TK5.futbol: a blog about statistics in sports.
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Who keeps track of their marking assignments? Evaluating the performance of defenders in soccer by measuring their mistakes.
Ohio State Sports Analytics Conference – Student Presentation-Poster Ágúst Pálmason Morthens1, Sebastian Levander2, Tim Keller3 1 KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden2 University of Gothenburg, Sweden3 University of Basel, Switzerland Introduction As part of the group project in the “Mathematical Modelling of Football” course at Uppsala University in Sweden, we developed a metric…
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Alex Frei coaching FC Basel – A lot of potential, few results
In the week following FC Basel’s defeat to Grasshoppers on February 4th, 2023, the club’s leadership decided to relieve club legend Alex Frei of his duties as head coach. After 19 games in the Super League, the team was in 7th place out of 10 in the standings and only 3 points separated FCB from…
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Alex Frei und der FC Basel – Viel Potenzial, wenige Ergebnisse
In der Woche nach der Niederlage des FC Basel gegen die Grasshoppers am 4. Februar 2023 hat sich die sportliche Führung des Clubs entschieden, Vereins-Legende Alex Frei, von seinem Amt als Cheftrainer zu entheben. Nach 19 Spielen in der Super League stand das Team auf dem 7. von 10 Tabellenplätzen und lediglich 3 Punkte trennte…