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Extending the Dixon and Coles model: an application to women’s football data
The article "Extending the Dixon and Coles Model: An Application to Women’s Football Data" by Michels, Ötting, and Karlis explores statistical methods to model goal distributions in women’s football. It addresses limitations in the widely used Dixon and Coles model, which was developed for men’s football and struggles to account for key differences in women’s matches, such as overrepresentation of scores like 2-0 and 3-0.