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Measuring soccer players’ contributions to chance creation by valuing their passes

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Author	Bransen, Lotte Haaren, Jan Van van de Velden, Michel
Copyright Year	2019
Abstract	Scouting departments at soccer clubs aim to discover players having a positive influence on the outcomes of matches. Since passes are the most frequently occurring on-the-ball actions on the pitch, a natural way to achieve this objective is by identifying players who are effective in setting up chances. Unfortunately, traditional statistics such as number of assists fail to reveal players excelling in this area. To overcome this limitation, this paper introduces a novel metric that measures the players’ involvement in setting up chances by valuing the effectiveness of their passes. Our proposed metric identifies Arsenal player Mesut Özil as the most impactful player in terms of passes during the 2017/2018 season and proposes Ajax player Frenkie de Jong as a suitable replacement for Andrés Iniesta at FC Barcelona.
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ISSN	21946388
e-ISSN	15590410
DOI	10.1515/jqas-2018-0020
Journal	Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	15
Language	English
Publisher	Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Publisher Date	2019-06-26
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports Machine Learning Pass Evaluation Player Performance Soccer Analytics Journal: Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, Vol- 15, Issue- 1
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	3300/3301 1800/1801

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