Best StatsBomb Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 56: Tofa Fakunle, Cavalry FC 48:28

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Tofa Fakunle is currently the assistant General Manager at Canadian Premier League cub, Cavalry FC.Before this current role, he was the football operations manager at the same club, and then before that, a professional player.Based in Calgary, Cavalry FC are one of 8 teams that compete in CPL, which is a relatively new league, having only started i…

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Episode 55: Ricardo Moreira, Orlando City 1:03:39

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Ricardo Moreira currently is General Manager and Sporting Director at MLS club Orlando City SC.Now in his 7th year at Orlando, Ricardo joined from another MLS side, Columbus Crew, as Orlando's head of recruitment. Ricardo is highly knowledgeable when it comes to building squads around the constraints and regulations that MLS sides must contend with…

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Episode 54: Ryan Beal, Sentient Sports 1:03:52

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Ryan Beale is the CEO and co-founder of sports AI company Sentient Sports.After completing a degree in computer science, Ryan went on to do a PhD in Artificial Intelligence. Like many others, he was very keen to combine this skillset with his passion of football and one of the first ways he did this was via Fantasy Football.From there, Ryan raised …

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Episode 53: Nikos Overheul, formerly Vancouver Whitecaps, Statsbomb, Brentford FC 54:07

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Nikos Overheul is an experienced football scouting and strategy professional who has spent time working with various clubs around the world.Nikos was actually involved with Brentford FC in the early days of their data revolution and since then, spent time with Statsbomb, and Vancouver Whitecaps in the MLS.As well as this, Nikos has also operated as…

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Episode 52: David Ray, Plymouth Argyle 51:19

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David Ray is currently Head of Finance at Championship football club, Plymouth Argyle. His role is a really interesting one, as it seems he is much more involved with the typical performance and recruitment aspects of the club that a typical head of finance would be elsewhere.David speaks about the transfer committee they have, how they model and f…

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Episode 51: Gregg Broughton, Chicago Fire FC 1:00:39

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Gregg Broughton is the new Sporting Director at MLS side Chicago Fire, having previously held the same role at Blackburn Rovers FC in the English Championship.Gregg has vast amounts of experience when it comes to player development, squad building and leadership. Prior to Blackburn Rovers, Gregg spent time as head of player development at Norwegian…

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Episode 50: Devin Pleuler, Maple Leaf Sports 54:02

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Devin Pleuler is currently director of research and development at Toronto based multi-club ownership group, MLSE.Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment have a portfolio of clubs across football, basketball, ice hockey, Canadian football, and even esports. Devin’s role is to oversee each of the analytics departments and also stay on top of exciting tren…

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Episode 49: Special Edition - How to buy a football club (Analytics FC x Ankura) 56:38

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This month, Analytics FC teams up with Ankura Consulting Group, an independent global expert services and advisory firm, to discuss the process and pitfalls of acquiring a football club. Alex is joined by Analytics FC CEO Jeremy Steele and Ankura's Jonny Gray and Jon Brown to discuss their new partnership.…

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StatsBomb 10th Birthday Podcast 1:17:02

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Ted Knutson and James Yorke return to reminisce about the opening decade of StatsBombBy StatsBomb

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Episode 48: Dan Micciche, Ex-England, Arsenal and Spurs Coach 30:13

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This month, Alex spoke to Dan Micciche. Dan is widely regarded as a coaching innovator whose career has encompassed stints at the FA, coaching England youth teams, Arsenal, MK Dons, and most recently, Crawley Town. Dan talks about the England DNA approach, football and language, and how to create a set-up that fosters creative coaching.You can find…

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Episode 47: Special Edition - Brexitball Report with Andy Watson and John Kiely 48:08

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This month, we spoke to Brexitball expert Andy Watson and immigration lawyer and senior partner at Fragomen LLP, John Kiely, about Analytics FC's ground-breaking new report. The report examines the impact of the GBE regulations on the British transfer market.The pod discusses, among other things, the difference between the English and Scottish mark…

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Episode 46: Mike D'Auria, Second Spectrum 19:47

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This month, we spoke to Mike D’Auria, Chief Commercial Officer at Second Spectrum, a tracking and analytics provider working in, among others, the NBA and the Premier League.In our chat, we talked about how Mike came to work in the analytics space, what Second Spectrum do, and how clubs and media organizations are harnessing the power of tracking d…

