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"Why Would I Trust Your Numbers?" On the Explainability of Expected Values in Soccer
Jan Van Haaren
In recent years, many different approaches have been proposed to quantify the performances of soccer players. Since player performances are challenging to quantify directly due to…
Player Chemistry: Striving for a Perfectly Balanced Soccer Team
Lotte Bransen, Jan Van Haaren
Soccer scouts typically ignore the team balance and team chemistry when evaluating potential signings for their teams. Instead, they focus on the individual qualities of the player…
Measuring Football Players' On-the-ball Contributions From Passes During Games
Lotte Bransen, Jan Van Haaren
Several performance metrics for quantifying the in-game performances of individual football players have been proposed in recent years. Although the majority of the on-the-ball act…
Distinguishing Between Roles of Football Players in Play-by-play Match Event Data
Bart Aalbers, Jan Van Haaren
Over the last few decades, the player recruitment process in professional football has evolved into a multi-billion industry and has thus become of vital importance. To gain insigh…
Actions Speak Louder Than Goals: Valuing Player Actions in Soccer
Tom Decroos, Lotte Bransen, Jan Van Haaren +1
Assessing the impact of the individual actions performed by soccer players during games is a crucial aspect of the player recruitment process. Unfortunately, most traditional metri…