Professional Soccer Team Analytics
Like the La Liga article this week I'll be taking a look at some mid-table maidens and muppets. And yes, I'm breaking down this week and offering up some analysis on Manchester United. I've delayed long enough I guess so I'll take a peak at them along with Tottenham, Crystal Palace, West Brom, Stoke City,... Continue Reading →
Being mid-table - a glass half-full - or a glass half-empty? Still just six weeks in, but there are trends that can be offered with six games, so for this week's focus I'll look in on Rayo Vallecano, Almeria (who I looked at in Week 3 also), and Granada. Respectively those teams are 9th, 10th,... Continue Reading →
If you've read these two previous articles, Expected Wins and Expected Wins 2, you know I look at how teams perform, on average, (win, lose, or draw) with respect to my primary data collection points for Possession with Purpose. What will be added, in Version 3 (V3), will be a compare and contrast between all the... Continue Reading →
This article was originally posted very early in the Major League Soccer season of 2014, on a different site, that site has closed so I am reposting it here to sustain the history of Expected Wins. Over the two and a half years I've been developing Possession with Purpose you've heard me go on about... Continue Reading →
Perhaps still too early? I don't think so - at least not with who's the best - clearly FC Bayern Munchen are firing on all cylinders. So............ What to do? Well, I'll be ignoring FC Bayern Munchen in this effort because they are simply head and shoulders above everyone else... give me about another month... Continue Reading →
For most Manchester United, AGAIN, probably made most of the Headlines - and AGAIN - I'll blow them off in my weekly update - kinda like Leicester City did! Imagine dropping four goals in the second half against Leicester City - can you Adam and Eve it??? What on earth is going on at Man United?... Continue Reading →
Twenty eight games in - the screws are tightening and the pucker factor hit the Vancouver Whitecaps big time; see here: Valeri's vicious volley from Villafana vanquishes Vancouver. For me though, the real story is how the tables have turned in Philadelphia - I'll get to that in just a wee bit - for now here's... Continue Reading →
Well, it's started - the World Cup of League Football for most; at least in my eyes that is. Who's going to come out on top and who's not? Of course these teams are the best of the best (so-to-speak) and that means I won't be using words/phrases like sucks, bottom dweller, or some other... Continue Reading →
Most of the Headlines went to Manchester United crushing a helpless Queens Park Rangers this past week and rightly so, I suppose, given how poorly Man U has played this last year or so. Anything good happening to United usually spells trouble for others in the English Premier League. For me though, I'm taking my... Continue Reading →
I've no doubt many of the headlines on the English Premier League this week dig into Manchester United's convincing win over Crystal Palace... That's probably appropriate for most but I, often times, like to write about the un-obvious. So even though Angel Di Maria looked great - I'd offer he was a stud playing amongst English school... Continue Reading →
