by Dr Adrian Worton

At the start of this season, we unveiled an expected goals model to be used on the SPL (I refuse to call it the SPFL), with updates in August and November. Unfortunately, due to work commitments I have struggled to find the time to post updates.

However, last week I was invited to take part on my friend Grant's weekly Scottish football show Campbell's Footballs. We spoke about the battles at the top & bottom of the tables in both the Scottish and English top flights, as well as the international break. This episode can be viewed here. 

by Dr Adrian Worton

For a decade now I have been involved with the maths department at the University of Stirling - from undergraduate degree to PhD to lecturing. Since 2011 the department has run a series of public lectures, aimed at engaging the wider public with maths.

It was my great honour to be given the chance to present one of this year's lectuers. Naturally, I chose to do my talk on how maths and sport interact. The full title and abstract of my talk was: