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From Liverpool to Wolverhampton Wanderers, teams in the English Premier League often credit their fans'…
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How data decided Jurgen Klopp’s replacement
Liverpool's talismanic manager Jurgen Klopp is leaving the football club at the end of the…
Are professors and football stars just lucky?
You probably have a boss. A manager, an executive, the head honcho. How did they…
Anna BeukenhorstMay 6, 2022
Has English league football become less exciting?
Bill Shankly, a former manager of Liverpool Football Club, once said: “Some people believe football…
Statso, Julian Stander and Mario Cortina BorjaNovember 26, 2020
College sports and Covid-19. It’s complicated
Photo by Riley McCullough on UnsplashUniversities around the United States are struggling to deliver their…
Sheldon H. JacobsonOctober 1, 2020
Groundhog Day: the truth about these furry forecasters
The groundhog has evolved into a winning combination of cute and ungainly. This burrowing squirrel…
Mike JeffriesFebruary 3, 2017
Belgium to win Euro 2016? A Q&A on probabilistic predictions
England fans might have been disappointed to see their football team crash out of the…
Brian TarranJune 30, 2016
A summer of sport (and statistics)
It has been four years since sport last graced the cover of our print magazine.…
Brian TarranJune 8, 2016
The stats in sport panel at RSS 2015: the bigger picture
In the absence of huge amounts of money, gaining a competitive edge in sport requires…
Oz FlanaganSeptember 30, 2015
How to identify goal scoring ability in football
The transfer market in football is a strange beast. For anyone who doesn't know how…
Ian McHale & Łukasz SzczepańskiAugust 19, 2015
How much is the Premier League worth?
Over the next nine months, countless people will marvel at Manchester City or berate Jose…
Simon ChadwickAugust 15, 2014
Football formulae: the maths behind the UEFA Champions League draw
The Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League football tournament kicked off this week…
Michael WallaceFebruary 14, 2013
Naughty Millwall – but are they the worst behaved?
On Saturday 19th February a soccer game between Millwall and Middlesbrough was almost cancelled due…
Matthew RevieFebruary 22, 2011
