2014
242 articles
- Who's Good and Who's Bad in the Premier League (by ExpG)?
- Borussia Dortmund - What's gone wrong? • Colin Trainor
- Under Pardew: Could Newcastle do better? • James Yorke
- MUFC vs Liverpool Positional Tracker • Antonio
- Why Alex Ferguson Doesn't Care About Your ExpG Models (PART TWO) • Max Odenheimer
- Southampton v MUFC Player Positional Tracker • Antonio
- Newcastle v Chelsea - Player Positional Tracker • Colin Trainor
- Alex Ferguson Doesn't Care About Your Expected Goals Models • Max Odenheimer
- Is Sizzling Southampton's Start to the Season Sustainable? • James Yorke
- Moyes vs. Martinez - Which Everton Manager Has Been Better?
- Man City v Man United Player Positional Tracker • Colin Trainor
- Tottenham v Newcastle Player Positional Tracker • Antonio
- Man United v Chelsea Player Positional Tracker • Colin Trainor
- Where has Liverpool's Press gone to? • Antonio
- Gifolution: Breaking News About Steven Gerrard • Ted Knutson
- Goalkeepers: How repeatable are shot saving performances? • Colin Trainor
- Arsenal v Hull Player Positional Tracker • Antonio
- Does van Persie still merit a starting place for MUFC? • Antonio
- 3'781 ways to score a goal • Marek Kwiatkowski
- Premier League after 7 games. How have teams pressed? • Antonio
- How low can you go: Assorted thoughts about crosses • Marek Kwiatkowski
- Attacking Contribution Metric and Man United’s reliance on Di María • Colin Trainor
- Man United vs Everton Player Positional Tracker • Antonio
- Chelsea v Arsenal PPT. Where was Arsenal's right side attack? • Colin Trainor
- Goal Scoring and Assist Distributions Across Leagues
- Podcast: Is Chelsea's Form Sustainable? What's Wrong with Liverpool and City?
- Gif Heatmaps: Messi and his increasing Key Pass numbers • Colin Trainor
- What If Bill James Had Been Hired in the Early 80’s? • Ted Knutson
- Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen. Bundesliga Analysis via Player Positional Tracker • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: West Brom v Burnley • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Hull v Man City • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Arsenal v Tottenham • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Crystal Palace v Leicester • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Chelsea v Aston Villa • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Man United v West Ham • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Liverpool v Everton • Antonio
- Olympique Marseille; their tactics and a Player Positional Tracker • Colin Trainor
- Marseille: The Bielsa Press quantified • Colin Trainor
- Player Positional Tracker: Newcastle v Hull • Antonio
- Into the Mixer – They All Come Tumblin’ Down • Ted Knutson
- Player Positional Tracker: West Ham v Liverpool • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Tottenham v West Brom • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Man City v Chelsea • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Leicester v Man United • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Everton v Crystal Palace • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Aston Villa v Arsenal • Antonio
- Gifolution: What is Arsene Wenger doing with Mesut Özil? • Colin Trainor
- Player Positional Tracker: Real Madrid v Atletico • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Man Utd v QPR • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Liverpool v Aston Villa • Antonio
- Gifolution: Emmanuel Adebayor
- Gilfoution Heatmaps: Danny Welbeck: Arsenal's Centre Forward? • Antonio
- StatsBomb Podcast - EPL Transfer Grades + The Summer in Analytics
- Into the Mixer – Digging Into the Summer 2014 Transfers • Ted Knutson
- PPT: Schalke v Bayern (30/08/14) • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Tottenham v Liverpool (31/08/14) • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Atletico Madrid v Eibar (30/08/14) • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: FC Augsburg v Dortmund (29/08/14) • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Burnley v Man United (30/08/14) • Antonio
- Everton v Chelsea (30/08/14) - Viz that shows how game shape changed • Colin Trainor
- Ángel Di María: Man United didn't buy a winger • Antonio
- 10 Potential Olivier Giroud Replacements - It Ain't Pretty • Ted Knutson
- Player Positional Tracker: Tottenham v QPR (24/08/14) • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Sunderland v Man Utd (25/08/14) • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Man City v Liverpool (25/08/14) • Antonio
- Into the Mixer - Arsenal's Issues, Spurs' Challenge, and PSV's Forgotten Man • Ted Knutson
- Player Positional Tracker: Evian TG v Paris SG • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Everton v Arsenal 23/08/14 • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen 23/08/14 • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Crystal Palace v West Ham • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Chelsea v Leicester • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Bayern Munich vs Wolfsburg • Antonio
- The High Press: Manager Tendencies and where AVB went wrong • Colin Trainor
- Scouting Report: Is Memphis Depay Another Andros Townsend?
