Insights, research, and analysis on football analytics.
Published on December 20, 2016 by Martin Eastwood
With the 2017 Opta Pro Forum rapidly approaching, I thought it was about time I transcribed my presentation from the previous event....
Read MorePublished on June 30, 2016 by Martin Eastwood
With the transfer window well under way I thought I'd discuss my footballer recommendation engine for identifying potential transfer targets....
Read MorePublished on April 29, 2016 by Martin Eastwood
My Twitter feed seems to be increasingly taken up with discussions of Expected Goals in football yet there always seems to be something important missing from the discussion, and that's uncertainty...
Read MorePublished on March 21, 2016 by Martin Eastwood
I've discussed various techniques for ranking football teams on my blog before, such as using Massey Ratings to account for strengt...
Read MorePublished on February 29, 2016 by Martin Eastwood
John Burn-Murdoch and the Financial Times have used my PlayerRatings model to analyse the recent flux of players moving to teams in the Chinese Super League - you can read the full article Read More
Published on December 12, 2015 by Martin Eastwood
There has been some discussion and misunderstanding around the low frequency of draws in football on my Twitter feed recently so I thought I'd just give a quick recap around why the probabilities o...
Read MorePublished on November 24, 2015 by Martin Eastwood
Updated Massey ratings for the English Premier League showing how well teams are really doing when you account for their strength of schedule...
Read MorePublished on August 07, 2015 by Martin Eastwood
The Premier League’s fantasy football is back ready for the new season so I thought I’d run through an example of how linear programming can help you mathematically select your team.
Read MorePublished on July 13, 2015 by Martin Eastwood
I've written about expected goals on this website before but I've changed approach recently so I thought I'd write up some of the different ideas I've been playing around with...
Read MorePublished on April 23, 2015 by Martin Eastwood
My last article looked at how well my PlayerRatings model predict...
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