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Bale strikes P23 in vital Madrid victory SPORTS 2424 Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Mbappe makes winning Paris far, and so it proved. ylian Mbappe played a decisive Despite their 466 million euro strike role on his Parc des Princes debut force of Neymar, Edinson Cavani and forK Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday in Mbappe seven time former champions a thrilling 2-0 win over Lyon with both Lyon emerged with plenty of honour, if goals accreditated to the visitors. not the three points. debut Lyon’s youngsters proved more than PSG were restricted to just a handful a match for PSG’s multi-millionaires of shots in the first period as Lyon’s who had to wait until the last quarter of defence doggedly refused to roll over. an hour before Lyon defender Marcelo PSG’s best chances came a minute deflected the ball into his own goal. from the break when on a counter Then four minutes from time attack Mbappe, appearing before his Mbappe rushed onto Neymar’s home supporters for the first time after assist with his close range shot outings at Metz and Celtic, fed Neymar bounding off Jeremy Morel to with the Brazilian’s rasping shot boxed settle the electric encounter. away by Lyon keeper Anthony Lopes. This sixth successive league On the restart Mbappe was switched win pushed Unai Emery’s side to take Neymar’s place on the right. three points clear of defending The second half was only minutes champions Monaco who old when Lyon striker Nabil Fekir had maintained their title troubled PSG keeper Alphonse Aerola push with a 3-0 win over with a tight-angled shot. Strasbourg 24 hours earlier. On 55 minutes Neymar flicked the Lyon’s visit on paper had ensuing freekick over the wall only for looked to be PSG’s toughest a diving Lopes to parry the ball away test of the Ligue 1 season so from the top far corner. (AFP) Paris Saint-Germain’s French forward Kylian Mbappe (L) vies with Lyon’s French defender Ferland Mendy Hon.Chairman Najeb Yacob Alhamer | Responsible Editor Mahmood AI Mahmood | Managing Editor Soman Baby | Managing Director P. Unnikrishnan | Adviser Med Jones Advt : Strategic Publicity & Advertising Co.W.L.L | Tel: 17270710, Fax17256470, Email: [email protected] | Newsroom: Tel: 17579911, Fax17250150, Email: [email protected] Printed and published by Al Ayam Publishing | Subscription & circulation: Tel: 38444698/17579877/Fax17250150, Email:[email protected] | Website: www.dt.bh.

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Chapter Iv Individual Player Contributions in European Soccer

Guy Wilkinson PhD Thesis (2017) CHAPTER IV INDIVIDUAL PLAYER CONTRIBUTIONS IN EUROPEAN SOCCER ABSTRACT This paper looks at applying new techniques to predict match outcomes in professional soccer. To achieve this models are used which measure the individual contributions of soccer players within their team. Using data from the top 25 European soccer leagues, the individual contribution of players is measured using high dimensional fixed effects models. Nine years of results are used to produce player, team and manager estimates. A further year of results is used to check for predictive accuracy. Since this has useful applications in player scouting the paper will also look at how well the models rank players. The findings show an average prediction rate of 45% with all methods showing similar rankings for player productivity. While the model highlights the most productive players there is a bias towards players who produce and prevent goals directly. This results in more attackers and defenders ranking highly than midfield players. There is potential for these techniques to be used against the betting market as most models produce better performance than many betting firms. Guy Wilkinson PhD Thesis (2017) 1. INTRODUCTION This paper focuses on producing models with a high prediction rate in professional soccer. The main challenge is to produce accurate estimations of player ability, a problem analogous to research on worker productivity. The study of worker productivity is of great value to businesses in almost every industry. Hiring the best workers will improve the overall performance of business and increase profit. It is of great importance for firms to be able to screen potential employees efficiently to determine their value.
Tactical Line-Up Uruguay - France # 57 06 JUL 2018 17:00 Nizhny Novgorod / Nizhny Novgorod Stadium / RUS