- Player Positional Tracker: Burnley vs Chelsea • Antonio
- Gifolution: The Majesty of Francesco Totti
- Player Positional Tracker: West Ham v Tottenham • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Liverpool v Southampton • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Leicester v Everton • Antonio
- Player Positional Tracker: Arsenal v Crystal Palace • Colin Trainor
- EPL Season Preview 14-15: Chelsea • Benjamin Pugsley
- New Development: Introduction to Player Positional Tracker • Colin Trainor
- EPL Season Preview 2014-15: Manchester City
- EPL Season Preview 2014-15: Liverpool
- Player Heatmaps: Alberto Moreno. What Liverpool can expect • Antonio
- EPL Season Preview 2014-15: Arsenal • Ted Knutson
- EPL 2014-15 Season Preview - Everton • Will Humphrey
- EPL Season Preview 2014-15: Tottenham Hotspur
- EPL Season Preview 2014-15: Swansea City
- Gifolution Heatmaps: Four Years of Wayne Rooney • Colin Trainor
- From the Editor: Welcome to EPL Preview Week 2014 • Ted Knutson
- EPL Season Preview 2014-15: Southampton • Ted Knutson
- EPL Season Preview 2014-15: Manchester United • James Yorke
- Gifolution: The Aging of Mikel Arteta
- Player Heatmaps: Marouane Fellaini • Antonio
- Defensive Metrics: Measuring the Intensity of a High Press • Colin Trainor
- Player Heatmaps: Jay Rodriguez 2013/14 EPL Season • Antonio
- Scout Report: Richairo Živković
- More Discussion about Possession Adjusted Defensive Stats • Ted Knutson
- What Matters in Football? A Deeper Look at Chances Created • James Yorke
- What Type of Striker do you want? Pre-Shot Dribble Distance Metric can help • Antonio
- Introducing and Explaining Fullback Radars. Sagna, Debuchy, Lahm, Alves and More • Ted Knutson
- The Peak and Decline of Ashley Young
- Germany must make a tough decision. (Nate Silver, Day 24)
- Is Sami Khedira Arsenal's Answer at Defensive Mid?
- Gifolution: Alexis Sanchez. From Udinese to Barcelona to Arsenal
- Developing the Young Player Scouting System – Midfielders • Ted Knutson
- And then that happened. (Nate Silver, Day 23)
- Neymar is gone. Now what? (Nate Silver, Day 22)
- Gifolution: What the Hell Happened To Roberto Soldado?
- StatsBomb Mailbag – English Premiums, Daley Blind, Ivan Perisic + More
- A Villainous Ref Emerges! (Nate Silver, Day 21) • Seth Partnow
- Tim Howard, I salute you. (Nate Silver, Day 20
- Who Should Liverpool Buy to Replace Luis Suarez?
- France and Germany wobble, but don't fall. (Nate Silver, Day 19)
- And the walls came tumbling down. (Nate Silver, Day 18)
- Gifolution: The Graceful Aging of #NED Star Arjen Robben
- Brazil survives. James Rodriguez is Gifted. (Nate Silver, Day 17)
- Ian Darke is an idiot (Nate Silver, Day 16) • Seth Burns
- Gifolution: Chilean Dynamo, Arturo Vidal • Ted Knutson
- Gifolution: Bastian Schweinsteiger 2009-2014
- Eine Hand wäscht die andere? (Nate Silver, Day 15)
- Au Revior Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (Nate Silver, Day 14)
- Mexico mauls, Croatia croaks, Uruguay needs a win (Nate Silver, Day 13)
- Introducing Possession-Adjusted Player Stats • Ted Knutson
- The Top Young Prospects Across Europe - A YAPSS Data Dump
- Soccer Can Be Cruel (Nate Silver, Day 12) • Seth Partnow
- Messi saves, Germany draws, Leary screws (Nate Silver, Day 11) • Seth Burns
- Sail full-Kelly, y'arr! Costa Rica passes the test (Nate Silver, Day 10)
- Gifolution: The Scoring Enigma that is Thomas Muller • Ted Knutson
- Three Lions are coming home (Nate Silver, Day 9)
- Gifolution: France's Mighty Mouse, Mattieu Valbuena • Ted Knutson
- Is Santi Cazorla a Central Midfielder?
