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Applying data mining to analyze the different styles of offense between Manchester United and FC Barcelona in the European Champions League final

Soccer games are always analyzed by means of traditional statistical methods. With the development of modern IT technology, new methods were introduced to analyze soccer games. In this study of the European Champions league final between FC Barcelona and Manchester United, detailed game actions were recorded and data mining methods were applied. Microsoft SQL Server Data mining add-ins served to calculate association rules and dependency networks. The data mining results led to typical playing patterns of both teams.
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Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:sport games technical and natural sciences
Tagging:Champions League
Published in:International Journal of Sports Science and Engineering
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://www.worldacademicunion.com/journal/SSCI/SSCIvol07no02paper01.pdf
Volume:7
Issue:2
Pages:67-78
Document types:article
Level:advanced