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The work coming out of the KU Leuven Sports Analytics Lab is genuinely useful and clubs apply it for a range of purposes
60% confidenceManual soccer game annotation is a nightmare for data analysts, taking up to six hours per game
60% confidenceJesse Davis's lab is the most influential sports analytics lab in soccer
60% confidenceOver the last five to ten years, the number of long shots in soccer has dramatically increased as a result of data showing their value
60% confidenceWhen the ball is in the middle third of the pitch, kicking it out of bounds on the opponent's side can put the kicking team within 10 actions of a goal
60% confidenceChelsea could gain 1.6 more goals per season by shooting from distance 20% more often
60% confidenceJan Van Haaren and the KU Leuven lab laid the intellectual foundations of how soccer is analyzed today
60% confidenceDavis is motivated to solve problems that arise in real settings and see his work have an impact
60% confidenceClub Brugge's collaboration with the KU Leuven lab is centered on translating the team's football philosophy into measurable, data-driven outputs
60% confidenceThe vast majority of soccer actions don't lead to a goal or even a shot, making it hard to derive a winning strategy from data
60% confidenceMany people in industry use the KU Leuven Sports Analytics Lab's open-source code in their daily workflows
60% confidenceSignificant progress has been made on transformer-based automated soccer annotation, but the problem remains quite hard
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