- Gifolution: 5 Years of Boring Milner • Ted Knutson
- El rey ha muerto, ¡viva el rey! (Nate Silver, Day 8) • Seth Burns
- The importance of Attacking Speed and the quickest attacking team in EPL • Colin Trainor
- Gifolution: The Majesty of Xavi Hernandez • Ted Knutson
- Fear and Loathing in Brazil (Nate Silver, Day 7) • Seth Burns
- A Likely Futile Attempt To Get Someone, Somewhere, To Accept Basketball's Best Player Evaluation Metric
- Gifolution: Five Years of Belgian Wizard Eden Hazard
- Germany! Nap time! USA! Also, Tell the Lion He's on in Five Minutes (Nate Silver, Day 6) • Seth Burns
- There Will Be (own) Goals (Nate Silver, Day 5)
- Scouting Young Stars: Jonas Hofmann, Calhanoglu, Beister, Bittencourt
- Who Wins in a Fight Between an Elephant and a Samurai? (Nate Silver, Day 4)
- Gifolution: Shooting Star Sergio Aguero
- No One Expects the Dutch Inquisition (Nate Silver, Day 3) • Seth Burns
- Gifolution: Five Years of Steven Gerrard
- What Cesc Brings to Chelsea
- Gifolution: Diego Costa, Spain's New Weapon
- Gesundheit (Day 2 of Nate Silver's wonderful trip to Brazil)
- The Best Young Prospect in Europe, 2014 – Alvaro Morata • Ted Knutson
- Goldman Sachs and the World Cup • Seth Burns
- Gifolution: Luka Modric, Croatian Talisman
- 538 makes a phone call from New York to Los Angeles
- NEW Podcast - Transfer Needs and Targets in EPL • Ted Knutson
- Measuring Tactical Variance by League • Katie Slade
- Gifolution: Is Sergio Busquets in Decline? • Ted Knutson
- Statistical Scouting Young Super Stars
- Gifolution: Andrea Pirlo, from AC Milan to Now
- Gifolution: The Evolution of Luis Suarez
- StatsBomb Mythbusting: Is Javier Hernandez Any Good?
- Transfer Dossier: Welcome to Anfield, Emre Can
- What Does It Take To Get Out of a World Cup Group? • James Yorke
- StatsBomb Needs Your Help
- Xherdan Shaqiri vs. Adam Lallana. A Liverpool Joint
- Overrated/Underrated: The Eden Hazard and Juan Mata Edition
- Wayne Rooney's Fantastic Career • Benjamin Pugsley
- Premier League 13/14: Players that shot from best and worst places • Antonio
- The Top 25 Scoring Leaders: La Liga 2014
- The Top 25 Bundesliga Scoring Leaders - 2014
- The Sodden Boot: The Worst Finisher in the Premier League • Antonio
- Picking the optimal Colombian XI for the World Cup • Marek Kwiatkowski
- Are some Goalkeepers better at saving shots than others?
- Liverpool: An Analytical look at 2013/14 - A Missed Opportunity? • Colin Trainor
- StatsBomb’s Recommended Germany World Cup Squad
- Can UEFA Design A Sensible Financial Fair Play System?
- The Danger Of Predictions: Luis Suarez Edition
- Building Better Defensive Metrics – Opponent Passing
- Visualizing Midfielders - Steven Gerrard, Aaron Ramsey, Arturo Vidal, and Andrea Pirlo
- Passing Impact and David Silva
- New Radars, Better Rigor plus The Average Player • Ted Knutson
- Into the Mixer: The Top 70 Scorers in Europe This Season + The Lion of Selhurst Park
- Podcast 14 - Title Races in EPL and La Liga, Who gets 4th + the PL Toilet Bowl
- What's the Most Important Stat to Convert Skeptics of Analytics?
