Methodology and evaluation in sports analytics: challenges, approaches, and lessons learned

J Davis, L Bransen, L Devos, A Jaspers, W Meert… - Machine Learning, 2024 - Springer
There has been an explosion of data collected about sports. Because such data is extremely
rich and complex, machine learning is increasingly being used to extract actionable insights …

Fatigue and recovery time course after female soccer matches: A systematic review and meta-analysis

KNO Goulart, CC Coimbra, HO Campos… - Sports Medicine …, 2022 - Springer
Background This study aimed to analyze the extent of fatigue responses after female soccer
matches and the ensuing recovery time course of performance, physiological, and …

'Considering the reality, I am very lucky': how professional players and staff perceive injury prevention and performance protection in women's football

C Bolling, R Tomás, E Verhagen - British journal of sports medicine, 2024 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective To explore the beliefs and perceptions of professional female footballers and staff
regarding injury prevention and performance protection in professional women's football …

Glocal explanations of expected goal models in soccer

M Cavus, A Stando, P Biecek - arxiv preprint arxiv:2308.15559, 2023 - arxiv.org
The expected goal models have gained popularity, but their interpretability is often limited,
especially when trained using black-box methods. Explainable artificial intelligence tools …

Teamwork and performance in professional women's football: A network-based analysis

LMS de Jong, PB Gastin, L Bruce… - International Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Analysis of the underlying tactics and teamwork in women's football is rare and it is unknown
how professional women's teams cooperate to be successful. The aim of this study was to …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluating sports analytics models: Challenges, approaches, and lessons learned

J Davis, L Bransen, L Devos, W Meert… - … Metrics Workshop at …, 2022 - lirias.kuleuven.be
There has been an explosion of data collected about sports. Because such data is extremely
rich and complicated, machine learning is increasingly being used to extract actionable …

Predicting goal probabilities with improved xG models using event sequences in association football

I Bandara, S Shelyag, S Rajasegarar, D Dwyer, E Kim… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
In association football, predicting the likelihood and outcome of a shot at a goal is useful but
challenging. Expected goal (xG) models can be used in a variety of ways including …

[PDF][PDF] Women's football analyzed: Interpretable expected goals models for women

L Bransen, J Davis - AI for Sports Analytics (AISA) Workshop at …, 2021 - lirias.kuleuven.be
Technical data such as event or optical tracking data from men's football (soccer) matches
have been extensively analysed using techniques from AI on a variety of different levels …

[HTML][HTML] Behavioral and cortical dynamics underlying superior accuracy in short-distance passes

D Piskin, R Müller, D Büchel, T Lehmann… - Behavioural Brain …, 2024 - Elsevier
Improved pass accuracy is a prominent determinant of success in football. It demands an
effective interaction of complex behavioral and cortical dynamics. Exploring differences in …

Visual exploratory activity in elite women's soccer: An analysis of the UEFA Women's European Championship 2022

J Feist, N Datson, OR Runswick… - … Journal of Sport and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Recent research has developed understanding of the technical and tactical determinants of
success in elite women's soccer, however a lack of research exists on analysing how elite …