Remember that thing about statistical diagrams of data telling their own story? Well, here’s a graphic showing the location of every touch of the ball by Alexis Sánchez in the 12 minutes he played as a substitute in the Manchester derby for United against City:
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I joined Smartodds in 2004, having previously been a lecturer of Statistics in universities in the UK and Italy. A famous quote about statistics is that “Statistics is the art of lying by means of figures”. In writing this blog I’m hoping to provide evidence that this is wrong.