[Albion] Moneyball moguls: How teams of number crunchers and maths whizz kids have kicked off a revolution in sport

[Bozza]

The real story of the Potter, and De Zerbi, brilliance at Brighton is not just the chief coach, player management and tactical inspiration, but the owner inspiration.

As the founder of Starlizard, a global leader in specialist online sports betting analytics, Tony Bloom is streets ahead of fellow proprietors in the Premier League in the embrace of data and what it tells you about players, managers, the opposition and the expected outcomes of games.

It employs 160 data engineers and number-crunchers in swish Camden Town headquarters in north London.

It uses the most sophisticated maths, data, AI and statistical models to forecast the outcome of sporting events for Asian and American clients.

The main objective of Starlizard is to provide online sports betting advice. A by-product is the most comprehensive soccer data base analytics around.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/foo...-a-revolution-in-sport/ar-AA18hWoc?li=BBoPWjQ

 

[dwayne]

This has made me think of Brentford v Brighton this season. In the stands Tony bloom whipped out a crumpled up bit of paper and was scribbling notes with an old biro during the game.

Would have been fascinated to see/understand what he was doing !?

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

This has made me think of Brentford v Brighton this season. In the stands Tony bloom whipped out a crumpled up bit of paper and was scribbling notes with an old biro during the game.

Would have been fascinated to see/understand what he was doing !?

Probably just his shopping list to be fair.