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type="main" xml:id="rssa12015-abs-0001" <title type="main">Summary</title> <p>The paper presents a model that can be used to identify the goal scoring ability of footballers. By decomposing the scoring process into the generation of shots and the conversion of shots to goals, abilities can be estimated from two mixed effects...</p>

type="main" xml:id="rssa12060-abs-0001" <title type="main">Summary</title> <p>We present a new methodology to estimate time varying team strengths of football teams. Our dynamic model allows for deterministic, rather than stochastic, evolution of team strengths. We use the model to identify the best team in England since the...</p>