Sports

  • Reading the game: how data is changing football from the ground up

    On a cold Saturday morning, long before the Surrey South Eastern Combination League lights come on, Chedee Alexander loads up match footage on his phone. His team didn’t record the game — but their opponents did, and they were kind enough to share the footage. It’s grassroots football, but even here, data is creeping in.… Read More…

  • The Premier League’s biggest story this season is a lie

    The Premier League’s biggest story this season is a lie

    “If you look at the expected goals, it was 0.7 for them and 0.6 for us. It was a very tight game, they created very little, had very little number of shots on target, one more than us, that’s all,” Arsene Wenger said, following his side’s 3-1 defeat to eventual title winners Manchester City in… Read More…