Finishing Skill and Its Effect on Expected Goals

There seem to be agreement that finishing skill exists in soccer, but that it is very hard to quantify. Basically, some players outperform their expected goals (xG), and that shouldn’t be just by chance. Finding players who can reliably do so, seem more or less impossible. But that’s not my goal with this article. Here, […]

Expected Goals and Clean Sheets

The concept of Expected Goals (xG) has been around for quite a while, and xG maps add value when analyzing a game. One thing that I would like to see in these maps though is the relationship between expected goals and clean sheets. Specifically, what was the chance of a team having a clean sheet […]

Kampen mot nedrykk i Eliteserien

Det er seks runder igjen i årets Eliteserie, og kampen mot nedrykk starter for alvor. I denne artikkelen tar jeg for meg lagene som kjemper i bunn og hva AMELO-modellen sier om sjansene for å rykke ned. Jeg kommer også til å sammenligne med VGs artikkel «Tallknusernes dom: Slik ender Eliteserien» og forklarer eventuelle forskjeller. […]