soccer: Soccer discipline data

In peopleanalyticsdata: Data Sets for Keith McNulty's Handbook of Regression Modeling in People Analytics

Description

Fictional data on disciplinary measures by referees in soccer games

Usage

soccer

Format

A dataframe with 2291 rows and 7 variables:

discipline

A record of the maximum discipline taken by the referee against the player in the game. “None” means no discipline was taken, “Yellow” means the player was issued a yellow card (warned), “Red” means the player was issued a red card and ordered off the field of play

n_yellow_25

The total number of yellow cards issued to the player in the previous 25 games they played prior to this game

n_red_25

The total number of red cards issued to the player in the previous 25 games they played prior to this game

position

The playing position of the player in the game: “D” is defence (including goalkeeper), “M” is midfield and “S” is striker/attacker

result

The result of the game for the team of the player - “W” is win, “L” is lose, “D” is a draw/tie

country

The country in which the game took place - England or Germany

level

The skill level of the competition in which the game took place, with 1 being higher and 2 being lower

Examples

soccer

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