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We kick off the Expecting Goals - Double Pivot integration with some of our Moneyball picks. Which striker is maybe a little goofy but who cares he’s getting shots? Which team has successfully recreated their lost star in the aggregate?

And then we explain why the Double Pivot podcast is on Expecting Goals now. We are going full-time. The podcast and the newsletter are...


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I have hosted the Double Pivot Podcast along with Mike Goodman for over a d...


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This podcast is mostly about El Clasico. Real Madrid got a late winner, but they had been the better team for most of the match in both surprising and unsurprising ways. We break down their effective defense, the unexpected role of Yan Diomande, the way they broke Barcelona's press, and some of our concerns about Barcelona in matches where they can't turn everything into tran...


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The various rules that the IFAB implemented to speed up play across soccer appear to be working. The ball is in play more, there are shorter delays before restarts from throw-ins and goal kicks, and there are many fewer delays for treatment on the pitch. But that last rule, which disincentivizes treatment by forcing players who receive treatment to stay off the pitch for anot...


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