Predictive Methods for Football and Betting Markets

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Enrique Dóal Pérez Frías, Sep 23, 2023 - Games & Activities - 333 pages

What variables are relevant to predict the future results of a football team?


Are there any inefficiencies in the betting markets that can be exploited?


How many games are necessary to correctly measure the level of a team or a footballer?


Is it better to bet on a team that is on a winning streak or is it better to bet on a team that is on a losing streak?


What is the probability that a team that has just been promoted will be relegated in the next few seasons?


What is the optimal size and composition of a team squad?


How are the best and worst clubs different?


What are the best bookmakers?


In this book the reader will find the answer to these and many other questions about the beautiful game, thanks to data mining techniques applied to a historical database of more than 200,000 football matches and a statistical approach explained in an easily accesible style.

 

Contents

INTRODUCTION
7
BETTING MARKETS
204
TIPS FOR BETTORS
295
TIPS FOR FOOTBALL CLUBS
306
CALCULATION OF THE ROC
319
DOUBLE CHANCE BETS
332
PREDICTIVE CAPACITY IN EUROPEAN LEAGUES
339
BIBLIOGRAPHY
345
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Enrique Dóal Pérez Frías has a degree in Economics and Law from the Carlos III University of Madrid. He studied econometrics at the University of Warwick, England. For years he worked as a consultant for banks in Europe and Latin America, building predictive models (scorings and ratings) for the automatic assessment of credit risk. He currently works for a large Spanish banking group. The statistical analysis of football is his great passion


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