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 This feature is currently under development, but it is available in a beta form to subscribers. Studysoccer.com allows you to investigate how teams perform with, or without, specific groups of players. Studysoccer.com contains data on team lineups from the following leagues, going back until the 2001/2002 season.
 There is a drop-down menu, from which the team you wish to analyse can be selected. There are two text boxes, which are used to specify the date ranges which you wish to select matches from. For example, we choose Middlesbrough from the dropdown-list of teams, and leave the date range unchanged. We then press the Submit Query button, and all that matches for which team lineup information is available in the specified date range appear...  The table in the screenshot above is split into headings for Date, Hometeam, Awayteam, Homegoals, Awaygoals, the Hometeam Lineup, the Awayteam Lineup, the odds for the home win/draw/away win, and a column which keeps track of how much you would win if you bet on the team you selected (Middlesbrough in this case). If we scroll to the bottom of the screen, we will see that there is a summary of the matches (circled in red) which details the number of matches for the criteria you specified, the number of those matches which resulted in a win for the team you selected, the percentage of matches which resulted in a win, and the return on investment. This screen shows that betting on Middlesbrough in all the matches for which team lineups are available would result in a loss of 14.12 units, assuming level stakes, which represents a return on investment of approximately -7.43%.  Two additional menu boxes have also appeared near the top of the screen. The first is used to specify that you want to filter the teams matches by whether a particular set of players is or is not playing. This drop-down menu has two options, "Playing" and "Not Playing". The second menu is a list of players who have played for the team you selected earlier (Middlesbrough) in the range of dates specified. You can select individual players from this list, or you can select multiple players by holding down the Ctrl key while making your selections.  We can specify particular players from the list of players at the top of the screen, and filter the results by whether or not they were in the starting lineup for that team. For example, we select Gaizka Mendieta from the list, ensure that "Playing" is selected from the drop-down menu above the list of Middlesbrough players, and press the "Submit Query" button. The list of matches is updated to display only matches where Gaizka Mendieta was in the starting lineup. If we scroll down to the bottom of the screen, we can see there has been a marked performance in the performance of the Middlesbrough team when Gaizka Mendieta started for them.Out of 52 matches, 19 were won, giving a profit of 6.6 units assuming level stakes, which represents a return on investment of over 12%.  |