Winning FOOTBALL matches using mathematics!? (Soccermatics) - David Sumpter #45

Thanks to the APFA (Association of professional football analysts) for sponsoring this video. You can check them out here and receive 10% off any football analysis course using code Gill10: https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 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 ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ USEFUL LINKS 💻 Video Analysis Software - https://www.in-playsports.com/software/individuals ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Use code Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Get FREE sports data by learning web scraping – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/?ref=3f7c5c FREE RESOURCES 📝 My downloadable CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📚 The ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download MY OTHER SOCIALS 🌍 My Website – https://www.chris-gill.com 🆇 X/Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/chrisgill_UK 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk