During the matches in Brazil, we’ve been building a giant graph database to explore the tournament in an entirely different way. The use of data in sports reporting is nothing new. However, the data that is used quite often is. Metrics like possession, shots on goal, goal differences and so on, are familiar to most of us. They’re also very conventional analyses based on relational data.
Graphing the same data enables us to identify some altogether different trends based on data gathered by our team. On June 18th, we hosted a Hackathon in London, where we gathered together
During the matches in Brazil, we’ve been building a giant graph database to explore the tournament in an entirely different way. The use of data in sports reporting is