how common is it for a team with a lower xG value to win a match in Hungarian NB1?
Process:
prerequisit: what is xG? -> link: https://twitter.com/ambrusz_a/status/1602384735333933057
Note: we annotated the steps performed (in the file)
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Data: We need data (we obtain them from InStat)
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Scrape:
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here for scraping we have to write an access password code (here you should get by with your own e-mail and password)
def site_login(): driver.get ('https://football.instatscout.com/login') time.sleep(3) try: user_name = driver.find_element_by_name("email") user_name.send_keys("?????????@???.com") except NoSuchElementException: print("exception handled") password = driver.find_element_by_name("pass") submit = driver.find_element_by_name("commit") password.send_keys("?????") submit.click() driver = webdriver.Safari() site_login()
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we have to collect the data we need, then organize and clean it
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we are also interested in the number of xGPoints that can be obtained based on xG - that's why we write a function for this as well
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Data sorting:
here, for further analysis, we distinguish between home and away teams, as well as collect detailed data of the matches (shots/xG) etc.
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Analysis and plot:
we make a plot and analyze the data
This is where we want to go:
result
The team with the least xG won 22 of 94 games (~23% unexpected win) and of these 22 matches, 16 were (~72%) matches where the winning team with less xG scored the first goal
Ambrusz Árpád (Hungary)
email: ambruszarpad@gmail.com
