This Month In Analytics
How can we assess the quality of individual players? Or compare overall quality league to league? And how limited is “save percentage” when assessing the talents of goalkeepers? Today Richard Whittall takes a look at the best work this month in the world of analytics.
Keeping up with the latest developments in the burgeoning field of football analytics can be a difficult task even for those who are dedicated to covering the industry. For the average football fan, it's nearly impossible to follow along with the myriad number of analysts posting their latest findings, let alone discern what they might mean for their week-to-week betting patterns.
It's my hope this monthly column will provide some assistance in that regard. By highlighting some of the work done over the past few weeks, you will hopefully get a better picture of the state of football analytics, and in doing so better help you in improving your betting intelligence.
Ingle/Beane
Perhaps the most significant analytics-related piece to be published this past month was Sean Ingle's interview with legendary Oakland A's GM Billy Beane for the Guardian.
The interview is one of those rare occasions in which a media organization sent someone already well-versed in sports analytics to talk to the man behind Michael Lewis' game-changing book Moneyball. That
