Analytics FC made an appearance in the Russian media this week when Andrey Vasiliev wrote about our new partnership with Russian Premier League leaders, Dynamo Moscow. His article, titled Players Measured by Data: how algorithms are helping to evaluate football players, mentioned how in August 2021, Analytics FC announced...
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With Dan James becoming the record transfer at Leeds United, Victor Orta has spoken about the role Analytics FC played in bringing the Welshman to Elland Road. Speaking to Sky Sports, the Director of Football at Leeds United talked about a bespoke report he requested from Analytics FC back...
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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...
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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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This week, Analytics FC CEO, Jeremy Steele, was interviewed by the Liverpool Echo for a piece exploring Liverpool FC’s use of data in the transfer market. Speaking to Dave Powell, the Echo’s Business of Football Writer, Steele said: “If you have a bad transfer window it can be the...
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In June, I managed to fulfil something of a personal dream of mine and write for FiveThirtyEight about Messi’s walking as a phenomenon. The piece was based largely on research by Luke Bornn, who has been described as the “high priest” of sports analytics, and Javier Fernandez, who works...
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In February, I wrote a piece for the Ringer called “David De Gea Shouldn’t Be This Good“. The piece is about the effect of the Spaniard on Manchester United this season, almost single-handedly dragging them into 2nd place. Goalkeepers play an almost completely different sport to their team-mates, and...
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In January, I wrote a piece for the Ringer called “Raheem Sterling Proves That Everything You Know About Goal-Scoring Is Wrong”. The piece is about the making of a consistent goal-scorer in elite football and what is most important. Using an augmentation of a traditional expected goals model, inspired by...
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