Sale and England fly-half George Ford has highlighted the dangers of hindsight analysis in modern sport.
Sale and England fly-half George Ford has highlighted the dangers of hindsight analysis in modern sport.
Jes Buster Madsen, the world expert on the application of cognitive neuroscience in football, has been appointed Director of Football and Data Science for the Saudi Pro League.
Jamie Osman has joined Ipswich Town as Head of Analysis as the club beef up their backroom staff for the Premier League season.
Elite teams need players at the base of midfield capable of making passes that penetrate and unbalance the opposition. In this article, SkillCorner use their Game Intelligence data to assess the ability of defensive midfielders to penetrate an opposition defence.
US sports software company Teamworks has acquired Zelus Analytics, the sports intelligence platform co-founded by Doug Fearing and Luke Bornn in 2019.
Susana Ferreras has been promoted to Data Analytics Lead at Arsenal, managing their Research and Insights team. The Spaniard replaces Tolly Coburn, who has left the club after eight years to become Head of Men’s Insights at the Football Association.
Manchester United Director of Data Science Dominic Jordan is leaving the club after more than two years. He joined in March 2022 and was tasked with belatedly building a data science department.
Lead Performance Analyst Andy Blake has left Leicester City after 16 years’ service.
Richard Bredice, Burnley’s Lead Performance Analyst and Set Piece Coach, has lost his job and been banned from football for 12 months (with six months suspended) for breaching FA betting rules.
Francisco Belo has left Wolves after three-and-a-half years to become the new Head of Sports Data Insights at Nottingham Forest.
Southampton’s Natasha Patel has been appointed Director of Analytics for US Soccer, working with their men’s, women’s and youth teams.
Tottenham are advertising for five key roles as they look to build world-class scouting and insights departments.