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- R/raw/ for scripts to get data from public sources and save to a .RDS file. See important note below.
- R/join/ for data preparation and import to the R workspace.
- R/plot/ for scripts to create and save images.
- R/library.R for packages.
- R/themes.R for themes.
- R/examples/ for self-contained example scripts.
- positions.csv for a .csv file of positions based on FBRef match data. For EPL players between 2017-08-01 and 2022-10-01.
- saintsbynumbers@gmail.com and @saintsbynumbers for the author. I blog about twice a year.
Most data in this repository is collected using worldfootballR by Jason Zivkovic. This is done by checking public data sources for new data, downloading, and then adding to an existing dataset.
If you use scraping tools including any in this repository, you must use them responsibly. Download data once, save locally, and work from there. Credit the data sources in your work. Data is provided for free, so don't ruin it for everyone.
- Free Statsbomb data
- Devin Pleuler analytics handbook
- Soccermatics course notes
- worldfootballR package
- ggshakeR package
- guideR list of R resources - updated April 2023