Preview: Netherlands vs Spain
Netherlands:
Spain:
Few notes:
- This match may be more tightly contested than Spain vs Germany. This is because Netherlands, unlike Germany, does not have an over reliance towards a single player (like Schweinsteiger in Germany). So, it might be tougher for Spain to dominate the possession like it did against Germany.
- On another note, Netherlands past view goals have been due to Sneijder’s geniuses. So, if Spain can take care of Sneijder, Netherlands possibility to score should be minimized.
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Fascinating. Mathias, I have the same interest. But I couldn’t find any data from fifa.com regarding passes between players. Do you still have that data? Is there any way you can share that? Thanks a lot.
Ming
Ming
September 25, 2010 at 1:44 am
Hi Ming, the data is at http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/statistics/players/player=196752/passingdistribution.html
But the one shown in the url is the aggregated data, you need to click on the + sign to see the passing data of the player in each match.
I asked in MetaOptimize about scraping data from the FIFA website, that should help too. Here is the link: http://metaoptimize.com/qa/questions/676/retrieving-data-from-fifa-website
Cheers,
Mathias
Mathias
September 25, 2010 at 8:07 am
Mathias, thanks a lot. I am learning it…
Ming
September 25, 2010 at 8:53 pm