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Originally Posted by xXDeuce7Xx
Are the absences of Sessegnon, Cattermole and probably Richardson accounted for in those numbers? I wouldn't touch Sunderland this weekend without Sessegnon, everything good that team does comes through him.
Individual players' injuries are not included. I'm working on collecting data to work on that but it's incredibly hard. Total number of players injured/suspended is included. The model is a huge work in progress. If you have any idea as to where I could possibly find data on games including who played for each team let me know.
By the way, the beginning line of my picks post was completely being sarcastic. Obviously I don't think my picks are incredible (I havent even backtested a betting strategy using this model, but I do know the model fits teams performance over a season reasonably well). I've only been making picks for three weeks now so I'm just trying to get them out there to hear what other people have to say and learn exactly how sports betting works (ie the question about spreads, etc.).
Hope everyone else had as good a weekend as me (i threw in sunderland ML last minute for ~3u win, wont add this in to my record on this thread since i didnt post it before the match, even though my previous posts made it quite obvious i was going to take it
) and made some money.
Last edited by sayhey69; 03-10-2012 at 03:59 PM.
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