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TY - JOUR
T1 - Joint modelling of goals and bookings in association football matches
AU - Titman, Andrew
AU - Costain, Deborah
AU - Ridall, Gareth
AU - Gregory, Kris
PY - 2015/6
Y1 - 2015/6
N2 - A multivariate counting process formulation is developed for the quantification of association football event interdependencies which permits dynamic prediction as events unfold. We model data from English Premier League and Championship games from the 2009-10 and 2010-11 football seasons and assess predictive capacity using a model-based betting strategy, applied prospectively to available live spread betting prices. Both the scoreline and bookings status were predictive of match outcome. In particular, a red card led to increased goal rates for the non-penalised team and the home team scoring rate decreased once they were ahead. Overall the betting strategy profited with gains made in the bookings markets.
AB - A multivariate counting process formulation is developed for the quantification of association football event interdependencies which permits dynamic prediction as events unfold. We model data from English Premier League and Championship games from the 2009-10 and 2010-11 football seasons and assess predictive capacity using a model-based betting strategy, applied prospectively to available live spread betting prices. Both the scoreline and bookings status were predictive of match outcome. In particular, a red card led to increased goal rates for the non-penalised team and the home team scoring rate decreased once they were ahead. Overall the betting strategy profited with gains made in the bookings markets.
KW - Association football
KW - Counting process
KW - Dynamic prediction
KW - Weibull distribution
U2 - 10.1111/rssa.12075
DO - 10.1111/rssa.12075
M3 - Journal article
VL - 178
SP - 659
EP - 683
JO - Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A Statistics in Society
JF - Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A Statistics in Society
SN - 0964-1998
IS - 3
ER -