Category: Football Analytics
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Decoding Como’s Promotion: Soccerment’s Advanced Metrics in the Spotlight on Sky Sport
Once again, Soccerment’s advanced metrics played a crucial role in unlocking the secrets of a football success story. This time, our insights were prominently featured on Sky Sport. This significant exposure underscores our commitment to delivering top-tier football data analytics that shape the way the game is understood and appreciated. In the latest episode, with…
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Important Update: New Advanced Data Intelligence Solutions for PROs & AI-Powered Chatbot for Football Fans
We want to share an exciting new chapter in the story of xvalue. Reflecting on our journey, our platform has thrived thanks to the robust support and insightful feedback from our community of football enthusiasts and sports analytics fans. This engagement has not only fueled our growth but has also enriched our offerings. Our collaborations…
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AIDA – Player Performance Analysis Updates
Today, we’re pleased to introduce our latest updates toxvalue | AIDA, which are set to further refine the accuracy and depth of player performance analysis and comparison. Welcome to the Future of Soccer Analytics Welcome to the future of soccer analytics with AIDA, the AI Data Analyst that’s set to transform the way we perceive…
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Data-driven scouting for Liverpool: replacing Fabinho
This summer, Liverpool are undergoing a full-fledged revolution in their midfield. The simultaneous departures of Fabinho, Henderson, Milner, Keita and Oxlade-Chamberlain mean that the Reds are seeking to rejuvenate the squad, adding fresh legs able to keep up with Klopp’s demanding play style. The arrivals of Szoboszlai and Mac Allister for a combined fee in…
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AERO: a new aerial skill metric
In this blog post, we introduce our new Aerial Elo Rating Optimization (AERO) index, a new metric focused on aerial skill. Aerial skill metrics and the case for an Elo rating Aerial duels can be a key event in football on both ends of the pitch, and the relative skill between defenders and forwards in…
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One-twos: a new metric for associative ball progression and chance creation
Ball progression and chance creation are key phases of play in football, which can be achieved in several ways. In this article, we introduce a new metric which quantifies a specific mode of associative ball progression and chance creation: one-twos. We describe our empirical definition of one-two in event data and characterize the resulting data…
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Introducing Gegenpressing Intensity (GPI)
Gegenpressing, or counterpressing, is now a well-established strategy in many possession-based teams. To capture this aspect of the game, we introduce a new metric, called Gegenpressing Intensity (GPI), which measures the fraction of times a team immediately attempts to regain the ball after losing possession in attacking areas, rather than falling back. We find that…
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Midseason reviews 2022/23: Serie A
A stellar start to the season has seen Napoli gain an edge over the rest of the field. Our advanced metrics show that the top spot is well deserved, while Roma are the side with the largest underperformance compared to Expected Points. The two sides show the largest improvement in xG difference compared to 2021/22,…
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Shot quality and results in football
We investigate the link between shot quality, as measured by the team average xG per shot, and both results (in terms of wins) and performance (measured with our Expected Points model), for the top 5 European leagues. We find a strong link between xG per shot difference (xG per shot minus xG per shot conceded,…
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The Very Exclusive xOVA Club
We introduced Expected Offensive Value Added, or ‘xOVA’, to facilitate scouting for creative and skilled players, who are able to have a great impact in the final third of the pitch. Therefore, forwards, wingers and attacking midfielders top our xOVA charts. For example, in our database, the highest seasonal xOVA (22.27) was produced by Lionel…
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