Posted by Rishi Chopra
10. February 2012 17:48
"We had so many chances in the game, so many opportunities to get a shot on target. I was starting to wonder if it was going to be one of those days." -- Manchester United's Michael Carrick, after his side's 2-0 victory away to QPR in December
A common footballing frustration. So many chances, not much to show for it. But not all chances are created equal. At StatDNA, we've developed models to quantify just how good a chance really is. Last year we introduced our Goal Creation Framework, a decomposition of how goals are created, which includes pieces for Shot Quality and Finishing Qua...
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