Football analytics, life at The Athletic and Fantasy Football with Tom Worville

20/04/2021 27 min

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Episode Synopsis

There is a full squad to select from in the latest episode of the View From The Byline as Alex Brinton, Matt Lee and Pete Trifunovic catch up with The Athletic's Football Analytics writer, Tom Worville.
In this week's podcast, we cover all manner of topics from what it's like being the only dedicated stats writer in football media to where budding football writers can find useful statistics to support their articles.
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Social Media:
Pete Trifunovic: @PeteTrifunovic
Alex Brinton: @abrinton_99
Matt Lee: @MattLeeJourno
Timestamps:
7m05s - What is Expected Goals (xG)?
8m50s - The importance of statistics in football
12m35s - The rise of football analytics
15m35s - Fantasy Football
19m10s - Where should journalists look for to get football statistics?
21m20s - Working at The Athletic
24m40s - The Zonal Marking Podcast
25m25s - Future of football analytics
Credits:
Werq Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/