Is shooting from outside the box a dying art in football?
Data, tactics and small-screen fame “I did a quick calculation,” says James Yorke, director of football at StatsBomb, one of the sport’s leading data suppliers and analytics companies. “After about 25 yards, the expected goal value of a shot is about 0.03, so roughly one in 33 goes in. From 20 yards, that doubles, but is … Read more