Which teams in women's football are most effective and reliant on set pieces? In this article I discuss how important Set Piece xG is for teams, as well as their reliance on different set pieces: corners, free kicks and throw-ins. marclamberts.substack.com/p/which-team...

All's Well That Ends Well... With a Long Throw-in ☄️⚽️📊 Using historical data (2022/2023 - 2025/2026) from Top 5 European leagues + Eredivise, I've analysed long throw-in trends, volume and quality. Are they truly back? substack.com/home/post/p-...

All's Well That Ends Well... With a Long Throw-in ⚽️📊 Using historical data (2022/2023 - 2025/2026) from Top 5 European leagues + Eredivise, I've analysed long throw-in trends, volume and quality. Are they truly back? Shares appreciated 😊 marclamberts.substack.com/p/alls-well-...

Here’s the top 20 players in those five leagues for quality of throws into the box in the last 12 months. Note how some clubs are really leaning into it (Brentford, Hoffenheim, Parma, RBL). Kayode is also second for volume of throws into the box per 90 in this period

Is the long throw-in making a comeback? It seems that the Bundesliga was early on the trend that's happening in Premier League now, but the Premier League has seen an explosive growth in long throw-ins. La Liga, Ligue 1 and Serie A don't seem to take part in this particular trend.

First time really scouting U20 world cup, fun times ahead.

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What tactical state happens after a dribble? Using Hidden Markov Models on dribbles to see how much a dribbles progresses attacks in the English Premier League 2025-2026. Moving from event data to tactical states. marclamberts.substack.com/p/what-tacti...

Interesting point. I don't have the data on this at hand, but I feel this also is happening in the Eredivisie and as a consequence the quality of the league is shifting from a distinct top-mid-bottom quality to a top-bottom quality, the extremes rule.

What tactical state happens after a dribble? Using Hidden Markov Models on dribbles to see how much a dribbles progresses attacks in the English Premier League 2025-2026. Moving from event data to tactical states. marclamberts.substack.com/p/what-tacti...

Expected Danger: modelling a hybrid shot model with emphasis on blocked shots marclamberts.substack.com/p/expected-d...

Scraping Soccerdonna: a Python package marclamberts.substack.com/p/scraping-s...

Introducing the Stretched Play Value-model (SPV) - NWSL Can we use event data to suggest off-ball presence without tracking data? It's tricky, but it can lead to interesting insights + creative process with data. #NWSL marclamberts.substack.com/p/stretched-...

Scraping Soccerdonna: Created a scraper for Python to collect biography data from Soccerdonna marclamberts.substack.com/p/scraping-s...

Introducing the Stretched Play Value-model (SPV) - NWSL Can we use event data to suggest off-ball presence without tracking data? It's tricky, but it can lead to interesting insights + creative process with data. #NWSL marclamberts.substack.com/p/stretched-...

Introducing the Goalkeeper Value Model (GVM) Creating an actionable Goalkeeper Value Model that can be used in performance analysis + set piece analysis marclamberts.substack.com/p/introducin...

The longer I work with raw data, the more I realise how many biased decisions are made. Which isn't inherently bad, but how we should always be aware of it.

I have created a python package for scraping Soccerdonna data! In a few lines you can get access to an excel with biography + general data for complete leagues in women's football marclamberts.substack.com/p/scraping-s...

Calculating triangular third-man runs with event data: how reliable are the results? marclamberts.substack.com/p/calculatin...

Scout report: Olivia Smith 2024–2025 The youngster with enormous potential has moved to Arsenal from Liverpool. What do the stats say? marclamberts.substack.com/p/scout-repo...

@jaseziv.bsky.social question re worldfootballR: player transfer history still working? I get 0 rows and 0 columns for every player.

Task: Take a league/leagues and just try to create as many possible new visuals -> you learn a lot about the league too! Match simulations: NK Varaždin - Dinamo Zagreb

Expected Danger: Modelling a hybrid shot model with emphasis on blocked shots 📊⚽️ Introducing a shot value model that looks for location and outcome to assert danger coming from shooting. The model uses Fenwick + Corsi from NHL analytics. marclamberts.substack.com/p/expected-d...

