Expected Goals: The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever

Expected Goals: The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever

Football has always measured success by what you win, but only in the last twenty years have clubs started to think about how you win. Data has now suffused almost every aspect of how football is play…

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