Jaymes Monte digs through the Scottish Premiership data to see if we can learn anything about the importance of style for football teams. In a game that is becoming increasingly flooded with cash but also where extreme wealth is no longer a free pass to the very top, developing...
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19 Apr, 2021
Introducing Player Plot
19 Apr, 2021
Analytics FC are excited to showcase a new development in our TransferLab platform: the Player Plot. The concept of Player Plot is straightforward but the outputs are genuinely useful to the workflow of TransferLab users as we continue to help football clubs and agencies in their data-led player...
Read more16 Apr, 2021
How Should Wolfsburg Replace Ingrid Engen?
16 Apr, 2021
Abdullah Abdullah asks how Wolfsburg should go about replacing Ingrid Engen as they look to enter a rebuild phase. When VfL Wolfsburg lost to Chelsea in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, it raised the important question: could this be an end of an era? The German club have...
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Developing New Metrics: Passes Received in Zone 14
15 Apr, 2021
In this new series, Josh Hobbs explores some of the novel metrics we have been able to develop using the TransferLab algorithm. One of the perennial problems using data to analyse football is the discrepancy that exists between those with the ability to manipulate data and those who understand...
Read more12 Apr, 2021
Players to Watch: Russia
12 Apr, 2021
In this series, Luke Griffin continues to profile exciting players around the world using TransferLab. Got a league or country you’d like to see covered? Let us know! After hosting the 2018 World Cup and making the quarter-finals, Russia will be relying on a decision from FIFA to allow...
Read more09 Apr, 2021
Analytics FC in the Media: SheKicks.net Profiles TransferLab
09 Apr, 2021
This week, SheKicks.net – one of the premier outlets covering women’s football – profiled TransferLab on their website. You can read the full article here. In the article, Jen O’Neill sets out the situation for data analysis in the women’s game, concluding that “Women’s football is in desperate need...
Read more07 Apr, 2021
Should Manchester United sign Vilde Bøe Risa?
07 Apr, 2021
Mia Eriksson uses TransferLab to determine whether Vilde Bøe Risa would fit in at Manchester United Vilde Bøe Risa is a defensive midfielder who has been a part of the Norwegian senior national team setup since 2016. However, the 25-year-old has been out of contract since December 16th, the...
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Emi Buendia: Jack of All Trades, Master of All
05 Apr, 2021
Maram AlBaharna crunches the data on Emiliano Buendia’s season to show just how well-rounded a player he is Football is often described as a chess match. Unlike chess, though, in football, the pieces move all at once and their movements aren’t restricted to specific squares. Instead, players are expected to...
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Analytics FC in the Media: Jeremy Steele Interview with the Yorkshire Evening Post
02 Apr, 2021
Last week, Analytics FC CEO, Jeremy Steele, was interviewed by the Yorkshire Evening Post to talk about Leeds United subscribing to the TransferLab API Connect service. Speaking to Graham Smyth, the Evening Post’s Chief Football Writer, Steele said: “It’ll be interesting to see what they come up with. It...
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