Animate goals, Visualize stats, Video analyses, etc. from the World Cup, Premier League, Copa America, and beyond. (Using ggplot2, ggsoccer, and more)

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Web-scrape Soccer Data Tutorial

Video Analyses

Liverpool FC: xG Timelines, xG Shot Maps, & Match Notes/Thoughts

Shot Comparison Maps

Squad Age Profiles

Visualizing the Premier League (2019-2020)

Visualizing Event-Level Data with R!

Lionel Messi / Barcelona (using StatsBomb data):

Copa América 2019 blog post:

Asian Cup 2019 blog post:

World Cup blog posts:

rmarkdown/scripts/gists

Visualizing the World Cup with R [Tokyo.R Presentation (July 2018)]:

More Examples:

Goalkeeper Performance & Workload

Progressive Passers: Bundesliga (2019-2020)

xG Match Summary

Manchester City players dominate the ‘expected’ stats: np-xG per 90 & xA per 90 for the Premier League (2019-2020)

Player-Minutes Gantt Chart (Liverpool FC: 2015-2016 Season comparing Brendan Rodgers vs. Jürgen Klopp)

Pass Partner Plots: Total Completed Passes Into The Box Between All Players

Expected vs. Actuals Goals for select group of attacking players competing in the Copa América

Top Scorers of the Asian Cup

First Goal of the World Cup: Yuri Gazinsky

Premier League 2018-2019 Season: Goal-Contribution Matrix

Jürgen Klopp's Managerial History

Age-Utility Matrix: Liverpool FC

Cristiano Ronaldo's hattrick vs. Spain:

J.League 2018 Season: Goal Contribution Matrix

Group D Final Matchday Table:

Offside Trap gif:

Japan uniforms gif: