OVER the course of the last decade, the Opta Forum has become a key date in the football calendar and a recruiting ground for clubs scouting for the brightest data science talent.
OVER the course of the last decade, the Opta Forum has become a key date in the football calendar and a recruiting ground for clubs scouting for the brightest data science talent.
FORMER Premier League and FIFA referee Mark Clattenburg has joined Nottingham Forest as a Referee Analyst.
READING manager Ruben Selles, who worked with Rasmus Højlund at FC Copenhagen, explains how the striker has carefully chosen his clubs throughout his career, with PPDA a key metric.
HEAD of Tactical Analysis Scott Waters has left Southampton after 12 years and more than 500 competitive matches with the club.
MANCHESTER UNITED are “on a mission to build the best data platform in sport, not just football”, according to their new Head of Data Operations Chris Shumba.
LEE MOONEY, Director of MUD Analytics and former Director of Data Insights at Manchester City, says what Union Saint-Gilloise are achieving relative to their budget in Belgium is "ridiculous, really ridiculous." In this article he highlights why.
NOWADAYS it's shape, not formation, that matters - and tracking data models make it possible to identify and analyse team shape. In this article, Stats Perform's Jon Manuel uses such a model to look specifically at inverted full-backs in the Premier League.
FORMER Liverpool Head of Research Dr Ian Graham has said the “holy grail” of analytics is to be able to accurately assess the importance of a manager.
NOTTINGHAM FOREST have hired Sam Astley from Manchester City to become their new Head of First-Team Analysis as their Data and Analysis rebuild continues.
OFF-BALL run data is key for scouting players. In this article, SkillCorner explore the data for centre forwards and whether they can reproduce these runs from one season to the next.
TOP players are increasingly employing their own analysts and it’s a trend that clubs would be “silly” to fight, says City Football Group Head of Coaching Methodology Mark Leyland.
MARK LEYLAND has taken up the brand new role of Head of Coaching Methodology with City Football Group. Speaking on Episode 56 of the TGG Podcast, he explained what the job entails and outlined the reasons for his departure from Newcastle United, where he was making a big impact as Coach-Analyst.