A former professional goalkeeper turned soccer statistics guru, along with a behavioral analyst, presents this first book on soccer stats that reveals the numbers that truly count, exposing the sport's hidden rules. Original.
Moneyball meets Freakonomics in this myth-busting guide to understanding and winning the most popular sport on the planet
Innovation is coming to soccer, and at the center of it all are the numbers a way of thinking about the game that ignores the obvious in favor of how things actually are. In The Numbers Game, Chris Anderson, a former professional goalkeeper turned soccer statistics guru, teams up with behavioral analyst David Sally to uncover the numbers that really matter when it comes to predicting a winner. Investigating basic but profound questions How valuable are corners? Which goal matters most? Is possession really nine-tenths of the law? How should a players value be judged they deliver an incisive, revolutionary new way of watching and understanding soccer.
