Sports Analytics

Football match prediction, team rankings, and win probability using Bayesian hierarchical Poisson models with crossed random effects.

Football Prediction

Premier League Match Prediction

Bayesian Poisson GLMM with crossed random effects for attack and defense strength. Predict match outcomes, simulate league tables, and estimate top-4 and relegation probabilities using English Premier League 2018-2019 data.

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Why Bayesian for Sports Analytics?

Sports data has natural hierarchical structure (players within teams, matches within seasons) that benefits from Bayesian modeling: