January 16, 2017

News & Press

The Guardian  Read the analysis here
Dave and Chris took a look at football club takeover activity in the Premier League for the Guardian.

Neue Zürcher Zeitung  Read more here
Chris spoke with Martin Amrein from the Swiss daily NZZ about “Big Data in Football: The Formula For Success.”

MIT Sports Analytics Conference  Read more here
Chris spoke as a panelist at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston March 2015.

talkSPORT  Listen to the program here
Chris joined Ian Danter and former Stoke City defender Danny Higginbotham to discuss The Numbers Game.

CNN  Watch an excerpt here
Chris discussed luck, weak links, and The Numbers Game on CNN International’s World of Sport.

ESPN  Read more
Chris took time to chat with ESPN’s Five Aside Blog.

BBC News  Read here
The BBC News Magazine asked “Does it make statistical sense to sack a football manager?” David helped provide some answers.

Cisco Technology  Read the story here
David spoke with Kevin Maney from Cisco’s Technology News Site about soccer and data.

New York Times  Read the story here
JJack Bell of the Times explains what The Numbers Game is about.

Focus Magazine  Read the story here
Chris spoke to Pierre Winkler from German newsmagazine Focus about Borussia Dortmund’s unlucky season.

Pacific Standard  Read the interview here
Noah Davis from Pacific Standard Magazine talked to David about how uncertainty affects and enhances the games we watch.

Ansa Magazine (Brazil)  Read the story here
David spoke with Ansa Magazin in Brazil about political stability and a new generation of Colombian players.

Slate  Read the story here
Chris spoke with Hana Glasser from Slate about the concept and statistic of “possession” in football, and what it really means.

FiveThirtyEight  Read the story here
Neil Paine from fivethirtyeight.com took at look at what analytics can teach us about soccer, calling The Numbers Game “the definitive volume on statistical analysis in soccer.”

BBC Business Daily  Listen to the interview here
Chris spoke with Manuela Saragosa from the BBC World Service about football statistics and the World Cup.

The Atlantic  Read the story here
Olga Khazan of TheAtlantic.com spoke with Chris about the connection between height and football performance.

Deutschlandfunk  Read/listen to the story here
Chris spoke with Deutschland Radio about football, statistics, and The Numbers Game (“Die Wahrheit liegt auf dem Platz”).

Spox.com  Read the story here
The popular German sports website Spox.com mentioned the German version of The Numbers Game (“Die Wahrheit liegt auf dem Platz”) in a story about “The Future of Football.”

Qué Pasa  Read the story here
Chris spoke with Sebastián Rivas from Qué Pasa magazine about football statistics and the World Cup.

Futbol i Statystyki: The Numbers Game in Polish  Read the story here
The Polska Times reported on the publication of The Numbers Game in Poland.

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation  Read the story here
Dave also gave an interview to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.