With the all-important Women's Euro Qualifier between Scotland and Iceland coming up on Friday, I thought it would be a good time to grab some of the data from the UEFA website and have a play with it in Power BI. I've got the data for all teams imported, the report below is filtered to show the key statistics for the two teams of interest. When I get a bit more time to spare, I'll detail the PowerQuery steps I took to get and transform the data.
Two passions of mine that go hand in hand are sports and data. Fans nowadays can access a whole host of statistics for every sport imaginable. This data can be used for any number of reasons, including for gambling purposes and to help win fantasy leagues. Most premier sports teams now employ data analysts to look for something that will give them an edge and an advantage over their opponents. (On a related note, I'm currently reading Big Data Baseball by Travis Sawchik - a really interesting insight into how the Pittsburgh Pirates used previously untapped data to improve their fortunes).