Football Statistics

Testing football clichés with data

[Football Statistics @DBFootballStats]

@DaleJohnsonBBC How much time will the new rules on goal kicks and throw-ins save? The data suggests timewasting from goal kicks and throw-ins is much less than you’d expect: less than one minute combined across the match: https://t.co/oJ99P4R3Hc

[Football Statistics @DBFootballStats]

@BBCSport The data suggests timewasting from goal kicks and throw-ins is much less than you’d expect: less than one minute combined across the match: https://t.co/oJ99P4R3Hc

[Football Statistics @DBFootballStats]

@HKhaliqueLoonat @TimesSport Love this! Just looked at a similar question using Statsbomb data, article here: https://t.co/oJ99P4R3Hc

Also found everyone does it. But timewasting specifically to run down the clock while ahead was only a minute per match from throwins and goal kicks combined, on average.

[Football Statistics @DBFootballStats]

Thanks to @Statsbomb for access to the data!

[Football Statistics @DBFootballStats]

New post: Quantifying the dark arts - how much do teams really timewaste? Read here: https://t.co/oJ99P4R3Hc

[Football Statistics @DBFootballStats]

And counterintuitively, underdogs do it less. They waste only half as much time as favourites at goal kicks.

[Football Statistics @DBFootballStats]

Whilst referees are surprisingly lenient, there is no evidence they are more lenient towards home teams than away teams (unlike referee's home bias in yellow card decisions: https://t.co/VdsWRoruuM)

[Football Statistics @DBFootballStats]

New post: Quantifying the dark arts - how do players steal yards at free kicks? https://t.co/GIz0yPP2QX

[Football Statistics @DBFootballStats]

The data suggests these yards are "stolen" not random; that is - they're moving the ball systematically to better positions

[Football Statistics @DBFootballStats]

Doing so, I find no evidence of large hot hand effects in the Premier League. However, my sample size is very small, and the analysis should be replicated using datasets from more leagues and seasons

[Football Statistics @DBFootballStats]

New post: Does the "hot hand" exist in football? https://t.co/e38n6Aw1SE

[Football Statistics @DBFootballStats]

This approach has been used by @GauriotRomain and @page_eco in tennis (and a very closely related approach in football too)

[Nozza_ @Nozza_]

I made a compilation of players following up a rebound after a goal has been scored and missing.

Enjoy!

[Tyrone Mings @TyroneMings]

You don’t get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as ‘Gesture Politics’ & then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we’re campaigning against, happens.

[Football Statistics @DBFootballStats]

@GraceOnFootball Agree we should factor in changes in the type of shots players take in hot hand studies, though (in case it’s of interest!) I didn’t find evidence that in general players take more speculative shots after scoring: https://t.co/j547vKLRou

[Matthew Evans @Matty99wolves]

Boris Johnson telling us the roadmap out of lockdown