Context
This is for 2020-21 season only.
The teams that have qualified for any European Competition, are the top 7 teams in Bundesliga. Top 4 qualify for Champions League, 5th and 6th qualify for Europa League, and 7th team for Europe Conference Cup. These are just the simple offensive statistics of these teams.
Content
The not so obvious attributes are described below.
Attribute |
Description |
Position |
Each player has a certain position, in which he plays regularly. The position in this dataset are, FW - Forward, MF - Midfield, DF - Defensive, GK - Goalkeeper |
Starts |
The number of times the player was named in the starting 11 by the manager. |
Mins |
The number of minutes played by the player. |
Goals |
The number of Goals scored by the player. |
Assists |
The number of times the player has assisted other player in scoring the goal. |
xG |
Expected number of goals from the player in a match. |
xA |
Expected number of assists from the player in a match. |
Yellow_Cards |
The players get a yellow card from the referee for indiscipline, technical fouls, or other minor fouls. |
Red Cards |
The players get a red card for accumulating 2 yellow cards in a single game, or for a major foul. |
Acknowledgements
All the data has been scraped from fbref.com.
Inspiration
The different directions you can take with this dataset are:
- Create Dashboard for all main statistics
- Performance of players of different nationality