An advanced defensive data personal library
A mini library of interesting advanced research around defensive football data
Research in Focus
A defensive stats personal library
A selection of interesting posts about defensive stats in football
Research in Focus: xG Replication with American Soccer Analysis
What happens when you test out a piece of work from 2015 with new data? The 'Research in Focus' series turns its attention to an article that tried just that, from American Soccer Analysis
Research in Focus: Quantifying Finishing Skill
Research in Focus: Using data to identify unconscious bias
Research in Focus: Make your own goalkeeper data
'Learning From the Pros: Extracting Professional Goalkeeper Technique from Broadcast Footage', by Matthew Wear, Ryan Beal, Tim Matthews, Tim J. Norman, and Sarvapali D. Ramchurn
[Link to the paper is here]
Why it's worth your time
Goalkeeper analysis might be the most overlooked area of them
Research in Focus: DeepMind's fill-in-the-gaps tracking data
'Multiagent off‑screen behavior prediction in football', 19 co-authors from Google DeepMind and Liverpool FC (full list at end of piece)
[Paper is available in full here]
Why it's worth your time
A Google DeepMind team getting involved in football analytics is definitely worth paying attention