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StatsBomb Podcast: New Expected Goals 51:07

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Ted and James return to talk about StatsBomb's new Expected Goals model, packing versus OBV/Possession value models and the evolution of football teams getting smarter and winning trophies - lots of them.By StatsBomb

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Episode 45: Elliott Stapley, Sports Interactive and Football Manager 48:37

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This month, we spoke to Elliott Stapley, a software engineer working on the match engine and data for Sports Interactive’s Football Manager game.During our conversation, we talked about how the Football Manager match engine works, how Sports Interactive use data benchmarking to guarantee the realism of Football Manager, and considered what Football…

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Episode 44: David Sumpter, Uppsala University and Twelve Football 37:01

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This month, we spoke to David Sumpter. David is Professor of Applied Mathematics at Uppsala University, the author of a number of books about data analytics, and the co-founder of football analytics company, Twelve Football. He also works for Hammarby in the Swedish Allsvenskan.In the course of the conversation, David talked at length about the use…

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Episode 43: Justinas Gasiunas, First Team Goalkeeping Coach at Hajduk Split 28:43

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This month, we spoke to Justinas Gasiunas, the first-team goalkeeping coach at Hajduk Split. After ending his career as a goalkeeper, Justinas has coached with a number of clubs including Brighton and Hove Albion and Brentford.In the conversation, we talked about the development of goalkeeping analysis, Justinas's processes for analysing opponents …

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Episode 42: Kim McCauley, Director of Analytics at Angel City FC 25:42

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This month, we spoke to Kim McCauley, Director of Analytics at Angel City Football Club. Starting off working in the media, Kim has spent the last year or so setting up an analytics department at one of the newest clubs in the world.In our chat, we talked about implementing a data strategy from scratch at a club that has no players, working towards…

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Episode 41: Oliver Seitz, Business Intelligence Director at United World 36:21

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This month, we spoke to Oliver Seitz, business intelligence director of United World. During his career, Oliver has worked with agents and clubs, he has completed a PhD and lectured on the topic of football business, he has worked on the scouting side of the industry, with coaching staff and with ownership groups. This depth of experience led to a …

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Episode 40: Richard Battle, Founding Director of Left Field Football Consulting 20:50

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This week, we spoke to Richard Battle, founding director of Left Field Football Consulting.In the conversation, we talked about the processes of implementing data strategies within football, the importance of getting data buy-in at the highest levels, and what the future of data in the football industry looks like.To find out more about Left Field …

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Episode 39: Peter McKeever, StatsPerform - Visualising Data 30:42

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This week, Jon spoke to Peter McKeever, Data analyst at StatsPerform and Data Visualisation Editor for Opta’s new website, The Analyst.In their conversation, they talked about the importance of visualising data within the football industry, the challenges faced by visualisers and how the industry can use visualisation better..Peter is on Twitter @p…

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StatsBomb Podcast: Brentford and Tuchel Tales 1:01:56

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Ted Knutson and James Yorke talk around two successful stories of recent weeks, Brentford's rise to the Premier League and Thomas Tuchel's success with ChelseaBy StatsBomb

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Episode 38: Oliver Gage, Canadian Premier League - Doing Analysis within a League 36:26

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This week, Jon spoke to Oliver Gage, the director of football for the Canadian Premier League.Originally from Sheffield, Oliver’s career has carried him to North America via Leeds Met University and Sheffield Wednesday. Working as an analyst, he spent time with Houston Dynamo before joining the newly-founded Canadian Premier League as their directo…

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Episode 37: Hugo Schoukens and Jo Van Hoecke, Double Pass - Assessing Academies 35:56

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This week, we spoke to Hugo Schoukens and Jo van Hoecke, the co-founders of Double Pass, a Belgian company that assesses, advises and educates (con)federations, leagues, clubs and individuals on optimising their talent development.We focused on their work assessing football academies and asked what impact the auditing process can have on a club’s a…

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Episode 36: Alex Farnell - The Impact of Head Coaches on Performance 21:34

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This week, we spoke to Alex Farnell, an economics researcher at the University of Lancaster looking into labour markets and issues to do with personnel, specifically using data from professional sports to illustrate. We focused on his work investigating the contribution of Head Coaches to the success of football teams, and whether changing coaches …

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StatsBomb Podcast: Evolve Review 1:04:23

