Sarah Rudd Explained

Sarah Rudd is one of the early pioneers of sports analytics applied to soccer.[1] In 2011, Rudd developed a method, based on Markov chains, for evaluating the performance of players.[2] This method was later adopted by several other companies, academics and bloggers to evaluate actions from soccer event data.[3]

Soon after presenting her work, Rudd worked for startup StatsDNA which was acquired by Arsenal FC in 2013.[4] She is currently head of Analytics and Software Development at the Arsenal FC Data Analytics group. Her work is reported to have been highly influential within the club.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sumpter, David. Soccermatics. Bloomsbury. 2016.
  2. Rudd. Sarah. 2011. A framework for tactical analysis and individual offensive production assessment in soccer using Markov chains. New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports.
  3. Web site: Soccermatics: could a Premier League team one day be managed by a mathematician?. Sumpter. David. 18 September 2019. 9 May 2019.
  4. Web site: VIDEO: Arsenal-owned StatDNA on why football data matters. Andrew Allen. 2017-06-13. Arseblog News - the Arsenal news site. en-US. 2020-05-09.
  5. News: Smith. Rory. 2017-02-03. How Arsenal and Arsène Wenger Bought Into Analytics. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-05-09. 0362-4331.

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