Ten years of Premier League transfers
The past ten years several players have been sold and bought by English top clubs. Our analysis shows that all the big clubs spent more on players than they have received, especially Chelsea and City...
View ArticleWhy Antonio Cassano will never play football again
Antonio Cassano was rushed to the hospital last weekend. The AC Milan striker was suffering from paralysis and felt ill. The Italian ANSA news agency reports that the Italian has had a stroke. Should...
View ArticleTen years of Serie A transfers
In the past decade, Juventus, Napoli and Fiorentina spent the most money on transfers in Italy. Inter and AC Milan invested a lot too, but also received much. Udinese even made significant profits on...
View ArticleLyon’s bizar walkover in Zagreb
Lyon scored seven times against Dinamo Zagreb in a stunning thirty minutes. That’s a new record: it’s faster than ever before in a match that ended with at least six goals difference. Most teams need a...
View ArticleTwitter as match visualization method
Can you map a football match using Twitter? Last week we ran several experiments to see if that makes sense. The first successful run was the match between Ajax – Real Madrid, in which the reserves of...
View ArticleKrul vs Vorm stat comparison
Tim Krul and Michel Vorm are in top form in the Premier League. Yesterday both kept a clean sheet in a duel between their clubs. For Vorm it was clean sheet number eight already, which makes him the...
View ArticleGoalkeepers in the Premier League: save percentages
Recently we compared the stats of Michel Vorm and Tim Krul, who are both doing great in their first full Premier League season. But how good are they actually compared to their Premier League...
View ArticleSoccer and the Mechanics of Sport on T.V.
How do you feel about how soccer is presented and analyzed on TV? I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this, and I have created a video that I believe you will find very valuable. You won’t look at...
View ArticleFeyenoord shows no mercy for naive Ajax
Each match this season Ajax seems to have more ball possesion than her opponents, just like last sunday in De Kuip. But again it didn’t help them any further. With match statistics we evaluate how...
View ArticleDeutsche Schönheit und niederländische Tugend
Die Niederlande tritt heute Abend gegen Deutschland an. Dieses Duell hat in der Vergangenheit für großen Hass auf Seiten der Niederländer gesorgt, aber diese Zeiten scheinen vorbei zu sein. Die heutige...
View ArticleReal Madrid needs an even better defense
The other day, Jose Mourinho made news by claiming that last season was his best ever as a coach. Truth is, he did do very well. Real came in second in La Liga, won the cup, and reached the semi-finals...
View ArticleFootball’s conflict diamond
Every football season the greatest teams in Europe have their sights set on a single prize. The road to the final is hard as always, and can be stuffed with hurdles such as injuries, the firing of...
View ArticleReal Madrid leaves Barça behind in financial battle
Last week Barcelona and Real Madrid announced their year reports. Both clubs claimed ‘the largest revenue obtained by any sports institution in the world’. At the time, they both were right. And...
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