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Ted Knutson and James Yorke discuss this week's StatsBomb Evolve eventBy StatsBomb

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StatsBomb Podcast: March 2021, Evolve is coming, PL review & more 1:02:34

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Analytics in the modern football landscape, Premier League review and StatsBomb news including our March 17th Evolve event.Sign up here:https://info.statsbomb.com/evolveBy StatsBomb

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Episode 35: Tal Brown, Zone7 - How Predictable Are Injuries? 26:23

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This week, Jon spoke to Tal Brown, co-founder and CEO of Zone7. We talked about the problem of predicting injuries in sport, the impact of coronavirus on injury and the future of big data in the sports medical sphere.Through Zone7, Tal and his team develop and apply proprietary artificial intelligence to help athletes, coaches and medical teams for…

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Tim Wigmore, Co-Author of "The Best: How Elite Athletes Are Made" 33:38

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Interview Tim Wigmore, journalist at The Telegraph and Co-Author of "The Best: How Elite Athletes Are Made"By Brendan Kent

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Episode 34: Tom Worville - Analytics and the Media 34:51

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On the Analytics FC podcast, we’ll be putting out episodes every month with a thematic focus from using data to analyse injuries to quantifying the cognitive aspect of football, from working with agents to the use of tracking data.This week I spoke to Tom Worville about Analytics and the media, focusing on the challenges faced by presenting data to…

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Simon Banoub, CMO at StatsBomb 28:12

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Interview with StatsBomb CMO Simon Banoub.By Brendan Kent

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Esteban Navarro Garaiz, Quantitative Analyst at the Los Angeles Dodgers 39:14

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Interview with Los Angeles Dodgers Quantitative Analyst Esteban Navarro Garaiz.By Brendan Kent

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50th Episode Special: The Future of Sports Analytics 21:56

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Highlights from previous interviews focusing on the future of sports analytics.By Brendan Kent

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Rob Suddaby, First Team Data Analyst at Norwich City FC 37:46

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Interview with Norwich City FC First Team Data Analyst Rob Suddaby.By Brendan Kent

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StatsBomb Podcast: Transfer Window Review, Oct 2020 1:06:57

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Ted Knutson and James Yorke review the PL transfer windowBy StatsBomb

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StatsBomb Podcast: September 2020 1:07:16

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Ted Knutson and James Yorke talk football with a statistical liltBy StatsBomb

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StatsBomb Podcast: PL Wrap Up July 30th 2020 56:57

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Ted Knutson and James Yorke wrap up the PL seasonBy StatsBomb

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StatsBomb Transfers Podcast: July 7th 42:36

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Ted Knutson and James Yorke talk transfersBy StatsBomb

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StatsBomb Podcast: July #1: Q & A 1:09:01

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Ted Knutson and James Yorke chat football with a stats backdropBy StatsBomb

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StatsBomb Podcast: June 23rd, PL & Championship Return 53:58

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Ted Knutson and James Yorke talk football with an analytical backdropBy StatsBomb

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StatsBomb Podcast: May 2020, Bundesliga, K-League, what next for the transfer market & much more 1:05:44

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Ted Knutson and James Yorke talk football with a stats backdropBy StatsBomb

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The StatsBomb Interviews: James Yorke meets... Neil Atkinson 1:00:16

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The Anfield Wrap are one of the premium club centric fan sites in the world, and Neil Atkinson joins James Yorke to talk about his industry, stats in football and all things Liverpool.By StatsBomb

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StatsBomb Podcast: April 28th, Q & A, Newcastle, Aubameyang, Contracts vs Age & much more 51:31

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Ted Knutson and James Yorke talk football with a stats twistBy StatsBomb

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The StatsBomb Interviews: Ted Knutson meets... Emma Hayes 1:00:04

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Ted Knutson talks to Chelsea Manager Emma HayesBy StatsBomb

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StatsBomb LIVE Podcast: What next for 2019/20, Romano Schmid Pro Scouting & The Wire: Season 2 1:01:40

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Ted Knutson and James Yorke talk football and The WireBy StatsBomb

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The StatsBomb Interviews: Ted Knutson Meets... Oliver Bartlett 58:57

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Ted Knutson talks to Oliver Bartlett, a fitness coach who has worked with some of the biggest and best in football in a career that included Dortmund, Salzburg, Leverkusen and most recently to China.By StatsBomb