PinnedPaul CorcoraninDev GeniusCreate an expected goals model for any league in minutes in python!I recently finished a couple of articles on data collection from a top european league — Ligue 1 which you can find part 1 here. I used a…·10 min read·Feb 11, 2023--6--6
PinnedPaul CorcoraninDev GeniusScrape the official English Premier league websiteContinuing on from one of my last articles web scraping the official League 1 website I have turned my attention to the world's most…9 min read·Mar 8, 2023--3--3
PinnedPaul CorcoraninDev GeniusScraping Expected goals — the easy way.The emergence of the expected goals metric has transformed the way the average fan can analyse a teams performance. It is easy to…·4 min read·Mar 17, 2023--3--3
PinnedPaul CorcoraninTowards DevScrape the official Champions League website with python!For the champions league needs no introduction!5 min read·Oct 26, 2022--3--3
PinnedPaul CorcoraninLevel Up CodingQuickly and easily Scrape FBREF using just PandasWe love football data and fbref is one of the best open sources out there!3 min read·Mar 29, 2022--5--5
Paul CorcoraninDev GeniusGet to know the greatest football league in the world with python and transfermarktThe League of Ireland has earned the endearing nickname ‘the greatest league in the world’ from fans and pundits across Ireland. While…·11 min read·Mar 19, 2024----
Paul CorcoraninStackademicTales from the trading floor — what working in one of the world’s biggest sports betting company…I worked for one of the world’s biggest sports betting companies in the years 2016–2020 on the trading floor. I feel like there is many…·16 min read·Feb 23, 2024----
Paul CorcoraninDev GeniusDecoding Defensive Efficiency: Unraveling the Impact of PPDA in football.Passes per defensive action otherwise abbreviated to PPDA is one of the more interesting football statistics to emerge in recent years.·10 min read·Jan 20, 2024--3--3
Paul CorcoraninStackademicCalculating dynamic League position in pythonThere is that old saying — “The league table does not lie”·6 min read·Nov 29, 2023----
Paul CorcoraninDev GeniusScraping Opta football stats for free in python.Opta are one of the leading platforms when it comes to football statistics.·6 min read·Nov 20, 2023--2--2