11 Top soccer books like Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution by Ryan O'Hanlon

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Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution

By: Ryan O'Hanlon

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An in-depth examination of the rise of analytics in soccer and the wild experiments unfolding aroun…

If you liked the soccer plot in Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution by Ryan O'Hanlon , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

By: Jonathan Wilson

4.15

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Soccer fans love to argue about the tactics a manager puts into play, and this fascinating study tr… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Wilson's Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics book and Ryan O'Hanlon's Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution

  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
"Many before have hailed the end of history; none have ever been right."

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

"Anti-intellectualism is one thing, but faith in wrongheaded pseudointellectualism is far worse."

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

"كان مينوتي شخصية رومانسية بشكل يفوق الوصف. كان نحيلا كقلم رصاص، ومدخنا شرها يتدل شعره على ياقته، أشيب السوالف، وله نظرة محدقة كصقر، بدا كما لو كان تجسيدا للبوهيمية الأرجنتينية، كان جناحأ أيسر ومفكرا،…"

-Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

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2. How Soccer Explains the World

By: Franklin Foer

3.81

Format: 4 pages,

Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. In fact, it's a perfect window into the cro… read more

Similar categories in Franklin Foer's How Soccer Explains the World book and Ryan O'Hanlon's Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football

3. Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches

By: Carlo Ancelotti

0.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Ancelotti is Europe's greatest manager -- Paul Hayward Telegraph He's a great coach and an amazing … read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
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4. Soccernomics

By: Stefan Szymanski , Simon Kuper

4.67

Format: 88 pages,

Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally… read more

Similar categories in Stefan Szymanski's Soccernomics book and Ryan O'Hanlon's Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football

5. The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong

By: Chris Anderson , David Sally

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Moneyballmeets Freakonomicsin this myth-busting guide to understanding--and winning--the most popul… read more

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6. How to Watch Soccer

By: None

4.36

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

"For Americans new to European soccer, terms like 'false striker, ' 'double accordion' or 'moving t… read more

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7. The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines

By: Michael Cox

3.88

Format: 496 pages,

An absolutely essential book for every modern football fan, about the development of Premier League… read more

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8. Soccermatics: Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game

By: David Sumpter

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

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9. The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

By: Joshua Robinson

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The Club is the previously untold inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wi… read more

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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
"The rise of the English Premier League is a story about the sports world's wildest gold rush. In the span of twenty-five years, the league's twenty clubs have increased their combined value by 10,000…"

-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

"I'm not saying that we're Disney, but if you think about it, it's not that dissimilar, Berrada said. We have characters - which are players - that our fans relate to; we put on a show every three or …"

-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

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10. Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess

By: Evan Drellich

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dr… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

By: Michael Cox

4.37

Format: 433 pages, Kindle Edition

Continental football has always cast a spell over the imagination. From the attacking flair of Real… read more

Similar categories in Michael Cox's Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football book and Ryan O'Hanlon's Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution

  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Expected Goals: The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever by Rory Smith

12. Expected Goals: The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever

By: Rory Smith

3.84

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

Football has always measured success by what you win, but only in the last twenty years have clubs … read more

Similar categories in Rory Smith's Expected Goals: The Story of How Data Conquered Football and Changed the Game Forever book and Ryan O'Hanlon's Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution

  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon Kuper

13. The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making--and Unmaking--of the World's Greatest Soccer Club

By: Simon Kuper

4.24

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times j… read more

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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Football Hackers: The Science and Art of a Data Revolution by Christoph Biermann

14. Football Hackers: The Science and Art of a Data Revolution

By: Christoph Biermann

4.25

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Well written and thoughtful. Takes us on a tour of some of Europe's most innovative football thinke… read more

Similar categories in Christoph Biermann's Football Hackers: The Science and Art of a Data Revolution book and Ryan O'Hanlon's Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport by Joshua Robinson

15. The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport

By: Joshua Robinson

4.41

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

🎧Listening Length = 10 hours and 40 minutes NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wall Street Journal rep… read more

Similar categories in Joshua Robinson's The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport book and Ryan O'Hanlon's Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution by Ryan O'Hanlon

16. Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution

By: Ryan O'Hanlon

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An in-depth examination of the rise of analytics in soccer and the wild experiments unfolding aroun… read more

Similar categories in Ryan O'Hanlon's Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution book and Ryan O'Hanlon's Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution

  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch by Tifo - The Athletic

17. How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch

By: Tifo - The Athletic

3.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

'I love Tifo' Ian Wright 'Tifo are great' Alan Shearer 'Tifo have changed the game when it comes to… read more

Similar categories in Tifo - The Athletic's How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch book and Ryan O'Hanlon's Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution

  • soccer
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football
Cover of Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game by Joshua  Robinson

18. Messi vs. Ronaldo: One Rivalry, Two GOATs, and the Era That Remade the World's Game

By: Joshua Robinson

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Essential World Cup Reading Featured in The New York Times' 'What to Read During the World Cup' … read more

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  • soccer
  • nonfiction
  • football
  • sports
  • audiobook
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19. The Midrange Theory

By: Seth Partnow

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

At its core, the goal of any basketball team is relatively take and make good shots while preventi… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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20. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How to Win the Premier League: The Sunday Times Bestselling Inside Story of Football's Data Revolution by Ian Graham

21. How to Win the Premier League: The Sunday Times Bestselling Inside Story of Football's Data Revolution

By: Ian Graham

4.36

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

'The best book on football I have ever read' Daniel Finkelstein'Deserves a place among the great mo… read more

Similar categories in Ian Graham's How to Win the Premier League: The Sunday Times Bestselling Inside Story of Football's Data Revolution book and Ryan O'Hanlon's Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • football

10 must-read audiobook books like Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution by Ryan O'Hanlon

Transform Your Habits

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

Jonathan Wilson

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

Joshua Robinson

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess

Evan Drellich

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football

Michael Cox

4.37

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23 Top nonfiction books like How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch by Tifo - The Athletic

Transform Your Habits

My Turn: The Autobiography

Johan Cruyff

3.62

Transform Your Habits

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

Jonathan Wilson

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning: The Biography

Guillem Balagué

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Back From the Brink: The Autobiography

None , Paul McGrath

3.73

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