Biases in Expected Goals Models Confound Finishing Ability
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by Jesse Davis, Pieter Robberechts
2M ago
The assessment of finishing skill in soccer using xG remains contentious due to players' difficulty in consistently outperforming their cumulative xG. We attempt to pin down the limitations and nuances and borrow techniques from AI fairness to address them ..read more
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ETSY: A rule-based approach to Event and Tracking data SYnchronization
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by Maaike Van Roy, Jesse Davis, Lorenzo Cascioli
5M ago
We inroduce ETSY, a rule-based algorithm to synchronize soccer event data with its corresponding tracking / positional data ..read more
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Women's World Cup 2023 predictions: favorites are United States, England, Germany and Spain
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by Lotte Bransen, Jesse Davis, Pieter Robberechts, Maaike Van Roy, Deniz Can Oruç
10M ago
Who are the favorites and dark-horses heading into the Women's World Cup 2023? We performed a statistical simulation to find out ..read more
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Women’s world cup 2023 predictions: favorites are France, Sweden, Spain and United States
DTAI Sports Analytics Lab Blog
by Lotte Bransen, Jesse Davis, Pieter Robberechts, Maaike Van Roy, Deniz Can Oruç
10M ago
Who are the favorites and dark-horses heading into the Women's World Cup 2023? We performed a statistical simulation to find out ..read more
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A data-driven guide to the 2022 World Cup’s rising stars
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by Lorenzo Cascioli, Jesse Davis, Pieter Robberechts
1y ago
We use VAEP to identify the rising stars of the 2022 World Cup ..read more
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Predicting the 2022 World Cup: Will South America Break Europe's Winning Streak?
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by Deniz Can Oruç, Jesse Davis, Pieter Robberechts
1y ago
Who are the favorites and dark-horses heading into the 2022 World Cup? We performed a statistical simulation to find out ..read more
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Women’s EURO 2022 predictions: Sweden and France favorites for title
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by Lotte Bransen, Jesse Davis, Pieter Robberechts
2y ago
Who are the favorites and dark-horses heading into the Women's EURO 2022? We performed a statistical simulation to find out ..read more
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International Women's Day: Highlights from our recent work on women’s soccer
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by Lotte Bransen, Jesse Davis
2y ago
As today is International Women’s Day, we want to devote a blog post to women’s soccer. Most European soccer federations did not sanction ..read more
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“Aannemen, kijken, spelen”: Analyzing player pace of play in soccer
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by Lotte Bransen, Jesse Davis
2y ago
This blogpost introduces a simple Pace Metric that captures the intensity of play using ball event data. Using our Pace Metric we analyze differences across leagues, teams and players in different areas of the pitch ..read more
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A Bayesian Approach to In-Game Win Probability
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by Jesse Davis, Pieter Robberechts, Jan Van Haaren
2y ago
We discuss our approach for modelling in-game win probability in soccer ..read more
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