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How exactly do analytics work when it comes to defense?

Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 00:55:29
Publish Date: 2016-12-14 10:00:00
Description: Defense presents a lot of problems when it comes to statistical analysis, and it gets very tricky when you start to move beyond chances created or conceded. The easy-to-define link between what players are doing and the endpoint of expected goals and goals on offense isn't so easy to follow backwards from the same result on defense. The two Mikes examine why defensive stats aren't great, and why reacting to what an offense is doing is hard to quantify beyond the reaction itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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