Category Archives: Statistics

Regime change – is the Mac the Messiah, or is the ‘improvement’ an illusion?

Posted on November 30, 2013 by lazerock

A chapter in the excellent football analytics book The Numbers Game, by Chris Anderson and David Sally, looks at the effects that replacing the manager does – and doesn’t – have. In Simon Kuper and Dr Stefan Szymanski’s Why England Lose (AKA Soccernomics), we … Continue reading →

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Points per Game breakdown – the season so far, compared to 2012/3

Posted on November 16, 2013 by lazerock

Over the summer, I produced the following graph, which looked at Derby’s points per game in the 2012/3 Championship, broken down by where the opponent finished in the league table: – I think the graph demonstrates very clearly why we … Continue reading →

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Head to head – versus Millwall (a)

Posted on September 5, 2013 by lazerock

This is a new feature for the 2013/4 season.  I’m not promising I’ll produce one for every game, but I’ll do them for important fixtures, or whenever I consider it relevant / have the time. Via the website whoscored.com, it’s … Continue reading →

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Fixture computer churns out a tough start for Derby County

Posted on July 28, 2013 by lazerock

Pre-season optimism is a tradition as old as league football.  Having not seen your team lose a game that matters for at least a couple of months, what fan can possibly avoid suspecting that better times are ahead for the … Continue reading →

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The complete performance? Will Hughes v Leeds United, December 8 2012

Posted on June 15, 2013 by lazerock

By the time Leeds came to town last December, the 17 year-old Will Hughes had already established himself in our first team.  After initially using Hughes as a nominal left midfielder with license to drift infield – more to shoehorn … Continue reading →

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