Citations

If you use unravelsports in your research or project, please cite the relevant papers:

The Package

@software{unravelsports2024repository,
  author = {Bekkers, Joris},
  title = {unravelsports},
  version = {2.0.0},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {GitHub},
  url = {https://github.com/unravelsports/unravelsports}
}

Graph Neural Networks

@inproceedings{sahasrabudhe2023graph,
  title={A Graph Neural Network deep-dive into successful counterattacks},
  author={Sahasrabudhe, Amod and Bekkers, Joris},
  booktitle={17th Annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference},
  year={2023}
}

Bekkers, J., & Sahasrabudhe, A. (2024). A Graph Neural Network deep-dive into successful counterattacks. arXiv:2411.17450

Pressing Intensity

@article{bekkers2024pressing,
  title={Pressing Intensity: An Intuitive Measure for Pressing in Soccer},
  author={Bekkers, Joris},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.04712},
  year={2024}
}

Bekkers, J. (2024). Pressing Intensity: An Intuitive Measure for Pressing in Soccer. arXiv:2501.04712

Formation Detection (EFPI)

@article{bekkers2025efpi,
  title={EFPI: Elastic Formation and Position Identification in Football (Soccer)
         using Template Matching and Linear Assignment},
  author={Bekkers, Joris},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.23843},
  year={2025}
}

Bekkers, J. (2025). EFPI: Elastic Formation and Position Identification in Football (Soccer) using Template Matching and Linear Assignment. arXiv:2506.23843