A team at Google's DeepMind claims to have demonstrated the effectiveness of an AI model in predicting results in football matches, as well as creating tactics on the pitch.
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Soccer – called the state of football – is the most popular sport on the planet by a long shot. It has been estimated that around 1.5 billion people watched the 2022 World Cup, which took place in Qatar.
Using a graphical machine learning model and data from 7,176 corner kicks, the team at Deep Mind was able to build a tool called TacticAI that accurately predicted the first recipient of the ball and the direct outcome of the kick. It can also predict possible outcomes with different lineup positions and create tactical variations that can help improve game outcomes, according to a paper published in Nature Communications.
Zhe Wang and his team of Deepmind researchers worked with Liverpool FC, six-time winner of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's most prestigious competition, to collect data and evaluate the model with five football experts.
