DFB-Pokal: Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia Dortmund
Eintracht FrankfurtPlayerGoalimpactPeak GIAgeLast National TeamNo. GamesNo. MinutesKevin Trapp111.3111.323.6Deutschland [U21]14813608Marco Russ95.099.628.523619643Carlos...
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Distribution of Goalimpact
Following a discussion on Twitter with the fellow analysts @gnepon and @cchappas on distributions of player metrics, we thought we can add insight by publishing the distributions of Goalimpact values...
View ArticleBayer Leverkusen vs Paris Saint-Germain: Stats for Lineups
This is a game of two very good sides. The chances for Leverkusen to advance are better than many expect. Still PSG is the favorite. They have some world-class in their starting XI and no weak links....
View ArticleManchester City vs. FC Barcelona: Stats for Lineups
A lot of world-class is here on the pitch. Not only Barcelona, but also Manchester City has an exceptionally good squad. Weak spot for city is Kolarov, though that is complaining on a very high level....
View ArticleArsenal FC - Bayern München: Rated Line-ups
The best German team visits the second best German team in this match. Many great Germans will be on the pitch, two of them for Arsenal. Özil and Mertesacker stick out in Arsenal's team. Bayern even...
View ArticleAC Milan - Atlético Madrid: Line-ups rated
There is some great quality in Milan, but we see also some weak spots. Atletico doesn't show such weak links and hence we consider it to be the favorite in this tie.AC MilanPlayerGoalimpactPeak...
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Europa League: Round of Last 32
Just quickly, here are our predictions for advancing to the Round of last 16 in the Europa League. Looks reasonable, just we are unsure about Razgrad. The rating looks way too high. Probably the...
View ArticleHamburger SV under different trainers
It is not an easy season for fans - and players - of the Hamburger SV. The results were worse than the already low expectation and with Mirko Slomka now already the fourth trainer tries to improve...
View ArticleSchalke 04 vs. Real Madrid: Lineups and Ratings
Schalke has an excellent offensive play and some talent in the defense. But make no mistake, the favorite staffed with world-class. Current world-class, not just future world-class as in Schalke.FC...
View ArticleGalatasaray vs Chelsea FC
Galatasaray has some weak spots with Telles and Hajrovic among their star squad led by Sneijder. Mourinho says he thinks Drogba is the best striker in the world, but that must have been the Drogba 5...
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Backtesting: Europa League Round of Last 32
Just forecasting the future is only half of the fun. The real excitement comes with backtesting which of the predictions turned out to be true or false. Let's check our predictions on the Europa League...
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Prediction: Europa League Round Last 16
The round of last 32 of predicted very well. Let's look what the future brings to us in the next round. AZ Alkmaar102.5-Anzhi Makhachkala95.5PFC Ludogorets Razgrad112.7-Valencia CF104.3FC...
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Top Football Talents of the World
One of the key applications of Goalimpact is player scouting. The selection of players depend on many factors and many of them are not covered by Goalimpact, so hiring a player just because he is rated...
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How well does Goalimpact fare in Scouting Football Talents?
Following my post on the top young talents of the world, Simon Gleave asked a good question@GoalImpact This is great stuff but what would make it even better would be to see previous year's lists. Do...
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Inexpensive English Football Talents
Sparked by a discussion on Twitter following a tweet by @englandyouth, we will look into English talents today. Premier League clubs are complaining that they are required to have homegrown players in...
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Backtesting: Europa League Round Last 16
Let's see howe our prediction of the round of last 16 worked. He predicted the green clubs to advance. AZ Alkmaar102.5-Anzhi Makhachkala95.5✓PFC Ludogorets Razgrad112.7-Valencia CF104.3✗FC...
View ArticleReal Madrid vs FC Barcelona: Goalimpacts of the Lineups
The duel of two of the best teams of the world. Both have excellent players, Real Madrid even the best player of the world. But it is not only one football god playing tonight. It is a complete...
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Prediction Champions League Quater Final
Here are the expected results for both legs of all fixtures. Following up on a discussion with ClubElo on Twitter, the prediction is done this time on goal differentials. For comparison, I also...
View ArticleStats for Lineups of ManU vs Bayern München
Given the following starting XI, we expect a goal difference of -0.343 and thus we expect Bayern Munich to win even in Manchester with a higher probability than originally expected.Manchester...
View ArticleStats on Lineups for Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
Curious to see Pinto's game. He is strikingly low rated for a Barca player. Barca expected to win by 0.684 goals anyway. FC BarcelonaPlayerGoalimpactPeak GIAgeTeamNo. GamesNo....
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