The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary Podcast
1) Amorin? Amorout!
Ruben Amorim actively got himself sacked by Manchester United. We talk about how we ended up here, why nothing about the process looks well-handled, what's next for United and why United's management ...Show More
2) Parity Has Come to the Premier League
The long midtable in the Premier League is exceptionally competitive and just plain good. We talk about the underlying economic and game-structural reasons this has happened, and then we get into (mos...Show More
3) Holiday Grab Bag: Semenyo, Real Madrid, Man United
What's going on with Antoine Semenyo's transfer market and what sort of analytics are we using to evaluate him? Has Xabi Alonso saved his job at Real Madrid? And can the boys squeeze three topics into...Show More
4) Are Set Pieces Breaking the Premier League?
Set pieces are making up an unprecedently large percentage of Premier League goal-scoring. At the same time, open play goal scoring is down significantly. We work through the data on tactical changes ...Show More
5) Salah Drama
Mohamed Salah decided to make some news this week. We walk through how and why his unload-the-clip statement on the club and the manager happened and what comes next for Liverpool, for the front offic...Show More
6) Tony Bloom and the Premier League Sports Gambling "Scandal"
There has been a lawsuit filed against Tony Bloom and his sports gambling syndicate alleging, well, the lawsuit is actually just asking for money. But it is also about how sports gambling syndicates w...Show More
7) Tottenham in Crisis
A hot start on points masked underlying problems, but a blowout loss to Arsenal and what should have been a blowout loss to Chelsea have brought focus back to what seems to be wrong at Tottenham. We b...Show More
8) The Football Gambling Scandal Rocking Turkey Right Now
It's a huge, wild, and complex story. Referees suspended, players implicated, the third and fourth divisions suspended, criminal investigations into Super Lig clubs and referees. We break down what's ...Show More
9) Man City - Liverpool Analytics
City won 3-0. The non-penalty xG in the match was dead even. What does that mean, what are the statistics telling us about this match and about Man City and Liverpool? Support the show
10) Ballon d'Or! Ballon d'Or!
We kick off the new Double Pivot Ballon d'Or tracker podcast series with a discussion of why we're going to be doing this, tracking both the players who we think will deserve the award and who is more...Show More