Double Pivot Podcast

Title Race Drama: What's Up With Arsenal? - The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary There have been many dramatic results recently and the title race in the Premier League is indeed on between Arsenal and Manchester City. Nonetheless, the Double Pivot take remains the boring analytic...

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Title! Race! Drama!

Arsenal! Bottling?!

and our boring analytics takes that sometimes the ball bounces one way, and sometimes the ball bounces the other way www.buzzsprout.com/819853/episo...

Frank Out | The Double Pivot Podcast Get more from The Double Pivot Podcast on Patreon

for @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social subscribers we did also cover, yknow, the big football news

Thomas Frank sacked by Spurs, where did this go wrong, how much was this all baked in to much larger dysfunctions at Tottenham, and what will it take to dig the club out? www.patreon.com/posts/frank-...

Biathlon Analytics with the Penalty Loop Podcast - The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary That's right. For the Winter Olympics we have a whole podcast dedicated to biathlon, joined by Jordan and RJ of the Penalty Loop Podcast to teach us all about how to watch biathlon like an expert, und...

big new @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social on Biathlon!

it's my favorite winter games sport and we found the perfect guests, RJ and Jordan from the @penaltyloop.bsky.social podcast to get us the expert's view of the sport

cannot wait for tomorrow's race, I'm ready www.buzzsprout.com/819853/episo...

also!

tune in to the latest @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social for the full inside scoop on the insane petty larceny scandal that has split the (dominant!) French biathlon team in two right before the Olympics

Biathlon Analytics with the Penalty Loop Podcast

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hell yeah we're doing Biathlon Analytics

we are joined by RJ and Jordan of the @penaltyloop.bsky.social podcast to teach us all how to watch biathlon like an expert

this was so much fun

open.spotify.com/episode/1Jj6...

Frank Out | The Double Pivot Podcast Get more from The Double Pivot Podcast on Patreon

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Thomas Frank sacked

we talk about how many things had to go wrong to get to this point, what we've learned about Thomas Frank, and what Spurs need to do to get out of this hole now www.patreon.com/posts/frank-...

Scenarios!! (with Skanda Amarnath) | The Double Pivot Podcast Get more from The Double Pivot Podcast on Patreon

but that wasn't enough Scenarios! for me, so I brought on @skandaamarnath.bsky.social, who has built a matchday eight projection spreadsheet, to walk through all the scenarios, including Round of 16 implications, for subscribers: www.patreon.com/posts/scenar...

Champions League Drama Incoming, Club Revenue Data In

two @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social episodes for you before the big Champions League kickoffs

first, Mike and I talk about the broader economic context of this Champions League and the era of Premier League dominance, and then we get into the fixtures: open.spotify.com/episode/78R7...

Scenarios!! (with Skanda Amarnath) | The Double Pivot Podcast Get more from The Double Pivot Podcast on Patreon

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talking through all the Champions League Matchday Eight ~~Scenarios~~ with @skandaamarnath.bsky.social and his projection spreadsheet www.patreon.com/posts/scenar...

if you have a child wondering why they have to learn boring elementary school math and how to multiply fractions, tell them, what if you become a soccer analytics podcaster and you have to come up with in the moment the improvement in your odds if you don't have to play a 75% EV game, you'll need it

Champions League Drama Incoming, Club Revenue Data In - The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary With seven weeks of the Champions League League Phase complete, it is properly all to play for in the chase for qualification to the knockouts and especially in the chase for top eight and a bye into ...

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talking about the Deloitte Money League and the Champions League League Phase and the financial dominance of the Premier League and the wild upcoming drama of the final day www.buzzsprout.com/819853/episo...

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Conor Gallagher to Spurs | The Double Pivot Podcast Get more from The Double Pivot Podcast on Patreon

also I had a few thoughts on Conor Gallagher to Spurs www.patreon.com/posts/conor-...

The Incredible Xabi Alonso Saga Concludes - The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary The attempt to reform Real Madrid concludes, and it is reported that it probably was never really an attempt to reform Real Madrid in the first place. We discuss the distinct highs and lows of Xabi's ...

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Xabi Alonso sacked. we take a little victory lap on our Real Madrid predicting skills and discuss how a manager who had the team playing at such a high level so quickly could already be out the door (it's pretty funny tbh) www.buzzsprout.com/819853/episo...

Holiday Power Rankings How do things look around the midpoint of the European football season?

Christmas Eve power rankings

not meaning like power rankings related to Christmas Eve

actual European soccer power rankings on Christmas Eve open.substack.com/pub/expectin...

Holiday Grab Bag: Semenyo, Real Madrid, Man United

see also our discussion on @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social this week open.spotify.com/episode/4Rk9...

check out the latest pod on the biggest analytics/tactics story of the season: open.spotify.com/episode/4O7g...

@doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social blowing my mind that Gyokeres is 7th in non pen xG per 90 amongst all players who have played 50% of the teams minutes

We are so back

here's a chart for one of the stats -- the set piece moment in the PL happened incredibly fast, and the only season in the database even close to 25-26 PL in set piece goals was the 2010-11 PL

Are Set Pieces Breaking the Premier League? - The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary 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 ...

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are set pieces breaking the Premier League? www.buzzsprout.com/819853/episo...

In typical @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social fashion I started off saying I had pretty much nothing to say about Antoine Semenyo except “he’s fine” and then talked for half an hour about him.

The Football Gambling Scandal Rocking Turkey Right Now

and our free episode this week on the Turkish football gambling scandal(s) and the increasing, worldwide challenges to sporting integrity: open.spotify.com/episode/261b...

USMNT, more USMNT | The Double Pivot Podcast Get more from The Double Pivot Podcast on Patreon

we also did an USMNT pod www.patreon.com/posts/usmnt-...

Antoine Semenyo and Bournemouth | The Double Pivot Podcast Get more from The Double Pivot Podcast on Patreon

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we talk about Antoine Semenyo and his newly-reported release clause and what's making analytics types skeptical of Semenyo now www.patreon.com/posts/antoin...

We live! bsky.app/profile/mich...

I think there were at least four times on our most recent podcast (dropping this week) where @michaelcaley.bsky.social just gave up and let me rant for ten minutes before gently trying to get us back on track.

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we try to explain the Turkish Football Gambling Scandal, which is wild on its own, and then get into what this tells us about the larger problems of gambling and sports in Europe and the US (and Asia I guess technically) open.spotify.com/episode/261b...

it is not necessarily meaningful when the account of a podcast says this about the podcast it's the account of, but

this is a good one, check it out"

Sunderland (and a little bit of Arsenal) | The Double Pivot Podcast Get more from The Double Pivot Podcast on Patreon

for subscribers, we talked about Sunderland and exactly what has made them, well, let's not say good, but crucially less bad www.patreon.com/posts/sunder...

as summarized in the @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social and @graceonfootball.com discord

(by @honeybakedsam.bsky.social)