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Welcome the Corridor of Uncertainty, a new podcast at the intersection of maths & sport. Hosted by Dr Jess Hargreaves & Dr Rich Bingham, two mathematicians at the University of York.

Football clubs often describe using analytics to guide their new signings, but what does this actually involve? Here Jess goes through some of the maths that clubs use to guide their decisions, focussing on Man City's recent signing of Antoine Semenyo.

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BBC article on Semenyo
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/...
Premier League article on Semenyo
https://www.premierleague.com/en/news...

9:08 Event data vs summary statistics.
11:48 Brenden Aaronson is number one? The data we used.
16:46 Principal Component Analysis explained.
26:56 All PL midfielders clustered.
32:25 Semenyo does stand out!
38:40 Who should Bournemouth sign now?