated me to run the numbers on effective playing time and major referee metrics. First effective playing time, which was calculated for all matches played before the summer break in Argentina. Data was supplied by DataFactory.In […]
A couple of weeks ago I placed a new data archive in Soccermetrics’ ProjectData repository on GitHub, but I haven’t found time to mention it until now. I’m looking to identify all headed shots in Argentina’s Primera División this season, and I’ll explain why.I’ve been working with data from DataFactory for Argentina’s Primera and the Copa Sudamericana […]
Soccermetrics anuncia que va a crear más análisis estadístico avanzado de las competiciones del fútbol sudamericano, gracias a un acuerdo con el proveedor de datos deportivos DataFactory.Con sede principal en Buenos Aires, DataFactory es la empresa principal de contenido deportivo en la América Latina. Provee datos estadísticos de todas las ligas del fútbol latinoamericano (para […]
I am very pleased to announce that Soccermetrics will be creating more analytics content on South American football competitions, thanks to a partnership with sports data provider DataFactory.Based in Buenos Aires and with offices throughout the Americas, DataFactory is the leading sports statistical data company in South America and the official data supplier for CONMEBOL […]
