The Numbers Game | How Data Is Changing Football | Documentary

You've spent a small fortune on the squad, got state-of-the-art facilities and employ a dietician and a psychologist - but today you'll win nothing without an analytics team to crunch the numbers from every aspect of your players' performances. We do the maths so you don't have to...
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[@JimdalfTheOrange]

My dream job - being an analyst for Tottenham. This documentary is amazing. I got my degree in economics because of Moneyball, Billy Beane is the man.

[@Pannafreestyle]

Woah. Amazing. Did you do a course in statistics or something

[@hugogrimm6344]

could you please respond to me on email [e-mail]?

[@oneverest]

best of luck!.... from an Arsenal fan.

[@JimdalfTheOrange]

Sanket N sounds like we both need it, brother

[@frosty6297]

Do your MSc in Performance Analysis and you'll be snapped up instantly

[@IvanSekamatte]

I'm a traditional football ⚽ MAN,love analytics though, however it's the grit in each player being a student love and value the science,that's the sweet recipe 442 formation Sir Ferguson,433 Johan Cruffy,molded my play with Paul once ,Paul,Gaza,Lothar mathues,Zidane,plantini,,Diego,Maradona,Paul Scholes etc,defensive box to box midfielders,if you want to appreciate the game the midie is the golden Nugget young players,give everything,hardwork❤❤❤

[@danyosuna7276]

I work in a solar panels company and we use data A LOT when it comes to hiring new people, choosing customers, advertisements etc etc. Simple things as a phone call produce metrics that are complex to evaluate I do not want to think of how complex those can be in a football match

[@dian.krisnanjaya]

Great documentary! So there is something behind the team. There are those intelligent people who work behind the club. Football nowdays is more than just a competition to win titles, but it is also a "Data Analytics War" among the clubs. Interesting.

[@shifty277]

Solid documentary all for free thanks.

[@johnshakespeare7304]

I’ve just had a massive shit mate

[@captainmalone3217]

@@johnshakespeare7304 liverpool throw ins coach

[@tornaperinso1484]

I've been reading Bill James since the 80s. Nice to see how his approach has developed into a worldwide approach to other sports.

[@raulrodriguez8272]

Keep doing what you're doing love the content

[@tamojitbasu8634]

This is a dream job to work for a bigger football club as a sports analyst🔥🔥

[@TnA_Adventures]

Are you close to this dream job? ✨️

[@jaredflavel6800]

Nice documentary

[@rishikeshkumar9076]

Hey! I've watched all your videos and i just want to say a big thanks for helping us beginners out there. Your channel is amazing and you make it a lot easy for us to understand and learn the game properly.. I'd really appreciate it if you could do a video series on how to become a better player. Wish you a great new year and I really hope that you'll consider my request faithfully...

[@iliyasbektas9189]

The video that made me choose data science field! Thank you very much!

[@yassirzarhouni6022]

hii do u start studying ? because i think we are in the same point now and am so excited if we can study together?

[@natashaaafreen8236]

Hi , so how far you reached now?

[@jwh0122]

In the future, would it be possible to let the algorithm select Man of the Match? It could be the person who doesn't score, but contribute the most to the team victory.

[@josueetsesfunnyvideo5540]

I'm a french-speaking, but i want to integrate this environment like Data scientist for a sandwich course or internship in UK. Here in France, it's not really in the culture of using data in football yet. There are rare clubs using data and it's so difficult to have an expirience in there here, in France. I'm coming to finish my first year of Master's degree in Econometrics-statistics on France. I hope i will find some people of good will.

[@cu_kito]

Even in France its not common? Here in LATAM, teams use it for their business/marketing side, not for their sports side. Missed opoortunity imho

[@rodolfosuarez2706]

Wow this was so fascinating!

[@michaelfern4079]

Fascinating. Thanks!

[@johannesvonsaaz3987]

Quality content. Keep 'em comin'

[@tw3665]

very good work!!!!