Expected Shot Danger: can we find a hybrid shot model that has a Location Quality Score + Outcome score? I wanted to measure threat away from xG, but not make an alternative to xG. Looking at Ice Hockey + Baseball analytics to enhance it. Full article + methodology tomorrow :)

That feeling when you have had a model in the shelve for over 2 years, but it finally clicks how you can make it work/make sense >>>>

One of the things that helps me gather information about indirect FKs is the data. Using event data to identify sequence length and value after the FK is taken. Combine this with your routines + defensive models of oppo and you really get some more valuable info.

Modelling distinct playing styles in Women's football: From event data to playing styles in WSL, Liga F, Frauen-Bundesliga, D1 and Serie A. marclamberts.substack.com/p/modelling-...

Innovating possession metrics with the Possession Utilisation Score marclamberts.substack.com/p/innovating...

Fluidity in Football: Measuring Relationism Through Spatial Data marclamberts.substack.com/p/fluidity-i...

Scout report: Olivia Smith 2024–2025 marclamberts.substack.com/p/scout-repo...

Part of the fun is just brainstorming new concepts. Whether they work or don't work.

Introducing the Goalkeeper Value Model (GVM) ⚽️📊🧤 Creating an actionable Goalkeeper Value Model that can be used in performance analysis + set piece analysis : - Shot-stopping - Distribution - Leaving line - Ball handling Shares/RT appreciated 😊 marclamberts.substack.com/p/introducin...

Happy Bundesliga Day

Introducing the Goalkeeper Value Model (GVM) ⚽️📊🧤 Creating an actionable Goalkeeper Value Model that can be used in performance analysis + set piece analysis : - Shot-stopping - Distribution - Leaving line - Ball handling Shares/RT appreciated 😊 marclamberts.substack.com/p/introducin...

Ball Retention Value Model (BRV-Model): Measuring the progression value after a throw-in under pressure marclamberts.substack.com/p/ball-reten...

Calculating triangular third-man runs with event data: how reliable are the results? marclamberts.substack.com/p/calculatin...

Fascinated by the concept of entropy in football data models. We talk about absolutes and extremes in context of sports content, but often fail to show/address the uncertainty of data models or the error margins.

From Basketball to Football: Spatial Structure of Man-Marking using Tracking Data marclamberts.substack.com/p/from-baske...

I have created a GK Value-model that has values for Shot-stopping, Distribution, Leaving Line and Ball Handling. It's still a WIP, but I really want to see if we can use the current available data (which is so little for GK!!) to analyse GK match performance and beyond. #GKunion

Laimer SZN for real.

Tottenham Hotspur - Burnley 3-0 Expected goals performance #TOTBUR #PremierLeague #COYS

Finding players with the Innovative Pass Index Introducing Innovative pass index: a metric to find players who excel at finding attacking, progressive solutions. marclamberts.substack.com/p/finding-pl...

Set piece analysis (video + data) 2025-2026 1 spot left for set piece analysis (men/women) for the 2025-2026 season. Weekly set piece analysis based on data and video + recommendations with addition of longer trend analysis. Send me a DM/email: [email protected]

The camera angles and choices in Vaduz -AZ game aiiiii

Substitute Interval Model: quantifying the change in win probability when a player is on or off the pitch marclamberts.substack.com/p/substitute...

Set piece analysis (video + data) 2025-2026 1 spot left for set piece analysis (men/women) for the 2025-2026 season. Weekly set piece analysis based on data and video + recommendations with addition of longer trend analysis. Send me a DM/email: [email protected]

The biggest misconception in sport analytics is that data equals unbiased facts. From broadcast view to raw data to metric creation to cleaning to models. Every step of the way a decision is made which makes data biased.

Chain Reaction Tackle Value: how impactful are won tackles in attacking progression? marclamberts.substack.com/p/chain-reac...

Scout report: Viktor Gyökeres - 2024-2025 In this scout report we use data and video to look at the on-ball and off-ball qualities of the Swedish striker. marclamberts.substack.com/p/scout-repo...

Innovating possession metrics with the Possession Utilisation Score: We can do better than the traditional possession metric. marclamberts.substack.com/p/innovating...