- Radar Love: Robben, Reus, Sanchez, Navas, Firmino, Griezmann
- Managerial Changes and the Perception of Form
- Why Sturridge may be more important to Liverpool than Suarez and Arsenal's problems • Antonio
- April Mailbag – Profiling Pastore, Scouting Lukaku Replacements, and Should Spurs Tank?
- The Most Unpredictable League In The World? • Mike Goodman
- Mythbusting: Andy Carroll saved West Ham • Antonio
- English Premier League Thoughts and Figures – April 1st, 2014
- Who Do You Think Will Win The EPL? • Antonio
- Transfer Quick Hit: Josip Drmic
- Six Points From 1st but Have Arsenal Gotten Worse?
- 10 Points: Liverpool's Title Charge, Southampton's Season, Save% & Home/Away Form
- The Spanish Inquisition - Roberto Soldado • Will Humphrey
- Thinking About Finishing Skill • Mike Goodman
- Podcast 13: Liverpool's Tactics, Suarez's Form, Moyes's Future & Some CL Talk
- Part Two: Has Britain Got Talent? Is A Lack Of Data Holding Back British Football Clubs? • Mike Goodman
- Has Britain Got Talent? Is A Lack Of Data Holding Back British Football Clubs? • Mike Goodman
- Offer of analytical assistance for football clubs • Antonio
- Distributions of Central Midfield Stats • Ted Knutson
- Podcast 12 - Who is Winning the Premier League and Who is Going Down?
- Feb 2014 Mailbag: Who Broke My Damned Kagawa?!? • Ted Knutson
- Tottenham's Performance 2011-2014: Good managers, crap managers, or something in between?
- From Awesome to Average to Awful: Goalscoring Stat Distributions • Marek Kwiatkowski
- Two Useful Metrics I Wish We Had
- Splitting Possession into Offense/Defense • Alex Olshansky
- Mythbusting: Is Long Range Shooting a Bad Option? • Colin Trainor
- Comparing actual and expected goals • Constantinos Chappas
- Tottenham, Lucky Tim Sherwood and why Results can be misleading • Antonio
- Radar Love: Box-to-Box Midfielders
- The Only Scores Against Bad Teams Myth, Part 1
- M******** (a.k.a “The Scottish Play”)
- We Need to Talk About Daniel Sturridge
- Classifying Central Midfielders • Marek Kwiatkowski
- Suarez, Aguero and the importance of significance
- Shot Charts: Comparing 5 of the World's Best • Oliver Walker
- From the Editor's Desk: A Strange Couple of Weeks • Ted Knutson
- Battle of the Midfields – Barcelona Prime vs. Fulham 2013-14
- Attacking Styles and Defensive Weaknesses • Benjamin Pugsley
- The Premier League 2003-2013: Points Per League Position • Benjamin Pugsley
- StatsBomb MythBusting: Five Years of Wayne... Rooney • Ted Knutson
- Sacked Managers, Luck & Underlying Numbers
- Comparing Arsenal Midfielders + Explaining CM Radar Charts • Ted Knutson
- Radar Love: The Three Best Players in the World • Ted Knutson
- Match Simulation: Score Effects and Beyond • Bart Schotten
- Smart Use of Substitutes Can Make A Difference • Colin Trainor
- Midseason Transfer Shopping : Liverpool Midfielders • Ted Knutson
- What Does a Great Defensive Midfielder Look Like? • Ted Knutson
- Midseason Transfer Shopping: Arsenal • Ted Knutson
- Stat Attack - Elite Euro Goalscorers 2011-12
- Everton's Shot Charts and Their Superb Defence • Antonio
- Fulham under Meulensteen • Antonio
- Stat Attack - Elite Goalscorers in Europe 2010-11
- Stat Attack – The Top 76 Scorers in Europe 2009-10 • Ted Knutson
- You Might Think Leo Messi Was the Best Goalscorer in Each of the Past 4 Seasons – You Would Be Wrong • Ted Knutson
- Premier League Shots Review: Chelsea • Antonio
- Podcast 9 - 3 Things We Learned About The Premier League + Atletico Can Beat Barcelona
- Will Man United really miss out on the Top 4 this season? • Antonio
- Why Suárez can't keep up his scoring rate • Antonio
- English Premier League Crystal Ball – More Terrible Statistical Predictions Than You Can Shake a Stick At • Ted Knutson