[@TheFraziak]

“Small clubs with limited budgets”, shows Forest Green who had probably the biggest budget ever seen in the conference and lost millions each year which would send most clubs at that level out of business

[@lukemurray8108]

Interesting video.

[@marionveloria1451]

data is great and extremely useful but it's not everything. you have to actually be able to judge a player with your eyes as well. also i love billy beane.

[@zaidabraham7310]

No. The whole point of data is that it's more reliable and more insightful than judging a player with your eye. Anecdotal observations are only useful for making adjustments mid-match.

[@hungrytime3343]

I can understand the pressures on the coaches. At the end of clip 😀😀😀

[@ballyk4065]

I disagree with some things, stats don't mean a lot in football you must watch the game in order to judge the game and not rely on stats. The comment about stats being a scout for every player is also not true lok

[@kartikmishra278]

Lovely Insight

[@dwaipayandattaroy9801]

Yes insight is required

[@victorjacobo5948]

if this true, why haven't they won the premier league?

[@asmitgamre9114]

Does this mean football managers should be working with analysts as well to get the best out of the team?

[@greekfloyd]

loved it, more of the same please!

[@tw3665]

amazing video

[@hanifbutt8990]

Teun Wilke ! Llr

[@chinmaydhok3887]

What is the average salary range for this job?

[@Teleschmiede]

Let me think about it.

[@ravi87910]

Damm. So much good information

[@BMRH09]

explaining losing by numbers. Clever. The game is winning not best value. This is nothing like the financial markets. Losing a soccer game in the Premier league two to one gets zero points winning gets three points who cares if you sign a guy who's punching above his weight if it doesn't save you from relegation? I think analytics has value but its value isn't in winning and losing unless you're willing to look beyond the numbers

[@andyrobertson4096]

Southampton are going down right?

[@FoxStar99]

Darta

[@somiljagnani2953]

Can I still get a heart?

[@winstong7438]

❤

[@mohitdeshmukh3398]

I literally don't like statistical football every time

[@aaronmstevenson]

State of the game? This has 200,000 views almost four years later smh

[@narajphilip3218]

this is what youngsheldon got tht from

[@edenalexandriab9120]

Keep strong. Dont forget that despite the evil in this world, God is full of justice, mercy and love. Justice said we broke His perfect law - causing the world's previous perfection to be destroyed - and therefore we deserve Hell (like a punishment in any legal system but this is eternal as His perfect law is eternal too). Don't think you fit in that category? Ever done one of these?: lying, stealing - regardless of how small the object EVER, hating others - which is murder in God's perfect law, lusting (plus God sees our entire thought life). Justice says "the soul that sins shall die" - if we break one in thought/word/deed it's as if we're guilty of all of them. Quite simply, living by the law (which is doing everything perfectly) is impossible for sinful humans . The law shows us that 1. We will die in Hell if we fail to follow it and 2. We cannot save ourselves BUT, 3. God's perfect, immovable law points us to Christ, who followed and fulfilled the law in thought, word and deed perfectly in our place. He did what we couldn't and did it on our behalf. He was then sentenced to death on a cross, and took our personal punishment for our sin, paying our penalty (like paying our fine) completely FOR us, and has given us freedom. If we turn from the sins we have committed and repent (pursue the opposite direction of love through Christ) He will, overtime, recreate us into His image through The Holy Spirit which Jesus sends to all who accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior of their life. We cannot purify ourselves, but Christ lived that perfect sinless, pure life and then allotted it to our "account". That's where our righteousness comes from. Not from any good, works that you or I could do. It is not based on the amount of good works we do. God starts the changes, He carries it on, and He completes it in those who let Him. It's about letting Christ in to guide and teach you and obeying Him, again, through His power and instruction). He is our substitute in His life, death and resurrection. He essentially rewrote history in our place so that, if you believe in Him, it will be as if YOU had never sinned if you accept Christ's death as our own in our place. He is in Heaven right now preparing a place for us so that He can take His faithful, believing children home with Him when He returns. He will ressurrect us from death when He returns, giving mercy to those who accept His love, forgiveness, instruction and teachings in their life, and give justice to those who refuse it. He doesn't want ANY of us to go to Hell and die for continuing in evil and rejecting His way to life, thats why He died FOR us. Hes giving EVERYONE a chance, He wants everyone to take the free gift of salvation from Hell. He wants us to be His and begin to follow His life of love and service through His power and abiding (staying) with Him. So long as we keep our hearts near to Christ through His strength, strive to follow His will of perfect love revealed in the Bible, and let Him lead in the midst of (very certain) pitfalls and struggles, we will, in time, win the ultimate victory over sin, pain and DEATH through Christ. Even if you are willing to be made willing, pray for Jesus to come in and He will do what we can't. Give us The Holy Spirit who will guide us in the right way. NOTE: You are NEVER too sinful or messed up that God cannot turn your life around through Jesus. EVER If you have any questions let me know

