Research in Focus

The 'Research in Focus' series is like SparkNotes for football analytics: summarising and analysing the best research out there. Each post takes a paper or presentation and tells you why it's worth your time, what it says, and what's particularly cool about it.

Get Goalside supporters get access to every post, with a rotating selection free to access for all. This month's free posts are about:

• Karun Singh's original Expected Threat blog
• Google DeepMind predicting off-screen tracking data

The posts locked for supporters are about:

• Data-driven 'defensive ghosts'
• Predicting attacking movement and positioning, using insight from Paco Seirul·lo
• Using deep reinforcement learning to investigate player decision-making
• Creating body pose (i.e. stick figure) data from TV footage to analyse goalkeeper save technique

Enjoy!