Matthew Penn
England Men's Insights Data Scientist
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Penn is an insights-driven data scientist who applies advanced statistical methods from his Oxford DPhil and MMath to football analytics, currently serving as England Men's Insights Data Scientist. With eight years' experience, he has delivered practical, production-ready tools and models—helping Como 1907 achieve Serie A promotion, supporting Oxford City and Solihull Moors' successful campaigns, and contributing to Oxford United’s promotion to the Championship. He builds web-based analytics (Streamlit apps and custom dashboards) that turn event data into tactical, recruitment and player-evaluation insights, reducing bias in standard metrics. Regularly sought by major outlets like Nature, The Telegraph and Forbes, he also mentors newcomers to football analytics via R-focused resources and live coding on Twitch. Notably, his blend of academic rigour and hands-on club deployments means his research-backed methods are proven in high-stakes, real-world match outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
DPhil Statistics, MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS, DPhil Statistics, MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS at University of Oxford
Github Skills (21)
sports-data10
event-data10
espn9
explore9
open-data6
xml5
analytics5
pandas-dataframe4
python4
pandas3
dataframe3
machine-learning2
pose2
realtime2
pose-estimation2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
FCrSTATS/optaproforum19
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:31 commits, 22 pushes in 18 days
FCrSTATS/tracab_cookbook
Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:23 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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