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Established 1961 27 Sports Monday, July 22, 2019 Kane 93rd minute stunner earns Spurs the victory over Juventus ‘It’s probably one of the best goals of my career’ SINGAPORE: Harry Kane scored a stunning 93rd tap-in. “It was a very good game, very competitive. To minute winner from the halfway line as Tottenham be honest, we are still short in our preparations and I Hotspur edged Juventus 3-2 in an entertaining pre-sea- wasn’t planning to play this way so early in the pre- son friendly in Singapore yesterday. The England cap- season ... we were still hoping to give some players tain latched onto Lucas Moura’s short pass and more rest after a long campaign,” Spurs manager launched a first-time shot high over a scrambling sub- Mauricio Pochettino said. stitute keeper Wojciech Szczesny as Spurs rallied past “The result was not the most important thing today, new manager Maurizio Sarri’s Italian champions in the performance was and how we continue our prepa- front of a delighted National Stadium crowd. rations for the upcoming season.” Juventus had more “It’s probably one of the best goals of my career. I success after the break when they increased their tem- noticed the keeper was often off of his line and thought po and went more direct, and halftime substitute if I get a chance to shoot I will and it just went in,” Gonzalo Higuain levelled the score in the 56th minute Kane said in a post-match interview. A youthful Spurs with a drilled strike after exchanging neat passes with dominated the first half as Juventus struggled to adapt Federico Bernardeschi.
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Established 1961 15 Wednesday, March 3, 2021 Sports Refreshed Pochettino embraces PSG project SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, France: Mauricio things are looking good in Europe, with Kylian Pochettino was given the luxury of time at Mbappe’s hat-trick helping Pochettino’s side thrash Tottenham Hotspur to build a team that would go Barcelona 4-1 away in the first leg of their on to reach a Champions League final, but the Champions League last-16 tie last month. The Argentine knows the demands are different now he return is on March 10, but a quarter-final place is in charge at Paris Saint-Germain. seems secure, while PSG are currently second in “We got to the Champions League final after five Ligue 1, two points behind leaders Lille. years working towards it. We built a platform and a structure and our objective was to be able to com- ‘Complicated situation’ pete for these things,” Pochettino says in an inter- It has been a whirlwind start to life back in Paris view with AFP in Paris, where he arrived in January for Pochettino, who played for PSG between 2001 refreshed after more than a year out of the game and 2003. He had to spend a week in self-isolation following his departure from Tottenham. He took the after catching the coronavirus, and along with his north London club to the 2019 final, cementing his coaching team has had to contend with a long list of reputation as one Europe’s most exciting coaches injuries, including to superstars Neymar and Angel despite losing 2-0 to Liverpool in Madrid.
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14 Established 1961 Sports Tuesday, December 19, 2017 James sparks Cleveland Cavaliers to win over Washington Wizards Pistons forward Bullock saves his best for Orlando LOS ANGELES: LeBron James registered his fourth NBA result/standings triple-double in five games with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 15 assists as the streaking Cleveland Cavaliers beat Indiana 109, Brooklyn 97; Cleveland 106, Washington 99; Detroit the Washington Wizards 106-99 on Sunday night. 114, Orlando 110; Toronto 108, Sacramento 93. Kevin Love led the Cavaliers with 25 points, while Jeff Eastern Conference Green had 15 points. Cleveland has won 18 of 19 games, Atlantic Division including the past five. Little separated the Eastern W L PCT GB Conference contenders for much of the game as the Boston 25 7 .781 - teams were tied at the end of the second and third Toronto 20 8 .714 3 quarters. James’s 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter NY Knicks 16 13 .552 7.5 put the Cavaliers in front for good and sparked an 8-0 Philadelphia 14 14 .500 9 run. Green’s three-point play capped the surge as Brooklyn 11 18 .379 12.5 Cleveland led 95-89 with 6:55 remaining. Bradley Beal Central Division Cleveland 23 8 .742 - Detroit 17 13 .567 5.5 Indiana 17 13 .567 5.5 Milwaukee 15 13 .536 6.5 DeRozan led a Chicago 8 20 .286 13.5 Southeast Division Washington 16 14 .533 - balanced offense Miami 15 14 .517 0.5 Orlando 11 20 .355 5.5 with 21 points Charlotte 10 19 .345 5.5 Atlanta 6 23 .207 9.5 Western Conference Northwest Division Minnesota 17 13 .567 - scored 27 points for the Wizards, who had won two in a Portland 16 13 .552 0.5 row.