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Andy Cooper @andycoops83.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

🚨Only 7 days to go until the proposal deadline for this year's Opta Forum data analytics competition. If you would like to submit a proposal, and the potential opportunity to present in front of hundreds of practitioners, here are the full competition details ⬇️ www.statsperform.com/resource/opt...

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Opta Forum 2026: Call for Proposals - Stats Perform

Following the announcement of the return of the Opta Forum to London in 2026, we are pleased to confirm that submissions are now being accepted for the event’s annual data analytics competition. For o...

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Orbinho @orbinho.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

This has been a route in to working in football for so many talented people. Opportunity knocks.

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Daniel Dinsdale @dannydinsdale.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

A great opportunity to showcase your skills to the wider sports analytics industry! We've had multiple recent presenters go on to join the Opta data science group. ⚽📐🐍

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Andy Cooper @andycoops83.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

It’s that time of year again: proposals are now being accepted to present at Opta Forum 2026, which is taking place in London at the end of March. If you are interested in taking part, the submission deadline is 9th February. Full details can be found ⬇️ www.statsperform.com/resource/opt...

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Andy Cooper @andycoops83.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I've put together a short summary of the updates recently introduced to Opta's Expected Goals on Target (xGOT) model. These include: ✅ Separate models for men's and women's ⚽ ✅ Deeper depth of GK data ✅ Additional shot execution qualifiers ✅ Dedicated penalty model More details ➡️ bit.ly/3Igehrq

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Enhancing Expected Goals on Target: Deeper Insights Into Shot Execution, Goalkeeper Performance, and a Dedicated Model for Women's Football - Stats Perform

That was right in the corner, nobody’s saving that.” “They had no right to save that." “You would have expected them to save that nine times out of ten.” Some commentator lines are repeated so often, ...

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Andy Cooper @andycoops83.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

The weather has undoubtedly helped, but the opening two rounds of the County Championship has produced some thrilling contests which have gone right to final hour. Tight games at Lord’s, Taunton and now CLS, with huge swings in momentum from session to session. A great advert for 🔴 ball 🏏

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Andy Cooper @andycoops83.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

News of another official data partnership between Stats Perform and a domestic women's soccer league in North America ⬇️ The inaugural #NSL campaign kicks off this Wednesday, 16th April, with Vancouver hosting Calgary at BC Place.

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PySport @pysport.org · 07/03/2025

⚽ 𝐏𝐲𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐗 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 We're excited to announce that 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑇𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠 are now available for our 𝑃𝑦𝑆𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑋 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑠𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 London event on March 17th!

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Stats Perform @statsperform.optajoe.com · 27/11/2024

💥 The STA Group and Capgemini have published their annual 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭, and Stats Perform has risen to our highest-ever position thanks to a year packed with AI-powered product innovations. Congratulations to our many clients and partners who are also named.

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Andy Cooper @andycoops83.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Had a great night at the Bears Women launch at Edgbaston last week, which featured a live recording of the new Expected Goals podcast. The episode dropped this morning. Worth a listen if you are interested in the business of women’s sport: @mattcutler.bsky.social @warwickshireccc.bsky.social

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What can football learn from cricket? Live @ Bears Women launch

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