Expected Goals in Soccer

An Introduction to Expected Goals Using Soccer

Authors

Affiliation

Colman Kim

West Point

Andrew Lee

West Point

Module

This module introduces students to Logistic Regression, Feature Engineering, and Undersampling using a soccer-specific Expected Goals Model. We explain how to create a logistic regression model, using data gathered by Statsbomb from the 2022 World Cup.

This module is available on the ISLE platform Expected Goals in Soccer Module