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After four games of the Premier League season Everton sit in the relegation zone with only 1 point. They’ve only scored two goals. And last season they only just survived the drop. So Everton are pretty bad, right?
Well Jon Mackenzie has crunched the numbers, and has found reasons for Toffees fans to be positive.
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36 Comments
Brilliant video, probably the best use of data and analytics I've seen on Youtube.
Baseball nerds basically invented mathematical analysis in sports. If you told them you were making any sort of opinion on numbers based on a sample size of FOUR matches, they'd laugh you out of the room.
Lol this video reminded me that Ancelotti was the manager of Everton just 2 years ago
Hence why stats alone can’t be taken into consideration. They’re dreadful
don't do this to us just before the Goodison park trip
So much research goes into these videos I appreciate it.
Even by TIfo IRL's standard, this video has some dense stats and insights…. Loved it 💯
If your numbers are saying that Everton aren't awful you need to get better numbers. 😂
I mean, they literally struggled against the team at the bottom of league 2. We have to be serious, they're as bad as we think
In-depth analysis.👍
Suggestion: Why not compare Everton's performance against the bottom half this season to Sean Dyche's Everton (exclude Lampard's Everton) against bottom half last season?
No we are genuinely awful, from board to academy.
Having players who can't finish good chances seems like a bad quality for a team to have, not a "secretly good" one.
I am pounding all this Kool-aid.
I love this channel however 4 games in, is not a time to be talking about these numbers, they are massively skewed and the sample size is way too small to draw any conclusion thats relevant.
However Everton absolutely do not pass the eye test right now.
I'm gonna blame Jon, if Everton beats Arsenal!
Really love the data and viz used in this video. Would be nice if you can do something similar for whether Liverpool have indeed turned a corner this season compared to the last
Because they are playing arsenal next and transparently dislike them.
As a Wolves fan I can tell you, this means nothing. You have to perform for the full 90 and Everton just are incapable of doing so, they make one or 2 great chances then the heads dip
Danjuma not passing on that second picture was simply awful when you look at that picture
The title had me thinking it was April fools day nvm
"Everton are rubbish" – Jon Mackenzie
I thought, not able to convert xG to real goal simply indicates that your strikers aren't good at shooting.
Not just. the. big. clubs
Their xg is insane, they survive.
I think Everton are better than I think…. Cos I hate them and think they are totally s**t haha
Nice numbers.. very small dataset so far
A “whopping 1.8”…..😂
Neal Maupay was the model blind spot 😆 (I made this comment before he touched on that)
Beat Arsenal again and we'll all be happy.-)
I think under Dyche Everton seem to get a lot of set piece chances from very close to the goal that the models rate highly that they never seem to score. I think the models are overvaluing these chances, especially because some of the players (Onana in particular) are good at winning the battle for position and getting to the ball but bad at actually make clean contact and directing it. Lots of balls off shoulders, headers off the tops of heads, kicks off the ankle/shin, etc
Lol. There has never ever been someone suggest the problem of a team making good chances but not scoring is that they moved too quickly 😂😂😂
Outnumbered the defenders 4-2? Had 1-on-1 with the keeper? Miissed both?
Your problem is you made that nearly unmissable chance 😂😂😂😂😂
your charts are awesome
respect for the work behind those
"Viz" 🙄
first minutes into the clip had me eyeing that kit, is that Borussia Monchegblach's??
Mathematic Modellers have helped soccer suck.
I am EFC fan but we played against Wolves Fulham which were badddd. I hope we can score and can say we are not too bad.