Game Metrics: Decoding Premier League Outcomes

INFO 526 - Spring 2024 - Project 1

Sanja Dmitrovic, Jiayue He, Gillian McGinnis, Valerie Okine, Sai Navya Reddy, Akash Srinivasan

Dataset of choice

Premier League match data

English football, 2021-2022 season

Source: TidyTuesday 04 April 2023, soccer

Question 1

Scores

1A. Do the number of goals at half-time determine the final outcome?

1B. Does home-team advantage play any role in the final outcome?

Plot 1A: Half-Time v. Full-Time

Plot 1B: Home-Team Advantage

Question 2

Penalties

2A. Is there a noticeable bias against the away team in terms of penalties recieved?

2B. How do the ratios of cards to fouls differ between home and away teams?

Plot 2A: Home v. Away Penalties

Plot 2B: Cards:Fouls Ratio