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Have you also found yourself scratching your head at the sight of kick-offs at the 2026 World Cup? Instead of passing the ball backward to…

Qatar 2022 saw Messi finally claim his World Cup trophy in an epic final against France. This year’s tournament is the first 48‑team World…

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For years, the answer to “what’s the best model for expected goals (xG)?” has been boringly consistent: a carefully tuned XGBoost model…

On the evening of 23 April 2026, LISS and the DTAI Sports Analytics Lab will host the Football Analytics Symposium. During this symposium, international speakers will share insights on the use of mach...

13th Workshop on Machine Learning and Data Mining for Sports Analytics at ECML/PKDD 2026

New Vacancy - Data Engineer I am excited to share we are recruiting for a Data Engineer to join our Research team at Liverpool Football Club - this is a fantastic opportunity for someone to be a par...

On the evening of 23 April 2026, LISS and the DTAI Sports Analytics Lab will host the Football Analytics Symposium. During this symposium, international speakers will share insights on the use of mach...

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...

Collection of the soccer analytics content that I liked the most in 2025!

As a Football Data Scientist, you will be responsible for researching and developing advanced models and metrics for analyzing player and team performances and evaluating potential acquisitions for Cl...

In sports analytics, the primary goal is to develop indicators that quantify the skills, capabilities, and tendencies of athletes and…

On a team level, xG is often used to assess the quality of the goal scoring opportunities that a team creates and concedes. That is, it…

Workshop on Machine Learning and Data Mining for Sports Analytics at ECML/PKDD 2025

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The Women’s Euros kicked off at the start of July and Catalina Bush and I launched an online app using the Value Actions by Estimating Probabilities (VAEP) framework. The app is being updated after ev...

The UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 will be held in Switzerland in July. Will Spain capture the title after winning the World Cup in 2023? Or will…

The UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 will be held in Switzerland in July. Will Spain capture the title after winning the World Cup in 2023? Or will…

At Sportec Solutions, a joint venture between Deltatre and the DFL Group based in Munich, we develop innovative solutions in sports data and technology. Since our founding in 2016, we have been commit...

Discover my marathon journey with Runeasi by Pieter Robberechts, including my race day experience and new personal best of 2:31:59.

A small corner of one of the world’s oldest universities has moved the sport forward, and made the argument for research institutions writ large

Conceptually, possession value approaches such as VAEP, PV, OBV, and g+ are all identical: they estimate the chances of scoring (and…

Workshop on Machine Learning and Data Mining for Sports Analytics at ECML/PKDD 2025

The MLSA 2024 proceedings focus on the application of machine learning and data mining techniques to the domain of sports.

YouTube video by John Heymans

All positions are in the Machine Learning subgroup of the Section for Declarative Languages and Artificial Intelligence (DTAI), which is part of the Department of Computer Science at KU Leuven. The DT...

Introducing streamlit-soccer and some thoughts on team tools