- world_cup.R: File builidng Poission regression model to predict and simulate the 2018 FIFA World Cup
- international_soccer_game_data.csv: Data for intertional soccer matches dating back to 1872.
- fixtures.csv: Fixtures and results for matches played in the 2018 FIFA World Cup
- rankings.csv: International soccer rankings producted from model coefficients.
- wc_sims.csv: Up to date probabilities for each country to advance to each round of the World Cup.
- knockoutdisparty.R: Script for scraping historical data from Wikipedia to examine Knockout Round talent disparity between 2 halves of bracket for every tournament since 1998.
Methodology can be found here.
Pre-World Cup Round by Round Elimination Probabilities
Pre-World Cup Expected Points in Group Stage
Example of goal distribution plot, Portugal vs. Morocco (06/20/2018)
goal_plot(team1 = "Portugal", team2 = "Morocco", location = "N", col1 = "aquamarine1", col2 = "red4")
Example of goal distribution plot, Colombia vs. Japan (06/19/2018)
goal_plot(team1 = "Colombia", team2 = "Japan", location = "N")
- wc_data_collect.R: A script used to collect all World Cup data from Ron Yurko's R package, fcscrapR.