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Podcast: Michael Caley on soccer analytics

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Michael Caley, soccer analytics expert and co-host of the Double Pivot podcast, joins me for a wide ranging discussion. His writing has appeared on FiveThirtyEight, The Athletic, and The Correspondent.

Among other topics, we discuss:

  • The surprising Ph.D. that he earned before getting into soccer analytics (2:17)
  • Expected goals (xG) and future frontiers in soccer analytics (9:47)
  • The excruciating process that goes into calculating expected goals (18:55)
  • The Champions League prospects for Bayern Munich (20:20)
  • The best goal scorers in the game by xG (22:45)
  • How good is Liverpool? (25:39)
  • Is there any hope for USMNT? (27:29)

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The Football Analytics Show is also available on Spotify and Google Podcasts.

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