Kante
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Here’s which San Diego teams have improved the most – and the least – from last season (2017-18) to this season (2018-19) so far. The table below compares offensive and defensive effectiveness of teams – i.e. how they do relative to how other teams, on average, perform.
For example, on the offensive side, in the table below, the most offensively improved team so far this year - the Strikers' - has an offensive effectiveness in 2018-19 is listed as 34%. This means that – on average – the Strikers will score 1.34x the number of goals that the team they’re playing typically allows to be scored.
So, in their most recent game on 10/20 , the Strikers played OC Surf. who on average this year have been allowing 3.67 goals to be scored. And in their match on 10/20, the Strikers scored 6 goals.
According to the offensive effectiveness algo, the Strikers were on track to score – 1.34 x 3.67 - 4.92 goals.
On the defensive side, Albion allows teams, on average to score 1.51x the # of goals they would typically score, the worst in the group.
In Albion's match this last weekend against Arsenal, Arsenal scored three goals. But, on average in 2018-19, Arsenal had only been scoring .83 goals per game to that point.
According to the defensive effectiveness algo, playing against Albion, Arsenal was on track going into the game to score – 1.51 x .83 – 1.25 goals.
The table ranks the teams according to the change in 2018-19, comparing how they are doing in 2018-19 for the first 5-7 games of 2018-19 vs how they did in the same number of games at the beginning of the season in 2017-18.
Both the offensive and defensive algo’s need more fine tuning (they’re updated every week), but are starting to get closer to being predictive, and the numbers can provide a pretty good idea of which teams are getting better and worse relative to last year.
By the way, the goal of providing this info is to give parents and families - who spend significant time and money on all this - more visibility/understanding into what's going on with their sons' teams. As opposed to having to read the tea leaves.
For example, on the offensive side, in the table below, the most offensively improved team so far this year - the Strikers' - has an offensive effectiveness in 2018-19 is listed as 34%. This means that – on average – the Strikers will score 1.34x the number of goals that the team they’re playing typically allows to be scored.
So, in their most recent game on 10/20 , the Strikers played OC Surf. who on average this year have been allowing 3.67 goals to be scored. And in their match on 10/20, the Strikers scored 6 goals.
According to the offensive effectiveness algo, the Strikers were on track to score – 1.34 x 3.67 - 4.92 goals.
On the defensive side, Albion allows teams, on average to score 1.51x the # of goals they would typically score, the worst in the group.
In Albion's match this last weekend against Arsenal, Arsenal scored three goals. But, on average in 2018-19, Arsenal had only been scoring .83 goals per game to that point.
According to the defensive effectiveness algo, playing against Albion, Arsenal was on track going into the game to score – 1.51 x .83 – 1.25 goals.
The table ranks the teams according to the change in 2018-19, comparing how they are doing in 2018-19 for the first 5-7 games of 2018-19 vs how they did in the same number of games at the beginning of the season in 2017-18.
Both the offensive and defensive algo’s need more fine tuning (they’re updated every week), but are starting to get closer to being predictive, and the numbers can provide a pretty good idea of which teams are getting better and worse relative to last year.
By the way, the goal of providing this info is to give parents and families - who spend significant time and money on all this - more visibility/understanding into what's going on with their sons' teams. As opposed to having to read the tea leaves.