By Laduma Analytics Orlando Pirates 2019/20 The Orlando Pirates “ship” has navigated two types of waters this season. First came the rough and stormy seas (under Micho & Rhulani), where Pirates endured one of their worst ever starts to a PSL season (P13 W4). Secondly came the calm & serene waters (under Josef Zinnbauer), whereContinue reading "How Joseph Zinnbauer reintegrated Luvuyo Memela"
Finding the gems in the haystack…How do we do it?
By @AlexRathke I recently came across an article titled Data as a Product vs Data as a Service by Justin Gage. It was an insightful breakdown of how data 'flows' through a process and where along the 'chain' a business sits when trying to navigate itself around the data process. Due to our expertise inContinue reading "Finding the gems in the haystack…How do we do it?"
Laduma Analytics Mentorship Programme 2020
One of the key aims of this mentorship programme is to create an opportunity for aspiring football analysts who may not have the available resources to be able to learn from industry experts and get hands-on experience to add to their CVs. The football analytics industry is continually growing worldwide with significant steps having alreadyContinue reading "Laduma Analytics Mentorship Programme 2020"
How the league table lies…
On Friday evening, we ran a poll on Twitter asking PSL fans their thoughts on whether the league table lies. When we asked this question, we thought an overwhelming majority would have said no. However, as you can see it was very close. Spoiler alert....the league table in football can be deceptive, and let usContinue reading "How the league table lies…"
Expected Points
By Alex Rathke, This week, we decided to go back to basics and examine a singular match from earlier this season. By using Expected Goals (xG) as well as Expected Points (xPts), (these two methods are widely used) to examine whether a team has been over/under-performing over a period of time. A word of cautionContinue reading "Expected Points"
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