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Putting sports stats to the test: Unpredictable play helps pick a winner in soccer
- February 27, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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A comprehensive game plan and strategic tactics are critical to winning soccer, but how much does a team's unpredictability in moving the soccer ball around the pitch matter? In a new article published in PLOS One, an international team of researchers analyzed event data from top-tier association soccer competitions to provide insights into match analysis, player tactics and game strategy.
Originally published at Phys.org