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Copa America Centenario Elo Rating Predictions
By Thomas Negron Later tonight, the United States and Colombia will kick off the Copa America Centenario, a month-long international tournament which will take place across the United States. While the...
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Do Recently Relegated EPL Teams Do Better In The Championship Promotion...
by Andrew Puopolo While many soccer fans on Saturday focused on the Champions League Final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid at the San Siro in Milan, fans of English football were treated to a...
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Copa America GS1 Update
By Thomas Negron The first round of matches at Copa America has past and it has left us a lot to talk about. While goals were hard to come by in the first couple days, the scoring has started to pick...
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Euro 2016: Knockout Round Update
By Thomas Negron Before the knockout rounds of the European Championships begin, I wanted to give everyone a quick update on the Elo-based model. Below are the chances that each team will reach each...
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Are Promoted Teams Having a Tougher Time Staying in the Premier League?
By Andrew Puopolo Year after year, the Premier League continues to be one of the greatest sporting spectacles in the world. In theory, any team of any size can win a series of promotions through the...
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Waiting for Kickoff: A Historical Look at European Soccer
By Carlos Pena-Lobel Inspired by the start of the return of European Soccer again, I wanted to fulfill my promise I made almost a year ago in my post, Why Leicester City Shouldn’t Be atop the Table: A...
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Which Sports League has the Most Parity?
By Andrew Puopolo In the last couple of years, the level of parity in the NBA has diminished with the Golden State Warriors setting a record for regular season wins and the Philadelphia 76ers nearly...
View Article2016: A (Mostly) Statistical Year in Review
By Andrew Puopolo As 2016 winds to a close, we take a look back on 55 reasons why this year was a particularly crazy year in the world of sports. NFL 1.) Both teams that made the Super Bowl failed to...
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Are League Finishes By Rivals In English Soccer Correlated?
By Andrew Puopolo You often hear television commentators compare teams to their bitter rivals to illustrate its current status. Over time, the nature of rivalries changes due to each team’s movement...
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Premier League Preview: What Are The Chances Newcastle, Brighton and...
By Andrew Puopolo Tomorrow night, Arsenal and Leicester City kick off the 25th season of the English Premier League at the Emirates Stadium. Every summer, the vast majority of media attention focuses...
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An Analysis Of Parity Levels In Soccer
By Andrew Puopolo A new season of European soccer is upon us. The Premier League kicked off this past weekend with some exciting matches and a major upset as Burnley defeated defending champions...
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The Toughest Away Days In The Champions League
By Andrew Puopolo “It’s not an easy place to go” is a saying often used by soccer commentators when evaluating a team’s prospects in an upcoming away match. Champions League journeys to Eastern...
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English Soccer, Geographical Divides, and Margaret Thatcher: How Has The...
By Andrew Puopolo Traditionally, English Soccer has been dominated by Northern clubs. A potential explanation is that in the Industrial North, soccer was the main leisure activity of the people,...
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A Home Away from Home: Home Advantage in Shared Stadiums?
By Andrew Puopolo This past weekend marked a major derby match on the Italian soccer calendar, with Roma “hosting” Lazio at the 60,00 seat Stadio Olimpico. For those unfamiliar with Italian soccer,...
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Freedom of Movement of Footballers: Brexit and the EPL
By Laurie Shaw Editors Note: This post originally appeared on Eighty Five Points and is being cross posted on this blog. On the 29th March 2017 the UK government activated Article 50, initiating a...
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Does travel distance impact performance in World Cup Qualifying?
By Jackson Weaver Qualifying for the 2018 World Cup has come to a close, and for many fans, including myself, anger and outrage fill our hearts over our respective country’s inability to qualify....
View Article2017: A (Somewhat) Statistical Review
By Danny Blumenthal and Andrew Puopolo As 2017 comes to an end, we look back at the milestones and moments that made this sports year memorable, and also some weird moments that made it unique. NFL...
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Are Referees Biased Against Certain Teams In The English Premier League?
By Andrew Puopolo At the end of the December match between Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns, West Brom’s left-back Kieran Gibbs put in a cross that struck Calum Chambers on the hand,...
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An Analysis Of Aggression In Major European Soccer Rivalries
By Andrew Puopolo Three years ago, former HSAC Co-President Brendan Kent wrote a piece on aggression in Premier League derbies. In the article, Brendan looked at 8 derbies over a 5 year span and...
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Do Midtable Premier League Teams Perform Worse At The End Of The Season?
By Andrew Puopolo With the international break coming to a close this weekend, we are heading into the homestretch of the Premier League season. With seven or eight matches left for every Premier...
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