The Player Rater Model

This is a visualisation of a model I'm working on which calculates how many goals and assists we might expect a player to have given their underlying stats (shots, shots on target, key passes etc.). I'll delve into the model itself as the blog develops but I wanted to post this graph to give you an idea of the content you might find here.

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The graph shows a plotting of expected goals and expected assists, adjusted for minutes played. Each data point is a player, the club badge showing who they play for. To the right you have a set options which allow you to filter the data and I encourage you to experiment with it. For example, if could look purely at Arsenal's midfielders and discover that Özil is the most creative, while Walcott carries the greater goal threat.
Essentially, as you move to the top right, your getting into the elite fantasy football players you should be targetting.

Some players are excluded so if there's anyone missing you'd like to see then let me know.

You can now find this at all times under the Player Rater tab.