Premier League And Oracle Team Up For Ai Match Statistics
The Premier League has announced a new partnership with Oracle, which will become its Official Cloud Provider, and will also create a suite of ‘groundbreaking’ match statistics, generated through machine learning technology.
The pair say the stats will create a deeper understanding of the live action on the pitch. Oracle’s data and analytics and machine learning technologies will deliver advanced player performance data and statistics in real time during global broadcast coverage, and across the Premier League’s social channels, beginning in the 2021/22 season.
Machine learning models will be developed to generate immediate results based on live data streams, real-time tracking data, and facts collected on each of the League’s players and from thousands of previous matches.
The stats will include teams’ average formation, which tracks the positions of players when their team is in and out of possession and highlights the differences between how teams are organised; live win probability, which calculates the chance of a particular result by simulating the remainder of the match 100,000 times and is based on four years worth of data; and a momentum tracker, which his measures the likelihood of the team in possession scoring a goal in the next 10 seconds. The latter model incorporates the outcomes of passes, dribbles in possession, tackles and the locations on the pitch where they take place.
“Combining Oracle’s machine learning expertise with the Premier League’s wealth of football data is a significant merger of technology and sport,” said Ariel Kelman, EVP, Chief Marketing Officer, Oracle.
“The margins for error in the Premier League are very small, so the data is crucial to discovering the meaningful moments and stories of each match. It’s those stories that unite fans and ignite their passions for the game.”
Premier League Chief Executive, Richard Masters, added: “We are always looking at new ways to bring the Premier League to life and enhance the analysis of the competition. Oracle is a global brand with a great track record of driving innovation, and we look forward to working together to bring new levels of engagement to fans around the world.”
The additional match insights will be introduced throughout the 2021/22 Premier League season, currently scheduled to start on 14th August.
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