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Premier League Partners with Oracle to Revolutionize Match Experience

Strategic Insights

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The Premier League, the world's most watched football league, has partnered with Oracle to increase the excitement surrounding every game through new in-match statistics that provide a deeper understanding of the live action on the pitch. The "Match Insights -- Powered by Oracle Cloud" initiative will present advanced player performance data and statistics during global broadcast coverage and across the Premier League's social channels, starting with the 2021/22 season. Machine learning models will be developed to generate immediate results based on live data streams, real-time tracking data, and facts collected on each of the League's players and from thousands of previous matches.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Premier League has chosen Oracle as its official cloud provider to increase the excitement surrounding every game through new in-match statistics.
  • "Match Insights -- Powered by Oracle Cloud" will present advanced player performance data and statistics during global broadcast coverage and across the Premier League's social channels.
  • Machine learning models will be developed to generate immediate results based on live data streams, real-time tracking data, and facts collected on each of the League's players and from thousands of previous matches.
  • The initiative will introduce new match insights, including Average Formation, Live Win Probability, and Momentum Tracker, which will provide a deeper understanding of the live action on the pitch.
  • The Average Formation model tracks the positions of all players when their team is in and out of possession, highlighting differences in how teams organize themselves when attacking and defending.
  • The Live Win Probability model calculates the chance of a team securing a win or draw by simulating the remainder of the match 100,000 times, taking into account various factors such as team performance and match data.
  • The Momentum Tracker measures the likelihood of the team in possession scoring a goal in the next 10 seconds, based on data from thousands of historical games and the last five events in the current possession.

Statistics:

  • The Premier League will utilize Oracle's data and analytics and machine learning technologies to deliver groundbreaking statistics in real-time to a global audience of billions each season.
  • The machine learning models will be developed to generate immediate results based on live data streams, real-time tracking data, and facts collected on each of the League's players and from thousands of previous matches.
  • The Average Formation model is based on real-time tracking data and facts collected on each of the League's players.
  • The Live Win Probability model is based on four years of match data and takes into account factors such as team performance, match data, and other relevant factors.
  • The Momentum Tracker measures the likelihood of the team in possession scoring a goal in the next 10 seconds, based on data from thousands of historical games and the last five events in the current possession.

Sources:

  • pivotalsources.com
  • SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info)

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