Below article is the work of u/loveanalytics, originally published on Sorare‘s channel on Reddit. To access his original post, please follow this link : The Beautiful Data #1: Form is Temporary
Hello everyone!
I’m Guy, a software engineer at Sorare, and love analyzing data. We’ve decided to start a small series of posts that offer insights on picking great SO5 players, finding hidden gems, and more.
We will start with simple data pulls and charts, and if we get good feedback from this, we will move on to more advanced analytics that we will post here on Reddit. Of course, we want this to be community-driven, so any feedback or suggestions for new posts are much welcome!
In this first post, we tried to find players that are out of form with low L5 (Last 5 average score) and a relatively higher L15 (Last 15 average score). These players are often underpriced on the market and can get picked up for cheaper than usual. Of course, there are cases where the player has picked up an injury, lost his place in the squad, or his team got relegated. There is definitely extra research to be done before picking one of those players.
Note that we also are ignoring DNPs when calculating L5 and L15
All Players Included
Let’s start with a graph that includes all players with cards, with the following rules:
- L15 > 55pts
- L5 < 45pts
- Played at least 1 game in the last 5 (excluding this current GW)
For example, Merveille Bokadi is one player on this list that used to score very well before his recent injury.
Cheaper players only (< 200$)
So the next graph shows players with the following requirements:
- Sold on the secondary market for less than 200 in the last 2 months
- L15 > 50
- L5 < 40
- Played at least 1 game in the last 5
For example, Sven Kums has had a few bad appearances recently, but before that, his scores were top-notch.
The same goes for Otamendi below!
MLS Players Included
Now we all know that this is the end of the season for a lot of leagues, and some of you are only interested in getting players that are playing consistently during this summer. Here, we’ll cover players in the MLS that offer price opportunities:
We start with players that:
- Play in the MLS
- L15 > 50
- L5 < 43
- Played at least one game in the last 5
Hollingshead seems like a good bargain here, as he started most GWs, including the previous 5, with excellent scores before his current bad form.
Champion Asia Players Included
We finish with players that:
- Play in the J League or K League
- L15 > 50
- L5 < 45
- Played at least one game in the last 5
Takuma Ominami has come back from a few DNPs and looks to consistently score well. Plus he’s available for U23!
I hope you enjoyed this first post, any feedback is appreciated. Also, feel free to share what kind of data analysis you would like to see in the future!
This ends the first Beautiful Data article.
In the next article, I will share my feedback on Sorare after 3 months.
