Blog Posts

  • The SPAM Player of the Season

    It’s the time of year when the player of the season debate rages, so obviously it wouldn’t do if Differentgame didn’t have an opinion. Being different, we like to base our opinion in fact, and what better way to test the top scorers in the EPL than by giving them a good SPAMing? Doing this…

  • Manchester United – Conversion Kings

    There’s a lot of discussion in the football numbers community about how perennially good Manchester United seem to be at converting chances. Why is this? Is it the type of chances they create? Is it simply that they have the best finishers? Or is it something else? We decided to compare United with their closest…

  • Bale v Walcott – The Real Story

    Never ones to jump on a bandwagon, Differentgame thought we’d join in the Bale v Walcott debate. The popular perception is that Bale is growing into his superhero powers – strong and fast with a shot like a cannon. Walcott remains the sidekick – swift and lithe but ultimately a bit too puny to win…

  • Why Backing QPR to Avoid Relegation is a Long Shot

    QPR’s 3-1 victory over Sunderland at the weekend led again to suggestions that Harry Redknapp’s team can perform a great escape and avoid relegation from the Premier League. @SimonGleave from brilliant website Scoreboard Journalism pointed out to Differentgame that yet again QPR had scored from outside the box (twice this time) and their reliance on…

  • GoalImpact – Measuring Players by Goal Difference

    On our travels through the Twittersphere we stumbled across a site called GoalImpact.com. It was written in German and had intriguing numbers attached to football players, so immediately we were curious. A quick Google translation later and we were hooked. The site is run by a chap called Jörg Siedel. We’ll leave it to him…