Winning FOOTBALL matches using mathematics!? (Soccermatics) - David Sumpter #456

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I am very pleased to welcome David Sumpter onto the channel to talk about the mathematics of football.

One of David's books, Soccermatics, is always in the conversation of football analytics books, he has consulted with many top football clubs, runs a football analytics company all around being a mathematics professor!

David clearly has a lot of knowledge but he is also so good at breaking things down and explaining things very simply and making things much more understandable.

Thanks again to David for joining the channel. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did!

0:00 - Introduction
2:41 - David joins and gives overview
6:48 - The randomness of football, the importance of mathematics
11:26 - Working with clubs, the reception David gets
16:12 - Soccermatics
21:41 - Zones of interaction
26:44 - Expected Goals (xG), pitch control and passing triangles
34:59 - Twelve Football and expected threat
41:49 - TwelveGPT (AI scouting reports)
49:43 - Other use cases of AI and machine learning
54:34 - Advice for others, book recommendations

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