3 papers
stat.AP2026
Integrating Unsupervised and Supervised Learning for the Prediction of Defensive Schemes in American football
Rouven Michels, Robert Bajons, Jan-Ole Fischer
Anticipating defensive coverage schemes is a crucial yet challenging task for offenses in American football. Because defenders' assignments are intentionally disguised before the s…
econ.GN2025
Predicting Qualification Thresholds in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League under the New League Phase Format
David Winkelmann, Rouven Michels, Christian Deutscher
For the 2024/25 season, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) introduced an incomplete round-robin format in the Champions League and Europa League, replacing the trad…
stat.AP2024
PEP: a tackle value measuring the prevention of expected points
Robert Bajons, Jan-Ole Koslik, Rouven Michels +1
Traditional assessments of tackling in American Football often only consider the number of tackles made, without adequately accounting for their context and importance for the game…