How Enhanced Analytics Are Changing The Game and Why You Missed The Goal Completely Trusting Your Gut…
What is going through your head when you try to decide your next move? Do you just wait and see how the game unfolds? Or are you going in with a plan?If I tell you a data scientist and a software engineer are equally important to the success of a team as the coach, you will most likely call me crazy. Yet you might change your opinion after discovering the latest findings about soccer analytics and what they’ve done to the game. Unlike other sports, soccer has been late to embrace data and analytics. It is a world where ‘gut feeling’ and experience in the game is often still valued above statistical evidence. Guess why? It’s no secret that soccer is a game of glorious uncertainties, and it’s unpredictability is what makes it appealing to watch.
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