Analytics Rugby Analytics: Creating a rugby pitch in R This tutorial explains how to create a Rugby Union pitch in R using ggplot.
Analytics Do Serie A teams invest in young talents or rely on accomplished players? I created a squad profile for Serie A teams to understand the distribution of young talents and accomplished players across each position.
Analytics How Juventus are succeeding (at achieving failure) At nearly half of the 21/22 campaign, the Bianconeri are 7th in the league. Is the chase for a top-four spot over yet? Here is how Juventus are succeeding at solving a flawed plan.
Analytics Football Analytics: Creating an xG-xGA comparison chart in R In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to create a chart to compare xG and xGA metrics across multiple gameweeks for one or more football teams.
Analytics Football Analytics: Creating a performance timeline in R In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to create a bump chart to represent the progression of Expected Points (xP) collected by Serie A teams over time.
Tactics Chelsea take all three points in West London clash - Tactical Analysis Chelsea are back with a win against city rival Brentford after the international break. The Blues were held by the hosts before Ben Chilwell's first-half stoppage-time winner.
Analytics Football Analytics: Using R and FBref Data - Part 2 Building on the previous tutorial, this piece will focus on how we can make the scatter plot more appealing and provide additional insight.
Analytics Football Analytics: Using R and FBref Data - Part 1 This is the first part of a series of posts that will illustrate how to install R, set up RStudio, and go from a table with some football-related metrics to a compelling visualisation to analyse English Premier League teams' performance.
Chelsea Chelsea see off Southampton in a late home win - Tactical Analysis The Blues claimed all three points in a late win against Southampton. Chelsea found an early lead in the first half. After the break, Southampton equalised before being reduced to 10 men. With 5 minutes to spare minutes, Werner put the hosts ahead before Chilwell made it 3-1.
Chelsea Chelsea lose at home against title rivals Man City - Tactical Analysis Man City high pressure frustrated Chelsea's conviction and limited their strengths. The Blues struggled to come out of their half and plan b didn't work either. City's display was the perfect representation of how to exploit time and space in modern football.
Chelsea Another game, another 3-0 win for Chelsea Another convincing win without conceding for Chelsea in North London against Tottenham. The hosts held Tomas Tuchel's side in a high energetic first half until the visitors went up a gear and sealed the final 3-0 victory.
