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Tag Archives: Soccermatics
Predict 6 winners and win a book
Around three years ago I met, in a virtual sense, David Sumpter, a professor of mathematics at the University of Uppsala in Sweden and a football nut like myself. He was writing a book called Soccermatics, which combined his work … Continue reading
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Tagged Aston Villa, Atletico Madrid, Champions League, Championship, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, competition, Coventry City, David Sumpter, Derby County, Exeter City, FA Cup, Fulham, League One, League Two, Lincoln City, Liverpool, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Notts County, Olympique Marseille, Outnumbered, Play-offs, Real Madrid, Rotherham United, Scunthorpe United, Shrewsbury Town, Soccermatics
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How are your prediction skills?
The competition is now closed but you can still order David’s book and get a 10% discount with the link in this article. Around two years ago I met, in a virtual sense, David Sumpter, a professor of mathematics at … Continue reading
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Tagged Ajax, Arsenal, Blackpool, Bradford City, Carlisle, Champions League, Championship, Chelsea, competition, Europa League, Exeter City, FA Cup, finals, Fulham, Huddersfield Town, Juventus, League One, League Two, Luton, Manchester United, Millwall, Play-offs, Reading, Real Madrid, Sheffield Wednesday, Soccermatics
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The Premier League season no one saw coming
The maths that shows that football can’t be predicted. By David Sumpter, Professor of Applied Mathematics and author of Soccermatics With assistance from Simon Gleave, author of the Scoreboard Journalism blog The Premier League has been turned upside down this … Continue reading
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Tagged Chelsea, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester United, Predictions, Premier League, Soccermatics, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United
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How are your prediction skills?
The competition is now closed but you can still order David’s book and get a 25% discount with the link in this article. Around a year ago I met, in a virtual sense, David Sumpter, a professor of mathematics at … Continue reading
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Tagged Champions League, Europa League, FA Cup, League One, League Two, playoffs, prediction, Soccermatics
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Can anyone really predict a Premier League season?
This is a guest post by David Sumpter who is currently writing Soccermatics, which will come out on May 5th 2016 with Bloomsbury Books. This blog post is part of one of the book chapters on “Betting against the masses”. … Continue reading
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