Ben Griffis

⚽️ Data Scientist, open for work | focus on Scandinavia | ex Kolding IF 🇩🇰 & Loudoun United 🇺🇸 | Views my own |

[Ben Griffis @BeGriffis]

@MarcoLai_23 Best striker ever and a few others. Knew you’d find the light #coys

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@CFCColeDancer It depends. Likely in that case it would still be under control but less so. It's essentially based on the probability that a player of a team would get to that spot first. Very much based on this
https://t.co/KKLOezXjO1

[Ben Griffis @BeGriffis]

Now with pitch control

Building blocks coming together for stuff I've been wanting to work on for a long time. Tracking data skills & methods/visuals are the biggest area of improvement for me. Getting the foundation, and merged tracking/event data & things like this, are step 1

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@academicismo Line identification is something I want to look into soon!

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Teemu Hytönen was the main receiver of these vertical 2nd passes with 15... but Elias Tamminen, who only played about 315 minutes across 6 matches, was the #2 receiver with 7! Including 4 in a game against SJK

[Ben Griffis @BeGriffis]

Ilves usually played short goal kicks this season. It varied between Keeper and CB taking them

When the CB took a goal kick, though, chances are it was to the Keeper, who then launched a long ball to the right, likely to Teemu Hytönen

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@FangornResearch This is tracking data (pass event from Impect though). I don’t believe StatsBomb has tracking data

StatsBomb 360 is also from broadcast video, which is one camera and can be less exact than a multi-camera system most tracking providers use

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testing 🧪

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@embobvb No, this won’t be public

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[Ben Griffis @BeGriffis]

Lovely movement in behind by Frederik Gytkjær

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@jakolling @Ruxiiii4 I actually hate that metric because of how they tag it. If I'm obliviously looking around and not paying attention and the opponent kicks the ball at me and it rebounds, I didn't do anything. But Wyscout credits me with an interception

[Ben Griffis @BeGriffis]

Quite the game for set piece phase goals wasn't it

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@Ruxiiii4 @jakolling (mainly because, tied into what you said, you had to learn how to actually block shots. The way to put good quality data on shot blocking would be something like a "success rate" where we know total block attempts (minus ones where the player is too far to actually block))

[Ben Griffis @BeGriffis]

@Ruxiiii4 @jakolling Since you mentioned blocking, Wyscout only looks at shot blocking, Impect has a general blocking number (shots, passes, and crosses). Of Veikkausliiga CBs minimum 8 matches, you're #11

But tbh, I don't think a raw blocking number would be useful at all for judging this

[Magnus Eriksson @ErikssMagnus]

Great to have Eder Sarabia back in the game. A first look at his Espanyol side: narrow back three, short distances and already some clear solutions to create and exploit different superiorities

[Ben Griffis @BeGriffis]

@M_M_Pedersen It's similar to 2. Bundesliga. Is the extremely high goals per game number embarassing for them? It's just a result of what the league/country tends to focus on and the style of play that weaves through the fabric of the entire country. I place Denmark in this group too!

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30 goals over 6 games in Eliteserien today, including a 5-5 between a team chasing Europe & a team fighting relegation

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@M_M_Pedersen We've had some crazy days in Superligaen også!

I don't think it's a bad mark on Eliteserien, how many goals per match, so much as it's the tactics & preferences in style across most teams in the league. An attack-minded league and one that prizes transitions. Leads to goals

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"including a 5-5 between a team chasing Europe & a team fighting relegation" basically Manchester United at this stage