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Tutorial - An Easy Way of Plotting Shots in Power Bi

Hi all, following on from my last tutorial, I have now created something more football specific using the built-in scatter plot in Power Bi. This tutorial will take you through building a basic shot plot with shots coloured by outcome.

Comparing Players in the FA WSL

This post is aimed at walking through one method of comparing players upon specific metrics within a league setting. For this example I will use a couple of different metrics from the free StatsBomb FA WSL dataset.

Reformatting Statsbomb Data in Python

In this tutorial I take you through reformatting a match events file downloaded as "tidy" data frame from the statsbomb library. This will hope to show you some basic needs when reformatting these files for use in visualisations or databases.

Installing the Statsbomb Python Library

Python is a widely used coding language, and so being able to use and understand this language is quite important for many jobs around the world. This tutorial will work through installing and using the statsbomb python library.

A look at attacking and defensive effectiveness

The use of scatter plots can provide a lot of information in a quick snapshot. In this blog post I provide an overview of some uses the scatter plot can have in comparing relational data to see where a team fits compared to their opposition.

The missing piece - Throw-ins

In football, set-piece scenarios are often considered as threatening and given considerable time towards mastering in the hope of positive outcomes. However, one piece teams often under value are throw-ins, particularly when they occur in the final third of the pitch.

Exploring Passing Networks

The analysis of passing in elite soccer is common place. Often media shows simple pass counts and pass completion rates but there are much better ways of viewing this type of data.