Moneyball meets Freakonomics in this myth-busting guide to understandingâand winningâthe most popular sport on the planet.
Innovation is coming to soccer, and at the center of it all are the numbersâa way of thinking about the game that ignores the obvious in favor of how things actually are. In The Numbers Game, Chris Anderson, a former professional goalkeeper turned soccer statistics guru, teams up with behavioral analyst David Sally to uncover the numbers that really matter when it comes to predicting a winner. Investigating basic but profound questionsâHow valuable are corners? Which goal matters most? Is possession really nine-tenths of the law? How should a playerâs value be judged?âthey deliver an incisive, revolutionary new way of watching and understanding soccer.
