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Soccer leagues reflect the partial standings of the teams involved after each round of competition. However, the ability of partial league standings to predict end-of-season position has largely been ignored. Here we analyze historical partial standings from English soccer to understand the mathematics underpinning league performance and...
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... analysis utilized an 'in-sample' study design and was performed using publicly available historical match data (acquired from www.football-data.co.uk) for all four senior leagues in English soccer (Premier League, Championship, League 1, and League 2 -details listed in Table 1) for the 22 seasons from 1995-96 to 2016-17. 1995-96 was chosen as a cut-off point because this was the first season in which the Premier League contained just 20 teams-prior to this it comprised 22 teams. ...Context 2
... final standing transition probabilities for respective league positions at rounds 10, 20 and 30 of competition for the Premier League, Championship, League 1, and League 2 are presented in Tables 7-10. The probabilities presented in these tables are based on historical data and show the likely final standing positions for all the league positions after rounds 10, 20 and 30. ...Context 3
... at the other end of the league, the team in bottom position at round 10 has only a 27.3% chance of finishing last, whereas by round 30 this increases to 72.7%. As such, this confirms the findings of the tau distance and Spearman correlation analysis presented in Figs 3 and 5. Inspection of Tables 8- 10 for the 24-team leagues reveals a similar picture to that for the Premier League, with the teams in the top positions increasingly likely to finish near the top of the league as the season progresses, and those near the bottom more likely to be relegated as the season progresses. ...Context 4
... on historical data (seasons 1995-2017) for League 1. consistently tend to perform better or worse than the other teams, maintaining 'head starts' that are difficult to overturn. This trend is well illustrated by the results in Tables 7-10. For example, from Table 7 it can be seen that the team in first place in the Premier League after round 10 has a 77.3% chance of finishing in the top three, while those in last place at the same point in the season have a 54.6% chance of being relegated. ...Context 5
... these findings suggest that with respect to soccer leagues, the partial standings may have potential as a predictor of season outcome. While systems have been developed that use ranking algorithms [13] 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.09 0.18 0.05 0.00 0.05 0.18 0.09 22nd 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.05 0.27 0.23 0.14 23rd 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.18 0.09 0.23 0.09 0.09 0.27 24th 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.09 0.14 0.32 Table 10. Final standing transition probabilities for respective league positions at rounds 10, 20 and 30. ...Context 6
... standing transition probabilities for respective league positions at rounds 10, 20 and 30. Based on historical data (seasons 1995-2017) for League 2. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd and expected points totals [7,8] to predict end-of-season outcome, these tend to be complex and can be difficult to use. By comparison, it is relatively easy to use the transition probabilities computed from the partial standings (Tables 7-10) to give a 'first approximation' of likely endof-season league position. ...Context 7
... on historical data (seasons 1995-2017) for League 2. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd and expected points totals [7,8] to predict end-of-season outcome, these tend to be complex and can be difficult to use. By comparison, it is relatively easy to use the transition probabilities computed from the partial standings (Tables 7-10) to give a 'first approximation' of likely endof-season league position. As such, the partial standings appear to have potential as a simple easy-to-use tool for predicting final league position. ...Context 8
... our findings, may be of interest to fans, pundits, and all those involved in the betting industry, perhaps they are of greater relevance to those involved in: (i) the management of soccer clubs; and (ii) the administration and governance of soccer leagues, many of whom may not realize that mathematical laws strongly influence the outcome of all soccer leagues. In particular, our findings suggest that timing is an issue of utmost importance, with major decisions regarding the acquisition of new players, or the 'hiring and firing' of managers, best undertaken earlier, rather than late, in the season-something highlighted by the results in Tables 7- 10, where for example the chance of the bottom team in the Premier League being relegated, increases from 54.6% to 86.3% between rounds 10 to 30. By taking prudent remedial action early in the season, clubs appear to have a much better chance of avoiding relegation, rather than if they wait until much later before they act, as often occurs in English soccer when teams are facing the threat of relegation. ...Similar publications
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... Caetano et al. [8] analyzed the dynamics of soccer using dyads, in official matches of different levels of competition, player' positions, and periods of the match. Beggs et al. [12] investigated the partial standings of a given league to predict the end-of-season positions of the teams. Statistical analysis applied to data from different leagues led to accurate results. ...
This paper adopts concepts of systems’ theory and multidimensional scaling to study the competitiveness in soccer leagues of four countries. A season for a given league is read as a dynamical system with states that are measured at discrete time samples corresponding to the rounds. The system state is inferred from the accumulated points won and lost by each team. These data series are interpreted as active and reactive power and are processed in the complex plane. The league competitiveness is visualized through 2-dim maps of items that represent the relative positioning of the teams over the season. The results are compared with those obtained with two classic competitiveness measures.
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Many sports leagues are played in a tightly scheduled round-robin format, leaving a limited time window to postpone matches. If the season cannot resume due to an external shock such as the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the ranking of the teams becomes non-trivial: it is necessary to account for schedule imbalances and possibly for the different number of matches played. First in the literature, we identify a set of desired axioms for ranking in these incomplete tournaments. It is verified that the generalized row sum, a parametric family of scoring rules, satisfies all of them. In particular, the well-established least-squares method maximizes the influence of the strength of opponents on the ranking. Our approach is applied for six major premier European soccer competitions, where the rankings are found to be robust concerning the weight of adjustment for the strength of the opponents. Some methodologically simpler alternative policies are also discussed.
