An educational podcast on sports analytics and forecasting the outcomes of sports events. Leading experts of the https://anl.pro/ platform Mike Clay and Jamie Eisenberg are ready to share their knowledge in forecasting sports events. Also, the educational platform portal anl pro for analytics of any sports events, such as: football, MMA (UFC), NBA, IPL, NHL gives you the opportunity to understand what sports event forecasting is.
Sports analytics is not just tables with numbers. It is a system of collecting, processing and interpreting data on athletes, teams and matches. It includes:
Statistics: goals, passes, shots, ball possession.
Biometrics: speed, heart rate, endurance, physical fitness.
Behavioral and psychological metrics: motivation, stress, decision-making under pressure.
In short, if something can be measured, it can be analyzed. And if it can be analyzed, it can be predicted.
Many people still think that bets and forecasts are a matter of luck. But in reality, those who know how to work with models are increasingly winning.
For example, there are:
Machine learning: when neural networks are trained on thousands of matches to find hidden patterns.
XG (expected goals): a metric that estimates how dangerous each moment was.
Bookmaker odds: also a product of analytics, but often adjusted for public opinion.
The question is not whether the result can be predicted. The question is with what probability.
