How to roll the dice in scouting and come out on top
Image by Дмитрий Садовников. Source: Wikimedia commons Let’s face it: Not every transfer will turn out to be a success. There are always unknowns to how a player…
Is the winner already certain? Analyzing inequalities in European football leagues
Image by Steffen Prößdorf. Source: Wikimedia commons Introduction Some European leagues have been touted as ”farmers league” by opposition fans in other leagues because they perceive these leagues as not…
How to develop a global team strength model?
Image by Дмитрий Голубович. Source: Wikimedia commons One of the interesting (but usually difficult) tasks regarding analysis of football matches by pundits and football lovers has to do…
Field a top scorer or be a top-scoring team: Would you rather sign Danny Ings or Roberto Firmino?
Title image by Granada. Shared under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license, Wikimedia Commons – written by Michael Markefka Let’s get this out of the way: Having the top…
Tons of new possibilities within the Scoutpad – December Update 2020
From now on a big new update of Scoutpad is available – the digital assistant for player assessment and management. With this update we react to the numerous feedback we…
The Scouting Lottery: Which version of Antoine Griezmann have you seen on any given match day?
written by Michael Markefka Going to a match, or watching a full video of it, always has a bit of luck of the draw. People aren’t machines, obviously, and as…
The Importance of Stability
written by Michael Markefka Scoutpanel provides a rating for a player’s stability. This describes how much the single match performances deviate from the player’s performance average for the selected time…
Why the English national football team is the most interesting side in international football
For a long time it seemed like England managers could only do wrong. Every decision was derided, every lack of immediate success met with ridicule. Under the pretense of low…
Why you should have wanted to sign Kai Havertz 4 years ago, and why we haven’t told you about him
Flashes of brilliance marked this player as a diamond in the rough four years ago. Two years ago he already shone. Kai Havertz is getting his big ticket move and…
Why the Bayern against PSG win was more deserved than the 0-1 lets on
Why the Bayern against PSG win was more deserved than the 0-1 lets on But, was the final match as close as the 0-1 result could make you think? Our…
What If Foresight Were 20/20? Finding Wataru Endo in 2016
What If Foresight Were 20/20? Finding Wataru Endo in 2016 It is common to say that hindsight is 20/20, which basically means it is easy to judge or evaluate something…
Effective Play Indicators (EPIs) and Overplayed Opponents – Where are the differences?
Effective Play Indicators (EPIs) and Overplayed Opponents – Where are the differences? With the increasing importance of data-driven football analysis, one of the most prominently used statistics has become the…
How can I compare players across competitions and countries?
Comparing players across competitions, countries, and especially continents is a difficult problem. How do we at Matchmetrics attempt to solve this issue? TLDR: we use the rating difference after player…