[@marting1984]

I wonder if soccer will take to analyitics. Other sports already have, namely Baseball and Hockey. Soccer seems like it's an old boys sport. Change rarely comes. Rules rarely change. Video replay is only in it's infancy. I wonder what will be the first major change that begins a copy cat mentality.

[@MTCoblivsicas12345]

It is more difficult to analyse soccor/football because it is free-flowing, low scoring and played over a long period. I think data and technology will become more important gradually though just look at VAR 5 years ago it was unheard of and if it was spoken pundits would ridicule it.

[@patrickcroysdale4729]

Top clubs have been using it for years. Burnley and Sean Dyche are a great example of over achieving by using great analysis. Last season they finished 8th.

[@nhdarling2]

Look at liverpool

[@graciapropertindo3457]

@@patrickcroysdale4729 now brentford 😀😀🔥🔥

[@MakingMoneyInMarketsAtHome]

If we can win millions of pounds in financial markets using data we can do again in football. But may be we've got a problem if we couldn't win these millions of pounds in financial markets. ¿?

[@AnalRampage]

Put angle, assist and distance to an algorithm to get the expected goals. Total bs

[@zaidabraham7310]

It wouldn't be used if it was bullshit. But I'm sure you know better than some of the world's best data scientists.

[@AnalRampage]

@@zaidabraham7310 I’m a data scientist myself. That’s not how machine learning works

[@harindharanjeyabalan6553]

Here is the short similar summary video : kzbin.info/www/bejne/gn_bqqWffquYp7c

[@farhanibrahim7919]

It may work in baseball and basketball but it'll never work in football.

[@garymckeon5410]

it already does work in football in many ways .

[@joshloveridge9434]

It already does work in football but I'm interested to know why you don't think it ever will?

[@Pannafreestyle]

Why do you think they made this documentary XD

[@Veaseify]

@@joshloveridge9434 In the book 'The Numbers Game' the authors basically argue that 50% of all results in football are random so analytics is based on the other 50% of data that can be rationally predicted . Unfortunately goals is one of the parameters in the random part of the equation, this is one reason that football is not as easy to analyse as sports with much more scoring like baseball and especially basketball. The other main reason that football is tough to analyse is the constant interplay and changing positions of 20 outfield players moving simultaneously despite only one of them ever having the ball at any given moment, plus the constant and unpredictable changes in possession. Baseball is essentially a one on one interaction between pitcher and hitter so it is much easier to isolate key numbers that make a material difference.

[@nhdarling2]

Liverpool will say otherwise.

[@hullohulloRFC]

football is art not maths

[@JR-iu8yl]

You'll be surprised

[@nhdarling2]

It's a combination of many things. Just like boxing is an art form, but it's motions can be studied scientifically.

[@JimdalfTheOrange]

Art is math, math is the universal language. Math reveals truth about the world around us, and cuts through human bias. Math is beautiful, just like the game. It has power to connect the world.

[@Sir_Charles007]

Maths are everywhere, science is the king of kings.

[@huskerfly9390]

Listening to Southampton staff talk about this stuff is laughable ...

[@MTCoblivsicas12345]

Why? They have found and help develop some quality talent.