Uncovering Soccer Teams Passing Strategies Using Implication Rules

Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) has seen application in different knowledge areas, including Social Network Analysis (SNA). In turn, research has also shown the applicability of SNA in assessing team sports. In this project, to uncover frequent passing sequences of a soccer team, an FCA-based approach is introduced. The approach relies on a minimum cover of implications, the Duquenne-Guigues (DG) basis and the notion that a soccer team's passes describe a social network.