World Cup 2022: My Prediction for Germany in the Group Stage (also as a Video)!


Predicting football (a.k.a. soccer) games based on statistical models has been one of my hobbies for many years now.

Here, I will give you my prediction for Germany in the group stage of the World Cup 2022 with full R-code, so read on!
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New Bundesliga Forecasting Tool: Can Underdog Hertha Berlin beat Bayern Munich?


The Bundesliga is Germany’s primary football league. It is one of the most important football leagues in the world, broadcast on television in over 200 countries.

If you want to get your hands on a tool to forecast the result of any game (and perform some more statistical analyses), read on!
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Euro 2020: Will Switzerland kick out Spain too?


One of the big sensations of the UEFA Euro 2020 is that Switzerland kicked out world champion France. We take this as an opportunity to share with you a simple statistical model to predict football (soccer) results with R, so read on!
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