Monthly Archives: August 2014

Europa League second favourites in pot 3

Posted on August 29, 2014 by scoreboardjournalism

The 48 clubs in today’s Europa League draw have been divided into four pots based on UEFA coefficients. As explained in yesterday’s article, this can lead to misclassifications and potential groups of death. In this case, a group containing Napoli, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AaB, Apollon Limassol, Asteras, Astra, Besiktas, Borussia Monchengladbach, Celtic, Club Brugge, Dinamo Minsk, Dinamo Zagreb, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Dynamo Kiev, Dynamo Moscow, En Avant Guingamp, Estoril Praia, Euro Club Index, Europa League, Everton, FC Copenhagen, FC Zurich, Feyenoord, Fiorentina, FK Krasnodar, HJK, Internazionale, Legia Warsaw, Lille, Lokeren, Metalist Kharkiv, Napoli, NK Rijeka, Panathinaikos, PAOK, Partizan Belgrade, PSV, Qarabag Azdam, Red Bull, Rio Ave, Saint Etienne, Salzburg, Sevilla, Slovan Bratislava, Sparta Prague, Standard Liege, Steaua Bucharest, Torino, Tottenham Hotspur, Trabzonspor, UEFA Coefficients, VfL Wolfsburg, Villarreal, Young Boys | Leave a comment

CL draw system increases Group of Death chance

Posted on August 28, 2014 by scoreboardjournalism

The Champions League draw pots for this evening are based on the UEFA coefficients for clubs at the end of last season. Those coefficients are based on a five year performance in European competition. In general, this system works reasonably … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arsenal, AS Roma, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund, Champions League, Chelsea, Euro Club Index, FC Porto, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Real Madrid, UEFA Coefficient | 1 Comment

Predicting the Eredivisie: A guest post by Steve Lawrence

Posted on August 25, 2014 by scoreboardjournalism

Last season, I collected 13 forecasts before the 2013/2014 Eredivisie season, the results of which can be found here. Throughout last season, Relative Age Effect expert Steve Lawrence, an Englishman living in Amsterdam, sent me all sorts of graphs relating to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged coefficient of variation, Eredivisie, football, mean, prediction, PSV, Soccermetrics, Standard deviation, Steve Lawrence, Twente, Utrecht | 1 Comment

48 Forecasts: The Eredivisie predicted

Posted on August 22, 2014 by scoreboardjournalism

Following on from last year, we have again collected Eredivisie predictions (you can download them all here) but instead of 13 to follow through the season, we now have a total of 48 from online media, fans, statistical models and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ADO Den Haag, Ajax, AZ, Eredivisie, Excelsior, fans, FC Dordrecht, FC Groningen, FC Twente, FC Utrecht, Feyenoord, Forecasting, Go Ahead Eagles, Heracles Almelo, NAC Breda, online media, PEC Zwolle, prediction, prominent media, PSV, SC Cambuur, sc Heerenveen, statistical models, Vitesse, Willem II | 4 Comments

Eredivisie 2013/2014 predictions: how did they fare?

Posted on August 6, 2014 by scoreboardjournalism

This time last year, Scoreboard Journalism embarked on an exercise to collect Eredivisie predictions from various sources to be assessed to discover how these predictions actually fared. A similar exercise has already begun in time for Friday’s big kick-off for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Eredivisie, football, forecast, prediction, Soccermetrics | 2 Comments

Monthly Archives: August 2014

Europa League second favourites in pot 3

CL draw system increases Group of Death chance

Predicting the Eredivisie: A guest post by Steve Lawrence

48 Forecasts: The Eredivisie predicted

Eredivisie 2013/2014 predictions: how did they fare?

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