Monthly Archives: January 2016

National League match timelines: 30 Jan 2016

As usual, here are the match timelines for each of the weekend’s National League matches. There’s a full explanation of these here, but in a nutshell they track how each team’s expected goals tally (the number of goals that the average team would have scored from their shots) changed over the course of the match. You can browse previous timelines by selecting “VISUALISATIONS > TIMELINES”

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League 2 match timelines: 30 Jan 2016

As usual, here are the match timelines for each of the weekend’s League 2 matches. There’s a full explanation of these here, but in a nutshell they track how each team’s expected goals tally (the number of goals that the average team would have scored from their shots) changed over the course of the match. You can also compare these with how the E Ratings

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Championship match timelines: 30 Jan 2016

As usual, here are the match timelines for each of the weekend’s Championship matches. There’s a full explanation of these here, but in a nutshell they track how each team’s expected goals tally (the number of goals that the average team would have scored from their shots) changed over the course of the match. You can also compare these with how the E Ratings predicted

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National League previews, 30 Jan 2016

Here are the preview graphics for the weekend’s National League fixtures. These templates smash together compact versions of two visualisations: each club’s E Ratings and their relative positions on the attack and defence scatter graphics. I’ve explained them fully here, but in summary they’re intended as a simple pre-match comparison of two teams ahead of a match using high-level performance data. The graphic

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League 2 previews, 30 Jan 2016

Here are the preview graphics for the weekend’s cup-depleted League 2 fixtures. These templates smash together compact versions of two visualisations: each club’s E Ratings and their relative positions on the attack and defence scatter graphics. I’ve explained them fully here, but in summary they’re intended as a simple pre-match comparison of two teams ahead of a match using high-level performance data. The

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League 1 previews, 30 Jan 2016

Here are the preview graphics for the weekend’s cup-depleted League 1 fixtures. These templates smash together compact versions of two visualisations: each club’s E Ratings and their relative positions on the attack and defence scatter graphics. I’ve explained them fully here, but in summary they’re intended as a simple pre-match comparison of two teams ahead of a match using high-level performance data.

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Championship previews, 30 Jan 2016

Here are the previews for the few Championship fixtures not to have been rearranged to make way for the FA Cup fourth round this weekend. As you can probably guess, they predominantly feature clubs towards the lower reaches of the table. These templates smash together compact versions of two visualisations: each club’s E Ratings and their relative positions on the attack and

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E Ratings update: Championship, 27 Jan 2016

Here is the latest update to my E Ratings (explained here) for the Championship, which track the attacking, defensive and overall strength of each club based on the quality of chances they create and allow. The graphic below lists each club in descending order of their overall rating and shows how this – along with their attack and defence ratings – have changed

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E Ratings update: League 1, 27 Jan 2016

Here is the latest update to my E Ratings (explained here) for League 1, which track the attacking, defensive and overall strength of each club based on the quality of chances they create and allow. The graphic below lists each club in descending order of their overall rating and shows how this – along with their attack and defence ratings – have

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